The daily sentinel., 1909-07-23
LEADING FINANCIERS ARE
INSPECTING THE VALLEY
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are Charles NJ. MacNeiif. president OF
the Utah Copper company: Thomas
E. Curtin. president of the Grand
junction and Grand River Valley
Railway company; Z. A Sunderlin,
| general manager of the Grand juno
tion Street Railway company: c. C.
Hamlin, leading attorney and financ-
Ter of Colorado Springs; B. C. Allen.
j. II. Waters. and f. ID. Smith. promi-
nent Colorado Springs capitalists.
| MIR. Orson Adams, president of the
Mesa County National bank and one
of the directors OF the Grand junction
and Grand River Valley Railway
company. and two or three other
gentlemen well known in financial
circles.
The party was met at Palisade by
| MIR. Charles +. Noble, attorney for
the street railway company. and sew
eral other local gentlemen. in auto
mobiles.
After spending short time in
Palisade and meeting a number of
the Palisade citizens, the party start
ed in automobiles as the guests of
MIR. Adams and Mr. Noble for an in
spection tour through the valley, be-
tween Palisade and Grand Junction
To say that the distinguished WIS.,
itors were charmed with the orchard
scenes. the luXuriant alfalfa fields,
| the prosperous country homes and
| the thousand and one other evidences
of prosperity, growth and richness
that were unfolded TO their view.
goes without saying
Last fall MIR. MacNeill. Mr. Curtin.
Mr.. Sunderin and number of other
financiers interested in the street
railway made trip in autos through
the valley. while here on brief visit
and they were delighted with condi-
tions as they found them yet they
saw the valley then after all the crops
had been harvested and winter had
set In while today they saw the val
ley under the most favorable condi-
tions of the year. with the orchards
loaded with fruit and all other con-
ditions ideal
Every member of the party was
loud in his praises and sincere in his
appreciation of the wonderful ad-
yantages of this favored valley.
While they are not making very
definite announcements to that eff
feet il is known that the trip through
the valley today was made mainly
for the purpose of getting personal
knowledge that will be of value in
determining the route. feasibility.
etc, of the proposed interurban line
between Grand Junction and Pali-
sade.
Mr.. Orson Adams met MIR Mac
Neill and his party in Glenwood yes
terday being asked to be one of the
guests on The initial or maiden trip
of Mr.. MacNeill's magnificent new
car.
The party in the automobile. ride
down the valley from Palisade stop
ped for time at the great orchard
of w. b. Cross near Clifton and were
accorded the far-famed hospitality of
that place. The party arrived In
Grand junction about 2 o'clock. most
| enthusiastic over the auto ride
Through the valley. 10
The MacNeill party will remain in
the city until tonight when they will
go west to inspect properties in Utah
These gentlemen are heavily inter-
ested in the huge consolidation of
local public utilities. the street rail-
way, the electric light plant, the gas
plant and the ice plant, recently an
nounced by The Sentinel They are
the men who financed and started
'hN 'iahu StIttI railway
and they are the men who propose to
build the interurban lines in this val
ley and to finance several other big
propositions on the western slope.
Every one OF the men has extensive
property interests in various sections
of the west All of them are identi-
fled with giant developing projects
in Colorado. Utah, and in neighbor-
ing Mr. MaaNnfn to. oe
the Vests most powerful financiers
This afternoon the party inspected
the street railway and were also
shown over the city by Mr.. Adams
The gentlemen are greatly enjoying
their visit here. Every one of the
4 financiers expresses great faith in
Grand Junction and Mesa county and
believe that there is a wonderful fu-
! ture for this section. Every one of
them seems happy over the fact that
he Is financially interested here.
On arriving in the city this after
noon. after their auto drive, the vis-
itors went to the La Court Hotel and
there an informal conference con-
cerning the local interests of the gen
tlemen was held
| II was planned to take an auto
drive late in the afternoon through
the city and through the Fruit Ridge
and Orchard Mesa sections of the
valley in order TO get good idea of
the conditions in those rich sections
of the valley.
This evening Mr.. and Mrs. Orson
Adams VIII entertain the visitors at
an elegant dinner at the Adams home
on East Rood avenue.
General Manager E. A. Sunderlin,
OF the street railway company, ii is
said, will not continue west with the
party tonight but will remain over
mere several days on business con-
| nected with the construction of the
| iinterurban lines.