The Delta independent., 1910-12-30
ELECTRIC ROAD
WILL SURVEY
WORK ON SURVEY TO BEGIN ON
JANUARY 4.-MONEY TO
START RAISED.
Road Will Mean Much to Delta II
Built.-Field Better Than
Grand junction Line.

On January a party of railroad
engineers under the direction oil the
engineering firm of Paret and Beard
of Kansas City, will leave that city
for Montrose for the purpose OF be-
ginning the preliminary work to the
actual construction of the interurban
railroad which will connect Montrose
Delta and Cedaredge via Spring
Creek and California mesas.
These active operations follow a
contract which has been awarded
TO the Kansas City firm by the local
company which has been working on
the proposition for some time. me
contract calls for the expenditure OF
$500 in the securing Of necessary
data which forms the tangible foun-
dation upon which a proposition Of
this kind is built.
What the architects plans and
specification are to a large building
such Will be the work of these engi-
neers and will include the minutest
details of the proposed railroad from
the turning OF the first spadeful OF
dirt to the moving of the first car
over the new road The fact that
the government surveyors have al
ready thoroughly investigated the
physical nature of the territory TO
be traversed by the proposed road
will save the necessity of surveys
of that kind and will materially
assist the work in that line.
The work of the engineers will
include the securing of data con-
corning the country to be traversed,
its present productiveness and pop
ulat.on. and future possibilities IN
these lines, the estimated cost or
construction. the water power oppor-
tunities, the rights of way. fran
chises from the cities. and in short.
as has been said before. to draw
the plans and specifications so that
the actual construction can be car
ried out from these pans just the
same as the builders construct
building from the architects plans.
The engineers agree to have their
work completed within the next four
months.
The report from the engineers
will be the deciding factor as TO
whether the road will be built or not.
but from the fact that those who
are back of the proposition are
willing to put up $500 for this
preliminary work is pretty good evil
dence that they. at least, are
thoroughly convinced that the prop
osition is a feasible one and II looks
now as though the new road Will
be a go beyond the shadow of
doubt.
II this report shows what those
who are acquainted with the situa-
ton claim. there will be no trouble
at all to raise the money with
which to build the road. As far ms
that Is concerned the money can be
raised, II necessary, by those back
of IL themselves. The Delta ana
Cedaredge people have become just
as enthusiastic over the proposed
road as Montrose and the present
stockholders include bankers OF
Montrose. Delta and Cedaredge, as
we'll as many other capitalists of
the several towns and communities
The stockholders at present include
twelve from Montrose six from
Delta: SIX from Cedaredge and one
from Denver. These men are put
ting In 5000 each to pay for the
preliminary work on the road.
Another factor which emphasizes
the point that the hackers of the
nroposition mean business Is the
fact that not n dollar of what is
termed promotion stock Will be
issued. That is every single stock
holder will be on the same footing
and will pay the hard cash for his
stock. eliminating customary
policy of issuing stock free to GER
tain of the promoters.
As he digs into the proposition
Secretary Sprague is more and more
convinced that the Uncompahgre
valley proposition is far ahead or
the interurban road now in opera
tion in the Grand valley from
Grand Junction to Fruita, as Will
be seen by the following comparison
whichh Mr.. Sprague claims to be
authentic. The present population