The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-16
/ Engineering Work Must Be Started
Feb. 20; Cutting and Grading
Before May 1.
MUST BE COMPLETED ON OR BE.
FORE JULY 1, 1911.

PRACTICAL assurance that construc-
ton work on the new airline to Dal-
las, Texas, of which Denver Is to
be the northern terminal, will soon
be under way. was gwen yesterday.
1t was announced that contracts
had been signed between the Den
yer & Gulf Railroad company
which is to build the road, and the
trustees of the 100000 cash bonus
fund raised by the people of Lamar,
Colo. whereby the company agrees
to construct and put in operation
$50 miles of standard gauge rail-
road between Lamar and Texhoma,
Texas. on or before July 1, 1911.
This. with other contracts now in
force in Texas. it is said. will in
sure the completion of $50 miles of
this system by the date given.
The railroad company has also
contracted to establish a division ter
minal at Lamar. covering the divi-
sions seventy-five miles each way
from that town.
This system. when completed. will
run from Denver directly to Dallas.
Texas. reaching Dallas with 1877 1-2
miles less mileage than any other
road now in existence. The con-
tract provides that the road shall
be constructed with a maximum
grade Of not exceeding / per cent
per mile. and the curvature will
not exceed 3 1-2 degrees per 100
feet at any point. The distance be-
tween Denver and Lamar will be
seventy miles less by this route
than the present distance by rail.
This system will intersect, be-
tween Denver and Dallas. the I'm
Ion Pacific. the Rock Island system.
the Missouri Pacific system and the
Santa Fe system in Colorado, the
main line of the Rock Island at Tex
homa, the main line OF the Santa
Fe. known as the Belen cutoff, at
Canadian. Texas, and the several
lines of the Frisco system in Okla
homa. and also the Frisco and Rock
Island lines at Amarillo. and all of
the Southern Pacific and various
other lines centering in Dallas.
where direct connections will be
made to all gulf ports. In fact.
this line of railroad practically trav-
erses the original survey of the
Fort Worth & Denver City railway
made by Governor Evans many
years ago.
The road is bonded for $4,000 a
mile of main line mileage. covering
all roadbed. terminals and equip
ment. which for the size Of the
system is the smallest bond issue
per mile of any railroad system in
the United States.
The contract with the Lamar COM
mittee requires engineers to be in
the field at Lamar on or before Feb.
rs, 1910. and requires actual ply
sical construction ito be begun at
Lamar on or before May 1, 1910,
and to continue vigorously and un-
interruptedly until the entire sys--
tenn is completed.
The citizens of Lamar, with a
population Of 1000. have deposited
in its banks 100000 in cash and
provided fifty-one miles right-of-way
Similar evidences of cooperation
and support are being shown at all
other points along the route of the
road.
This road means much to Denver.
in that 1t will become an integral
part of the shortest route on a
transcontinental hne between the
gulf and the sound. Were Denver.
in proportion to population. to at
tempt to duplicate the Lamar bonus.
1t would be necessary for her to
raise $5.000.000 to secure this
road.
This line will be a heavy traffic
water grade line from Denver to
the gulf and eliminates the noun
tain haul via Palmer lake and Trim
fdad, and will certainly enjoy
large share Of the rapidly growing
freight and passenger traffic be-
tween Denver and the gulf.
The above is taken from the Den
yer News and is an accurate ac--
count of the proceedings of our COM
mittee in Denver. Judge Gunter
represented the interests Of Lamar
and saw to 1t that we had an IRON
clad contract. One OF the principal
variations from the proposed con-
tract was that at least fifteen miles
of the road out of Lamar is guaran-
teed before November 1st. of this
year.
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