The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-22
ANOTHER Plan Of
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Intends to Build Railroad of Its
Own Across State of
Colorado.
NO TRACKAGE AGREEMENT
RIGHT OF WAY is SURVEYED
INTO SALT LAKE.

Following the announcement that the
Southern Pacific would build short line
from Denver to the coast, through Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Arizona and CalifOr-
mia, and that the Denver & Rio Grande
tracks from Denver to Durango would
be a part of the system, comes a new
story from Denver regarding the plans
Of the Southern Pacific. 1t is:
An attempt of the Union Pacific to
bring to life an old corporation, or
ganized in Colorado in 1885, a clash be-
tween a party of Denver & Rio Grande
and Southern Pacific surveyors and the
disclosure of new legal moves indicate
that the Hartman system is preparing to
build a ne wrailroad across the state Of
Colorado.
1t is now believed that, instead of max
ing a trackage agreement with the Rio
Grande from Durango into Denver. the
Southern Pacific is preparing to construct
its own road.
Official call has been made for a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Union Pa
cific & Western Railway company in the
offices of the Union Pacific in this city
on March 3. The call is signed by Alex
ander Millar secretary of all of the COM
III
The object of the meeting is to elect
board of directors. who are to serve tenn
pOrarily until the company is reOrganized
and their successors are elected. Action
Will also be taken in reference to author
iZing the sale of the cOmpany's assets
and also to allow the board Of directors
TO transact It's business in New York.
Old Rights of Way.
This company was organized in 1886 by
oil A O1-ah
others who were identified with the early
railroad construction In Colorado. 1t Sc
cured surveys and rights of way for line
from Fort Collins via the Cache La
Poudre river, over Cameron pass and
westward to the Yampa and Bear river
country and on to Salt Lake along
the line now followed by the surveys of
the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific.
It also secured surveys and right of way
for line from Wyoming. starting where
the North Platte crosses into Colorado.
through Middle park, using Muddy pass
the valley of Muddy creek, thence to the
Grand river and on to Salt Lake
Another line was to continue down the
Grand river to Aspen, and another from
Leadville, through the Saguache range, to
Aspen.
Union Pacific In Control
The company passed into the control
of the Union Pacific when the latter was
until the Southern Pacific began plans to
at once construct its lines into Durango
from the south and southwest. 1t is in
corpOrated with 100000 capital for
term of fifty years and now it is to be
revived and It's assets sold to some other
company, probably a subsidiary of the
Southern Pacific, which will have charge
of the construction of the Durango line
inside Of the state borders.
Engineers under the supervision of ].
". Reagan, chief engineer of the Ari-
IONA & Colorado began locating a line
from Durango tOwOrd Denver soon after
the surveys into Durango from the south
were completed. These surveys were com
pleted some time ago. The Rio Grande,
learning that the Southern Pacific was
active, put surveyors in the field to locate
line up the Wemmunche river west of
PagOsa Springs, so as to get control of
the right of way ahead of the rival COM
pany. The Southern Pacific surveyors
got into the valley at the same time and
succeeded in getting it's line. This route
was continued on east through the San
Luis valley toward Pueblo, and the sur
veys then extended north through Colo
RADIO Springs to Denver.
Officers of the Union Pacific proclaim
themselves in Ignorance of either of these
surveys or of the called meeting of the
Union Pacific & Western, but news of
the latter is obtained from an official
source and cannot be doubted while the
other comes from an equally reliable
source.