Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-20
RETIREMENT OF GOULD MAY BE
BENEFICIAL TO DURANGO
AND VICINITY

That the retirement of George Gould
from the presidency and directorate
OF the Missouri Pacific, Denver & Rio
Grande and other western roads, is
likely to benefit the west is the opinion
OF nearly all of the western railroad
men. The Gould policy has been one
of the most rigid tightwad type and
any kind Of change will be bless
ing provided it takes the management
out of the hands of Gould. The Cen
trail branch of the Missouri Pacific, in
Kansas, one of the best little roads
In the state, has been one of the
Gould roads and was drained OF every
penny until it reached such dilapi-
dated condition that the state took up
the case in the interests of public
safety. On this roads for years even
the spikes driven into the rotten ties
were old rusted spikes pulled from
the ties on other roads and shipped
branch and we have seen the track,
on which the fast mail train ran at
the terrific rate of eight miles an hour,
open spaces between the ends OF the
rails which were from six inches to a
foot in width. This policy is what
disgusts everyone with the Gould man.
agement.
The Denver Times says of the
change:
The prospects of numerous changes
in the Denver & Rio Grande manage
ment came home to the local officials
today with more force than at any
time sincethe reports of George Gould
retiring from the active management
of the Missouri Pacific became current.
That was due principally to the con-
firmation of reports that 1t was the
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Rockefeller In
terests which were seeking control OF
the Missouri Pacific. An attorney rep
resenting these interests yesterday de-
manded at St Louis the right to ex-
anime the stock ledger of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, thereby satisfying their
to fight proxies to be voted
on at the annual meeting on Mar. IA.
Horace w. Clarke, vice president of
the Denver & Rio Grande, gave out
denial at Grand Junction yesterday
that any changes in officers or con-
troll of the Rio Grande would take
place. Mr.. Clarke reached Denver
yesterday afternoon. Since that time
he has been actively engaged in dodg-
ing reporters who wanted further
light on the subject
THE eastern dispatches are silent
regarding the Denver & Rio Grande
in the present fight for control. Sew
eral channels of information brought
the news to Denver last week that the
Missouri Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande, the latter carrying with 1t the
control of the Western Pacific. would
be separated. The first would go, SO
these reports said, to Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., and the Denver & Rio Grande and
Western Pacific to ]. p. Morgan & Co.
THE men who received this infor-
nation explained the apparent bot
thing up of the Missouri Pacific at
Pueblo by such an arrangement by
pointing out that the Southern Pa
cific was planning to build from Ari-
iona to Durango and that 1t made sur
veys last year from Durango to Pue-
bio. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. are the bank
ers for the Hartman roads. Such an
arrangement will give the Union Pa
ciflc the shortest line from st. Louis
to Denver and by connecting with the
Southern Pacific at Durango will open
all the southwest and Mexico to a
new route from the east via Pueblo"
At cost to the city Of 10 cents
each. 1883 men and women have
been furnished employment during the