The daily sentinel., 1913-12-27
PAL MER PLAN accepted
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1t is estimated by members of the
committee that the rights CT way can
be secured for about $4,000 over
the entire distance.
The committee is composed of
Charles E. Cherrington (chairman) ].
II. Rankin, Fred G. Holmes, L.
Antics. James A. Becker, T. NJ. Todd
w. w. Campbell, c. p. McCary and
j. f. Moorhead. Its meeting this
morning with Mr.. Palmer elected
the information that his hackers,
however quiet they desired to keep
their identity, were the controlling
interests in big railroad system and
that while the projected road might
continue under its present name for
few years, that it would probably
TEN. That it is either the Santa Fe
driving north or the Hill lines seek
ing gulf outlet from Salt Lake City
was practically admitted by Mr..
Palmer but not in SO many words.
Mr.. Palmer was able to convince
the com mittee of his own standing as
an engineer by various proofs and
it is apparent now that he is not a
promoter, but merely the represen-
tative of big railroad concern who
prefer to work through an engineer
ing firm than to act with its own rep
resentatives.
Valuable Statistics.
The committee learned that Mr.
Palmer considered $500 per mile as
a probable cost of the final location.
Il am not making preliminary sur
veys." he said, but making final
location asl go. My statistics are all
original and not stock figures re-
written. My computations include
not only the cost of construction but
the probable earnings of the road
for the first year. This forms an
elaborate and comprehensive set of
figures and includes both field and
office work on a large scale. The
result is that my findings are much
more costly than what is ordinarily
called a survey.
II propose to complete all the en-
gineering work up to the actual point
of construction this winter, so that
the grading can be commenced early
next summer. That is the reason
for this unreasonable work in the
mountains-our people want to COM
mence real work next year.
II am assured that this is a real
railroad. There is no stock to be
peddled nor bonds to be hawked
Your committee can organize itself
into a body with president and
secretary. When a donation is made
to you. issue receipt such as l will
furnish. This binds the railroad to
repay the sum as soon as the road
is built and constitutes legal claim
against the company. OF course, IL
the road is not built and the people
who are proposing it are merely
. .,
eering for the fun of it, then the
money will not be returned But |
think it will be, and in order to evil
dence my authority TO make the of
fer | will countersign the receipts"
Members of the committee ex-
pressed their conviction that Mr..
Palmer was acting in good faith, and
tnat even If the railroad did not ma
terialize the data which he proposes
to furnish the city will be worth
many times the sum that must be
raised under the agreement with Mr..
Palmer.
Anyone who has any faith in
what an engineer would find as to
the engineering feasibility of a north
and south railroad through the Para
dox must understand the value of
these statistics declared James A.
Becker. I'VE can well afford to
make this effort. and l feel sure
that we will be successful"
The committee hopes to raise a
good share of the money In Grand
Junction. but some will undoubtedly
be secured in Whitewater, and in the
Unaweep canon, and still more in the
PARADOX country, where the need of
railroad is far more serious than it
is here.
The mass meeting Monday night
should be attended by big crowd.
Mr.. Palmer will explain his plan in
detail to a much larger audience
than that which attended the confer
once last evening.
1t will give everyone an opportu-
nifty Of estimating the proposition
which he submitted and gain the in
formation which will be necessary be,
fore any large sum can be raised for
the railroad survey.