Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-11
FROM NORTHWEST
To NEW ORLEANS
Line from Seattle to Gulf
Newest Hartman Sys-
TEN Project

contemplates building in the near iu-
ture a connecting link which Hiii
give IL a short route between Den
yer aud Galveston and Seattle by
way Of Denver and southwestern
Kansas
This move b. expected 10 come az
a direct result OF the purchase OF
the Colorado a Southern by the liill
system aud the establishment of a.
through route from Galveston 10
Seattle and the changed conditions
.n transportation systems which WiIl
De- brought about through the COM
plcilon OF the Panama canal
u has been found that The iIar-i-
man system can build a connection
between the Union rac.ilcs Denver
Kansas city line and the Houston q
Texas and Central which viii give
10 route between Denver and CAL
weston Of an approximate length of
.01s miles a. compared with the
Colorado A. Southern systems route
Of 1929 miles between the same
points
There are $40 miles OF that route
la operation and IL will require the
construction OF approximately 40
miles between the town OF Kit Car.
son. In Eastern Colorado. and Deni-
son. Texas. north Of Dallas. 10 com
plete u
This link can be- ,dllt for approx
/ mately little more than the Burling-
ton paid for the Colorado 4 South
ern II can be- put into operation
for approximately half Of what It
cost the Ilill system 20 buy IN"
Colorado a Southern and build
connecting lines In this state and
Wyoming In order TO complete us
! gulf-to-coa route
The Hartman system will lind a
water grade Of - per cent OF the
connecting link Kit Carson. In cas-
tern Colorado. Is the most souiherly
town on the Union Pacific.
" w ''hNs'N
4 line starting at that point will
40 down the Big Sandy creek. across
the southwestern corner Of Kansas
and into oklahoma II will have
the valleys OF the Cimarrou and
Canadian rivers through which 10
build and will make connection
with a part Of the Southern Pacific
AT DenisoB. just south OF the OKLA
homa border
From DenIsou there is direct
/ line through Dallas 10 Galveston,
with connection with the main line
TO New Orleans az Houston.
The entire territory ihEoush
which this projected line goes Is rich
boo natural resources which are rap
/ idly being developed and which viii
/ furnish an enormous local traffic for
the road
u is further shown that the Har-
riman system will. by building this
link. have shorter route from
Galveston 10 Portland and Seattle
than that Of the hin route The Tia e
riman system will have line ap-
proNmatcly 2G97 miles long from
Galveston TO Seattle and compared
with 21N5 miles for the rim system
Good Move hy burlington
The purchase OF the Colorado a
Southern by the Burlington was a
strategic move TO shorten the haul
from the south. via the llill lines.
10 the seaport at Seattle.
This business formely went up
through the Mississippi valley and
out through St Paul and Minneapo-
lis The late T. H. Hartman coun-
tered on James ! Hin in that deal
by getting control OF the Illinois Cen
,ral. the north and south line through
the Missouri Valley. which fed the
Tin roads
That move on the part OF Harri-
man was followed by Hin acquiring
the Colorado a Southern and again
securing the advantage over his RI
val There are few railroad men
who do not expect 10 see the Ilarri-
man system take the next logical
step in a contest OF that kind and OBJ
tain north and south line OF It's
own
\ still greater argument In favor
OF this move is the changed condi-
tons which are expected to result
from the completion OF the Panama
canal
Il is believed that the canal will
prove handicap 10 the east and
vest transcon,inental lines In the
handling OF through freight aud that
their policy IN the future will be to
build north and south lines 20 feed
the canal and transport products
from the interior TO the seaports.
There is little reason TO doubt that
the Hartman system is fully alive 10
this situation and is preparing to
meet the changed conditions when
the opportune moment arrives
Two hundred members on our
Pressing Club There is a reason.
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