The daily sentinel., 1914-07-01
BRING TRADE
THERE If LINE
ISN'T DIVERTED
Tremendous Importance Of Road
nYaIIey Shown by Route
on Maps.
aJSNESS MEN ARE ALL ACTIVE

| uuulILUO HiIh fh'@
-gE tremendous Importance of
he Southwestern Pacific rail-
! road to this city is shown by the
s,t that the applications for right
,,vay as filed with the general land
7,fee show that ii traverses the rich
p,rsdor valley for its entire length,
ma Il built. the entire business of
bsl Eonderful section will come to
Grand Junction.
The Unaweep canon copper proper
uss As we'll as the undeyeloped de-
rosts Of uranium and vanadium will
n become immensely valuable when
such transportation facilities as the
southgestern Pacific would furnish
secome available.
The following from the Montrose
Enterprise gives further information
Nlcerning the great railway project:
Papers showing the exact route
vtich the proposed Southwestern Pa
dir railroad will follow in this state
hys Just been filed here in the Unit
Z States land office.
IAe line according to the plats will
I've length Of l0S73 miles in this
t1ia and will run through the center
GAe Paradox valley assuring an out
har all Of the produce raised in the
aiands Of the western part of this
Aiy
Tie railroad, according to the sur
w viii start at the west boundary
h' Of Palisade and go thence south
'si Tor half mile, then due south a
aAe where 1t crosses the Grand
h'eI It crosses the Gunnison river
nile west of Whitewater. missing
efald Junction by ten miles. Thence
i WI go through Uuaweep canon
lae top Of the UncOmpahgre di-
,l's Following east creek nearly to
y head, It descends along the valley
~ " ns't creek to its junction with the
Dolores river.
ron this point the railroad will
y nearly due south following the
ssleral trend OF the Dolores river
5iSlls close to Bedrock and Cashin
raaloA ,.. Will be only six miles from
-g proposed line OF the new railroad
..T aasils across Paradox valley. the
,-.,Oau : NJ VIII cross the state line close
~ y .ae center OF the west boundary Of
~ Ilsuel county at the south cor
"a NJ ~. " township "A north, or range
" vest N. NJ. p. NJ.
,o,,, lLe Incorporation papers of the
!, sI,pahy We're filed two weeks AGO
,,s'iSaa. \ ssiSTaa,nento, Cal, by D. C. Collier
'''4sn' OF the new company.
n.n,'a Ie ROCKY Mountain News, com
s,Lulg s-Gl on the enterprise b,o ,ho
''iO"lng to say. '"e
eomnsrr ,ouln , western Pacific Railway
5or.,y 5-paly, which was recently incor
ivaa. r.,a,eI 10 build a new railroad he
hss Deh'er and the Pacific coast
tsry osU,ne ~ u as great a railroad mys,
We,,ss, a. was the incorporation OF the
sp,s n,s'e.a y, Pacific prior to the discin' 10
hip5 ~ tbo 'Ie Identity of the people he
H. sDe last-named project
O, % - new company is filing r,gh,,
soutbvoss,eoross seross government land in
Utab ,,irh Vaterh Colorado, southern
and nar; nAIrl;zona. Nevada and Calirornia
not gtaAlhg other moves indicotin" T. q
thap refe her Is more behind the Mans
eorlir nas yet been made nuhlio aus
fsached ioou y Information which has
t,ials ~ 'oIal IA railroad officials or.
the Coiotae 'ae Denver & Rio Granda
hlsnSI SIolorado Midland and anue pons
satcbi,aa are known to have heen
pspy u.S. the moves Of the new con, Der
4 5'lth Slth considerable intaras, 'oni'
Denocrsp,s to the st. Louis Gloho.
brother qgotes Claude NJ Clam
heer q, ~ ~ Holla Clapp. chief moi,
negotia,iae ,ae company, as sav;nr eusi ,ha
COLORADO, Ii, looking toward using 'th' th,
Of tbe V v Midland as the eastorns t .n'
officials e e, are Progressing. Loca
these rpr,o Oh the Midland discredi, !,
aev proia".r priors, but admit that n III,
eoasumma,ils Is carried to a successfn
move to @,,on con. it would be a lorica n
NidIapSS connect eli up with the co1oso ssua !,
Protected &c, 70 make 1t part of tn,
I" 4 foreciSosaHeIma sSsaem through its purehas,
aes comnan,, Of the directors of tb,
ton a. pahy do not give anv ,nd,an ui tn'
iinancisl 70 1,.hat what railway system u,'a q.
Of il I n Interests, il anv ss.em ars h.o, o.
pronOts6 a. c. {. Collier. the pres,dan, are saci
Herbert 4 the he San Diego expositinn SreSiaen,
~ "a Investment thsn; S first president, /
ssssarOOrn stres, . banker mixer at 1911 soutl
sange OF Cb,ee, Cbt, chicago. August n
auase eomnsn.u treasurer of william p'ef' Il
fcapany, manufactnrars - =