The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-01-14
BURLINGTON new
SHORT ROUTE TO
WESTERN COAST
To Build at Utah Junction the
Largest and Most Important
Shops of Entire System; Buys
Land for Purpose; Later to
Meet Salt Lake Uintah Road.
CRoutt County sentinep

New developments the past
week have furnished additional
oohrmation to the practically es-
,blished certainty that the Chi
90, Burlington & Quincy rail-
,ad now controls a majority OF
re bonds of the Moffat road, that
i, plans TO soon force a receiyer-
ship sale thru which it will take
over this road absolutely, and that
1T Is preparing TO use the Moffat
road between Denver and Orestod
as link in it's new transcontinental
lie over its own tracks fir ON Chicago
to San Francisco. The facts were first
given to the public by the Routt County
Sentinel on Nov 26 last. and while then
doubted by some, have now come to be
generally accepted.
Simultaneously with its publication in
The Sentinel. the story was given to
the Denver News, but it's editor de-
clined to use it until thoroughly salts
fled with the truth of the statements,
which had been prepared after long and
careful investing by the Sentinel
But the investigation by the News not
only confirmed the facts then made pub
Slics but s.so brought, out additional in
formation, ana IN LIS city edition Of
Sunday, the News republished not only
what appeared in The Sentinel six weeks
| ago, but also dispatch from Chicago,
| stating that developments of the past
! few days make it practically certain
| that the Denver & salt Lake railroad
will as quickly as possible be made a
link in u transcontinental system from
Chicago thru Denver to San Francisco.
This article did not, however. appear in
the mail edition of the News sent to
northwestern Colorado.
Apparently no attempt is being made
to hide the purpose .Ae burlington,
and when it on Tuesday of this week
purchased 100 acres of land adjoining
the Moffat road shops at Utah junction,
no secret was made of the plan to locate
DIT lfdL pOliit, Tic ilOob iiiiPOA boat otlOP6
of the entire Burlington system. 1t is
accepted as a fact that the new Moffat
road shops just completed, which are
lar larger and better equipped than the
ones which burned Nov. 4, were paid
for with Burllngt money. Last week
these new shops we're thoroughly in
spected by party of Burlington Off
cials, Just before the closing of the deal
for the purchase of the adjoining leo
acres of land.
Ever since lis completion into Denver,
over 40 years ago, the Burlington has
maintained shops in Denver, but its of
hcials state that these are inadequate
TO handle the large amount of business
and the heavy work which will develop
from its new transcontinental business.
Owning the RiJ Grande and the Colo
rado & Southern, the Burlington now
owns, of course, both the Rio Graude
shops at Burnham, and the G. & s.
shops in West Denver. That it adopts
the Utah Junction site for its perma-
nent and largest shops, is additional
confirmation of the plan to use the Moi
fat tracks as part of its main line. 1t
is given out that work will begin within
60 days upon the erection of the new
shops, which will supplement and ex-
tend the new Moffat shops just com
pleted by the Burlington. Several hun
dred men will be employed, and the
work will be rushed with the same vigor
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