Show n 1 I i 18 RAILWAY CIRCLES J Jresident President Moftat on the Denver Short Line Road SOME UNION PACIFIC CHANGES Will DlcKlnson be Appointed General Man agcrHoIcomb Credited With the State inent Other Notes and News v President MofTat of the Rio Grande has returned from a three weeks trip to New York during which time he transacted much business that will result very beneficially bene-ficially to the traveling public especially tc Colorado traffic To a Arm reporter yesterday President Moffat related with much satisfaction the details of the construction J con-struction of the Denver Short Line work upon which will be started within thirty days Heretofore the journey by rail to Leadville on account of time expended en route has beep considered very tiresome This monotony will be greatly dispelled when the short line is in operation as the distance between Denver and Leadville will be shortened by Jil miles a very material ma-terial reduction The route proposed starts from mile post No 13 near Littleton on the Hio Grande continuing fiftyseven miles up and f Ytfrirough the Platto cuilon diverging south JttKvard at the south fork of the canon pro ceediug thence to Lidervillc a small I station sta-tion on the Colorado I Midland The tracks 11o Ufb st I of the latter road will he used as ferns mile post No 244 near Buena Vista The new road a portion of which is already graded will be standard gauge in its entirety en-tirety The Denver Short line will be an entirely separate corporation from the Kio i Grande being owned jointly by that road g I ndl1 the Colorado Midland Another move of equal importance affecting I af-fecting through travel is actively entertained enter-tained by President Moffat The Rio Grande company propose to standard gauge its road from Buena Vista to Rifle creeK I where connection will be made with the Denver wth Rio Grande Western This Ito I change will place Denver on a direct line to Salt Lake and will lessen the distance iforty miles over the Union Pacific route I 4ria Cheyenne This is a pet scheme of the Kio Grande president and he will not be content until it becomes a reality and that cannot come too soon Denver Xciet |