Show The Central Pacific to Run to Grand Junction Speaking of the broadening of the D R G gauge the Grand Junction JVeirs says Big forces of men are now being sent out along its line by the Rio Grande Western to make ready for the change from the narrow nar-row to the broad gauge The rails are now being rapidly delivered and work is being pushed on Soldier Summit and in Jordan Narrows It seems that the Western has become > tired of waiting on the other roads to build down the Grand and when the new steel is all down it will be a standard gauge road and the Central Pacific will run its sleepers baggage mail and express cars into Grand Junction Meanwhile the surveyors are hard at work up the Grand locating the line for the new broad gauge Well founded rumors place the Midland in the Rock Islands control a crisis is apparently larcntly at hand and it will soon be known just how many and what broad gauge roads will touch Grand Junction for they cant avoid Grand Junction unless forced out by exorbitant demands for right of way |