Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 3 | New Route from Denver

NEW BOUTh aOU PROM FROM d to be Built by Way of ot Southern Sonth Utah I Considerable speculatIon p to is being De In Indulged n in over the prospects pro ef et 1 a rail raU railroad railroad road being beine built between Denver Deliver and Salt Sal t Lake either as a part of the San 1 Pedro P dro or 01 as U a connection for that road roada a One tory story originating in Denver is that thata 1 a road is III to be built through Middle I park in Colorado down the t Grand Grandi i liver ilver i er south from Glenwood Springs and w across through the La Sal region and southern Utah perhaps leaving Salt Lake out entirely or else winding up from the La Sal country courtry in sons sonje mysterious way to the metropolis of Utah This is almost as ridiculous as the tale tate that a road between Denver and Salt Lake was to be built via Ouray where here tunnels several mites long iong would mould be necessarily nt frequent f If a new railroad is ia i built between Denver and Salt Lake the prospects are decidedly in f f vor of its tu tapping Mid Kid Middle KiddIE Middie dIE dle park and the rich tin developed loped re se jons in northwestern Colorado cross crossing c cing cr crIng ing the Uintah Indian reservation and making a line far shorter than any L J existing xi route running through new DeW and rich country almost aJ t the entire din dis distance I tance ta nee I