Show illinois lanois senator Is railroad magnate CP ape ar rime from many reports ot of now J JUDGING business ventures on the part ot of the new junior senator from illinois which are floating into washington be Is soon to be known as wealthy william lorimer instead of plain mister nna and senator besides continuing at the head of at a successful brick manufacturing company and one or two tva other concerns in chicago mr lorimer soon la Is to participate in a steamboat business on the tha mississippi and to help operate a railroad in colorado ills his membership in a concern which Is to operate steamboats of light draft between st paul and st loula louis and furnish wheat cargoes to ships at new orleans connecting with the leading rail line was announced recently news now has com efrom colorado that the san luls luis valley southern railway company has been projected with senator lorimer of illinois and congressman weeks of massachusetts prominent among its ts Incorporator incorporators a connected with the project Is a scheme to exploit what la Is known as the castilla Cost llla land grant tho the costilla Cost llla state development company tho the cos tilia ellla power company and the castilla Cost llla irrigation company all have been bean launched with the tha calir railroad oad and senator lorimer and congressman weeks have shares in each the president of the tha now railway company happens to be franklin B U brooks who a few years ago laly represented the state ot of colorado at washington as at largo large therein lies the story of how lorimer Lo rinier and weeks were allowed to participate in the good thing out in colorado tho the most moat important house committee on which sir mr brooks served while tn in congress was tho committee on agriculture mr air lorimer and mr weeks were follow fellow members they sat eat side by side in many important meetings of the committee during the packing house inquiry and the discussion of the pure food bill naturally thoy they all became fast friends tenda fr and accordingly when mr brooks returned to private alf ufa and visited the east cast tn in search pearch of capital for his new projects he sought them out and won their approval and financial support thus it was through hla his membership on tho the committee on that mr lorimer has been afforded the opportunity of becoming a railway magnate |