Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-03-23 | Page 5 | Details of New Road

DETAilS OF NEW ROAD IVIoffat Is Securing Others to Assist ROUTE DENVER TO SALT LAIE It Will Bo Via the Middle Park Region Re-gion of Northern Colorado to Steamboat Springs TvrolUleTun nel Through the RockiesDenver Is Worked Up Over the Latest Bailrond ProjectCentral Pacific Improvements Practically Unbuild ing tho Line Railroad Notes Denver March 2The Times today Bays It Is stated that David II Mof fat at a conference with New York capitalists who met to consider plans tor the ne Salt Lake road announced positively his Intention to see that the road Is constructed and that In bringing bring-ing tho project to their attention he was Blmply giving them the opportunity to become Interested but the opportunity opportu-nity would not long be opened to them Capital for the road In available and the awarding of contracts April 2nd for the first ten miles of the Denver Northwestern beyond Arvada to Coal Creek will he the beginning of constrUeS tlon work on the line that will establish estab-lish Denvers permanency as a railroad center Mr Moflfat pointed out that Denver Is not at present on the line of any transcontinental system The Denver Den-ver Northwestern will be an Independent Inde-pendent line that will make the link between the Rock Island and Burlington Burling-ton roads reaching from Denver to the East and the new San Pedro Los Angeles An-geles Salt Lake from Salt Lake City to lie Pacific coasL ROUTE OF THE SURVEY As surveyed the line will cross tho front range of the Rockies hy means of a tunnel about two miles in length north of James peak entering Middle park and passing through that fertile section via Steamboat Springs Surveys In possession of the company chow a feasible route with comparatively comparative-ly J easy grades for crossing from Middle park to Egcrla park where Bear river has its source The line will virtually follow the drainage of Bear river throughout that county touching at Steamboat Springs thence westward In almost a direct line from the Colorado line to Salt Lake City By this route the distance will heabout 622 miles from Denver to Salt Lake or more than 200 I miles shorter than any line existing at present I To build the projected road will require re-quire from one to two years and Its approximate ap-proximate cost will be not far from 15 000000