Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-24 | Page 8 | Has a Growing Line

HAS A GROWING LINE. Vice-President of Donver, Enid & Gulf Visits Ogden, OGDEN, Aug. 23. Ed L. Pockham, vlce-presldont and general manager of tho Denver, Enid and Gulf railroad, arrived ar-rived In Ogden today on tho Union Pa-clflo Pa-clflo In his prlvato car "Wandoror," and went on (o Salt Lnko on tho Short Lino this aftornoon. Mr. Peckham has with him his family and his prlvato secretary, Miss S. M-Vance, M-Vance, nnd also Mr. and Mrs. "W. C. Robinson of Wlnflold. Kan. The party Is on routo to the Pacific coast, and nftor a visit in Salt Lnko, whero thoy dosiro to take a poek at tho hlerarch, they will proceed over tho San Pedro to Los Angoles, and from thoro will go up tho coast to Snn Francisco and Portland, returning re-turning homo about a month from now. Tho rond over which Mr. Peckham presides Is one of tho newest in America. It runs from Guthrie. Okla.. to Kiowa, Kan., nnd Its headquarters are nt Enid In Oklahoma. At present It operates only about seventy miles, but tho list of Its equipment Indicates a heavy traffic, nnd Mr. Peckham stated today that there Is not another Inland rond that docs tho samo volume of business per mllo. "It may bo bonton by some of the Atlantic coaBt resort linos, but It Is not equaled by any Inland rond." said Mr. Peckham. IIo states that the lino runs through a rich territory and ono that Is growing. In addition to tho mlleago that Is operated thero aro over thirty miles constructed con-structed but still In tho hands of tho construction department, and ICO miles more are In process of construction. Tho rond, ho explains, does not opornto Into Dcnvor, only by Its connection at Kiowa, but It will either construct Into the Colorado Colo-rado capital or will make such a traffic alliance that It will bo able to cntor Into tho contest for transcontinental traffic.