| Show HELD POSITION WITH RIFLES Early Day Incident of Construction Isnt Likely to Occur Again Probably there will never again take place such n tremendous railroad bat Jo as that which occurred during tho late 70a between the Denver do Rio Grande under Gen Palmer and tho Atchison Topeka Santa Fe says Ap pletons That was a war typical of the early western methods battle royal for the state of Colorado Force and subterfuge counted for more than tho mandates of tho court At that time an engineer of ono line on going to occupy a pass through the mountains moun-tains found It already held by a representative rep-resentative of the rival line backed by a hundred men armed with Winchesters Winches-ters By what authority do you occupy this pass was the question By thtj authority of these rifles and the supreme court was the reply significant sig-nificant in that the rifles came first And it was typical of the times The talo of the struggle for the now famous fa-mous Royale gorge between these two lines which later spread Into a fight throughout the state is In itself a most amazing story Then It was that Gen Palmer fighting fire with fins looped the telegraph lines Into bin house and sat all night listening to his enemys plans Then it was too that a since famous westerner In tho employ of the Santa Fe held a fort against the Rio Grande claims But though famous as a killer the bad man was also anxious for money and eventually tho Rio Grando crowd who could not dislodge him by force accomplished this end with gold Romance of this sort Is Indeed gone and happily so But a now romance has succeeded the old Railroads still differ but their battles are battles of brains not of force The fight Is t fought with the skill cunning and scl ence of the engineer and traffic expert shown In the wise selection of the right routo at the very start and securing se-curing advantages In construction and strategic position which shall be abiding abid-ing for all time |
