Show moffat talks the inot tangui ae prophecies its as to the grodt great benowits beno ben ilits olits that atu ill desalt to the detato by tile the building of thil denver arid and pacific railroad will fade into fl hen 1101 compared to abo actual results that are ara suro to follow said david it 11 in the road bo be has started to build it vill be found continued he be that the great of colfax count county yale aie only tit in their infancy ifancy it ube ibe most dous dona projects in filli almost lost all lines of bum can bo be started and efrim d to completion with inith great profit the many things accomplished in ili this bdate in tile the awa will i ill I 1 think bo be fur far kurpa surpassed bcd to vo give a brief summary of the project I 1 must tell you that tho the roa i 1 ahon finie pd od will connect denver and salt lako lake jy by that move colorado will pot got an outlet to tile the pacific now wi is to the state itself many of tho the most valuable abla counties in tile the state will nill bo be opened up for settlement and development isa is a vast area in colorado and north astern distora utah that has no railroad facilities consequently it has a population of only about N ith tho the advent of railroad conned tion und and the resulting Ordil ordinary lalY development of its natural resources ill territory will inevitably have within n fow few aenis enis a population ot of lit least 1000 you yon can scarcely comprehend m what hat this ill mean to this state of course there is 19 a railway to salt bait lake already but tile the new lino line will bo be milos fesq than by the route lousides that thore there ig 11 no railway but ours that will tap this wonderful territory our tracks will traverse iri in a few words I 1 can kive give an idea of tile tho proposed line of travel it will start stait in denver go to coal cacek in jefferson Jef lerson lerion county from thence paiton pail of gilpin coun county ay through the continental divide into grand counte count from thence into 1 count countdown doan the bear ri rier mer er alley to the town of steamboat bleam boat springs it will run from there ut lu a wo westerly terly direction for a distance of miles milea to the batuto line between colorado and utah fatum thence to suit salt lalo this itinerary will gine ge a idea of the wonderful erfiA ten atory ory that vill be trae ihil willin will creaso our cattle cod oro trofio beyond computation bunds lunds will N ill bo be settled upon and the abo prairies will ivill bo be alivo mith cities and camps where only tile tho coyotes and aranie dogs now hold swit great beds of coal have alicade been discovered and they lime stood the comparison to the eastern product pio duct gold cold and allied i can lie be found in I 1 irge tieso gioi so itis it isery nory evident that thousands will ivill hock floal to the fields this will benefit the while state while one portion of it ma may seem to ha be moie directly bene fitted t than ban it cannoa bo denied that all parts nill receive the benefit though in many parts indirectly the population of denci r ns as I 1 anio hi B before re remarked marled will be in live beam ears from now no w this will vill be b tin nn to all tile smaller cities in the state 11 |