| Show another proposed railroad the colorado california short fineis line is the latest development in the way of railroads and lt the chamber of commerce meeting in denver on wednesday last it receive dit he hearty endorsement of thit that body in the discussion the following occurred gen B M hughes was called upon and said that in the building of railroads tt it struck him at as peculiar that a road to salt lake had never before been proposed one could be bul biri miles shorter while solicitor bom fo the overland staple stage route it was su suggested to him that a nearer line should be had to salt lake and mr edward L berthoud Bert boud of golden was chosen to survey a route which he did the route was described speaking d about the survey that was ma made e general hu hubbes hes said that secretary tary stanton supplied F ed two companies of united states soldiers and brigham young rend rendered ored assistance the survey was made through the wasatch range to strawberry valley filley the obstacles on white river were spoken of which he said could be easily removed 1 there was plenty of coal in the region proposed to be gone through more than be thought existed in colorado and of a superior quality the only obstacle between here and salt lake is the wasatch mountains A route can be easily secured it will expensive but can be secured and will ovill be the route for denver he did not think that a better man could be secured to make we survey than mr berthoud Bert boud president fletcher stated that mr berthoud Bert boud had bad made a report which was considered too valuable to read at present governor evans was called upon he had no prepared speech he said that general hughes was the first p resident president of the first road ever built it in colorado when he be first came here he bad su a route to Ber thouds pass which was surveyed and found to be practicable acle aple the short route from here to salt lake is by the middle pirk park the reason the union pacific did not build on the abe proposed route was because they secured more subsidy for the wak way they did build |
