Show HILL MAY RUN A RAIL ROAD THROUGH HERE has acquired half interest in the colorado midland railroad the pui chise of the colorado south by mr of the great northern burlington and other oads might mean something of ian to emery county inasmuch the colorado southern is the owner of a half interest n the midland line run ang into grand junction colo there has been all sorts of talk the pat few of mr hill extending his burin g ton road from wyoming into salt lake city it has been known that mr hill has wanted to break into california territory as well by obtaining full con ciol of the midland road he could extend that line from grand junction through grand and emery counties westward we atward to los angeles cala and skin all other transcontinental roads for short dia tance between los angeles and denver or chicago the arpad nowadays with the short haul easy grades and the ability to make the quickest time is the one that is going to get the trade besides the burlington colorado south ern syndicate will need coal and by breaking into emery county the one undeveloped coal section of the world mr hill could cinch an amount of fuel that would supply his roads for the next fie centuries ani it is the i future supply of fuel that all railroads rail roada are now looking out for the old burlington managed nt had its eye on this territory long years ago and fought the D R G road in the latter se enties for right of wai through the royal gorge losing out there they filed on a right of way through the grand nver canyon and did cons demable v ork grading there long before the rio grande load thought of bu iding thre agh glenwood bar i ings and other rood now along D ar G load the graded r of way of the burlington road through that territory may yet b seen from the car of the R grinde road lying on the other aide of the grand river from the latter company a roadbed it has bee rumored from time to time I 1 that the burlington had run a ar survey from grand junction to the green river and some distance v est in to emery county crossing the green river some twenty five or thirty miles south of town of green river the great struggle for the imal ja ta tion of the gleat transcontinental rail way arteries extending from atlan tic to the pacific coast has bc arcely be gun it is the amb of both mr and mr hill to become the railway master of the united stairs before passing from this life at pre sent mr has the edge on mr hill but through his purchase of the colorado southern mr hill has entered the mexico gulf territory and by mccur ing full possession of the colorado mid land and extending that line into call forma and thus securing a shorter route to he coast fron den er than any other road he will be giviner mr a hard run for the honor of being the great railroad king of thia country |