Show THAT HARRIMAN EXTENSION the general understanding in eastern financil finan cal circles is that harriman controls the Rio Grande 1 I remarked a well known grand junction man who has unusually good facilities for keup keeping lur lil in touch with I 1 th ho the cast to the grand junction mes hen s the other day if so this means that harriman will build north from durango through the paradox country to grand junction and then connect with the rio grando grande western and the oregon short line to link up the proposed puget sound to gulf of mexico vine line if this should be the case it is easy enough to understand har crimans anxiety to rush to an early completion the moffat tunnel under the divide with harriman using the western and a northward extension of the southern pacific to care for the northwestern states and the gulf states he would make grand junction the distributing point for the system to get gh this mortn and southbound freight east he wants a direct lin line to denver on the rio grande with the least possible grade for the reduction of grade is a harriman hobby by the the construction of the cut off to kemmerling and the building of the big tunnel geould he would have a low grade direct line to denver to connect with tho the union PIS pacific ciric abid the east cast the people of or the gra grand nd valley should not cease conse in in their efforts to this northward extension of the southern Sout henI from durango up along the tile dolores and down to the junction the old rio grande southern is a narrow gauge proposition and on a route that makes a broad gauge a practical impossibility the route i much to be pic ferrad offering as it doea does a lower grade and a richer country countr |