Show HARRIMAN IS TO INVADE Takes Steps to Retaliate Ti Said Said- for Gould Entering His Territory 1 TAP RICH COAL FIELDS Meantime Gould Watches the Latest Mine Io timid mil Prepares to 10 Hun Ilium nUl Ills His Line to 10 PI et Sound Will the Southern Souther Pacific the tho on Or one great glent road of oC the Harriman Esten Colorado the the Colordo-the the private territory of or time tho Denver Denvel RIo Illo Grande owned and controlled by y George Gould Goul ls us a new phase of the Ito Gould ln Gouid-ln Gould Tight In the tho mountain inter-mountain and amid Pacific countr country which is now nots' holding the iii- iii tore terest of oC railroad men In time the West Sest With Its Is broad anti and narrow gauge gaug roads the lii tl Denver Rio fin Grande now not has one omme of oC tho time greatest purely local loca systems In Colorado I known to th Ito tho United States Bounded h by tho Colorado Colo Cub rado- rado Utah lIne lino lne on out tho the north and th the thie New ew Mexico line on tho tw south this S' S system lem covers time the Centennial state stat with wih a myriad o of main Ine lines am nail branches reaching lo to every er important gold Jold silver silvor cop copper anti and coal mine mile I In time tho tw state stale Besides reaching Into th the heart of or the mining districts In ever every er e part of oC tho ho state slate tho lie narrow gauge gaug Ins lInes linos of oC the D. 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O run through all al of or th the most productive a agricultural districts anti and ant these latter latel lines lilies ar arnow art arl now no being Improved to a n great extent Southern Pacific Steps Iii In Il Thus far the time Harriman lines hn hiv have not dared dareel to poke their noses Into th the territory claimed b by the tho rival com coma pan Imn The Colorado mining and a agricultural agri- agri rl- rl cultural districts district have hn been en controlled by 13 tIme tw Bio Hlo Grande Grand without dispute It I Is now learned however that th the Southern Pacific proposes to build a aline alne line lne from ruin Durango and amid t to Denver Cob Colo Cilo this being a C branch branc connecting with the thie main line Unc In New Nc Mexico The Harriman people have hav already purchased 1000 1001 acres of or coa coal lands in Iii and around Durango call cal cally on the border line lino Ino between Colorado Colo Cob rado and amid New Nos' Mexico Articles of oC Incorporation have been bee filed fled with wll tho the secretary of or state stale o ot of Colorado at ut Denver covering time the route rout of or the lie railroad which will wi not only tap taji In rich coal coni fields felds but will wi give th tIme the Southern Pacific Us Its Is first line lne front Crom Denv Denver r to Los Angeles n cles and San Fran cisco Great Gnat Need of Coal Lands f The importance of oC the purchase c or orthe t the coal lands ands cannot be lie l- l mated when it Is known that th time the Southern Pacific hail hall no coal for th the thesy sy system tem between bet een the time present supply 1 In eastern New Mexico Mexico which which is no not great great and and Wellington B. 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C and ant ha hits haM depended almost exclusively upon th time the oil 01 supply from Its Is Bakersfield ake fel Cal lie Ids as well wel ns os Australian coals t tto to I to 1 tl operate the lie vast network of oC Pacific coast const mileage Tim The latest move of the Southern Pa Pa- due Is considered h by posted well raIlroad railroad rail rall- road men inca as ns purely a n r retaliation 01 oti the part parl pat of nr harriman Gould Gouk for t the he In r's rs L ter's presumption In daring to Invade Nevada and amid California which have O hl been absolutely h by the lie Pacific now the he liar liar- la lines hInes Gould Watches While hl the Iho harriman people ar are making the tIme move Into Colorado th the Gould interests are nut not Idle ItlIe Ile Though Geor George e Gould is 1 at present sojourning abroad It can be he stated staled thul lively that ho lie is not dead deall to tn the lout lion ton In lii these hose parts Quite to the Ito con con- lr mary his a agents are now al nt work sc so- so curing way of way oC from rain Ogden to Logan which has been ficen one of time the exclusive ex ex- elusive e avenues of the Hie Oregon Short Line Limie another branch of oC Hi the Harriman family ramly it as soon as th he line lne can cn bo Lo completed to tn Logan the thc road oad will wi be tl north Horth through Idaho and amid ald Mr Mi 11 Gould will wi be e placed 1 in a u position to to solicit business it In Idaho Montana and along the north north- tun Pacific coast coast n. n a very i C productive I region eglon which has heretofore been heen controlled absolutely by Harriman am antI and Hill 11 interests In Iii other words not only is George Ce Gould working to complete te a n line Ino be be- le- le cn Salt Sal Lake Lako anti and San Francisco at which point Int he lie will wi enter into lute oi- oi Oil Ori traffic as a well wel as that of oC tho thu olden Golden Gate but lut h he- he ht heIs Is quiet qUiet quietly laying wires wire for COl his imis entrance to time Iho Sound co country May U Use aIna Cal Canyon nn Grade With Ith au all al these railroad mo moves moves Gould has bias not for JO one moment forgotten forgot forgot- ten the Salna canyon grade which although washed out by hy tIme the rains mains of man SI seasons Is still good giOi enough to establish a legal status statu and When the tIme time line Ile comes COIC he can an produce a short line lne from front Green River Ulver Utah Ulah to Sauna Salna Utah Ulah and amid thence via 11 Fremont mss pas to Los thereby a tran ss- ss em reaching thc lie three great ports of oC ho tue Pacific ocean ocen Puget Sound Golden Gollon Gold Goll- Goll en on Gate and amid ant San Pedro Petro harbor |