Show Burlington Road Trunk Line ine I Two developments during the past week the dismissal of the suit blocking confirmation of the reedy reedy- receivership receivership sale of the Denver Rio Grande railroad and the decision by bythe bythe bythe the government to Immediately pay the guaranteed to the railroads of the country countr for the period period period pe pe- immediately following their return return return re re- turn to private control have an Im- Im bearing upon the fulfillment of at the plans plan to make the Burlington system a trunk line from froth coast to coast and to vastly Improve the transportation facilities of ot Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western Colorado says the Steamboat Steamboat Steamboat Steam Steam- boat Sentinel For over three months it has been publicly known that the interests controlling the Chicago Burlington Quincy were preparing to connect the Moffat road the Denver Rio Grande and the Western Pacific for for use as an outlet to the Pacific coast for the Burlington's Chicago Chicago- Denver line Une While the plans plans which making the Moffat road from Crom Orestod Orestod Orestod Ore- Ore to Denver a link in the new Burlington through line have been in progress for a long while they were w were re not disclosed to the public until until un un- til last fall tall when u It became known j that the owners of the Burlington were the owners of ot a majority of the bonds of ot the Western Pacific that the committee of ot Western Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- bondholders which purchased the Denver Rio Grande at the receivership receivership receivership re re- re- re sale last November represented represented rep rep- re resented the Burlington Interests and that the same Interests al alrea already already al- al rea ready y held some 58 per cent of the bonds of at the Moffat road The purchase of the Rio Grande was necessary in order to allow an immediate inauguration of at the transcontinental service proposed and through friendly interests controlling controlling controlling con con- trolling the tire Rio Grande bonds the receivership sale was demanded and held No objection to It came from any quarter until It was learned learn learn- ed that the purchase was to be made by members of the Burlington private private Il vate family Then attorneys Identified identified Iden idea with the Union Pacific brought brough t suit In the United States District t court in Denver in behalf of certain certain certaro tain taro Rio Grande stockholders t to Jr prevent vent the sale This suit was d denied denied de de- nied and the sale took place after r which other suits were brought t to have confirmation of the sale withheld withheld withheld with with- held by the court and lo to have th the sale set aside on the ground of ot collusion collusion col col- lusion of Interlocking directorates The sale of at the Rio Grande to the th e Burlington Interests was on Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day practically confirmed by th the e United States circuit court of appeals appeals appeals ap ap- peals in St. St Louis which upheld th the thea e a action of the fede federal al district court t t in Denver In denying the stockholders ers the right to intervene At the time of the Rio Grande sale it was announced by the purchasers purchasers purchasers pur pur- chasers that the road although owned owned owned own own- ed by the same interests as the Burlington and the Western Pacific Pacific Paci Pact fic tic would be reorganized and operated operated operated oper oper- as an independent line thus avoiding con conflict lct with the federal laws It was also announced that approximately would be spent in immediate betterments and Rio Grande officials have since disclosed that those betterments will consist principally of shortening shortening shortening shorten shorten- ing the main line between Denver and the western slope by over miles No secret has been made that this will be accomplished by building the mile 41 connection from Dotsero 18 miles east of ot Glenwood Glenwood Glenwood Glen- Glen i wood Springs to Orestod on the Moffat road 2 miles west of State br bridge dge and that the Moffat road will willbe willbe be used as far as Tabernash with anew a anew anew new line from there through a tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel under J Jones ones pass to Empire and thence down Clear Creek canon over a a new high line grade connecting connecting connecting con con- again with the Moffat road at Coal creek As a part of these those plans to give the Burlington the shortest and best possible route to the Pacific coast that road has during the tie past few tew weeks acquired lands adjoining the Moffat shops at Utah Junction for use as the site of the largest railroad railroad rail rail- railroad road shops and terminals in the west which it will be necessary to provide to take care of the Burlington's Burlington's Burlington's Burling Burling- tons ton's increased business over its pew new through line Two purchases of 1130 acres have been made making making mak mak- ing lag a tract a mile long and half a amile amile amile mile wide When Hale Halo Holden president of the Burlington and of the Colorado Southern was in Denver five weeks ago he stated that he hoped that work would begin this year on the new shops and terminals which when completed would provide employment employment employment em em- for 2000 men No railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road he said could start work on off on improvements until the government paid the guaranty made at the time that the roads were returned to their owners Then he said the railroads will be In n a position to spend money for for improvements and to generally pursue a progressive sive he program The announcement was made Monday in Washington that the money due the railroads will now be paid at once The Burlington will receive 1 a very substantial sum from that sou source e and with the litigation over the purchase of the Denver Rio Grande no longer a matter of worry preparations are likely to be made at once for the building o of the new Burlington shops and terminals the boring of the Empire tunnel and the building of ot the Dotsero connection connection tion |