Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-03-22 | Page 1 | Moffatt Talks of Building a Road to Salt Lake Section

hM TALKS OF A ROAD TO SALT LAKE denver march 22 the times today ays it is stated that david IL moffatt at a conference with new york capitalists who met to consider plans for the new salt lake road announced positively his intention to see that the road h constructed and that in bringing the pro 1 eject to their attention he was simply giving the opportunity to become interested but the opportunity would not be long open the capital for alio road is available and the awarding of contracts april and 2nd for the first ten miles of alic denver and northwestern beyond arvada to coal creek will be the beginning of construction work on alir iiii sir pointed out that denver it not at present on the line of any t transcontinental system alie denver and northwestern will be an dent line that will make alic link between the rock island and burlington roads reaching from denver to the east and the new san pedro salt lake los angeles road from salt lake to the pacific coast AB surveyed the line will cross the front range of the by means of a tunnel about two miles in length north of james peak entering middle park and passing through that fertile section via steamboat springs surveys in possession of the company show a feasible route with comparatively easy grades for crossing from middle park to egeria park where bear river lias its source the line will virtually follow the drainage of bear river through routt county touching at steamboat springs thence westward in almost a direct line from the detate line to salt lake