Show h c RUSHING THE IVilDLAND Itnjilil 1roifrcss of this Work ol Ton ttriictlon from Dciner llirniigli > cstcrn Colorado HIP AIM heal thnt Is to Coinuet hits Inn 1 Oiont Inlniiil I Cnjiltnls Vn siinj of > nrkinpn Im In itoml Unati Construction for I Illstnntoof SJiO Miles Icncrnl Jtumlle Itiilhsny ntlle The great Midlanti road consistiiij of a toinbiinliou of time Utah and Colorado llsislons sconiB to be coming this ssu at I rapid rate and should thin Wtsttrn division bo pushed as is tho Colorado dl i sision it sslll not bo long before the two great inland capitals Denser and Salt lakowl bo connected byn still shorter onto than tiuj now running rIms following fiom tho Denser ffeiui gives a good ilea of boss the work is being pushed toward tho Utah lioundarj line and as this is but a part of the ten crush piln it will bo of interest hero is ell us at the other end of tlio route j boino time during time fall of the pros ont year tho Colorado Midland lUilssas which forces its way through the back bono of tIme Hock Mountains will bo omplctcd and placed in operation i and with it Denver and time cities of tho Last be put in direct communication with the humors remote points I Time opening of the t roast Ioi is i looked forward tons an event in I ho hi tory of the State particular bj ho people of Aspen tilciwood sand s-and other places which though able to miintam nulssnj facilltiis have had to depend on the moro primitiso stages and pick horses as a means of f transportation his lack of adequate facilities has been an element in reiaruing the growth of these places and the rich mining properties of that section base suffered in consequence That tho promoters pro-moters of time now riilssaj have con 1 dcnco in the future of the sestern HCC tion of the State is demonstrated by tho capitil behind it This amounts to tO000000 and the stock has ahead been taken HO that the road is praetic ill i > atd for and the bonded indebtedness of ti theme bo anywith be small Tit SSOUK IN Tit MOUNTAIN Hie work of trading tunneling sIll la ing of track nml building bridges is progressing rapidly and Manager of the Construction I D I Fisher and Chief 1 ngmecr W I Wigglesworth iro con ndont that It will bo completed during the present year To a Aen reporter who called on them last night those Koutlemon furnished some detailed information in-formation of tho road and its prospects 1 he road under construction will aggregate aggre-gate 2oO miles in length extending Iron Colorado Springs i to Elk Creek anti i nC fG touching t at eadvillo 1 Aspen ind Glen wood Springs Neither of the list tsso places have ever had railss connections and to them tho benefits will be the most adsant igeons This principal work now being porfoimed is in griding Tho grabs constructed lire about fourteei feet in width and give ample room for the fom foot eight and half steel track which is being laid borne very deem cuts have been necessary to reach the grade and in many instances throng sold beds of rock Cuts has o been mad mnet feet but the Chief Tn mccr Wig glcsssorth states that tho practice has been to tunnel through beds over forty live or flits feet I has been necessar at times to construct tunnels to save dis tanco lucre ssill ho about tl irteen tin nelson tho line of the road tho Create number of which liT short There is i ono boss os or Inch ss ill traverse 2000 feet nosIer tho mountains Tins is west of untel leads illo About one half of the rout laid out has been graded md as soon as the bridge at the Iron Springs near Manitou Man-itou has been completed the work ssill bo greatl facilitated and expedited Tit SliMY Ol SSOltkSIl A force of over 4 000 men is emploci at present in cutting grading settm ties laying rails and in tlio t construction of bridges and tunnels mil the weather has fas ored tIme work Iho forces has been employed const mil and have every facility to aid them in the thorough construction of tIme road Iheso force are scattered all through the mountain in camps and operate liko an arusiy undo the systematic direction of coin paten managers lucy employ every unpk moist of mechanical construction tint can be of service Tho road will be a substantial sub-stantial one and every ciro has beei taken in this respect In the constructs of of the this road bridges bed tunnels The bridges and constructio are of iroms on sold masonr and tho structure over Ruxton creek will be 250 feet in length Iho ness road wilt luso a territory peculiarly its own and in addition to t shortening distances betsseen points already al-ready cached 133 other lines ssill entoi 1 country which for the first tune ns stated will haso railsvay facilities The distance from Denser to leadsillo will be shortened about bosents or soscnts five miles amid sslll consequent icduc the tile of passage four or five hours When it leases leulsillo tho road enter a ness country and opens up a bcctioi prolific In mining properties coal UK II sOle iron deposits One of the most un portant features in connection with thin cOIIcton coal deposits leached by the road is that there aro innumerable coking coil le 1 posits md this svill make po sibh n new and important mdustr fill OHICLS 01 Till COMI SNS Will be at Colorado Springs for the picb cut but may bo monet to some other location is the business of tho compin demonstrates tho necessit for it flue company has a ipital stock that ssill enable en-able it to build subst mini road and i i nccessai to extend it boond the rout now under courso of construction Al tho stock of the road has been subscribe and therefore tho road is paying for itself uumsitlAb SOTI H Iho Union Pacilic Cahforni euir monists will irnso in tins city this osci ing on the regular utah cntral trait Ihcro iro about ono hundred idles 1 am gentlemen in tho party mil the oxcur moil is under thin direction of IIot Sherman Sher-man Ir I They will spend to momm and probabl Sundtj in this city all ssill then proceed to Cdlfornii iccom pamed by Mr 1 Sherman lhmny com from Umnli i Denver liltS other emstermt points I The clone jicrinits for the ministers of this fit iro on band at the Inion I Ia I I cillc general ollice U |