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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1890
Page
5
A Pacific Short Line rail road representative says the line will reach Wyoming by January and Ogden in two years. The company plans to stay independent and attract through business by selling traffic privileges to the highest bidder.
Completion of the Rio Grande Western railway conversion will yield broad gauge track from Grand Junction to Ogden by May 1. General Manager Dodge reports progress after a tour, noting the immense task of widening gorge sections and replacing rails.
A signed agreement by Rock Island President Cable and Milwaukee President Miller with Union Pacific General Manager Holcomb aims to run solid trains into Omaha within thirty days. The deal includes trackage rights at the Union Pacific depot under construction and joint use of the Gilmore to Lincoln line linking to Beatrice via Union Pacific track. Directors must finalize signatures.
A California railroad boasts a unique tree top roadbed in Sonoms County near Clipper Mills and Stuart Point. Loggers saw off trees to create a level deck with timbers and ties resting on stump supports. Two giant redwoods form a natural bridge seventy five feet above the creek bed, touted as a wonder of the Golden State.
The piece notes success of electric lighting on Northwestern road cars and forecasts broader use. It also reports Burlington plans a Sunday fast train from Chicago to Denver, reducing travel time by seven hours and triggering potential rate wars among rivals.
The speaker notes the route has long been known to engineers and explorers and claims Asa Whitney’s statement is literally true for this corridor. The line would cross the divide via South Pass, presenting the simplest railway route to build and operate.
Union Pacific has placed orders totaling several hundred thousand dollars for 100 locomotives and 1 000 box cars 400 stock cars 650 coal cars 450 furniture cars 300 fruit cars 60 cabooses and six chair and six baggage cars. Orders are distributed among about six eastern works to expedite fill and delivery.
H M McCartney of the Union Pacific engineering department said the Milford to Pioche line is advancing with 2000 workers across 115 miles of the 145 mile project. Rails for about twenty miles are stacked at Milford and trains could reach Pioche by December 1.
The Union Pacific hospital in Denver houses about fifty inmates in various physical conditions. Operations run smoothly with occasional arrivals and discharges, keeping the population steady, while city railroad offices supply reading material to occupy the residents and ease their disabilities.
John L. Larimer led the first outfit to begin grading on the 100 mile Buffalo extension from Newcastle, awarded to Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins. Several other outfits have since arrived, with initial grading found convenient on the Belle Fourche, sixty to eighty miles northwest of Newcastle.
Chief Engineer Bogue urges Union Pacific to build from Portland across the Columbia to Vancouver and Seattle, with five feeders to Tacoma, Olympia and other points. The plan envisions no traffic pacts and a dedicated Washington field, with operation ready in fifteen months as Western Washington offers prime railway development. Vice President Holcomb left for Boston as discussions continue.
Superintendent Phelan Russell Thorp and Stock Agent Cox plan a Buffalo trip to set up a freight line. Donald Miller, ex Cheyenne city engineer, is in Newcastle and employed by the water works. Hon R M Galbraith and family arrived from Rawlins to reside here as he will lead Kilpatrick Bros and Collins walking-beam drill this summer.
The sub committee of the joint congressional committee on Immigration continued its inquiry. T. & McGuire of the Knights of Labor was examined. He said the contract labor law fails to work due to neglect by the district attorney to prosecute cases. Immigration is aided by steamship companies via misrepresentation, padrones operating in New York, securing Italian workers for public works and charging fees for placement.
A Peoria syndicate led by Charles Cremer Weston Arnold and W P Denmeyer buys 560 acres near Cheyenne and 40 acres in Warren Mercantile addition with plans to survey develop and attract industry. They back German Fire Insurance loans and seek smelting works and factories while pledging land and cash donations. A meeting of Cheyenne real estate dealers is set for Wednesday to form a mutual advancement group.
A dated note to visitors in Cheyenne extols the city as a growing hub. It highlights rain blessing the town and outlines two key future drivers: Cheyenne as a center of the world’s largest railway system and access to rich bessemer iron ore fields. The piece predicts a population of 40,000 in five years if either resource develops as expected.
Sunday afternoon at the lakes Mr. Millard of Turnbull's furniture and Mr. Smith of Stock Journal hunted together. Millard slipped while pursuing ducks, fell on his gun causing both barrels to discharge. The wound near the head and wrist required amputation. he was taken to the county hospital for emergency surgery. Millard, an unmarried young man, is to be visited by his Denver-based mother.
SuN reporter talks with John F Ringler who arrives from a gas field south of Rawlins. He confirms abundant gas in crevices linked to oil springs and notes coal measures and oil in slate and shale. The gas oil and coal region spans about two hundred square miles with rapid land filings and strong development potential.
The signal office notes ten days of rain totaling 2.49 inches, exceeding most Aprils except 1883 and 1885. The government plans to try enlisting Indians in the regular army with two companies first, then expansion if successful. Joan H Cray observes.
The Sun reports plans for new season shops in Cheyenne to cost five to six million dollars. The complex will include paint, car, wood shops, ash pits, engine and boiler houses, and expand yards. A great wheel foundry and blast furnace are planned, employing about a thousand plus ancillary industries. Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins to build the viaduct, with passes issued for tours.
Military authority states Fort Russell will be expanded to a twenty company garrison. The policy centers troops at railroad hub garrisons and central points, withdrawing from distant locales. The plan includes $200,000 in new government appropriations for additional buildings and facilities.
At St Luke s hospital in St Louis Missouri on Saturday April 18 1890 Mary Lee wife of Lieutenant James H Frier Seventeenth United States infantry and niece of Lieutenant Colonel Robert H Ofley of the same regiment passes away.
The Lander tragedy occurred Thursday morning when Dr Julius A Schuelke shot and killed W Sullivan a local druggist after a short quarrel in E B Clevelands saloon and W H Schoo barber shop Sullivan died instantly the doctor was arrested and jailed pending a preliminary hearing. Sullivan long time agent Jones chief clerk and partner in drug business with Patten, his killing is described as cowardly and unprovoked.
A union committee met Vice President Holcomb in Omaha and then with Union Pacific general managers in Cheyenne. Forty conductors from all divisions attended, requesting pay and work-hour reforms. Three meetings yielded substantial compliance with their concerns on mileage-based pay, classification, and run balance.
Bonanza and the Big Horn basin plan a large welcome for Col. Pickett on May and a public dinner at Ganley’s grave. A dancing pavilion will be erected and music provided for an all day and evening celebration. Letters from outlying districts urge a huge turnout.
Judge Carroll prepares a book gathering his old poems and new pieces written for this issue. The Sun office has begun publication and readers anticipate favorites returning in book form with pleasure.
The gatekeeper asks what grants entry and a girl pleads for admission. A guardian cat at the gate proclaims permission, and the gate swings wide. The scene reflects a cautionary fable set at a heavenly gate. Detroit Free Press.
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