Three little lines : $b Silverton Railroad, Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly, Silverton NorthernCrum, Josie Moore
History
Three little lines : $b Silverton Railroad, Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly, Silverton Northern
Crum, Josie Moore
Railroads -- Colorado -- San Juan County
Abbot, Morris W.—Contributor of reports and “Transactions” from the
Yale Library
Airy, Mrs. Percy—The story of entertaining Mears
Baker, Bert—Data on the snowshed, the explosion and the snowslides
Beaber, Ross—Publisher of the Silverton Standard—much assistance
Camp, A. M.—A nephew of John L. McNeil who was an incorporator and
secretary-treasurer of the S. R. and the R. G. S.—data
Cooper, Ray—Silverton and S. R. history
Cooper, R. E.—Data on engines
Day, Vest—A member of the survey crew on the S. N.—data and stories
Dresbach, Joe—An auditor and general superintendent of the S. N.—data
and assistance
Fischer, Robert A—Work on the S. R. map
Ferguson, John—Information on the Meldrum and Treasury Tunnels
Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.—Mr. Gibbs was Chief Engineer and
builder of the S. R., part of the S. N. and most of the R. G.
S.—data.
Henry, Myron—Data concerning the S. R.
Keenan, John—Information on the Meldrum and Treasury Tunnels
Keller, John—Data on the Shay engine and a S. G. & N. coach
Marshall, John—Data on the mines and history of the region and
contributor of reports from the Los Angeles Library
Meyer, Edward—A locomotive engineer on all three railroads and a
superintendent of the S. N.—much information
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society—Loan of the copyright of
most of the material herein
Ridgway, Arthur—General Superintendent of the Silverton Railway and
the S. N. in 1904 and ’05. He was also Engineer and Chief
Engineer for the D. & R. G. for about fifty years.
Speer, Marion A.—A member of the construction crew on the S. N.—data
Terry, John—His father and uncle were owners of the Sunnyside
mine—data
Terry, Mrs. William—Her husband was half-owner of the
Sunnyside—stories
Wampler, Harold—Loan of Mears letters
Wigglesworth, William—Constructor of the Boston Coal and Fuel Co.
line—data concerning his father, Thomas Wigglesworth
Footnotes
[1]The mileages used are from the R. L. Kelly survey of 1892.
[2]Mr. Gibbs died at 89½ years of age as a result of a fall. His wife,
nearing 94 years old, is still alive.
[3]Mr. McNeil established most of the pioneer banks in Southwestern
Colorado.
[4]The little turntable sat for some years in the yards of the county
garage in Durango.
[Illustration: Map]
Transcriber’s Notes
—Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
is public-domain in the country of publication.
—Silently corrected a few typos.
—Transcribed some text within images.
—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.
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