DENVER TROLLEY LINE
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A planned $2.5 million interurban trolley line was to link Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo — an early episode in the great American trolley-building boom, financed by out-of-state capital.
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Daily Inter Mountain · April 11, 1901 · Page 1
1 min readChicago, April 11.
A special to the Chronicle from Colorado Springs, Col., says: Colorado Springs, Denver and Pueblo will be joined by a trolley line to cost $2,500,000. It will be built by Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland capitalists. Charles W. Taylor, who represents the syndicate, has petitioned for a right of way over county roads. The main power station will be here. Work will be completed in a year. The fare to terminal points will be 50 cents.
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