Business: Denver to the Sea?

The Interstate Commerce Commission has heard nothing but trouble for so long that it and the country were surprised last week by a large, positive request: For permission to build a new 860-mi. railroad from Denver to San Pedro, Calif.

The petitioner was a new company. Denver Pacific Railroad. Its president and vice president were given as Coleman Crenshaw and Thomas L. Hall, both of Salt Lake City, but last week no details were available on how they proposed to do their financing. The proposed Denver Pacific,...

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