A Ticket to Howardsville

The San Juan County Commissioners unanimously approved and signed a 99 year lease Wednesday evening granting the San Juan County Historical Society the use of County Road 22 for the purpose of rebuilding the Silverton Northern between the Powerhouse Industrial Park and Howardsville. This is the original SN right of way through the canyon adjacent to the Animas River. This route is about 2.5 miles long and does not include any r-o-w within the Town of Silverton or between the city limits and where the Powerhouse Industrial Park is situated. Opposition to the lease at the public hearing held tonight was from Paul Schrank, representing Al Harper and the D&S Narrow Gauge Railroad, and the public testimony from the other people present was all in favor of the lease. Details of the hearing will be in tomorrow's Silverton Standard, and I have no idea if that story will be on the newspaper's website--but if you subscribe, that's another story.

Fritz