Show arom tk hrire irire i THE U P tf alio grand of railroad con boli dation which the union pacific officials are considering is understood in all ita bearings bea ringa by local railroad men they have a lever way 0 fein ant ignorance shown the dispatch relating to the joining of alie utah A northern with the short line and asked the effect upon the situation here they express themselves with great re orve and are unable to foretell what chances it will involve plied with ques tlona ar to the meaning of the consolidation of ir the utah lines controlled by the U P they are equally noncommittal non committal it not wholly uncommunicative the field ia therefore an inviting one for shrewd ruca seti and we venture to eay that alie conclusions of all will not be far from being unanimous alie natural result of all the chaness n cannot bo otherwise than beneficial to tho commercial prospects ol 01 abden The Union pacific main line is here to atay and here it will bo met IQ tha future as in the past by the central pacific the utah central baa and can hare no ether northern terminus the western end of the pugnacious little giant will remain with the majority the northern territories will continua to patronize us bringing this way their pas bengela Ben gera tind products and receiving here their visitors an J supplies unless the intention is to pull op bodily or abandon aloie of these great railroad arteries the future is as bright as it baa ever been pictured and wo believe under the proposed changes it will become much brighter take for instance the consolidation of the utah northern and the oregon short line which alie telegraph informs us is practically concluded that means the widening of the V N pu agean improvement which had long been in contemplation and tho placing of alie junction city in closer and more direct communication with the northwest it means a black eye to the short line between pocatello or mccammon and granger a section which while presenting few obstacles to railroad building offered few inducements it means that overland traffic BO far an the whole U P system is concerned will be handled in this city for the south north and west what the consolidation of the utah lines may mean for another city of the territory we leave the ingenious frienda of that city to discover we hope the raeul t will be gratifying to them aa wo have no doubt it will be to us we mention no names in this connection and refrain from expressing our opinion out of regard for their feelings within the last day or ano we have learned that they are sensitive over any victory of ours at their expense these schemes of consolidation are likely to play a leading part in the location of the companas comp anys shops cheyenne has been rejoicing in the belief that she had secured the site and that improvements aa ay iy 0 two million dohara acro to tin inen cod it looks aa if sho were to be at least in a measure for the improvements are tj bo on a STi aller scale than anticipated the last number at hanl of tho cheyenne leader contains a letter from the thief engineer in which he stated that the work which is to com menco march lelh must be finished nov 1 the time will be ample tor the completion of such works aa are intended those of oar readers vho aho ha ve heard rumors of the resumption of iron in this city will be able to calculate without much prompting how good the prospect ia tor the jn ain shops here whenever that industry ind astry shall again be placed on ita feet we are sure to be the grand junction for the whole network of lines and it will be our own fault it we are not also the grand supply depot upon which they may draw for material of every kind while we write the telegraph brings word that the D K G W proposes to widen its guage from tha colorado line to ita terminus hero and has placed its first order for rails it hag always been wonder that the change was so elow in making alie beginning of a project with the D R G means also its conclusion and whether narrow or broad rivage it may be always regarded as aa a giant A conveys the following bit of local news A 0 cleveland would like to be V 8 marshal of utah and ft good one ho would mke |