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Show CANCELING OF CONTRACT BY COLORADO SOUTHERN TAKEN AS SLAM AT GOULD The canceling of the contract for the joint uso of tracks between be-tween Colorado Springs nnd Denver by the Colorado and Southern as against the Colorado Midland is regarded in Utah railroad circles as the first gun fired bj the Standard Oil and Kuhn, I.oeb & Co. to oven things up with Georgo J. Gould nnd the Denver nnd Rio Grande for the removal of R. F. Rush from the presidency of the latter road. James J. Hill, who owns the Burlington, which controls the Colorado and Southern, is friendly with the Kiihit-Loeb interests nnd the Standard Oil, ns they backed him in his fight with E. H. Ilnrriman for the control of the Northern Pacific. The Colorado Midlnnd is owned jointly by the Denver and Rio Grande nnd tho Burlington, nnd it is asserted in railroad circles that the Hill interests in-terests hnve cancelled tho traffic contract in order to force the Denver and Rio Grande to sell its interest in the Colorado Midland. Tho Colorado Midland is attempting to obtain n traffic agreement agree-ment nnd a trackage right over the Denver and Rio Grande from Colorado Springs to Denver. Agents of the Colorado Midland hnve been Instructed to accept freight and pnssenger shipments over the Midlnnd by way of Denver until January 1st, but after that date there are no instructions as to routing of shipmonts. It wns partially confirmed at tho Burlington offices nt Salt Lake City la'st Saturday that the Burlington road hns been contemplating con-templating building into the Uintah Basin nnd to Salt Lake City for some time, and that the cnncoling of the Colorado Midland joint track agreemont is tho first step toward acquiring the Midland Mid-land property. It is asserted that the Burlington already has surveys mnde through the Uintah Basin from Grand Junction and that if it acquires tho Midland road it will build there. |