Show KRAMER DENIES I DENVER RUMOR RUN I Colorado Color i Midland Will Not Be BeUs Used Us d as Rio Ri Grande Club I i iSALT SALT LAKE PARTY RETURNS I r TO BE BEl l BIG SCHEMES 1 4 I Denver Defly TC r May Kay 5 The Newt News today Ea s sA A struggle fa I on m between the te Colorado Colerado Southern awed With fth the Har Harriman Harriman riman In an the Denver Rio Ro RoC Grande rande C rand a part of the Gould dons for fur control of the tile Colorado Midland laI cl road oad The primary ca of th the strife fe the new WW Moffat road from fI Denver DeAver to Salt Lake which is in course c une of construction tion When hen heti the Moffat road refused refu ed to grant nt theRlo Grande an interest t in Inthe the survey of ur the proposed line UDe from Kremmling to toT tonJ T nJ ro wInch which will invade territory hitherto held beld exclusively by the latter road read the Rio Grande in retaliation set et eta al a out hout finding a mean means ot oi f shortening Its line 1 i ne to Salt Lake By building a line direct from front Denver to some point on the Colorado Midland at least lea mlles mItes of or travel could be saved aved and the Rio rande Crande people began to negotiate for the Midland This was wan the purpose e of Russell Rua Hard ift s recent r nt sojourn in the state The Colorado A k Southern dIscovered what was wasl being l ing done and realising that such auch a as the Denver A Rio Grande proposed to mak would materially bene benefit benefit fit them in the run to the coast th the began planning to defeat the scheme The Rio Grande now threatens the South Southern ern frn em by holding off renewals of old arrangements ar arrangements I about to expire concerning joint taint tine deals in the big cod coal l fields Trouble has not reached the th eruptive stage as 8 yet however T G W Kramer vice ice president of the Colorado Midland and his private secre mere secretary secretary tary A H Cowie Cowle are registered reKi at the Knutsford Mr Kramer said saki he had bad seen n the dispatch He denied that there was wasI I anything of the foregoing nature pend pending ing and added the story atory was hatched up lip in Denver for a sensation I You can get almost aImed any sort ort of a story r you yu ou want in the railroad circles on Oft Sev reet said d Mr Kramer with witha a laugh Is there any IlAY probability of such sueh a deal dealin dealin dealIn in the future was asked There Jant very much likelihood of ofa anything a n of the kind Idad Thor There to Is I no DO stock on the market to get control of It to is owned by two parties and George J Gould owns half of oC this Mr Kramer said that his visit at this time was in connection with the Utah Fuel uel company of which he is the pre pres president ident He has been here bore looking over oyer the business affairs of the company He TV was as here in February f fr r the same pur poe purpose rose pose ose The business transacted to Is of or a aroutine aroutine aroutine routine nature |