Show I ALROAD CICiE War Between the Western and Sanpete Valley THE RATES ARE SLASHED Track Laying Going on at a Lively Kate Tcafllc on tho Mountain Division Is Iin provinjr Sheep Shipments Made Yes terdny Excursion Nicws 3lr Heintz Will lleturn today General Notes The Rio Grande Western has begun the war in the Sanpete valley region Forsome time that company has been regarding with distrust and some apprehension appre-hension the approach of the Sanpete Valley railway to Ephriam and Manti Now that the road is nearing completion the policy seems to be to prevent its entry j i into the shipping points and thus cut off the trade However this attempt is likely to prove abortive as the Sanpete people have too good an eye to business not to know that a lively competition between be-tween the two lines will bring lower rates in both passenger and freight traffic The latest move of the Western designed de-signed to bring to them the trade that is being held back on account of the anticipated antici-pated advent of the Sanpete Valley is to cut rates I was learned from a reliable source yesterday that the Western is quietly quoting a rate of 105 per car on cattle shipments from Sanna when tho agreed schedule rate is 5115 A bigger drop than this however tins been made in the grain quotations The agreed grain tariff on shipments from Salina is 15 cents per hundred pounds The Western is said to be quietly quoting a rate of 5 cents No reason is given and it is rather difficult to see the object of the moves as the Western has a monopoly at present of the Sanpete traffic The following letter from an ardent Union Pacific sympathizer under date of the 22nd inst received yesterday is I quite appropriate the present stage of I the game I Track laying is goinc on at the rate of threefourths of a mile a day e will be in Ephriam by the 1st sure The Rio Grande Western shipped about twenty five cars of rails and ties to Ephraim last night together win a gang of Salt Lake hobos evidently for the of evidenty purpose preventing pre-venting our going into Ephriam We have our right of way into the city and the city council and people are on our side so we anticipate no trouble On tho contrary will intensify the feeling feel-ing against the Rio Grande Western and will be a card for us There ip some trouble there as the Rio Grande Western has laid a double track on the entering street and like the Britons bulldog is inclined to show fight The mayor has ordered the track to be taken up and fun is expected Developments De-velopments are awaited with interest I |