Salt Lake Herald | 1891-10-24 | Page 2 | The Rio Granile Western

The Rio Granite Western Tho Rio Grando Western is considered I among railway men to be tho best paying and most profitable pieco of railway in tho entire west The time was says the Denver Den-ver Republican when the Rio Grando I could have had that road or at least a perpetual agreement couli have been effected easily for a permanent I per-manent mutual benefit and II division of tho earnings of both roads but for the I personal differences between tho managers of each It was not generally known but it is true that for a number of years the bitterest feeling prevailed by which tho welfare of both lines was retarded and the development of toe country contiguous con-tiguous was greatly prevented Heavy expenses wero inrnrrpri hu tlin Tin I Grande management is throwing obstructions I obstruc-tions in the way of the Western thus widening the broach instead of sealing more closely a compact which would have made the consolidated line one of the best paying routes in the entire west But little lit-tle was said outside of railway circles though the feeling between the two companies com-panies was bitter The Western in its turn I retaliated so that there was considerable loss 11 around The earnings of tho Rio Grande Western this year show a marvellous increase over the earnings of last year and nono of the other loads in this country are beginning to realize the earnings of Jast year especially in the passenger traffic The earnings of tho Western for the year ending end-ing October 1 were Freight 502793 passenger f205884 express 21003 mails 19025 miscellaneous fl785j total 710 445 increase 192J1S or 3523 per cent 1