Show ir RAIL NA Y CIRCLE Interest in the Union Pacific at Denver SALT LAKE FOR HEALTH The Bio Grando Westerns Coal Traffic Three Rabbit Shooting Parties Organized W J MiotiveH In TownJ H Bennett Ben-nett Has Gone to Denver Councilman Coun-cilman Bell Goes East Railroad men in the west are greatly Interested in the result of the trial against the Union Pacific now In progress pro-gress in the United States court at Denver If the complainants win the fight new railway headquarters will be opened in Denver having exclusive control of over 800 miles of road leading lead-Ing directly from Denver to the main distributing points of Texas The new headquarters means the establishment of a receiver in charge of the road with headquarters in that city and a complete out of officers from vice president and general manager through the passenger freight and operating departments down to messenger bo sand s-and janitors Aspiring railroad men are reading the news giving the daily progress of the trial with special interest as somebody some-body will be called to fill the offices provided Governor Evans carries the day It is claimed that attorneys for the Union Pacific have declared in genrel terms that they will not carry the case to the United States Supreme Court if it is decided against them If the case goes to the supreme court it is hardly possible that a final decision would be reached for years to come In view of the propabillties it is no wonder that members of the Colorado Traffic association including many leading manufacturers and wholesale men are studying railroad maps and becoming each day more deeply interested inter-ested in the encouragement of trade relations with Texas says the Denver S Republican Commissioner Frank Jares yesterday called attention to the fac that if the Fort Worth becomes an independent line Denver will enter the field for Texas trade upon an r equality with St Louis The metropolis I metropo-lis of the Mississippi valley is only about fortyfive miles nearer Fort Worth than Denver The freight rates I would therefore be placed on an equality equal-ity and the main problem to be solved would be to reach Galveston about 300 mile to the southwardon a fair basis as compared with roads from the I I east The Southern Pacific has a I traffic contract through Houston to i r Galveston over a line which it is believed be-lieved could be utilized for traffic to f tide water from Colorado Greeley f potatoes are going Into Texas by the r train load and a revision of freight i schedules would prove a great blessing f to Colorado coal miners as it would i1 infuse new life into the coal traffic from the Rocky mountain region Texas now draws her coal supply i largely from Kansas Missouri and Indian Territory I An independent line would introduce a new era of low freight rates into Texas It is pointed out however It that an independent line would find itt jf it-t self heavily handicapped at the outset E f as the change would involve an entire readjustment of rates with other lines t While this work would be In progress f the ingenuity of the management r might be strongly tested in gathering in enough cash to meet expenses |