Show ITO TO SELL t Colorado Line May Shortly Change TWO ROAS A 5 OLT RUMOR OC ONCE NORE I IS RE ANT ANTI I Dever Denver Rio Grade Grand and d Coloro Colorado Southern Are Sd Said toBe o After te the Le Purchases of te the Stock Beg Made In n the East Notes A rumor emanates fr rn m New York to te the det effect tar tha the Midland will shortly ch change ge hand hands and nd that the Dener Rio Grande and Colorado Souther Southern are noW pIng bidder bidders for opping that road Purchases of t Colorado Md Mid Midland land stock In the et east large enough to te indicate that an attempt is being made to obtain a controlling Interest in the therod rod road have led to the revival of the aboe above rumor which ha has been crent crenton current currenton te on several in da days gone by The Dever Denver RepublIcan Is responsible for the statement that severa several circum circumstances sc stances pint point to a possIble consolida ton tion between the Colorado Southern and the Midland but none so strongly as the projected CrIpple creek Crek short sort line up South Patte Platte c canyon n and te the advantages for a short lne line to Ogden which this extensIon r According to the statement ot of the New York Journal ourn l certain banking In have been steadily ing bonds and preferred stok stock of the he Colordo Colorado Midland Midland This Is taken to in that there Is In prospect a sale of time the property to some lne line which se by Is Its connections wl will make i It nire val Va Clark Dodge Co and l H P Goldschmidt are reported to be the princIpal bU buyers ers of M securitIes Though the buyers do dot Uland tel tell for whom they are acting says sas the Republican ni all Indications are that the rel real pur purchasers chasers are holder holders of in the Denver Rio Grande line |