Show NO MEOlA IE SALE President Denies Deni s Con Consolidation Consoli soli MIDLAND l D STILL SOLUS 4 t LOCAL AGENT DONNELL DO HAS RAS HIS INSTRUCTIONS DESTRUCTIONS ONS 4 t Colorado Midland R Representative in Salt Lake Receives Advices That Point to the Fact Pact That There is No Foundation in the Rumor Humor of the Absorption The latest latet phase pha in the rumored Colorado Midland sale is to t the te effect that there will wl be no immediate con consolidation between that line and the Colorado Southern i iW IW W H Donnell local lol general geneal agent of the Colorado Midland yesterday stated that he was vas in itt receipt of no advices from headquarters rs in lii regard to the reported sale but on the contrary he had received by the afternoons mail mal certain instructions in reference to the future policy of the road roa which jadi IdI clearly that no change wa was con contemplated contemplated contemplated for some time yet et to come President Ristine of the Midland has hasfurther hg hasfurther further issued an official statement in which he sets forth that the holders of a majority of the Midland stock cannot control its Is operations ns as a vot vet voting votIng ing trust of five men protects the in interests interests o at the minority stockholders and their rights cannot canot be voted away without their full ful consent In an interview at the Holland Holand L House Hou e New York York on Wednesday President Ristine is credited with say saying sy syI saying ing ingI g I am tired tred of denying dening these reports For the past two and a half years these thet thee i makers of rumors have been trying to tc buy and sell sel us until no now the te subject is S becoming tiresome I am a free to 10 tc explicitly state stat that any proposal oL 01 the Colorado Southern to buy our ow road rad has ha not been brought before either our executive committee the directors I or the voting trust So you see se this thit I latest revival reviva of the story put out by bi byan byan bian r an evening paper pape in Denver is not true It I said among other things that we w wowe owe the Denver Dever Rio Grande road ro As a p mater matter of fact we do dk donot dono not no owe ove that tat company a cent This is i simply a sample of the brand of false faIn reports afloat and another one ono is ia the thi thit criticism of bad management t on my part |