Show THREE MILLIONS BILLIONS FOR SELLING WESTERN I Fee Fec Fe l c h l by y Promoters pio of Ii the Deal De Det t 4 5 l W AlUM V VES ES 8 TO TRANSFER HO Ro AD D S TO OWNERS S SS S t tS I S Certain who h have I caught glimpses s 6 ot or COlOnel Dodge of ot the Rio Grande Grands Gran e Western dawn down on railroad row luring during duri the past pa t hours but hut heard leard not a whisker rot or his business had lad their anxiety considerably c allevi alleviated yesterday when th the r colonel came right out flatfooted and told why he hes is s here The sensational truth fell from his Ups lips at Itt J p m in after he be had enraged engaged en raged In a one hours conference nh ith President Bancroft of o the Utah Pa Pacific elite Said the th colonel olon l his is my ray reg ufa trip Salt Sal t Litke L S Accompanying COlonel Coonel Dodge and Mr Kramer is Comptroller Stephen Little of or the Denver Rio Grande The Qt Of UlJas spent a good deal of ot time In iu Geddes dd office yesterday also alson In n the of ot the Pleasant Valley Coal company compan which is soon to be re reorganized organized org under the name of ot the Utah Fuel Hiel company compan Colonel Dodge D odge said that Mr lIr Little is here for the purpose of ot I checking up Rio Grande Western earn earrings earnIngs Ings on behalf eh lt of the new stockholders n eV and see that things are satisfactory generally As to what or 01 Im lm win will be nde on the road I or whether the two W J be he operated as one line Colonel Dodge said that all rested reste with the ht people who are to toas as slIme Ume control and he knew nothing of hf their ir plans Those ose things will dev l p later said ald Colonel Dodge uIt It Will be lie thirty days da s before the stockholders sto of the Denver Dener Rio io Grande vote on tho tim consolida consolidation tion U n and until that time little wilt will wilLbe be beThe I known 0 S S 5 The Denver Dener papers are giving some sohie interesting of the Rio JIb Grande Grand i One report says the men inca j wile wHo negotiated th deal are to receive as a fee the enormous sum of Who Vho manipulators are is IH IHnot not stated S SS S The report its Iii that all nil the roads in lu Colorado are to be c put Jut under one con control control trot thatIs that is they will be operated on ona ona ona a community of interests plan but hut each ech road will retain Itt its identity and legal and President E T r Jeffery will be president of ot all the companies This is believed b to be the business which has detained him in New York fey the past six sI eM Such a move moe means a great eat saving s to the stockholders i S ers era It is estimated that by b doing away with w offices not absolutely necessary S I Ito to the operation n of f the th roads the in increase increase increase crease in itt net revenue AY will amount to i per Der annum It is indicated by this that the Rio lUo I Grande Western Vestern will vIII not lose its name nor will wm all aU its offices be abolished Circulars are being issued his ed by bJ the firm of oC Spencer TrasH Trask Co describing the method of oC the transfer of the Rio I Grande Grandi Western Vestern to the Denver enver Rio Grande Gran e The new stack stock of the th latter company c co is being exchanged for the old j securities bC hf the ha Western rn I |