Show I I EXPRESS COMPANIES COMPETE fOR CONTRACT Struggle On for Business Over Salt Lake take Route and Western Pacific Pa Both the Adams and American Express companies are after the contract with the Salt Lake L ke Route At the present time the Express company has a year and ten months of ot Its Us contrast t still to run with the he Salt Lake road and at the end of that hat time the matter will ill come up for fora a rehearing and the company making the he highest bid probably will receive th the franchise The company which receives the he contract with tile Uie Western Pacific in San Francisco will be in a position to bid highest for the Salt Lakes business bu as this will give a distributing point for tor express in Utah The Western Pacific bid probably will willbe willbe willbe be made in a few weeks and the north northern ern em question will be settled definitely be before before before fore the southern line Is open for bids bide Officials of the company are reticent In regard to the attempt of the he Adams Express to invade the territory terri toni territory tory but admit that the American Ex Express Express press iress company compan is laying its lines Unes for forthe forthe the ho campaign The western business of the express companies Is steadily on the increase and when the Salt Lakes line Is in the open market for bids the price which the Clark road will be able to obtain will willbe willbe be heavy The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Feare Feare Feare are tied to the with long term enn contracts and there is no Immedi Immediate ate chance for another express company to o tap these lines I |