Show ci ia DERRAH RETURNS r FROM THE EAST J 1 t t t Western Pacific Official Skeptical Skeptical deal Regarding Rio Grande i Rumors Rumo i S V v Derrah general freight and pas pu passenger pui i agent of the rte Western w Pacific re returned ren returned n turned ROM hams on oa No 5 I after afternoon ft ti l noon from the east H has bee been in j Pittsburg Denver and New York visiting Vip 1 the various agencies of the Denver Rio Grande Grandc and aDd spent apart some time visiting relatives In Pennsylvania He had been P away way since June 11 and returned much rested reat and very enthusiastic regarding fu future future future ture prospects of railroad business In the west Weilt He lie says that he has heard nothing of rumors of changes chang In the management of M the Denver Rio Grande Orande more than have hav been bee published In Salt lAke and Denver papers n and is b constrained c to be believe believe belleve lieve that the rumors rumon are unfounded The Denver papers pangs have been rather sensa sensational he says In the east ea t 1 found business conditions very Aery much improved he saM said and everybody Confident for the future In Pittsburg I J went around round among the Mg big factorise factor and steal Neel foundries considerably j and found them all aU overloaded with or Of orders orders ders They y had more order orden than tha they could handle for tor some sane time Mr Derrah will soon n have s II consulta consultation consultation tion with the operating officials of the Western estern Pacific with a II view of opening up the read road for traffic and scheduled y trains tralee to KUlo Elko Regular traffic is III now DOW open to Shatter Shaf ter Nev and he hopes hope to be beable beable 3 able to open the road for the distance of about ICO miles mil further west Asked if tf it was wall probable that th the whole line Une would l be opened by S Sept pt 1 he said saidI I 1 am not Informed of what progress Ii I has been made since I went east but I 5 should hardly think it probable that it through traffic can be commenced on that date date There are many things to b be bei i accomplished II compU hed Even if the track Is Ia laid P i it would hardly be possible for tor there are f i stations U tp be built yards to complete I tariffs to be made etc Still we opened the road to Shafter Shatter on four days 1 and w we may be lIP able to get th the line run running i fling ning much quicker than I anticipate Mr Derrah hoped to see He Mr If Gould Goold In Ir h New Jew York but was unfortunate He said Mr sailed aUed for tor Europe the day be before before fore he arrived in New York 1 |