Show BACKING MOFFAT ROAD BOAD Asserted That Rock Bock Island Owns Large Share of Bonds Sylvester T Smith president of the Construction company is b in Chicago This announcement looks innocent enough if It a reader is not critical but Mr Smith is the head of the corporation which will build the Moffat line and It will also have the handling of o the bonds Weeks ago when the bonds of the Denver Denv r North Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern western Pacific were vere first put on the market it was announced that parties In Chicago had taken worth of the th shares Later it was announced that the Rock Bock Island which has its head offices In Chicago was planning panning to get a con controlling trolling tr share of the bonds PIty Fifty thou thousand thousand sand dollars would not give con controlling controlling trolling Interest in a deal but chunks of possession could be bitten off of if there was a disposition to keep keen the Rock Bock Island out of the deal The Rock Island has the finan financial financIal cial backing to build the road The Moffat bonds did not sell very well In Inthe inthe inthe the open oven market and D H Moffat went to New York Y rk A week later it I was announced that the bonds had all been taken ui u Now Mr Smith who wh handles bandies the i bonds is in Chicago It ig I 1 announced L I that when he returns the route of the th Moffat road will be announced There are some who wh will be tempted to sus suspect suspect suspect that the Moore Brothers who have offices in Chicago and New York City I will know the Moffat route before the general public and that they will hae haNe considerable to say as to the construe construction constructIon tion work There are railroad people F In Salt Lake who insist that the Rock I Island which is practically owned by bythe bythe b the Moore Brothers is back of the Moffat road |