| Show RATE WAR MAY RESULT reductions BECOMING FREQUENT eastbound shipments ats axe are affected lower hates ui union pacific p route to portland freight rates said a well known railroader yester yesterday doy are going all to smash pretty soon boon unless tile the secret cutting culling to secure big shipments Is not put EL a stop to tile furniture deal m atas as only one item of 0 many similar reductions and personally erso nally I 1 hope the retes rates will be dropped lower every dayi day lor for nothing so quickly sets things right among cranle officials and shippers as a general demoralization as it always precedes a similar demoralization in jobbers business A 73 ent cont rate was wa made mada on tron iron pipe chicago to utah yesterday but this will be fol followed lomed by a a 50 cent rate tomorrow toni oiTO monday it la is also a filet that eastbound stuff nas has beell eee bee cured oti on cut rates arid and an la in pie at 0 this M OA aa shown the lisl of oc I 1 the c beel e woo eft ibon bell the final filial shipment or OC wool t N went v e to boston from a station on oil one of the branch lint lints s the tha furniture alture ur rates will undoubtedly come com down there are many cara cam held in the east on the order of 0 salt lake dealers de mho iho are now gain golac r to give tile the cars to lite hie road making the lowest rate the dealers know that a lower rate la is obtainable and they propose to have tile the advantage of 0 it BY WAY OF GRANGER side trip to salt lake not allowed by the tha union pacific me of 0 the union pacific difficulty w m lilt the local roads roada Is still a subject for or comment by eastern papers in this connection some borne news Is gleaned from tho the omaha beef bee which la in on an interview v m fill a railroad man there quotes the th latter as follows what is 13 my opinion well lvell I 1 think each line had to concede son nothIng to tho the other tine line 1 believe the settlement ot of this Is going to do away with a great deal 0 of the competition for or portland busin ves among the tha union pacific the burlington and the re rock c it inland tile the now new arrangement tit sp specifies that the union pacifica business busan ess to portland shall be vla via gran granger g er thus us cutting out the trip trio to salt L lake u ke city now in n my opinion this will result la in tile tho trim cratl el of 0 the c commercial men n bustness business he cn mm u A who are arc in a hurrying hurry hurry Ind and others mho want to wake make fast time via the union pacula through granger grander these clasps do not care anything about scenery a all they want Is last fast time on in tile hie other hand the burlington and the lite nock island will have tho the cull call for the travel of 0 the tourist class the people who are I 1 r ra a ve ling over the country to see the see scenery both of oc thecae tints connect with the I 1 he lines through colorado and utah auh that excel in venca enery and thiv will malie that strong card the fight bet between een the union pacific and the burlington has always been bitter and I 1 th think I 1 it will now be moderated somewhat liy by the fact act that thac their lines to portland under the new conditions appeal to different classes NEW RAILROAD BAlLE OAD PROJECT PR OrECT plan to build a line from fort steele to the midland I 1 A north and south mountain railway connecting connect lne r fort art steele wyo with the midland road la in thle this state and passing through some of the most promising mineral districts dial lets oa 04 colorado Is one of tho the projects contemplated for or 1898 the tha plans contemplate e giving southern wyoming a direct route to denver with branches extending extend lna to I 1 0 bely ae I 1 Y opened mining bisti lets the 1 una will A ili start ot at rort fort steele which to IB on oil the union pacific road passes pas ang lla ila saratoga through the orand grand encampment and middle park and including alahna peak and columbia mining districts plans have proceeded so Q tar far that negotiations are now in progress pro greks for the purchase tc ot at grounds a at t fort steele for or yards and terminal facilities cili ties this railroad will open up ono one of the and most extensive ot at the undeveloped regions of 0 the middle west tile the agricultural and aol aal stock interests of oc the great valleys or of the urfer upper platte and snake rivers in wyoming and the upper ecar bear river in utah the th gold eold and copper deposit ot of the tha grand encampment and battlo battle lake districts the vim vast and virgin coal timber building stone mid and bericic and potters clani and general moncial areas ot of the medicine Medle lne and sierra mountain ramps rai iRpa tho iho ml wit 0 of f lia haims lins peak and columbine the placers plA curtt of 0 independence mountain and the i ailed icea ot a r north and middle parks parka being belli all included the location ot of fort steele on tile tho me main I 1 it line ot of I 1 the he union Pact fit ehan G IT opportunity for an ail outlet east and went for passenger pat neer and arajo from tile the new districts and cannot fall all to be ba of 0 great advantage in ill many ways saratoga Is tins the locality of the noted medicine hot sp lings N M hose lack of 0 railroad facilities ha haa up to the present time prevented tile lie town from rom growing crowing as it lias has deserved denver dellver notts SURPRISE IN STORE spirited bidding expected at union pacific sale ealo omana omaha neb oct U V speculation sit lii local railway circles cleg la IS very animated at present over the union pacific sale which will occur one week from tomorrow one element clement asserts that there Is a surprise la in store for or the beor jatlow committee and that it will ivul como it in tile faim 01 m ot of strong opposition when tile time tor for bidding comes cruls it i said that the competition m will III come from rann the sage syndicate ilicich Is believed to b be really the lh hunt crowd labo are anxious to get theroan the roa road a d to run in fix connection ith tile ilia southern it la Is further farther said that the tha bidding probably be so BO spirited that the price brought mill w bo be much in excess of what Is ex expected porteL it la Is declared that it tile the age people get the road they their will probably aro bably build a new line un to clil chi ca caffo 0 and toua thus cOIlL control rOt the situation from that tho L city through to abo ill 0 coast it 1 Is further said that it 11 the tha vander bills tall fall to get the th ithe it alu will mean the inevitable extension of the western una line or tho the northwestern chich now reaches far into wyoming through to tho the coast |
