Show SHORT LINES HARBOR significance of pacific coast rail railway nay purchase IT INCLUDES DES PORT HARFORD alio california boad and its valuable Va lualle able terminal now owned by people I 1 interested la in the oregon short line this suggests great possibilities I 1 bili ties and leads to tho the belief that tho the local company is ia laying its ita plans for on an extension to tidewater vice president T jefferson coolidge jr of 0 the oregon short L line ine with john R waterbury recently acted oa as the purchasing committee and bought the entire property of 0 the 0 oregon 1 egon improvement pro company the property includes that ot of uia the pacific coast steam company which runs ste steamers amors from nort northwest hit est ports to alaska southern california and mexico also the columbia puget fugit sound Iaci pacific fic coast seattle northern and the tie port townsend southern railroad companies tile the railroads are in the pug puget et sound country except the rifle coast railway which lit la in southern bouthern califor raa tho the acquisition ot of this a property by alic h owners nors of 0 the oregon short line lina Is in the light ot of recent developments a highly important move tho the public generally bould not cot observe any aay significance in the purchase att other than it a future consolidation ot at the three oregon corporations for tile control of 0 business between granger Gra and salt lake iak to the puget sound bound country and the lines beyond but the purchase has a far more important I 1 bearing upon local affail aff alra tills la Is due to the tact fact that the maxille const coast pal railway company N ft as included in the purchase by mr coolidge arid and mr waterbury 2 clr coolidge Is a director and vice prep iden t ot of the oregon short line py by looking tor for ford utah find san luls obispo col cal on a map m L 1 ro it urill bo be seen where it i autu future c connection 0 xi ne C ot of the pos t a can lie be made by tile two companick tile the flo coast railway runs rims in from froia port li harbord arford fe e of 0 tho the best harbors barbers on the california coast the railroad 1 14 only seventy six mills miles long but it controls con trola tile the entrance to port li harford arford arld and has ha an immense with the companas comp anys st stockers steiners stoc miners mers PURCHASE IS significant ey by alln again looking at tile tho map it will be seen been thai the line of 0 tile the oregon oret on lines projected roval road to the tha coast could be run directly to los Oli olives vois the southern terminus ot of the pacific coast railway as that point mint Is nearly due west ot of blo mojave jove the more mere fact that the harbor and the railroad road I 1 running inland from it are now controlled by the oregon short hort line peo I 1 ale ile Is most it li 14 a valuable one thins thing Is 1 certain the short line Is now in Ilos of i harbor ot of its own in the past the oregon ent companas comp anys rall rail and st steamer eainer lines havo have beene owned by the same people who control the or oregon on 31 hallway allwaY navigation company tho the two lines were always op opt abed or cr the former in its steamer ste ajner lines only operated to points south of son san zed end to alaskan ports th the e latter operating only tho the Colum columbia columber bir L river and the sax francasco anth of all tho the oregon Or cRon corporations in the last few years it has been shown how bow the entire property Is being icu acu ed by tho the one hitachi and that is the one owning the oregon short line tile tho latter now havens nearly tho the control of 0 the 0 11 N and by the latest move it has ban secured the 0 T camp company any with all its ite valuable water and rail raal franchises cl ilses to tho the promoters 0 of a 06 hap from salt lake lae to tillo wate r t the b e harbor quest question lon has always bee been n a vexed vex ed one san diego la Is too tar far do down w a and there its has always been me more re or 14 1 4 critic hirn against san pedro and alsan santa ea monica on account of the toe tact t I 1 that it itt I 1 they hey tire cire both flow port li arford Is shallow also but its 11 alers have partly overcome this find and otherwise the harbor barbor lit la a a good one land and it its business said a californian yesterday li is Im immense these facts acts combined with itin the ultimate destination of 0 the Iff iford exten blon and thi the may easy route from M ilford to a connection with the pacific conat coast raAl railroad road also the stat statement ment that the appon kalaba hoyal japanese IWO will pay a large bonus to tiny anny now bew joad 70 id entering a harbor between san francisco francl and san sail diego all co CD to that the building of the short line suggested it Is not so fir far in tile the future and there Is in an ob jact now for the oregon short lne line company to talo take up u p the work OF LOCAL santa re fe preparing to take the southern california noad chicago nov 16 the of the Alc hlson road have referred to tile executive committee the adiv advisability Is ability of 0 buying up the stock held by the minority holders of tile the preferred stock ot of tile southern california road the Atchi soll road now nov coins the majority of the stock bout there aro are about shares in the hands of 0 als it I 1 li if the IJ idea m to exchange tills this block for preferred stock of the atchison on company but it Is not knorn whether the stockholders bill III be willing to sell on this baal MIDLAND SLASHES RATES BATES to so show its independence it creato creates 0 big stir in colorado colora d N etron TRIBUNE SPECIAL denver colo nov IG 16 president istona of 0 the CoIO colorado Tado midland road today inadvertently let out the worst secret of 0 why his road yesterday mado made such ft slash blah la in western passenger pas rates the cause lt is undoubtedly the rumor that has been gaining currency cul Tency of late lare that the iha midland la Is to bo be a absorbed by some of 0 tile the western lines linen this rumor has worried president Rist bic and the tha reduction wits waa niada made or the purpose of 0 refuting the story etory and ma idna it evident to the public that atiat that road la Is v assessed of tl 0 little individuality arid and not under the control of 0 other unea A prominent railroad man mall arid and one well up in the rate in toe state la Is of 0 the tha beller belief that this cut on an the part ot of the I 1 midland nill bring brine about a war st similar nillar to the rate war between the a ad and ana denv denira rio grande in the summer of 1832 when people were carried from rom denver to grand gr and junction tor for 25 G cents ho he does docs not say any that the fight will be carried can led that lar far but he says saya just juat keen keel your eye on the rio G de and gulf J if ono one or tho the other dote does not make a further reduction in a very short time lime then I 1 alas ills my guella cues I 1 hurdly hardly believe that tile gulf will take taie an am active part in tile controversy atik r than to meet reductions chenever he never they the y tire are mad but you mark ray my word the denver rio grande hlll not stand idly bily by and acl ree eo the colorado ge set t a all it of 0 the iho tor for a cut la in rates mica ai sotar go ing to in J drop 7 and that thai pre pretty ty shortly I 1 av au P r CAUSES MORE TROUBLE this thi s time lima it ial he cle clearinghouse clearing aring house immigrant Bu business sines chi chicago ago nov kov 1 Q I the western lines haic struck a snag in the settlement of 0 their troubles the union pacific bi lias re refu fusel soil to ti go into inlo tile hie latest deal isa the companies by virtu aiyu 3 of 0 which the cali glant house ai t tile the west orn frn bonds is 13 to have the th routing routine of oil all I 1 of 0 the 11 just how the union Ilic ll it 0 intends to get its share of 0 tte the business the iho other line do not see ee for tf bir b ir lr includes all 0 team I 1 bunim and theme lines are a to turn tu oer to 0 o the learing caring house all or tile that th they ley carlt can press tile the it Is rumored ia that ihal it i email bring anax luu th the brench line of 0 trant which lina its pressed A defort I 1 t lu 0 pull out of oc the arran a t ajl 1 it I 1 Is Y thought thouR ht however that the h french illa lips will be kept in tile the without much trouble in case bowene ra that tha tit hie agreement aith the companies tails falls to tile the ground around the tha roads will not allow alon ON tilt in new york to tn route mute their buslow for or them they 1111 blindly it through the clearen acu hi UA and uffa not let tile the P riles bave ha thi say y as io to how it neill be routed 1141 Eail roil notes lausness nest Is il ell ig lip P again on the i recal eal r roii ils 4 1 ii 11 the milwaukee returns to Elle titU today J II if douglas rabo short uno pm pas department has fe turned from rom omaha A 4 the I 1 rio lo 10 grande vestern runs a co chi from ram f or the ape high agh football gaille cain 1 li F ell ell ofa and 11 S ghitla nf 0 ChIt airl of ft the C ast st F P new in the ile day the th rio bi C butti Ive tern passenger pase neer nt hes llad aed a lit attractive aliu tor for I |