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Show A NEW IDAHO BRANCH. Tie Union Pacifio Will Build a Spur to the Seven Devils Mining District, THE MIDLAND GOEELED UP. The Santa Fe Has Secured Control and Also An Option On the Eio Grande Western Notes and Personals. General Passenger Agent Eccles and Resident Engineer McCartney, of the Union Pacilic have returned from their trip to Idaho. They weio accompanied by J. I). MeCill, of the same company and by Messrs. X. Treweck, Horace Lewis and W. II. Remington. This trip promises to bear fruit almost al-most Immediately, and it is now safe to say that the Uuion Pacific will build a branch to tho Seven Devils mining district dis-trict almost at once. It was this district which the party visited. They are enthusiastic in regard to its wonderful mineral wealth. It is, however, ninety miles from the railroad and there is no way of getting the ore out. None of the Union Pacific odicials were inclined to say much about the proposed branch but none denied that it had been practically determined Some years ago the company surveyed a line to this mineral belt. It follows tho Snake river by a round about course but it is probable that this old lino will be pretty closely adhered to. Mr. Remington this morning said that the Seven Devils district was a tremendous copper belt and in his opinion as soon as a railway line was built into it it would become one of tho richest mining districts in the entire country. There was now, he said, no way to get out the ore. What was being be-ing shipped had to be packed on mules to the head of Bear gulch and then by wagon to Wciser, a 'distance of twenty mib's. The old Peacock ledge had, ho said, been opened up seventy-live feet, and was uncovered, for a distance of 800 feet back. It lias been tested to a depth of 1110 feet. This alone shows some 000,000 tons of ore lying there ready for shipment. Th'8 ore runs about 25 per cent copper. On the South Peacock a shaft is now being put down. This shows up about the saino as the old ledge. The valleys ' that run up to within twenty miles of the mineral belt, Mr. Remington said, are highly cultivated and produce large quantities of fruit. The sides of the mountains are also heavily timbered, there being great forests of tamraek and white and yellow yel-low pine. investigations on behalf of his government govern-ment relative to our railroad systems and their equipments. Ho said: "With us the question of railroads is of a political nature. The roads are built and operated by tho government, which controls every feature fea-ture of their niauagemeut. The last ministry was defeated on tho railroad rail-road question alone. It favored an enormous cxtention of the system, whilo the opposition was in favor of development of a conservative con-servative nature. Wo have now in operation op-eration in the capo 1000 miles of railroad rail-road and are at work constructing i)00 miles of extension northward from Kimbeily in the direction of the Seam-bri Seam-bri river, to which we hope tho road will eventually extend. A portion of the road is, ot course, to pass through a country in which we have no jurisdiction, jurisdic-tion, but in which certain iudiduals having a royal charter havo obtained valuable concessions from tho native kings. The absorption of tho territory will eventually follow. The country that we contemplate opening possesses probably the richest deposits of gold in the world. The company that has obtained ob-tained tho concessions is the British South American company, of which the duke of Fife, son-in-law of the prince of Wales, is president. A New Colorado Itoad. The new road between Denver and Golden will be completed in four months, unless great expectations are defeated. Last Saturday the grading for the new track began tit Golden. However, the builders there as yet have failed to secure the right to pull their trains into tho depot. The road will bo broad gauge and the line between Denver Den-ver and Golden eighteen miles in length. While tho Denver terminal is not yet secured, tho franchise is reasonably reason-ably certain of acquisition, and if the expectants are not disappointed, tho road will prove of very great importance. import-ance. Captain Berthmid of Golden, and the gentleman in honor of whom Bcrthoml pass is named, is in charge of tho construction of this new suburban line. A Bed of Hull-Nettles. The Fort Worth Gazette says: "Chairman Goddard, of tho Western States passenger association, has throw up tho sponge, and will cease trying to regulate a lot of cantankerous passenger agettts who seem to relish nothing else so well as a passenger rate war or a secret cutting of rates that brings tho war on. Mr. Goddard has not been resting on a bed of roses since he accepted the position of chairman in fact his bed has been ono of bull-nettles more than anything else and it is said ho has not had a good night's sleep since he rashly accepted the chairmanship." chairman-ship." Came Down from Ogden. Colonel Frank McGaw, the popular and vigilant freight solicitor of the Union Pacilic at Ogden, came down to view last evening's procession and returned re-turned this morning. "When you can afford strikes," remarked the colonel, "vou can bet vonr old boots that Salt, Lake is getting to be a metropolis." He left his trunk with Harvey Carlyle, who will appear in a spiketail when' occasion oc-casion juslihos it. Railway Notes and Personals. Mr. Adams of tho Union Pacilic starts out on a trip through Wyoming this evening. A 144-foot bridge over the Arkansas river at Salida is the latest enterprise of the Denver & Hio Grande. All that remains of tho Utah & Northern Nor-thern standard gauge to be connected up are four miles between Ogden and Deweyville and six miles between Dew-oyvill'e Dew-oyvill'e and McCammon. Major S. K. Hooper is expected in tho city in a few days. The major is the irresponsible general passenger and ticket agent of the Denver & Kio Grande who has done so much for the promotion promo-tion of frontier interests. Only twenty-live miles remains to be finished on the .Denver & Hio Grande track in tho San Louis valley after reaching Moffat. Two hundred men are at work on the road, and it was expected ex-pected that it would bo finished to Moffat Mof-fat tonight. The project of the extension of the Denver & Hio Grande roatl by way of Albuquerque, Socorro and Las Bntces to El Paso, is regarded with much favor in New Mexico, and that such extension exten-sion will bo made may bo regarded as one of the probabilities of tho future. m t lie Forgot His Orders. Tho trouble on the Union Pacific yesterday yes-terday was caused by an engineer's disregard dis-regard of his orders, aud 100 people narrowly escaped death. Tho east-bound east-bound fast mail left Green River Wednesday Wed-nesday behind time. The engineer had orders to wait on a siding this side of Rock Springs for No. 3, the westbound mail, to pass, but forgot his orders. He had not passed over 600 rods beyond tho point when the conductor saw what had happened. The train was slopped and reversed and was starting back when swishl a rush! a crash! and COO people were feeling around to see if thoy were yet in this world. It was the west-bound fast mail that had rushed around the curve and struck tho east-bound east-bound trail! a fearful blow. The engine en-gine men jumped and were uninjured beyoud bruises and bad scratches. Tho backing engine had her pilot and smoke arch stove in. but otherwise was but little injured. Tho west-bound en-gino en-gino was turned into a scrap heap. The front (Mill of the first mail car was broken. Fortunately no one was hurt. Several ears with the west-bouud engine en-gine were dorailed, and it was not until un-til 13:30 a. m, yesterday that the track was cleared so that tho trains could proceed. The Midland (lobbied I'p. A special from Denver says; It was yesterday announced that a deal had been completed iu New York by which tho Colorado Midland road is absorbed by the Santa Fe system. It was followed by the additional announcement that beforo the deal was completed tho Santa F"! had also secured au option on the Rio Grande Western and that road will also bo taken into tho now combine. com-bine. This gives tho Santa Fe by tho Central Cen-tral Pacific another outlet to the Paellin coast, but leaves the Rio Grande stranded at the state line, and will force the immediate construction of another road to Salt Lake from that point. General Manager Colbranof tho Midland Mid-land said that within the past two years fully a'dozen different otters by various roads had been-made for the Midland, but none had come up to what the management man-agement thought their road worth. At the price it was sold to tho Simla Fe the stockholders will realize all they put into Ilia road and a good rate of 'interest. 'inter-est. Thoy paid thirty-three aud sell at fifty. It places the Kio Grande's eld foe in the battle of twelve years ago for the possession of the grand canyon of the Arkansas iu direct competition at all tho leading mining camps of the state and must seriously nlleet its revenues. reve-nues. It also closes a link in the second sec-ond trans continental route for Wells. Fargo & Go's, express, which operates on all lines in tho Santa Fe system. I'un lor the Ticket Agent. From ' accounts received here, the general passeugor agents are having fun in Colorado. Today they are at Manitou, taking in the various points of Hit! neighborhood in carriages, aud this afternoon they will asccud to tho summit of Pike's peak on the new cog-way cog-way railroad. Tomorrow morning they will go to Leadvillo and Glenwood Spridgs via the Colorado Midland, and thence they will come direct to Salt Lake, arriving hereon Monday evening. Yesterday tho Union Pacilic gave a complimentary excursion around the loop to Silver Plume, where they were shown through tho Mcudota' silver mine. Capo Colony liailroads. Among the passengers on tho City of Rome, which arrived at New York on Monday was Mr. L. Weiner. president of the Cape Town chamber of commerce com-merce and one of the members of the Cape Colony . colonial parliament. In Bpeaking of his present visit to America Mr. Weiner did not disguise the fact that one feature of it was to make some |
