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Show fiTiiiuMiiil A Contractor Oonvernss on the Proposed Extension of the Dniou Faoifij to Helena. LAYING OF THE G. H. TRACK. Changes on Various Lints-A New Read to Denver Notes and Personals of General Interest, At present Helens appears to bo tho popular point for proactive linen. The rumor that Jay Could may extend the Union Pacific to Helena is causing considerable con-siderable comment in various comuier- cial circles. Contractor Winters of Bulla quoted as speaking about the proposed line between llutte and Anaconda: "I have hardly made up my mind about this road to Anaconda yet. The people back of it appear to bo in earnest earn-est and are working as if the plau was to be carried thorough. Another engineer engi-neer was sent out yesterday to assist those already in the fiold and that part of the work at least is being pushed. He that as it may, there is a scheme on foot that more than double discounts that. It is the extension of the I'nion j 1'acilio to llelona ami from there to j (irent Falls, where it will join the Oreat Falls : Canadian road. 1 Ins will give them direct communication with tho Cansdiau 1'acilio road through the very best territory in tho iiorlhwfst. The cost will be comparatively compara-tively slight, as the grading from Dillon tn llelena has l.eeu done for years. That will leave a gap of only eighty-live miles to Ureal Falls, liy going through '.istle, that coming camp ran be made tributary ami the line would be a valuable valua-ble one throughout. It is said over there that the deal for this road is beiiiff made with the Northern l'aeilie, but I m confident it is the Union Pacific and would like to bet something on it. Tho building of this extension would bo a jrreat thing for western Moutanu, and especially for Dillon." To I r lb Track The Great Northern will commence track laying from Seattle out next month. The wildly speculative published pub-lished routes to be followed by the Crest Northern in crossing from tho Columbia river over the Cascade mountains moun-tains have given the chief engineer so much trouble that he has been obliged to issue a correction, or, rather, a tie nial of them, lie says the company w ill build its own line, and does not intend in-tend traversing the barren waste which Ins been named as the route to be followed. fol-lowed. IOMroad Itlppl.. The wool rate is just now a thorn in the side of ambitious railroads. F.x-Vieo President V. H. lloloomb, of the l.'uion Pacific, is at the Walker. The atmosphere is peppery enough to cause humanity to welcome the opening of (iartie.ld beach tomorrow. This time tho Rock Lslaud claims credit for tho recent reduction of tourist tour-ist rates from Misouri river to Denver J. 11. Yandenberge, clerk to Assistant General Freiarht Acrent Urown of the Kio Grande Western, will leave tonight fur Grand Hapida. General Palmer, of the Kio Grande Western has declared to Denver reporters re-porters that he was not buying any roads and had none for sale. Colorado Midland P.urnett is already at the head of the procession of railroad men who are after busimiHS. ISrother Paxtor left for Denver yesterday. Of tho GOu railroad corporations In this country !!T5 prohibit the use of intoxicating in-toxicating "liquors by their employes, among the number being most of the larger companies. The Provo I'.nquirer savs: It has been rumored that the Kio Grande Western eating house in this city is to be removed to Springville. Nothiug detiuitu however, lias yet come to light. William W. Porter. K. H. Malotie, W. A. V.'arlan. Charles Kibler, Alex Lathan, Jonas Washburn, W.M. Inner-soil, Inner-soil, J. W. Hubbard aud M. S. Heal are the directors of the Denver it Irondale. Tho company is capitalized foriMuO.OOU The line will extend from Irondale, Arapahoe county, to Denver, a distance dis-tance of ten miles. Charles Seagraves, tho clever Spanish scholar, who has been assistant passenger passen-ger agent of the Santa Fe in Kansas City for some time past, will make a change June 1st. Tho change is in the shape of a merited promotion to traveling travel-ing passenger surent for the Kansas City territory. II is successor has not been uamtd as yet. |