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Show AMONG THEUAILHOADS General Palmer of the Eio Grande 'Western 'West-ern Denies the Eeport that His Line i After the Oregon Paoific. EAILEOAD MATTEE8 OF IHTEEEST. What is Transpiring Along the Lines Which Carry the General Publio From One Point to Anothsr. The reported negotiation of the Rio Grande Western for tho Oregon Pacific continues to be tho talk iu railroad circles. The rrmto followed is nearly due east from Yaqiiima Hav to Albany, lu the valley of the Willamette river, and thence, after crossing the Cascade mountains through a summit pass reached by easy grades, tho maximum being only seventy feet to the milo, it then will, generally, follow the line of the Willamette valley and Cascade mountain military road to Snake river, and on a direct lino to Boise Citv. Theu the scheme is to follow tho survey east of the Salt Lake, lloise City ei Hailey railroad to llailey, and thence lu a general southeasterly direction to Salt Lake, where it will connect with the Kio Grande Western. It will bo a combination of seveial projects which havo boen talked of for iiome time in Salt Lake aud Idaho. This also includes that much talked-of Deep creek project. A spur to thai point leaves the main route at a point about twenty miles west of (iarlield. This scheme would give the Kio Grande Western a good outlet to the coast, where they would have good steamship eonneption with San Francisco aud Fortland. Tho liio Grande Western company has had a special engineer at work for several weeks drawing up maps, plans, etc., and liguring on the valuo of the property. General Manager Dodge, when questioned ques-tioned about the matter, said: "Wo have not entered into any negotiations for the purchase of tho Oregon Facitic or any other road and wu are not expecting ex-pecting to make any extensions other thnu a few local lines iu Utah, of which everyone knows. "Have you not been considering the advantage of owning the Oregon Fa-cificy" Fa-cificy" "The Oregon Pacific is a good property, prop-erty, and hiight not be a bad Investment. Invest-ment. We have paid some attention to it. as we have to various other roads. Even if we wanted it. I doubt whether we could get hold of it, as its stock is controlled by the Vanderbilts, and if any road gets it. the Chicago Ai Northwestern North-western wouid be the most likely one. At present the line is In the hands of a receiver.'' Tha First Annual Slatemimt. The Xorth Pacific Coast Kailroad company says iu its first annual statement: state-ment: The company was incorporated in May. 1.01, and organized in December, Decem-ber, 1M71. There are now ten stockholders. stock-holders. John V. Coleman is the president, pres-ident, W. Steel, vice-president. K li. Latham, secretary ana W. F. llussell, trallic manager. Tho company now controls ninety-four miles of track. Its capital stock is $',r00,000, funded debt, .l.'J IO.OOO and floating debt 140, a total of .4.002,140, For construction and equipment the sum of $it,14S,!t")0 has been expended. The gross earnings earn-ings of last year amounted to M!)3,B22, the operating expenses to $31(1.774. a ratio of the latter to the former of 80.44 per cent. The lixed c'harges, interest on ImtiiU nml other expenses have resulted re-sulted thus far in a delicit amounting to $7.".'5,00.'i. The company employs 3o people and paid them during 1H00 the sum of $isa,777. There were eight slight accidents on the line and eight people were more or less injured. It. a. W. Kedtio-d Kates. On and after tomorrow the one-way rate on tho Kio Grande VVestern froiii Manti, Ephraim, Spring City, Mouut Pleasant aud Fairview to Salt Lake City will be $1.20, aud round trip tickets good ten days at a rate of $0.30. The former rates were $5.50 one way and 3.25 round trip. These rates are put in for the benefit of parties residing in Sevit r and San Pece vallevs who desire to do thefr shopping in Salt Lake City. These rates will also apply from Salt Lake City to the above points for tho benefit of merchants and traveling men who have business relations with those cities. The Kio Grande Western is demonstrating daily that it is operating sololy for tho interests of the people of Utah. Such acts as the above will be welcomed by the public, and nt the sumo time the management of the road can feel assured that their efforts are uppiociated. The rates between Ogden and Provo and the above mentioned points have also beon correspondingly reduced. The Northern Pantile After ship.. It is stated that the Northern Pacific Is negotiating with the owners of the ships Abyssinia. Parha and liatavia, which sior the past throe years have been under charter to the Canadian Pacific railroad in the China trade, for the purpose of placing them on the run between Tncotna and the Orient. The Northern Pacific, it is stated, has already al-ready made offers for the ships and the rhanees are that either (be Canadian Pacilic railroad will pay a big bonus to keep these ships out of trade or else it will find that the freight taken by them will be a serious ptillback lo the profits of the Canadian Pacific railrpad. Railroad Notes. E. A. Converse, special agent of the ticket department of the Travelers Insurance company, is iu the city today. to-day. General G. M. Dodge.whohas charge of the northern territory of the Union Pacific, is making a tour of inspection in Oregon. Mr. and J. Xeilson are receiving congratulations con-gratulations todav on tho arrival of a rose bml of a girl. The happy dad Is the stenographer of tho Kio Grande Western claim department. There will arrive from the east on the Rio Grande Western a train tomorrow to-morrow with a party of thirty-three people en route to Moscow,, Idaho, who will stop in Salt Lake twenty-four hours to view the city. The II. (i. '., in addition to making low rates of fare from stations on thoir line to Salt Lake city during conference week, have arranged for low rates of fare from El Paso, Tex. .Doming, Xr,M., Holbrook, Ari., and Snjara, Colo. |