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Show THE llIlLllOi RECORD1 Eastern Capitalists are Operating the California and Nevada aad Have a Corps of Surveyors in the Field. , CA8TLE VALLEY RA1LE0AD CO, t News of Foreign and Local Lines Tlia C. 1 V. to Tap a Rich Portion of ; the Territory J ; Despite all tho denials and rumors of denials by the heads of the Santa Fe Kit Grande Western about being interested inter-ested in tho California it Nevada, there is something which shows that eastern capitalists are keeping the line alive. That a ileal and result of considerable I magnitude will eventually grow out of I the movement seems sure. For the first time in its exist- I ence tun little California & Nevada 1 f line has a regular otliee and a time I table according .o which its trains are to be run. The Atlantic & Pacific ticket I ollices are also those of the road, and ; this fact alone lends color to the report 4 published in these columns that this tittle road is ono end of that transcon-' transcon-' tinental line of which the Colorado ' Midland owned by tho Santa Fe, is the other. A Since the story was published a few- weeks ago it hasiineu pooh-poohed, but the eastern capitalists have so far kept their word. They have established a daily servico, and have a force of engineers engi-neers in tho liold. Tho little line runs from Emery's toOrinda l'ark, and from the latter point a stage runs on to Walnut, a distance of thirty -eight miles. - New Itoftd fur Hondnran. t The government of Honduras has j made a concession to a syndicate of i French capitalists for tho construction J of a narrow-gauge railway ninety-three ; , miles long from tho Facifie ocean to the j city of Tegucigalpa. The proposed ' , road will pass through the plains of Choluteca, following the course of tho Itio Grande, thus avoiding topographs , ' cal dilliculties in reaching the higher ') plateaux of Tegucigalpa and those of ,, J tho interior. The road, nit hough by no ' I means a direct route from the coast, ' will be of great importance and utility, I as it will touch a number of the most I important mining districts and fertile ', agricultural lands. Ckntlfi Yftlloy Una. 1 The Castlo Valley Railway company, capital $1,000,0R). has tiled articles of incorporation. The road will start for Frice station on the 11. G. W. in Emery county, and extend to Fittsburg in Coal y Fork of Cottonwood canyon, a distance ; of over forty miles. Castle Valley is I rich in natural resources and this now I line will encourage development and I afford means of shipment. The direc- , tors of tho road are: li. W. Driggs, jr., ! Alex. Johnson, H. F. Thomburg, Mi- lando l'ratt and E. M. Cummings. The capital stock is divided into 10,000 shares of $100. Work on the line will be begun as soon as possible. Gone to C'ntrnl America. E. I,. G. Steele of San Francisco has isent a party of surveyors to Central America. They are going to locate an extension of the lino of rail between . Champerico and Ketalhulnn. The line is a purely local one at present, the chief object of its existence being the movement of the coffee crops of the 'C " plantations along the road. The line is C twenty-six miles long and is to be ex- l - tended forty miles. Koats RArgnlzl. I The Rio Grande Midland route has been reorganized with F. J. Flynn nstuiit. The association is composed of the Denver & Kio Grande, Colorado Midland, Rio Grande Western and Union Facifie. its object is to regulate i the handling of tratlin to Colorado and I Utah points. Mr. Flynn will have his headquarters in Denver. Railroad KipplaH. , Edward Cookingliam has succeeded Superintendent Crocker of the Facifie division of tho U. P. Rheumatism is troubling N. J. ' J OTirien, master of transportation of tho i Montana Union, to such an extent he will bathe in Ogden hot springs, j Tho management of the Vanderbllt i lines has grown so jealous over the l-tur- i lington securing tho Australian passen- l ger business that Amos Hurr will here after hustle for a share of it. Engineers are continuing surveys for ' the extension of the California it Nevada Ne-vada through tho Moraga valley. A. M. lieale, formerly with the Atlantic it Pacific, is superintendent of the line. The Montana Union is reducing its force of employes by scores. Some of the '.rain dispatchers do their own telegraphing tele-graphing as operators, too, have been discharged. At present there are a great many idle men around Butte. |