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Show R. G. W. SURVEYORS. IN THE FIELD LOCATING A LINE TO DEEP CREEK. One rrty at Detroit District, Another at Dugway and a Third Making Preparation Prepara-tion to Leave I ronton Loral Officials Offi-cials of the Road SJy Nothing. t . The local officials of the Rio Grande Western West-ern pretend to be densely ignorant of any intention on the part of that road to extend a line westward into the Deep Creek valley and no one can get a bit of information from them. From other eources,' though, and equally as reliable, it is learned that a party of R. G. W. surveyors were at Craft's ranch, near Deseret, last Sunday. From there they went west and will establish their camp near Detroit De-troit district. The party had been working during the summer in Cove and Clear Creek canons, and It crossed over to Deseret via Salina. The man in charge of the party would not tell what road he was working for but it is a dead immortal cinch that be belongs be-longs to the R. G. W. Then there is another party of R. G. N. surveyors outfitting at lronton now and it will also go westward as soon as possible. New tents were sent to lronton this morning for the use of the party, and enough supplies are being taken to last a number of men for a long time. The preparations look as if they intended to be out all winter. A third engineering party belonging to the same road is working at present in the vicinity vicin-ity of Dugway. These systematic preparations and the care which is being exercised to keep them quiet, makes it certain that the Rio Grande Western is really getting ready to build west. Perhaps Per-haps it may not stop until the Pacific coast is reached, but it will go to eastern Nevada anyhow. The route chc3cn will probably take the road southwesterly from lronton around the southern end of the West Tin-tic Tin-tic range to Detroit district, thence north to Dugway and west auVn to Fish Springs, and northwest from there to Dutch Mountain. Clifton, etc. This route is based on something more than surmise ; it is the one which the R. G. W. now considers as the most inexpensive one to buiid a railroad over, and at the ume time enable it to reach 1 the most important of the mining districts, i No better evidence is necessary of the seriousness with which the Rio Gr-nde Western is considering The building of this extension then the fact that so many corps of surveyors are in the field, and it would not be at all surprising surpris-ing if grading would be commenced by the first of the year. Railroad Spikes. Ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia, one of the government directors of the "Union Pacific, Pa-cific, arrived ia the city, vesterday accompanied accom-panied by the wife. He it making his annual an-nual inspection of the system and went to Milford thia morning to look over that branch. Messrs. Dodge. Palmer and Peabody of the Rio Grande Western are expected in Salt Lake either this week or next" for their monthly visit. . e . |