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Show TALKS ITH 'I'KAVF.LEKS. WhettJ. A. Moflatt, the well-known ruil-riiail ruil-riiail engineer and u friend, started for Deep Creek two weeks atfo rumors were rife of I rxilroail extension unci people Imagined Hint netive operations preliminary to the speedy eonHtrnctiou of a road, l either the K10 I irumle. Western or Union I'e-eirie I'e-eirie people had been Inaugurated. Mr. MorTat, however, returned U) the city day before yesterday and says tliut mitliiny has yet been done towards the building Of a road to Deep Creek. "My vi-it to that part of the country was merely for the purpose o( iloinif the nei'essary ussossment work 011 n mine," said that gentleman, "and hail no connectieti whatever with uy railroid unlerprlse. It will he some time yet hefore uny road is linilt Into Deep Creek." "Will the Kio liraude Western or the I'n-lon I'n-lon Pacific reaeh out jor Hint country in tlie Spring F1 asked the reporter. "That depends upon the condition df capital cap-ital and tlie terms on which it tan he se. cured." "Vou know, don't Too, that the county court has l.m anted Col. i'. I'. Murray 11 fran-chtse fran-chtse through the county V "Yes but that amounts to nothing. He either has no intention of ever building a rued, or else knows notlliiii; of railroading. No prii' tic 11 1 man is going to put down a line of railroad along the ronnty highway. Why the stock killed by nroad luiiit una county road would be an enormous sunt. I don't think Colonel Murray's roiui will lie built." There is a gentleman stopping at the Knulaford w ho travels over the entire inter inountain country in the Interest of the I Edlson General Electric Light company, it is C. M. Davis, one of the lust known electricians in the employ uf the Edison company. He can climb a pole, successfully withstand an electric current of SUO voltage or tell the trouble with defective lights with o:i:-e. "Our business in the west in enormous," enor-mous," said he, "and our electric lights are being adopted everywhere lo Ihe exclusion of gas and other illuminating agencies." " Her rmann, the diabolical wlmd, is at the Knutsford. He reached there via a Kio liraude Western train frum Leadtille, curly this morning. '1 saw lota of snow," said lie, as he UObottoned, and rolled dow n the collar of his heavy ulster. However, How-ever, we did not get snow I,,, 11111I niul here we are. The present season is une of the 1 must prosperous seasons 1 have ever had, and i am glad tu visit salt lake once again, because i have many friend) here and my business is always large here. " Have I any liiug new ? Olilliitsof new thiegs. I never use old tricks ami aia constantly con-stantly discarding them and Introducing new novelties at my exhibitions-hut come to tho theater tonight and see for yourself," aud I with that the handsome prrsthligitntcur : stepped into the ele vator ami retired to his rooms. |