Show qtt FUTURE Of WESTERN I i < No Need for Anticipating 1 Radical Change 4 LINE 10 BE IMPROVED J l i Its Past Earning Hscoid and i Its f I Great Power at Ogden Have Proved Its Value Two Reasons Why tho a Change Will Not Be Harmful to Salt LakeNo News From tho New j York Meeting Union Pacific Ret Re-t portNew Road in Montana Railroad Rail-road Notes Aa a majority of the Rio Grande 4 Western duoc ors art c also union Pacific 4 Pa-cific directors there Is no Ipnger l any doubt that the ownership of Hyi t two Is Identical It a5at flrsj stated that Georgo Gould had bought the Denver 8 Rio Grande and when E Ef Harriman was elected to that board it did not mean anything more Limp a I friendly feeling between the two In the Rio Grande Western directory however the names of Harriman Schf and Fitzgerald appear With Gould Pierce and Galloway so il is S apparent that the Han lI1nn syndicate lias control of the road Owing to the fact that the syndicate has in the past done so much for Salt Lake City and has not mpveci tho Short Line offices to Omuha their presence on the board has the effect oC allaying many fears that changes will l be made for the worse The best t posted railroad men claim that Messrs Gould and Hnrrlnian working Jointly on the Rio Grando Western would treat It exactly as the Short Line has been treated and If thc statement Is true that Mr Gould owns the line by himself then he would never take the I olliccs away from here h and thereby I give all the trafilc to the home road In the post the Western has had a great card on account of Its headquarters being here and the road 0 being local In every way It Is further argued that to lose Its Identity would be to sacrifice Its traffic and tho records of freight and passenger traffic at Ogden will show what that amounts to the Rio Grande Western ever holding hold-Ing more than Its own against time and distance odds Its earning power has been great Its dividends steady its local traffic better year by year and Its position stronger With thin excellent record It Is said the Rio Grande Western will not be sacrlficedin one particular 1 but rather the next few years will ece such an Improvement on the line I that has not been dreamed of and at Salt Lake City an efficIent staff will look after the Interests of the road |