Show BOTH ENTER DENIAL Messrs Eccles and Nibley Say They Know Nothing of Deal ITRIBUNE SPECIAL Baker City Ore Aug 23 David Ec des who is here on a business trip was seen tonight In regard to the story that construction of the Coos Bay Salt Lake railroad wns to bejiln at once from Salt Lake through the Empire Em-pire Construction company Mr Ec des said he did not know anything about flue I Empire Construction coin pany and was not In any way connected connect-ed with It or the proposed railroad He said Mr Nibley was In Portland and possibly ho might know something about the matter Mr Nibley returned from Portland on a late train tonight and when shown the press dispatch he said thai neither himself nor Mr Kccles were litany lit-any way connected with the proposition proposi-tion lie said he had heard of the project pro-ject and that Mr Remington had talked to him about it but up to the present time he had done nothing to make some Inquiry about the project lie said that he had read the various newspaper reports about the proposed road but at the present time he was tumble to venture nn opinion as to the feasibility of constructing a railroad along1 the route proposed |