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Show II GREAT CUT-OFF ill FROM DEiWEI : Union Pacific May Build ; Surveyors at Work Near Ft. r Collins, Colo., for Newest j' , Line Westward. jJl Would Shorten the Distance to Salt L Lako 100 Miles, or Four Hours, and Be Much Better Line. Speciul to Tlio Tribune. I FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 12. A I ,( corps of engineers, with a full force I p of levelers, 19 camped about a mile T north of Fort Colllna. They have been tf; ' engaged In surveying" a line for a rail- ji road from Fiyh Creek, a point on the 'i Union Pacltlc, i5ven miles west of Tie j Siding", down through Virginia. Dale '?! and Park Station to thin city. The en- I glneers decline to divulge the object of ( I the survey, other than that It Is for a ) 1 railroad, but its destination or by what , company they are sent out are myster- !. lee. The theory is advanced that the ,li Union Pacific Is preparing to build a 3jj cut-off from some point south of Gree- , j ley on ita line between Denver and :J Cheyenne for the purpose of shorten- 1 Jug the distance between Denver and U Salt Lake. It la claimed that thlo line jjj would shorten the distance between Jjj those points nearly luO miles and the jjj running time about four hours. The J grade from Fls-h Creek to this city Js I a an easy one and It Is possible the line u will be built on a portion of the old . f! C. & S. grade, extending from four jl miles east of Fish Station to Fort Col- : llns. It Is supposed the engineers will 7 continue their survey to some point la on the Union Pacific south of Gree- t ley. Another rumor is that the Colo- . i, rado : Southern company plans for an ! extension of Its line from Fort Collins jj to Cheyenne. 1 i Special for Republicans, fl The Salt Lake Route will operate a '. special train from points as far south as Payson to Salt Lake City and re- II ' turn to accommodate the large number I . desiring to attend the Republican ratlfi- I ' cation Tuesday evening, November 15. I fj( It Is expected there will be several hun- I' (1j dred take advantage of the opportunity I ij' of assisting in this- ratification from I ; . Provo and points In Utah county. I' Studying the Hock Island. I - E. Drnke and Oeorrco A. Biblo of the ( Rock Island passenger department havo I Bone to Chicago, where all the pnsscn- Jj gcr representatives will meet and go over , i the system by special train. The aim Is J) lo give to all the passenger representa- ( tlvcs a chanco to thoroughly study tho A system with a view of educating them Kf , for future conduct of their work of so- 6 llcltlng business, i ' ' jj : Off for El Paso. f On the Rio Grande train No. 2 yes- (' ' terday was quite a party of Utnh pco- I Hi Plo eu routo to the Irrigation congress at j 131 Paso. In tho party were O. B. Gll- , i on. L. V. ShurtHff, F. J. KlescI, Mesors. I ' MIddlcton. Maloncy, Garner, Humphrey', tl f Glasmann, Wright and Wheelwright from .If Ogdcn, R. "V, Young, John Beck. El- ' j ; dredge. Evans, Knudson and O. B. Young j I' from this city and a party of six to board jj the train at Provo. Railroad Motes, j j The Salt Lake track has crossed the $ j Santa Fe's Manvel branch and steel Is . ' f being laid this side at the rate of over 'i a mile per day. At this late the track M( will be joined by November 30. ) If a person will draw a line from "Winnemucca, Nev., to Salt Lake, also (!: ' lines from "Winnemucca to Tintic and M ! Thistle. It will be seen how absurd It y I Is to figure Thistle In connection with I f the Western Pacific, to say nothing of I , the fact that Thistle is In a narrow 2j ; canyon, with but three outlets, one to llj ' Grand Junction, ono to Provo and one H . to Sanpete county, all three occupied f. by the Rlo Grande. Where the East- Hl ! era writers have gotten off Js the Sa- ,' j Una cut-off, which leaves tho Rio y, ' Grande at or near Green River, and !'3 . this cut-oft Is to be used in connection (j?, r with a Los Angeles connection If built. |