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Show SALT LAKERS HAVE FAITH Banks Willing (o Back Gould's Project. Subscribe for Bonds Issued to Construct the Western West-ern Pacific. New York Financiers Anxious to Get the Securities and Subscribe for 890,000,000. 1hre Salt I.oke brinks have yhnwn their confidence In the success of the Western Pacific railroad enterprise by subscribing for $125,0) of Its bonds Hired more local hnnks aro still flgurltiE; on what they wunt. and will probably reach nut for a big- block of th. securities. Walkers Bank One. The matter was brought to their attention at-tention at a meeting called Monday af-ternoon af-ternoon in- M. n Walker. Every bnnit was repreeented Mr. Walker announced that the bonds wero In great demnnd, und Unit it sraa a case uf come early tu avoid the rush Replle-y were received yesterday yester-day from three h:ink:. of which Walker Brothers' wus ne Their subscriptions aggregated $125,000. New Yorkors Want All. Salt Lake bankers aro not alone In their willingness to back the judgment ni (b-orgo Gould Tho Salt I-ike-Siui Ft amlm .) railway project looks good to Wall street. On the opening of the- subscriptions sub-scriptions In New York $fi. uuu.i of tb bunds were funnel tu bo in eb-mand 1 b- so subscriptions will bo cut down at least 50 per cent. San Kranclsco is willing and anxious t" r:il- $10.00,iJ of the securitie s, but will be held down to half of that amount. Will Scale Allotment. Salt Lake hits been Invited to participate because it Is deemed desirable to have the business men at the, eustern terminus Of the line financially Interested In Its puc-c ess lint js there are uiil $50,000 0u0 of thi bunds 1-sued tin local subscribers ale likely to haVl (heir allowance sciUed down along with the rest |