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Show " OPENING OF THE WIND RIVER BESEBVATiON Railroads Aro Making Preparations Prepara-tions for the Transportation of Homeseekers. Tho roport Ib current In rollroftd clrcleo that Iho Union Pacific. Colorado & Southern and ChlciiRO & NorthwcBlctn railroads havo on-torod on-torod Into a traffic. aKroomont whereby It l.i proposed to run solid vestibule tralnn from Dcnvor, through Choyonno to Shoshone for tho opening of the Wind Itlver ro.iorvutlon this summer. Scheme Is Feasible. Tho cchenio Is looked upon as feasible by rnllrond men and tho report to Riven General credenco In rnllrond circles. But two railroads will reach tho vicinity ot the reservation, the Burlington nt "Worland nnd tho Northwestern nt Shoshone. While tho Burllncton will take many homeseekers Into Wyoming from the north, the bulk of tho trufllc Is expected to ho handled by tl)o Northwestern, nnd much ot this will como through Cheynnno from tho east, south nnd west, over tho Cheyenno & Northern. Plans of omo kind must bo mado to handle thlfi great bunlnefs and tho running of through train;) from Denver to Shoshono la not only feasible but perhaps tho beat solution solu-tion of the problem. Burlington Automobile Lino. Ofilclals of tho Burlington railroad, In con-Junction con-Junction with scleral ranchmen, are making preparations to Install nn olnbornto automobile auto-mobile lino between IVorlnnd and Thcrmopolls to transport tho patrons of tho railroad to tho reservation. Tho Burlington will not bo nblo to complete Its Big Horn rnllrond beyond Worland In tlmo for tho opening, nnd In order to enrry Us pas-songcro pas-songcro directly to tho re.icrvatlon will uee tho automobllo line as an auxiliary transportation company. |