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Show FIND WEST TOO BUSY TO FEEL DEPRESSED By Leased Wiro to Tho Tribune. Is JEW YORK, Aug. G. Lawronco Bar-num,' Bar-num,' who has Just returned from a trip with a party of Boston and Chicago bankers bank-ers over tho Laramie, Hahns Peak & Pa-clllc Pa-clllc railway, the road which is being built northwest from Laramie on the Union Pacific Into tho coal fields of northwestern Colorado, says that the roll-Toad roll-Toad Is opening up a vast territory Unit lms a largo tonnage of not only coal, but cattle und all kinds of agricultural products, prod-ucts, which will be moved over its lines. Mr. Barnura says: "I believe that when tho road gets into Steamboat Springs it will got practically tho entire freight from that district, which comprises 200,000 acres of rich agricultural ag-ricultural valloy land4 Tho LaramlC road will havo an average grade of less than 1 por cent, and a maximum grade of only 2 por cent, which Is In favor of the wiry of greatest tonnago. "A twonty-fivo-year agreement has been signed with tho Union Pacific, and it Is not oxpocted that any dthor traffic agreements will bo mado." . Spooking of general conditions In Colorado Colo-rado and Wyoming, Mr. Bornum said: "That section of the country Is so buBy in railroad building, development of cf and copper mines, timber and irrigation. , that llttlo Is said about tho general depression de-pression In business.' - |