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Show I IADS HEADED FORSALT LAKE Til ion Pacific, Burlington and Santa Fe (joining, It OREGON SHORT LINE BUSY BUILDING NEW CUT-OFFS Lint Under Consideration From Point on Lucin Cut-Off to Rupert, following tlio news thai tho Oregon ShortXitie Is to build a cui-ofl from ICvanston. Wyo., to Ogden, with a view of. shortening tho line ami decreasing tho grade, comes the report Unit another tfut-oa' Ih to bo built from a point on . the Ogdon-Lucln cut-oft tn Rupert, Ida. This report Ik strengthened by tho fnet that It hits been known that surveys for i such a lino hnvo been made In tho past I and It Is said that recently Short Kino surveyors have been making soundings of tho Great Salt Lake. The Importance of such a cut-off. will ho seen when It is taken Into consideration consider-ation that at tho present time the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line Is building a road from Ituport. on the Minidoka & Southwestern Southwest-ern railroad, to Bliss, on the main line of the Oregon Short Lino. Thus, a cutoff cut-off from the Opdcn-Lucln line to Rupert used in connection with the road from Rupert to Bliss wouldshortcn the distance dis-tance materially between Salt Lake and Portland. Then 100, as hiis been previously stated stat-ed the Union I'acitlc plans to build a cut-off Into "Salt Lako City from fts mil In lino at a point near Kvanston. Wyo. This cut-off may come by way of Echo to Fnrmlngton and on Into Salt Lake or down through Emigration canyon. Roth routes have been considered by the Short Lino officials, so It is slated although al-though the former seems the most feasible, feas-ible, owing to the bettor grades. Li Around the Lake, jr. It has also been rumored that the r. ; I'nlon Pacific, after building directly Into ' this city, would go uround tho southern fc--' end of the Great' Salt Lake, probably t by way of the Salt Lake Route, to a point where It would be convenient to p build a cut-off to a point in Nevada I on tho main line of the Southern Pacific f- - probably Wells. New And at the pres- h out time the Short Lino Is building a t ' line from Twin Falls to Wells. Ilbw- f I'ver, while It is said that tho Union Pa- i oifK will eventually build to Wells, It ah Is not considered as being one of its lm- mediate plans, fe Vlfo President and General .Manager I H. Bancroft of the Oregon Short P Line is In New York at the present time, i halng gone thither. It is snld, In con- f iiepilon with the Evanslon-Ogden cut- & ofT nnd Incidentally the cut-off Into Salt Lake also. This fact, together with tho f moving of eome of the Important oper- L , ating offices from Ogden to Granger. ?i V' V- yo" "l,t?l- would lend color to the Mi . rjc-purt that there is more than more t J"" I", tlio rport that the Union Pacific 1 t J" coming directly Into Salt Lake. And I It is necessary for the Union Pacific to l I, ' ."'IS now that the Western Pacific i : Is in operation. $ Open Rich Country. Anions other short cut-olTs which arc fc l,t' U,,,L Is a lln. from Rurlev to Oak- k 1 v This line will penetrate a rich country and will nid much In tho dovel- Soinieiu of southern Idaho. It Is also ; stated that the Oregon Short Line in- tends to complete its Iluntlngton-Lewis- i "ranch as soon, as possible. Thi3 Is t lcgardcd us being a move to block the t k s"rvc-ys of the Pittsburg St Gilmoro road, ti jMiIch Is generally conceded u be backed t lv t' Hill Intorests. The line now ex it "-'"'Ik "" Huntington as rar as Homc- f stead and it is declared that the ro- I I inalnhig hundred miles to Lcwlston will - I r- built :is soon as possible. 1 ',. . Tle Ifarrlmun Interests aro also bulld- Ing a network of railroads In the north west with Klamath Falls as Uie center. And the Hill interests aro likewise husv as In the case of tho Pittsburg St Gil moro. Lines aro being planned bv the I I Short Line from Alturas. Cal.. to' Kla- math Falls and thence northward and ' ;,ic,fr"An MJniifUli Falls to the main lino ti he Oregon Short Line. The Hill Interests aro doing a great f deal of building In Idnho, and It Is de-' de-' -lared to be tho purpose of the Hill peo- Pie to build a connection from a lino i which runs through the Snake river g country, which Is attributed to the Hills. J to the present terminus of the Burllng-f Burllng-f toM ,,i Cody. Wyo. And then from tho terminus of the other branch of the Burlington at Klrby. Wvo.. a line is row under construction to Shoshonl. on f i':il Hue of t Iir- Chicago & Northwestern, North-western, with which It Is said traffic ngreemeiits havo been perfected. The Northwestern runs to Lander, Wyo.. and from there It would not be a difficult matte! to build down Weber canvon into i Ogden and thence gain entrance into this I Hly. perhaps by way of the Salt l.alco & 1 S l Ogden railroad, which It has been so ' -on" P ls baL'kcd ,y fie Burllng- Sant.i Fc Coming. WS , l ,s, s',EO liown that the Simla Fc f Is headed for this city for a line from the present terminus of the Tidewater i.Tl"n.opll,.,' wUl','U is generally underlie under-lie .00tl U' bc twloi- the control of the A- .xiiiin 1m, to Lly. Nov. Ule present tcr-I tcr-I I 4i minus of he Nevada Northern. And a I 1. '.on' ''. '"-''Mi projected, known as Ihe I j Mali & Nevada railroad, fnnn Klv. Nev I i hrouHi tho Deep Creek dlstrret'io Salt I I Lake City. This project Is at the pres-l pres-l I '."h ""J .,,elR u-'ieked by c. W Sco-A Sco-A j Held of New York, the dauntless pro- f ' aimed thai h s I10t unlikely that the Suntn Fe may In- at the hack of It j fTlrts It will b seen that more rail-I T .f'nn one have ther vyws turned 1 !. towaru Zlon al trie present time an I M? iIitp are undmibtedh some good t'lilngs IMK 11 lor; frT Sn,t from a raili ad 1 IfT " i' point In the future , |