Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-12-04 | Page 8 | Northwest Prospers, Say Railroad Men

I I NORTHWEST PROSPERS SAY RAILROAD MEN NEW YORK Dc l Co W. W P. P Clough chairman of the tho Northern Pa railroad arrived hero here after malt ing an inspection trip over of the road and declared that the pub He cry for lower fower freight rates is not as insistent as a year or t two o ago Time The people in the nort northwest seem well he said Farmers ave ac putting up better buildings in in- creasing their live ho stock and bu building larger silos They do not Dot expect do- do in their bUSIneSS and there is crr c every sign or of there H rho rho rumor that the Northern Pa will acquire the Erie rie has no basis of fact Such a transcontinental line ho bo so ro unwieldy as to make it us un profitable NEW Dec James J J. J Hill who is in York to purchase Christmas presents and to attend to certain business matters malters said People in the tho northwest feel pretty optimistic an and there are arc no great si signs n nor or ol depression there Of course retail trade trado is stowing slowing down ou on account of warm weather and are not buy in ing as as e might Because prices are arc somewhat low lower r than last year ear farmers are aro not selling a great deal of grain They have o enough funds to hold out until better prices pre ail