Show POSTAL TO TOIE nAVE N NEW WIRE IE TO TOil I SAN il MM FRANCISCO SOON Gap From rom Salt Salt LaKe Lahe to toR toReno toReno R Reno no Will Be C Completed I a. a Next Season i i I I I anticipate that the thc new line from frow San Francisco to Salt Lako Lake will m be completed some time carl early not next fall faU said nid V W. P. P S S. Hawk superintendent of the tho Postal Tel Cable Telegraph company with headquarters in jn Salt SnIt I Lake ako th this tj morning From Tom hero here the line will be he constructed east as soon as possible When it is completed we wc will have fOur direct wires C east cast St St. and west from Salt Lake and this city will be the central cen ecu central point on one of tho the biggest and bc best t trunks ever constructed The Tho line from front San Francisco has hiss already been built as IS far as us Reno leaving leaving leav leav- ing ai al distance of about GOO miles milts left to lo cover corer to Salt Lake The work on this transcontinental line lino will wiIl bo be resumed re reo re- re e early Jv the coming year car and the work will be all possible speed Th Tb most difficult portion of the construction has been completed For more than forty miles the new line lino travels through h the tho mountains almost through h solid rock This Thia lino linc will follow fol follow fol- fol low tim the route of the tho Southern Pacific for the tho greater distance from irom Salt Lake to tOL San Francisco At At first firs it was planned to build tho the s system stem directly across Sea Nevada erada a. a Inspection Inspection In In- tours were made mado by officials from om rom the east cast end and nd from the west cud of the proposed extension and after a careful examination of the tho In lay laj- of ot the land Jan it was decided as IlS a t amore amore more feasible plan to follow the right of way way of of the tho Southern Pacific It would have ha cost cou considerably more to have o gone gono one directly across Nevada c al although although al- al though the distance would have bave been less because 60 of f the tho lack Jack of railroad facilities in h hauling poles and other equipment In a statement made to the public yesterday afternoon at Sew New York Charence Clarence Clar Char ence 1 e H. H Mackay president of tim tho Postal company denies absolutely that his companies have hare had i anything to do either ether directly or indirectly with ith the tho much dis discussed combination of th the American Telephone and Tele Telegraph company Compan with ith toe too Western Union Telegraph Tel Tel- c raph company company Mr r. r Mackay said in part hart No Negotiations There have h been en no negotiations whatsoever what with us In regard In regard to the matter and there is Is' every ever reason why h we should riot not have hae had anything to do with it ft Wo We 0 knew nothing about it until the da day w when cn it was publicly announced It Is ht true that tha t wo we own a largs block of stock of or ortho tho American Telephone and Telegraph company but that is one of ot our many in In in- vestments We c never have havo had and have rot not now any representation on the board of that company compan and our stock Is not consulted or con considered d any more than the stock of an any other stockholder as as you will seo see from the tho fact that we e knew kne nothing about this de deal l until it was ves made public lublic The statement that William WilHam H. H Baker l presents it-presents ue us 13 is incorrect lie He does docs not represent ent us ut In anything in the tue slightest t degree Neither have we h hid hd d anything to do with the purchase of or the fl on flon company In the tho middle west est et Our company com corn pany Is slow and conservative e in tn Its in In vestments but swift and aggressive ve in its service str We are not disturbed In any is HY Postal Is Still Free We c have h successfully met hard competition corn com petition for over over- ocr twenty five years ears and have and a arc aro e in l' l t class ls n lanc financial al condition better than ever b be be fore We t have C waited walled until unlit this matter had hat simmered ed down so that we could make Insko one ono statement covering the whole subject As I I Islat slat stated d w weeks eks a ago o. o competition will m continue and It Jt will bo ho boreal real competition the thus same samo as hereto hereto- fore rore |