Show POSTAL EXPECTS TO HAVE NEW NEVi WIRE TO SAN FRANCISCO SOON Gap Fro From Salt LaKe Lahe L e to toReno toReno toReno Reno Will Wil Be Completed Next Season I I I 1 anticipate that the now new line lue from San Fr Francisco 0 to Salt Salt Lake Lako will Mill bo he completed some time early fall I saul said W W. W P. P S. S Ha Hawk k superintendent of ot the tIme Postal Telegraph Cable company with ith headquarters in Salt Lake this mornin morning From Prom b hero bore re tile the line will wi be he constructed east Cst I us as so n n as pO possible When it is completed we will wi have o four direct wires east last and ond west from Salt Jakc Lake ind and this city will wi ill be the central contral con cen tr l point 01 on one of the tho biggest anti and an best trunks ever er C constructed Tho The line from San Francisco Fraucisco is o has S already been bren built huit a as far as neno Ileno lea leav leaving lag ing a n. distance of about left to ov or o r to Salt Lake The work on this tran transcontinental line lne will wi be resumed re reo re- re early the coming year cal and the speed work ork will wi be bo rushed with wih all al possible Tim Tho Tho most difficult portion porton of the construction has been completed For moro more than forty fort miles the new ne line lne tra travels ls through h tho the mountains almost through solid foli rock This line ne will wi follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low the route of the Southern Suther Pacific for the greater r distance from Salt Sal Lake to Sun San Francisco FrancisA o. o H At At first it was planned to build tho the system directly across cross Nevada No Inspection In In- on tours were made mado by officials from the east rast end and from the tho west westend westend westend end of tho the proposed extension and after a R careful examination of of theIn the tho thony In of the land it itaM decided lay ny was aM as as a amore amore amoro more moro feasible plan to follow the right of way wy of the Southern er Pacific It I would have bae cost considerably wore Pore to havo have gone ono directly across Nevada Nc al although although al- al though the distance would have been IC less les R because of the lack of r railroad facilities in hauling battling poles and aud other othor equipment In Inn Ina n statement made to the thit public yesterday afternoon at New York Clarence Clar Char ruee once ence I II H. Mackay president of tho the Postal company denies absolutely that his liis companies havo have had anything todo todo to todo do either cither directly or indirectly indirectly- with wih the tho much discussed d combination of the American Telephone and Tele Telegraph company with the Western Wester Union Telegraph Tel part parl company compan Mr r. r Mackay said in in No Negotiations f There have hl been no negotiations whatsoever what what- with us In regard to the matr matter on and thore there Is er e every reason wh why we C should rot riot ha have ha had anything to do with wih It I. I We knew nothing about abut It I until the day when I It was as publicly announced It is true that tat we e own a large block of stock of tho the American Telephone and Telegraph ph but that I Is one of our man many in In- In vestments er ene hove o had and h ha he e enot o not not now an any representation on th the tho board of or that tha company compan and our stock Is not consulted or considered red any more than the stock tock of at any other stockholder as you will v vt see from the the fact Cac that wo we 0 knew nothing about this deal until it was made public The statement that William H. H Baker represents us Is incorrect He does not represent us in anything In the time slightest lt degree Neither have wo we had anything to do with the purchase of the telephone company in the time middle west Our company company com corn pany is slow and conservative in it its In Investments tn- tn vestments estment but swift swit and aggressive he In its Is sen ay service ser Ice v- v Wo We var are ar not disturbed In an any Postal Posta Is Still Sti Free We Ve e have UCC successfully met t hard competition com corn petton petition for tor over o twenty live f c years ears and have prospered and are In that class closs financial condition better beter than ever c be- be tore tome We Yc have waited alted until this matter matel had simmered d down so that W we could make one statement covering the whole holo mae subject As I stated several weeks a ago o competition will 1 continue and nd it Il will wt be he bereal bereal real competition tho the same as hereto hereto- fore tore |