Show ON BUSINESS IN WEST V Julius Julus vice president and director of at maintenance of ot Union and Southern Souther Pacific Is quoted Quote as aJ tol follows 08 In tho Boston News Bureau Outlook for Harriman lines lne gross r fir remainder of or the calendar Is year cal prom ising Cron Crop outlook is I v very r good 1 00 anti and prospect of or genuine improvement In business bus bus- Incas iness excellent nt Farmers Farmer throughout the tho west have havo o plenty of ot money On th the Union Pacific thc they h have ha an unusual i amount of grain still Ul on hand hanti which for some r reason ason the they havo o refused to mar- mar now ket ket Thc They art are ar not nol spending spendina freel freely Just There ha has been a con considerable fallIng fall fall- fal- fal ing off or In Iii business s between tho the ca east cast t and the west One ma may gain a n fair Calr Idea of degree desree of building activity by hy watching from car window the lie number of freight cars loaded londe with wih structural steel an angle le Iron finishing materials etc Just now there In is If a I medium drouth In such tonna ton ton- nage na e. e However there thre seems no rio good reason for tor the h hesitancy and we expect x ct I a resumption of ot act I activity before long Slight falling off 01 In gross ros Is largely explained b by the mild winter One of ot our chief chic traffic producers Is 18 coal Our mines In Wyoming supply coal coat to Wyoming Wyo Wo ming and parts of or Idaho Montana Oregon Ore Ore- gon Jon Nevada Ne and Utah Demand this winter has teen been en so JO o light that several le mines have hav been shut down and others run on part time Failure of expenses to decline with wih gross rs Is due to wa wage e advances and higher costs Even now our firemen are rc pro pro- renting fifteen pages paces pates more of demands there seems no reasonable end to to wate wage demands There has been pronounced In Increase Increase In- In crease creaM In cost of or tu fuel l unit uni the past year ear When traffic Is Increasing rapidly it takes expenses four or five months month to catch up Increases In intrain train service and maintenance take time to to get Jet under war Conversely when whim there ther Is a I h halt 1 In ad advance au- au aa- aa vance vanee of or gross OS it Is four or live five months before we wc can determine and effect tho the Justified curtailment The line from the Southern Pacific In Arizona across N New 1 Mexico to Durango Du- Du Du- Du In southwest Colorado will wi not nol be constructed at present Its Is objective Is tho the company's coal field neld around Durango purchased er because of or unsurpassed coking quality to supply copper opper smelters In Mex Mex- Ico Io For three years ears tie the cloud over tho the copper market has precluded development devel of or the Mexican mines but but eventually e the Durango property will wi prove proe a R valuable asset aset The Impression that Southern Pacific's Pa Pa- chic's Investment Investment In itt Mexico was as Ill Ill-ad- l-ad- l Is a mistake Before tho the recent outbreak traffic on the Southern Souther Pacific of or Mexico was increasing with wih surprising In ing r rapidity Settlement nt of the we western ter coast was progressing very r satisfactorily Large sugar plantations were furnishing double the tonna tonnage e expected and there thero was a rapidly rowing m traffic In fruits and vegetables Granted a P settlement of ot political troubles Mexico lines Jnes will wm give a gratifying account of themselves at no distant date 4 S s 's Outside Int Interests In Mexico were vere as assured assured ns- ns surd they would not bo be molested as aa the uprising was a i tam family I affair Our Out to total total total to- to tal loss has been en two to or three thre trestles burned to stop federal troops |