Show v t HERES HOPING MOPING Heres Here's II Her s Hopi Hoping g is the heading of I Ian an editorial in Wednesdays Wednesday's Salt Lake f Republican Republic n anent the Denver announcement that the construction of o othe othe the Moffat road would be pushed vigorously vigorously vigor vigor- westward Everybody in Utah Uta hopes this latest announcement is more mor dependable than many of its predecessors sors SOlS continues the Zion paper That Tha i railroad has been slowly creeping toward Salt Lake for many years and has been pushed to immediate completion more mor more times than there are miles niiles of distance distance distance dis dis- tance between its eastern and its proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed western terminus Denver publication publication publication pub pub- that tha the road was to be pushed push pushed push push- ed edith ith ail speed has at last come to indicate indicate nothing more important than a shortage of real news i in n the Colorado metropolis and the consequent resort toto toto to toto to the Moffat line which is always good for fora a story u Lawrence C. C Phipps' Phipps announced cnance entrance entrance en en- trance ance into part ownership of the project project pro pro- project i is however a reasonable ray of hope Mr Phipps hipps is an aggressive business bus bus- mess iness man with plenty of money am and i connections where where more more of it can be ob ob- ob-I ob tamed He has large investments in Denver which he is shrewd enough to understand will grow in value when that city i is connected with the rich of eastern Utah He has better r reasons reasons reas reas- as- as ons than ownership of a profitable railroad railroad rail rail- ro road d for desiring to tap more fruitful territory and promising tonnage He believes in protecting investments that need protection U Advices from Denver indicate that thai control of the has at l last st gotten into exclusively Denver hands and that thai the timidity of eastern astern investors who know neither the country nor the he pros pros- prospects Pos will no longer delay opera opera- We devoutly hope it is true n n |