Show NEW V D. D t 6 A R. R G 6 HEAD N S Data of Basin Being Carefully Collected And Surveys M Made ade president H. H U. U Mudge of the DenTer Deni Den Den- i Ter Rio Grande railroad and nd Chairman E. E T. T J Jeffery of the board boardo o of directors with other traffic officials completed their present tour of in- in in inspection in-I in Jn last Tuesday and left for forCenter I I Center where headquarters have keen been established under the new i I I I management While many any improvements improve Improve- 0 cents ments will be made in the 1 way of I building bran branch h lines President President- I I that it will b be Madge says e several a I I months before definite announcement mil be made as to what extensions I 1 I r will mil be constructed The Uintah jr branch is under consider consideration tion and andI I ve Va the data are now being collected I I surveys surreys eys being made from several several I I points along the main line I The Denver Rio Grande will not repudiate the Western Vestern Pacific bonds bonds' i which it indorsed Chairman Jeery Jeffery Jeffery Jef Jef- I I fery ery says that interest amounting to toi will be paid on Ves Western ern ernI I Pacific bonds on Dec 1 and that th the I road has to pay the interest in- in i lerest terest on other bonds on Jan 1 The D. D R. R G. G will be run independently independent- independent 1 ly 1 of the other Gould interests and d every effort will be made to develop the Rio Grande territory and pl place ce the road on a paying basis I In the matter of the much talked o of extension into the Uintah basin Mr hr Mudge said Just at present I Ican Ican Ifan can fan not make any authoritative j i statement The extension may be lie feasible nible but just at present the I chief ef obstacle in the wa way of all rail- rail t m ca construction is lack of money A I little later when this trip of in inspection inspection in- in is completed I may be able to say something definite I am taking a trip over the main lines only I had no time to inspect the I branch lines in Colorado nor will t I 1 be able to do so in Utah at this time But I 1 certainly shall take I It ii the earliest opportunity to make t I these when n I have a grasp upon the main situation and the re the branch and feeder lines these III-these have lave to the general proposition n. n F F. F A A. A Wadleigh passenger traffic manager of the Denver Rio Grande slates Not only has the Rio Grande had lad a record-breaking record passenger I traffic to the California expositions I but tot it Is going to have a big winter tourist jurist business westward PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT RIGHT 1 lIE The future of the Western Vestern Pacific b exceedingly bright and when once oncel l bout out of the hands of the receivers will n I 7 begin a campaign of construction of feeders that will make the road as I II ne unsuccessful successful as any similar roal road in the jg country This is the opinion expressed express- express ed by C c. c M. M Levy general manager I it at 11 the Western Vestern Pacific who il is in Jt nit Salt Lal Lake e to attend the annual meetIng meet- meet tj kg lag of the board of directors of the i Salt Lake City Union Depot and andL hi L road oad company A Anew new board of I directors was appointed at the meet meet- r meet meet-I ce Ing log J I ilC The Western Pacific is one of n tet et the best bost roads in the entire west I S aid kid Mr Levy Levy The present reI re- re I O. O C will undoubtedly result att tI in its being so financed that feeders feeders' will be he constructed along the line erne j ip b between Salt Lake and San Francl Fran- Fran h he cl co and will make it an extremely remunerative road The road has a per One-per cent grade with nothing tT greater Beater than a 10 per cent curve td and while it is slightly longer than thant t he Southern Pacific the di difference ls Is s made up Ui by the low gr grade de and cn c Curves There Thero is territory to bee bo ue e opened up b by feeders This is theone the thee thene e one ne thing on which the Ue future 1 prosperity pros pros- pros pros- an erity of the road depends mn The present outlook is that the tile c fi tb mortgage bondholders will rec red rothe re- re wh deem c In the road and while it is not note e d bC ely known just when it may tern b bC e done it is expected that it et will willot not ot t bo be Trust J long The Equitable M Company Ot of New York which Lents the bondholders has given the theM M re that thai it will take up the tho ra a. a iii b bonds Ond S. S If this Is done it will give ry Cry of or its confidence in iner P er the lie roa road oal dg n d a report that the Den Den- rd Rio Grande is attempting t to 0 p the bonds of the Western n lc Mr Levy said he le knew noth ste I n Qi No attempt to do thin cad U ua iP a made to his Ills knowledge ho lie said and he expressed a doubt if there was any truth in the report |