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Show .. Hi-i-b L3 tpjwd i-ti Vis s J.j Nevertheless, Good, Bsaloiy Rv. The Effect That' There Is Sbs. In The Railroad' ICuinofB upon rumors are cur , rent in railroad circles regard 1 iv.x the ' future of the Denver, 1 Xorth western ec Pacific, or! Moffat, railroad. As Chiefiaiu. readers will remember, a story wris published a couple of weeks r.'a stalini tiiat the Kock Island people had acquired nil interest in the Moffat road and would push the completion of it to j vSalt Lake this year. Of course! Moffat came out with a denial; of the whole story, reirardin . which 'one of the Salt Luke: papers printed tlie following j article one day last week: j Kailroad ofliciiils who keep j their ears to the ground are! convinced that there is .u'ood ' ground for the current rumor' that (here is jjfood ir round for the current rumor that the Kock Island system has acquired ac-quired control of the Denver, Xorthu e-lcra e'; I'acitic iail-road, iail-road, more commonly known as the Moffat road, extending froni Denver to Steamboat Springs, Colo, with the ulti-mate ulti-mate terminus at Salt Lake. There have been many stories j about the transfer of control, j most of which haVe either been denied or passed over, but those in touch with the western railroad situation find considerable consider-able proof in recent happenings. happen-ings. The announcement is taken as significant that all of the stock of the lunnel company com-pany which had the contract to I drive a tmuT4fni James peak! of, the ICocky nVnmtain, ranc ! for .the Moffat lvoed hasjuren! withdrawn. This nKrht have! had a bearing on . jTonday's Hurry in Kock Island iftjock n the New York market, buVtho.-Ji who could really tell, von'trp One official, prominent i ujJ V;7 cal railroad circles stategfvSlt day that n formal oiinSy meut of the transfer Jth?&i3i fat road to the. Kock Island; miht be looked for at ai?y time.. -"If the si'tis read riht," he said, "there is no doubt about the transfer, and there is mere! than one indication that, if it is! I not already accomplished, itj will be at au early date." |
