| Show AMONG THE RAILWAYS RAILWAY 9 rumors and prospects ol of construction st in 1889 I 1 next to the reasonable certainty tha borla on toe the salt lake valley and eastern railway from sioux city iowa to this city will be pushed to the utmost during next year is the prospect that the union pacific wil make a bold push for the pacific coast by extending the utah central from milford Ml lford tue the officials of that road feel the necessity tor for a through line and aad realize that now is the opportunity they have had surveyed the bee beat t route to the west vest and the only thing that appeared tu to stand in the way was the ghoston the salt lake nevada los angeles line which is now effectually quieted so the probability now is that when the union dire directors citurs have had time to determine upon the precise route the opening of spring will see the commencement men cement of work NM M nov 20 the car of 1 J vf ooley couley resident president of the rio grande and utah railroad railroad that is now pushing through new mexico with directors ben L cook and pud doble of chicago arrived in the city today they had telegraphed ahead to V D simar civil engineer at durango col to meet them here and are awaiting his arrival the party will remain in the city it is quite U t pr probate pro baile obade the road as surveyed from rom albuquerque to durango which donld connect at this point with the santa fe and atlantic and pacific will be built in the next year and that the present officials are here now to order construction an early day the presence of the officials here hare has caused many rumors regarding the railroad outlook for the southwest the sin san francisco bulletin prints an interview with an engineer of that cit city y res retarding arding the new line f from rom salt lake to sioux city in which ile he says ot of the union pacifica proposed california extension it is well known that both the union pacific and the northwestern lines have decided to build into this state surveyors attached to the engineering departments of both these roads have been seen at work on the Sl sierras erras the available routes have all been staked out should the union pacific build into california the central would only have the denver deaver and rio gande geande as an eastern feeder president adams announced last year his bis companas comp anys intention of extending the utah central from frisco through nevada to los angeles the Sout southern kern rael pacific to head bead off such an extension projected through alexander badlam and isaac trumbo the salt lake and los angeles railroad the collapse cal lapse of the southern california boom the attention of the union pacific directors to another quarter central california is 16 now their aim an engineer pt pit the company is now in this city having completed ted lines f from rom 0 osden j his through Becky beckwith vito pass bass his whereabouts and identity are kept secret however tor for very obvious reasons in view or of these facts the backing by the central pacific of the wyoming and eastern to is not only pos sible but very probable 11 the rock island company on nn november 14 filed an application in the united states district court at topeka kansas for the appointment of a referee to confer with two others and decide upon the amount of damage to be paid by the railway company for the right of way through the cherokee nation in the indian territory the petition says that by an act of the legis lature approved march 2 IM 1888 the chicago kansas and nebraska railway company was granted the right to construct and and operate a un through the indian T territory errit beginning at the city of cald w well ellin in sumner samner county and running to F fort beno in indian ter aitor and f from rom that place to calves calveston texas exas and another her line in taid 0 direction of cisco bisco fodos A map of the proposed line was filed died and a approved by the secretary of tae the interior and a copy was also filed la 18 the office of john B meyers chiet of the cherokee nation the law also says that three referees shall be app appointed anted to decide the amount of damages dabag I 1 9 one Is to be appo appointed into d by the president ot of the united by the chief of the indian nation and one by the president of the railway company concerned ft is made public in the papers filed that the president has avei red W A 3 ajar sparks a of illinois an a th railroad compi company has as appointed ex governor crawford of kansas but the indian chief stubbornly refuses to make ant aay appointment and declares that the railroad shall not be built through his hie country coun iry the court is asked to appoint the third rp referee fefee |
