Show RAILWAY NOTES jay gould wants a transcontinental tiu tin line of his own last saturday a washout occurred lt at horse plains montana on the northern pacific which will delay trains for several days it is very serious in its character a larse large section of ef the track being overflowed and carried away by bv the force of the floods the atlantic express had bad barely passed when the track yielded to the fury of the floods since which time it is impossible for trains to pass towards the pacific mining and mill men claim that the utah northern places a higher transportation por tation tariff 0 on a salt than they do on ob any other commodity this ib accounted tor for on the theory that this company has a monopoly on this business i and is inclined to exercise its privilege to place the cinch on consumers when the montana central shall have completed its line and connections to fo butte and another source of supply will be available consumers will not have forgotten the exactions of the utah northern butte miner As a soon as the burlington and missouri ets control of the denver utah pacific railway the former will its line to denver and then use the 1 D U P track and franchise on OB its wa way to utah and the cot coast construction has been commenced on the auray branch ot of the D K R G general manager potter is expected back from oregon some time next week and he be will have surveyed the entire system of the union pacific it is doubtful is anybody except the president and directors can speak authoritatively as to what the p policy acy I 1 is to be but bat there is little doubt that it will reverse that of the past and will ba as aggressive as it is possible to be under the tea governmental restrictions which to a great extent tie lie it down mr potter is considerably impressed with the capabilities for growth and the creation of new business in the territory tributary to the oregon short lineard Line and is also understood to have an eye on the boom in southern california measuring the chances as to its permanence nence and casting up the pro permanence Serma abilities as to whether it would pay to extend the utah central through southern nevada and over the mountains to los angeles denver sews the early completion of the midland to le leadville adville and aspen has given rise to considerable comment as to the roads ultimate terminus the news some time ago advanced the theory that it would be salt lake and various ous facts that have come to light recently tend to substantiate it the midland is said to have engineers at work west of aspen and in utah and they made madd overtures only a few weeks ago to secure control contra of the rock hort i line in that territory with a view ot extending their read to it and effecting a direct connection with salt dalt lake it if the pro gramme Is ia carried out ii it la Is said to be the qa purpose of jay gould who Is ia known to be behind it to H 0 ded one of the pacific feeders and thus have a direct line from st louis to the coast and from a texas seaport to the coast the missouri pacific and denver texas and tort worth will connect here the missouri pacific coming up on the latter road from pueblo the midland starting from colorado springs will f form orm the western outlet of the missouri pacific system to the coast there is but one gap to fill in this chain and that is from aspen to the eastern terminus of the rock bock island railway Eail way considerable figuring is ia being done as to the midlands f future policy licy but it Is is 91 given v en out that jay go gould nyo d could tell if be w wanted anted to and that he may attempt a brilliant coup which will virtually give him control of all independent mountain and coast roads necessary to further his bis schemes shutting out the Burlington the union pacific and the denver rio bio grande brandeis Gran deis is one on e of them denver news new |