Show SALT LAKE FEARS GREEN RIVER CUT moffatt road also steers clear of the unfortunate city the rumor tl it the moffatt line build ing fadool denier to utah 13 to end at bcd from that point run trains to bait lake cit over the rio grande tracks 13 having a disquieting effert on Z on s ne fraternity with the union alc from the east ending at ogden and the southern pacific from the west terminating at the same point and with the bio grande and missouri pacific running all its through arar scon ti traffic through castle valle over the green kiver salina cut off route salt lake s amb tion to figure as a railroad other thin ic the fourth class is knocked to smithereens rhia late rumor that the moffatt line aill ster clear of the tabooed cit is about the last nail ID its coffin As a railroad point ledale and other em ery county to ans will soon be in a claib two points above salt lake citi the gould rockefeller syndicate ap pears to be clearing its business deck of all such email items as fixing the status of salt lake city as a flag tation deter mining terminals for the moffatt road clipping the ends of the grasping fingers of the herriman push arranging tor band connecting points with the dark coast road and in so doing preparing tor alie grand event thit will in the completion 0 the Salina cut off road through castle ville to connecting point with its nov main line it either green river or when the latter line is completed it will form the greatest link in the great iran contin railroad 1 ne in the united states it will carr all the through of the missouri pacific rock island rio grande midland and the colorado southern between the east ind pacific coast points with the western pacific and the claib roads ou the western end of the system referring to the rumor wb ch is pr nt ed in the kail vay aga that the moffat lice will terminate ter at provo the salt lake buttera tiia wail if the above is true and coming from the chief engineer of the road it certain 1 ought to be official it means thit the moffatt road is either going to connect mth the grande or the salt lake route for this city and los angeles which to all intents and purposes would be leaving this city off its through line the has no source of official in formation other than which cin be gath bied from d to day or clippe 1 from the papers but it ahn moffitt road is going to build to provo then this cit will derive no benefit from the new road and the question immediate becomes one of vital e to this citi and one which will no doubt be thoroughly in gated by the bod es and leading men of the cit the ebbers and the passengers kno v full well that there will be little benefit to this city if the road passes to the south it is the sime as the pacific roads through ogden the one great feature of the future benefit to halt lake b the building of the moffat road was that it was to be built direct to salt lake and this new move ill cast consid arable doubt on the enterprise aj well as cause a fueling that it aull combine aith existing boida by connecting with other lines south of bait lake much of the through freight would be moved to atre boasi without passing through this city and as has already been detailed the ric grande plan for its marysa ile extension including the green river cut off would be the most serious blow possible to the interests of this cit |