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Show THE M0FFATT ROAD SECURED. Mr Moffatt formal (perhaps we might a) ofllclol) announcement that he has completed his llnanclal ntrange-incnt ntrange-incnt for building hi railroad from Denver to this clt), will bc most welcome" wel-come" news This announcement however, how-ever, wa no more than vvas to bc expected ex-pected from Mr. Moffatt for his word that he would build the road has never been douhted Tho sale of bonds amount, It I stated, to nbout thirteen million dollirs That would amount to close tifon 126 000 a mile for the 600 miles of road between the two cities It Is manifest, therefore that Mr Moffatt has done what ho ta)S, thc cnterfrlse Is financed The exact route the road will take Is not )et plven out, but no doubt the loutc tentatively suggested some time ago, down White river, up the Duchesne, Du-chesne, thence to the valley of tho I'rovo river, up b) Kamas and down Immigration caii)on to this city, will be thc route chosen, the officials nre said to favor It, though another route further down Is also held to be rractlc able. l'rom time to time the last twenty 3 cur there have been promises that the Chicago & Northwestern, the llurllngton, and other lines, would lomc In without delay from the Hist, nml It has oeemed sure nt times that one or thc other of these would make a strike In earnest for this city. Hut now a new enterprise altogether steps to thc fiont und will be it them nil In get ting here. The mnit earnest nnd hearty thanks of this communlt) will be showered upon Mr Moffatt for his enterprise, thc first time ho cin bo Induced In-duced to give us an opportunlt). And III the mcnutlme we nil rest secure In tho utmost confidence thnt tho other roads, named above nnd In fact nil tho greut traus-contlnentnl lines must now prepare their maps und survc) for extending ex-tending their lines to bait Lake Clt). |