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Show jH RAILROAD TALK, HH DcTclo'pmcdts In railroad clrdlca eon- HH Untie to be of an cneournfjlnfr nature. H The Empire Constrnctldn Ctinipanf, H which nltHoufch a scperato corpdrntlbn H Is to nil Intents and prtrposci n part of H ihc Snn t'eilrd, lie's Angeles nnCl Salt B Lake liallroad Co., lian called of bids B . for tile conmructlon'ot eighty-five miles 6f (Trade from CaTnntlcs, tlio nouth- H western terminal of their newly ncijtilr- H fed Short Line Irnclij and IS nilles ox- H tending this way from Daggett, on the B anta Fc. Only 1 13 miles of road Is re- H quired to close tlio gap between these HV points, and it is given out that no delay H will tie made In the construction of this ' plceo of fbad. This, by (ho use of n H part of the Santa Vo tracic, with which B- company terms of reciprocity have been f arranged; will complete the short line H! id lower California, and will bo the 1 tnea'rlo of developing a heavy traflle j iHiftincfts between the (wo states, It B will also open up a rich mineral dis. H trie nml prbve a valuablo Convenience H 'to the' two states. It is understood H that'worlt will alsd commence upon r some of the branch lines, ono of The H earliest of which will bo the branch to H ' Desert Mound, nnd perhaps n contlnu- 1 ' " atlon intd the coal fields of this local- H ty. Then when the R. tf. W. biiUds its ' cut-toft through Salhia canyon and to a H j .connection with ihc San I'cdro road, H Iron county will be on tho high tldo' of H. prosperity, and thb dreams Of the old K settlers will b&'rcallzed. |