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Show WELLS-LAS VEGAS R. R. RUMORED The rumor is again current at Ely thaV the Union Pacific is negotiating for the purchase of the Nevada .Northern .North-ern railroad, which runs from . Ely northward to Shafter and Cobre, and that if It acquires the road it Will be extended southward to Pioche, thereby there-by giving it a more direct connection , between its line in Idaho and its Salt Luke-Los AngeJes line. If carried out the. road would also give the Union Pacific the traffic of the Ely district and a northern connection with the Boulder Dam project. ' .At the present time the Union Pacific Pa-cific operates the Wells-Rogerson road, running from Rogerson in Idaho Ida-ho to Wells in Nevada, where it connects con-nects with the Western Pacific. It also operates the road running northward north-ward from Caliehte to Pioche in Lincoln Lin-coln county, Nevada. If it should acquire the ' Nevada Northern it would have to build only about one hundred miles of track to connect the two branches and obtain a through north and south line from Idaho points to its Salt Lake-Los Angeles line through southern Nevada. The Western Pacific, according to the rumor, is interested with the Union Un-ion Pacific in the reported project. Caliente Herald. |