Show trains will run into this city in side of eighteen months OVER THEIR TRACKS nevis from denver which takes the backbone out of the claims and pipe dreams of the capital newspaper writers survey has been made rails are ordered the following article from the denver post gives an indication of the movements ot the burlington railroad which will be ot the greatest interest to ogden people it is the last straw also on the back of the salt lake newspaper tamel which has been humping itself and swallowing every little intimation of the burlington to that station ogden will be the terminus of the burlington tor many years it Is the intention of that road to eventually reach tor the coast and when it does its route is already picked out it will not be via salt lake because there is nothing in that direction to attract it but it will be to the coast and until that time its western terminal will be ogden which is tie bead of all great lines the standard has been tor several months calling attention to the tact that the burlington was beaded tor here and every day there has been new evidence i of their intentions forthcoming this latest is an order for a months consignment sign ment of steel rails for the west end in tact to be dely ered at ogden from where the work will shortly begin read the post article and you will see that there will be as much life here as anyone wants to see during the coming year there is no reason why this city should not during the coming year enjoy an era 0 ity unrivalled by anything in its history think of it the new southern I 1 pacific cutoff cut off with millions of dollars expenditure the burlington with even greater expenditure the northwestern which must follow the burlington into ogden and there are others equally as certain of coming and which are only a few months away here is what the post says from omaha has been ordered cars of eighty two pound steel rails for the western extension of the burlington the order to be delivered by july 1 this makes it practically certain that the line which it has been supposed would be merely a northern cutoff cut off will be rushed through to ogden the entire distance has been surveyed to that point and through ogden canyon it has actually been graded and is ready tor the ties and rails in addition to the cars of rails ties have been contracted tor general manager holdredge ot the burlington has not affirmed the report that this road has been started to utah but admits the purchase of the ties and rails with the vague statement that they are tor western extensions it is not only possible but extremely probable in view of recent developments that opposition from the union pacific is feared by the burlington it became apparent yesterday why vice president harris and other high officials of the road came to denver last months and spent two days in conference with president jeffery of the rio grande the closest traffic relations have existed between the two roads all burlington business was and is transferred at denver to the rio grande and of course the rio grande western from grand junction to ogden but the burlington this year refused to renew the ola alme agreement with the rio grande which heretofore has run for three years it was renewed on its expiration tor but one year only and expires next march this is considered to mean that the burlington hopes to have its own line in operation to ogden within that time |