Show IN EX CIRCLES the san pete rete valley railroad to be dread broad 0 gauged aued 0 new short line from denver to ogden and the coast improvements at seuer valley brauch extension Eitens El tension iun etc ete the benitou pikes peak railway will run until october let latif if business bolac as good aa as it promises the largest engine now in the southern Boul bern pacific service ia is the fourteen wheel engine el gobernador gobernadora Gober nador at tehachapi jake shoemaker the ex foreman of the union pacific shops at cheyenne has been made assistant waster mechanic of the kock rock island with headquarters at stewart Bt ewart iowa A committee of one superintendent from each line centering in denver will meet at colorado city next tuesday d y the question of adopting the 1 kaneai Is city system of car inspection will be decided electric railways continue to multiply with surprising rapidity an estimate published in the railway age 3 gives lines now in operation and under contract representing miles with cars joseph A west of ogden is superintendent in of the sumpter valley railroad in eastern oregon which r runs uns from milovale Wil a suburb of B baker aker ot city T into the timber lands of f the egah oregon lumber com company papy denver ticket brokers are all anxiously waiting a rate war they believe that the competition between the kock rock island union pacific bar linston lington and santa FB fo on fast last time between denver and chicago will result in rates being cut farrar the railroad 0 operator who took from the office at salida calida gambled it off then skipped and defied bullets and capture but who waa was subsequently arrested in the moan moun talus back of calida has resumed bis his old poet post to work out bis his indebted dees B eeli the hudson river tunnel company is reported to have notified railway companies having ter terminals m finals in new york that the first track of the tunnel will be completed within a few months and the tunnel c company mpa ny Is ready to negotiate with io them hem tor or bringing trains to new now york the construction of apex western road will not only give clear creek county a competing lias to denver but by its connection at minturn will reduce the distance to ogden miles and make the new now grand river route the shortest and most moet direct line to the pacific coast the grand harvest excursions are ta to be given by the northern pacific railroad company this reason for one and a third fares for the round trip to any point in minnesota north dakota and montana touched by its lines these tickets will be good tor for thirty days thus giving time for a conn in gheneive rehe rhe nelve neive and critical view of the country the sumpter valley railroad is D nearly 1 y COID completed plated to McEw enville and rod bart by the 1 e last of 0 the week will be to ia operation era tion the minute that trains begin running baker city will be placed thirty milen miles the mining districts to the southwest and then more than ever will baker city be the eup sup ply point for a rich mineral and timber 8 section the grading of the tintic range railroad will ba be completed by september and it is said to be quite probable that the force working there W will ill be moved to sevier county and started on the continuation of that branch As the mines of marysvale Marys Mary vale evale are proving to be of the first claes class order I 1 here hero is no doubt as to there being inducements for the road which ia Is the only question to be considered when discussing the probable de advent of railroads although cars care have been generally distributed by the railroads of illinois but very little wheat is ea eastward st ard from that state alliance leaders attribute this to the circular sent out from frow adgit advising ing the farmers tp to hold their grain in the southern part of the state where the yield was the greatest only enough wheat has been thrashed and bold sold to pay ay pres pressing eing detas while bile the bulk of it it has been put in storehouses to await higher prices the price telegraph bays says that kmonk the improvements ants to be made this fall at helper by the bio rio grande western will be a thirty stall roundhouse built of brick and stone at a co coat t of about a new depot building and several residence buildings built by the railroad ampa company ny for the use of the employees families es the total outlay by the c company amp ny being in the neighborhood 0 of f tewo tee entire tow of P V junction W will ill move to I 1 helper I 1 alper which will give lit a email sized boom oa on the ecart a rt caiet and prid it is that a railroad iro d eating bouse house will be established establish cd there 9 it is stated at union pacific headquarters in omaha that the statement of the commissioners regarding the replacing of tha the iron rails on the kansas di division viloa with steel rails is erroneous the management aut authorizes b or the statement that the company ta is ready and willing to lay th the e 6 deteel teel rails at any time but the ina matter ater has been delayed by the kansas authorities the latter ordered fifty six pound rails laid and t the he company having a large stock of fifty two pound rails on hand asked it these would not ans answer as well instead of buying heavier rails no reply having been received to this inquiry hence the d delay el it Is stat stated that nothing was said about poverty nor was there any intention of evading the order to replace the rails the ensign states that the san pete valley railroad will be broad gauged and extended this road the manti sentinel says has his dot not cleared expenses since the advent of the rio grande western ia sin san pete in fact ft it fa is bald said that the trip from chester to nephi has been made several times without a passenger or a pound of freight frel ht to pay vay for the expense of the trip one thing ia is evident the business baa has fallen off ari nn til tit it has become a necessity tor for th the 6 company to extend their lines tine or beite to run that part already completed of cauree the company will not allow their capital to remain idle as long as there is a chance of making it of some value and as the only method r of A rendering their property rt ly remunerative lies in exten extension sto a aror it I 1 is only reasonable to conclude that every effort will be used for this end the th history of the sevier valley brane h has shown that another road is M much 0 a necessity as tho the first bret one the company hag has so far been unable to properly take care of the vast amount of baines thy have been called on to handle and as ft a matter of coarse course aggravating delays have resulted and the inter later ants of the shippers have suffered auff dred with two roads running through the valley it would bo be easier to have I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k 1 I 1 I 1 everal everything ever ll I 1 D g rociy prop p eily taken ll 11 en care of at p present ir one par part of 0 the b county ie is to all intents and find purposes pur potes isolated leo from the other and mail freight etc often has to travel through three counties and be twice t ice before reaching tta its destination another feature that would cut quite a figure I 1 in affairs would be the natural competition edition arising from the existence ot of f two w 0 corporations it 11 the people ot of sanpete are ever placed entirely at the mercy of one corporation many bases are likely to creep in with competition the wants of the people are more likely to be attended to outrageous prices will be impossible and in every way the country will be much better off ok |