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Show Our Railroads. The R. 0. Western to be Built j Through San Pete. The Union Pacific On Hand as Usual. 'it is a L'tah road, and we want you to ifetl tlu it is,"s..i I Fust Vice-Prudent j t call .(iv,o t,e kio Grande Wester n.last j evening The whole of the Rio Giande rtesiein.i.vnh,: eighteen miles con-I con-I necting w, (;,,. ,i Junction, is in L'tah; : ami it was hit. It to develop Ulh. ! "Of curse, tlie chestnut has been crarl;d in Salt Luke before; Colonel l dge,and ncailv eveiy other official on the roarl. h:ive at one .time or another dented the story, but I would like to ask you, .Mr. l'eabody, whether any ol the big eastern I lies have purchased, or are about to putchase, the Kio Grand i VVestern?" j Mr Peabudy smiled. "The idea is absurd;" lie said. "The Rio Grairl Western is not for tale. No oilier railway company owns a share of usstuck. lnd.vidual members mav own some, and if so. tlu-y bought it knowing that it sure to rise the moment the road was bioad gauged, but that is all," 'And as to the work of broad-guage? You aie satisfied with tha resu It? "Most assuredly. The woik has been well done, and in a few weeks at the oust wc will have one of the finest ro;id!)tJs in the United States one that we shall be pleased to show to our eastern east-ern friends who have put their money inio the enterprise. Our policy is to build up Utah; that e have the power to di tlns.noiie will dispute, and we have Hie will alio. You will lind that the Kio Gianii Western will be to Utah what the Denver oi Kio Grand has been to Colorado. Colo-rado. We have spent some millions more than we intended to when we fust began tiie w.nk, but we are not hank-rupi hank-rupi yet by any ni'Mns theie are kmc milli ns to be bad, and some of these will be used in devel.iping tire country through winch we nin." "About tie Thistle extension? How far will the line run?'' "At least one hundred and seventy-five seventy-five milesat present, That will biing us to belo Alarysvale, passing a ricli COIIIltl'V. rilttitur lti aanliult hM.lc ,,', couiitrv, cutting ihe asphalt beds, siohe quarries,' and leaching one ol the finest belts of timber in the west, and undoubtedly undoubt-edly the best in Utah. Hie countiy through which the Rio Grand Western runs is a veiv tich one; and we propose to do what we can lo develop thai wealth; in so doing we benefit bolh ourselves our-selves and our people at the same lime. Yes, I know bow rich the southern couuttv is," he said, as the Herald proceeded pro-ceeded to euhchteu him. ."I have ridden over the most of it in company with our engineer, and am perlectly stultified with the out look." ' " i he San Peie extension will be a narrow gauxe?" - .,..vjju. - tWo t wr : wui ,.i bmd fsjuje, though, tothmt utamy-ttnwr when busmess justifies it, w cut put down a thud ra 1, and make it standard gauge. We hnve an amount of good narrow gauge iron, lies and equipment, as the result cf the change from narrow lo broad gauge, and these will enable us to branch out tcoiioinically, at first; and when Ihe development justifies it, we C3ii make other movements, Oui coal lands, are among the best, and our ccke busineis, which is yet in a comparatively compar-atively experimental slate, will soon assume hue proportions ". "I tindeisiand Ihe coke is giving very good satisfaction," suirtrested The Iltr-aJ" Iltr-aJ" . . "Well the demand is greater than the , the supply; that speaks for ilsell. There ate laige numbeis of industries that will eventually spring up along the line of our road, and we shall take considerable considera-ble pleasure in fostering them." Air. Poabody did not say so in those many words, but from what he did say it would be fair to assume that It would not be long before the Rio Grand Western West-ern is running into the rich Tintic district. dis-trict. Mr. Peabudy will leave this mottling for home, over the Union Pacific. Colonel Col-onel Dodge goes with him. THE V. P'S. INTENTIONS, Mr. Si Eccles, Gen, Freight and Pass Agent of ihe Union Pacific said lo an Lnsign Repot ter You have a very interesting inter-esting little town here," he began, "and it is going to be better scon. I should like very much to remain for a few days, but will not be able to gratify my wishes In that respect at present as I return to Salt I-ake this afternoon. Howev'er, 1 am going to tiy and visit Nephi next week and shall then make it a point to remain a day or two at least. In tegard lo that proposed extension, he said: "The transfer trans-fer of the San Pete road has not been made yet, but we ate expecting every day to hear that it has been made. uit as soon hs that little nfiair is at ranged, woik will be commenced on the San 1'ete d. vision, and that blanch will be pushed right through San Pete and Sevier counties. coun-ties. You see the litile Rio Grande is now being built to Mt, l'U-asant, and 1 am sure our people will not be asleep when the tune comes. |