Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-18
THE GATEWAY SHUT
Northern Roads Hare No Access 10
Utah as YET.
COMPETITION NOT FORTHCOMING.
y. IL. u. Clark Of Ii uninn pac flc Is
Improving In htnl h IN ing
the Local Railroads


mess g. Of ngury seet to HIM iron
this cry, s. w. Ecols, general tfsffi c
manager Of the Oregon Snort Line,
has W req:
way, and do not Contemplate doing 50
At present."
Hal the Butte gateway been opened
1t would have let tue arsal Northern
Pso hc roads into Uian to compete
with the Rioi Gtande Western aod
Union Pacific, and would have given
the Unign Pacific q cha nee to practice
ally ireeze aut The Oregon Short Line
On through traffic between Osden an
Butte by cutting the rate rom the
Missouri river to Ogden 10 S. or $40.
SETTLEMENT ON DIFF Gully PRoBA.
Bile
CHICAGO, June is "A settlement OF
tho Uuion Pscl fio Greg Shor, Line
. ffioulty is fully expected. Officials
OF both sets VI roais are here, anu 1
is believed that bsiore they gOlsway a
cDmprom SO OF the differences will
have been arranged and the Union
Pacific will continue TO route buslues
over lie outlet to Butte.
Whether 1t does or not, all danger Of
& rate war resulting from the dispute
seems to have passed away. The
Union Pacific claims that It's attitude
in the matter was misun Understood aud
It never had any intention OF preoipi-
tating q contest the effect OF which
wopli be to demorallze tratlio and
uissipAte revenues.
In proof OF this good faith In the
matter the Union Pacific has agreed
with the other trans.oontinentai lines
TO clean up the market In San Fran.
cisco, W hleh 10 one OF the most trOu bie.
sine spots In the West. Ii has also
agreed with its competitors to cease
the payment of excessive commissions
mere, so that disturbing elements may
be removed rom the situation. All
deals with brokers are to be declared
of anu any .urIher meeting OF compe.
alton OF any kind ID 10 be done o emily
anu above board. Thai 10 to be the
policy In all parts OF the West.
Traffic officials have received In.
slruetions from the highest officers OF
other roads that ticket brokers must
hereafter be- ignoreI In the conduct OF
business aud that no relatlo rs or con.
nsctions OF any kind may be sustained
with them. The whole situation sp-
pears more hopeful today.
8. II. II. CLARK BETTER.
ATCHIsoN, Kas., June lS.-B. p
Wagg ner, general attorney OF the
Mis-, our PAc fio, today received = pri.
vate telegram from 8. ID. Ii. Clark, in
which he states that he 10 better and
steadily improving.
IN CHARGE OF FRED J. KIEsEL.
The Hotel Idanha at Soda Springs
has been renovated and now 10 10 full
operation. Fred J. Kiessl OF Ogden
anu associates have undertaken to
make this house profitable, although
for a long time past 1t has been unoc-
cupleJ. The big place will acoommo.
date many patrons and 1t IL understood
will accommodate them In the best
manner.
IMPROVEMENTS AT sALTAIR.
By the end OF the IN min all the
work that has bseD carried on tO im-
prove tue Salt Lake 81 Las Angeles
road-bed will have bsea completed.
Twelve hundred car loads OF shale
have been hauled and spread over the
bed anu 5000 new ties are being sell.
With this work and the aprinkling
that ia done every morning tbs fifteen
mile run will be inside- OF two weeks,
one OF the prettiest pieces OF track In
the country.
Rosdmaster West made an exsmins.
tion OF the road today to find out how
m ucn work will be required to build
. b Poi. .lat ha
said that the plan 10 feasible and 1t Is
probable that wheslmen may soon be
abs 10 make the run.
Work Is going one Ia fitting ths old
cars to the new ones that are row IN
operation. The new coaches are Civ.
Ing the very best salts action. Excur.
sionists are pleased with the eieanli.
mesa and comfort that they insu re.
LAGOON JorTiNos.
The Ninth and Fifteenth wards are
breathing the rural Atmosphere OF the
Pennington resort today. A large
crowd went out this morning and
many others have waited until this
afternoon and evening.
Tomorrow the Fifth ward makes Its
excursiou, and Indications are that
large numbsr will take advantage OF
the outing.
Every day next week an excursion
will be given to the lagoon. The maiD
ones Will probably pe the Caledonian
on Wednesday, the 28rd, and the NOT
den Society's on Thursday.
Mr.. Bamberger stated today that
Alexander, the bartender who ella inns
q have been shot Tuesday night, must
have u vivid imagination since an ex-
animation OF the wounded arm
reveals no gnnshot wound at all.