The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-27
A FOURTH or july RATE
Railroads Will Help Out the
Butte Celebration.
BUILDING TO SALT LAKE
A New Rumor in Relation to the Bur-
iington : Real Estate Said to
Have Been Secured by
the Road

The railroads in Butte have an
nounced Fourth of July rate of one
and one-fifth fares for the round trip
to all points in Montana within a ra-
dius of 100 miles. 1t is the regular
Fourth of July excursion rate, and
tickets will be good going July and 4,
and good returning until July 5.
The Burlington is going to build into
Salt Lake, according to the Herald of
that city, which figures out the situa-
ton as follows:
ION April II the Nebraska, Wyoming
& Western Railway company was in
corporated in Wyoming by officials of
the Burlington road, for the purpose of
extending the Burlington line across
the state into Utah. Work on this eX-
tension is now under way.
burlington officials and their associ-
ates have, within the past six weeks,
secured Salt Lake real estate, either
by direct purchase or under options, to
the value of at least $150,000. This prop
erty has been secured through E. B.
Wicks, agent of the Burlington syndi-
cate. Mr.. Wicks is also the local rep
resentative of the Utah Railway COM
pany, Incorporated some years ago by
burlington OlllcldlS, IoT TIE purpose VI
building through Utah.
''It is well known that the Burlington
syndicate, that has made such heavy
purchases of Salt Lake realty during
the past few weeks, includes the lead
ing officials of the Burlington road.
Among the pieces of property they
have secured are tracts on Fourth West
| street, various pieces in the southern
| part Of the city, and acreage property
| to the southwest. Their operations in
| clude an option on a 30-acre tract on
| the eastern limit of the city, just north
| of the Gilmer property, and another
large tract further south has also been
| secured.
AN influential man in this city very
closely associated through many years
| with the Burlington road was APP
preached on this subject. He talked
| with the caution that characterizes
| men in such positions. He admitted
| that the Burlington was coming to
| Salt Lake, but maintained that it
would come direct from Denver. When
| asked what the work in Wyoming Sig
| nifed, he would say nothing except
that the Burlington would miss no
large city and invariably took the
shortest route from one large place to
another.
For years it has been regarded as
certain that the Burlington road would
eventually build to Salt Lake, and
many announcements have been made
of its intention to inaugurate work inn
| mediately. But never before has there
| been such conclusive evidence of an
| immediate movement in this direction.
The route of the line through Wyo-
| ming lead from the Cheyenne terminus
| of the Holdredge extension through
| Hallock canyon in the Laramie noun
| tains, across the Laramie plains, fol-
| lowing the Medicine Bow river to the
! Elk mountains, near which place is
| one of the richest coal fields owned by
| the Burlington people. From Elk noun
| tains west the line extends tapping
| the rich Battle Lake and Grand En-
campment copper camps, the populous
valley of the Platte. near Saratoga,
and thence west till it strikes the
northeastern corner of Utah.
From that point two good routes are
| offered One would carry the road
| south around the Uintah' mountains
and up the valley through Park City
| into Salt Lake; the other almost d.
rectly west, both entering the city
| through Emigration canyon"
The refusal of the western passenger
| roads to make as low rates to North
| Pacific coast points as to Los Angeles
| during the meeting there of the Nation
al Educational Association may result
| in rate war between transcontnental
| lines. Inc southern racine mas given
notice that it will not honor any tickets
sold at less than authorized rates by
| connecting lines on account of the
meeting. The northern coast roads
| will undoubtedly make a strong effort
to attract portion of the business de-
| spite the refusal of the western roads,
| Reduced rates are looked for from the
| Northern Pacific, Canadian Pacific
! and Great Northern 1t Is believed
| they can easily find connecting lines
| willing to share the shrinkage. But
when spoken to regarding the matter,
says the Minneapolis Times, Northern
Pacific officials stated there would be
| no reduction.
The choice Of a chairman for the
| Western Passenger association has
| been left to a committee appointed for
this purpose. The salary for this posi-
ton was $4,000 a year. but when Chair
man Caldwell resigned the first thing
the association did was to fix the sal
| airy of his successor at $500. The po-
| sition which Mr.. Caldwell has accepted
as traffic manager of the Delaware &
Lackawanna is said to be worth $15,-
| 900 year.
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