The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10

sumab1y because of a party of survey
ors now working in eastern Nevada,
but II the time agreed upon by the two
companies has not expired, the reason
for such secrecy is apparent. The names
OF the real incorporators were. of
course, not affixed to the articles, Short
Line employees being substituted.
The road is one that has been under
contemplation for years past, but the
Short Line had not the money to build
until it again passed into the hands of
the Union Pacific. Now. however, it is
stated officially that work will COM
mence as soon as the Utah & Pacific
reaches Stateline, which means that the
road through to the coast is not far
away.
It was learned yesterday that when
the Utah, Nevada &, California begins
work, the Rio Grande Western will, in
all probability, go ahead with the ex-
tension of it's road from Marysvale. The
route laid out is from Sewer southwest
to a point about six miles from Beaver;
thence to Parowan, Cedar City and st.
George. and. finally, across Nevada. to
a connecting point on the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe, probably Ludlow.
The Westerns great advantage would
be in securing a direct connection with
southern California and the deposits of
iron. coal and sulphur along the route,
while it would give the Santa Fe an
other outlet of great Importance, and,
of course, that company is heart and
soul with the movement. A corps Of
surveyors IS now in the vicinity for the
Western evidently prospecting for the
most advantageous details of the route.
General Freight Agent Moore of the
Northern Pacific has returned to st.
Paul from the Pacific coast and to a
reporter he said that the one thing that
struck him most forcibly was the con-
fidence exhibited by the merchants
wherever he went.
Mr.. Moore attended the convention of
the northwest fruit growers in Spokane
last month. Commission merchants
from all over the Northwest were rep
resented, and so likewise were all the
Western roads. There were representa-
tives from Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Grand Forks, Winnipeg, Superior
and Duluth. The convention was a
success in every way.
Application was made by shippers in
the northwestern states for lower rates
on fruits. A joint committee of rail-
road officials and shippers was appoint
ed to take the matter under considera- |
ton. The chances are 10 to l that the
shippers did not know of the magni- |
states are beginning to cut quite a fig
ure when it comes to the growing of
fruits The Northern Pacific alone ship
ped 10000 tons of fruit last year. If
one road made reduction in rates the
others would have to follow suit The
roads that would be effected by the
changes are the Northern Pa
cific, the Great Northern, the Union |
Pacific, the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-
ton company, the Burlington & Mis-
souri, and the Oregon Short Line If |
rates are reduced for shippers in Ore
gon, Idaho Washington and the other
states, they will have to
be reduced for the shippers in California
and the other states further south.
There is general belief among rail- |
road men that the Union Pacific, in its |
recent move to absorb the Oregon Short |
Line, has it's eye on the Oregon Railroad |
& Navigation property as a supple
acquisition, says the Seattle |
1t is probable that
the report sent out from New York city
in a special dispatch few days ago
to the effect that Northern Pacific was
to acquire the Oregon Railroad & Nay
cation really had its origin in some
such report, and that there was an err