, 1889-05-02
MOVING MANY CATTLE.
The Shipment of 200 900 Head
Through Cheyenne.
A Considerable Reduction of Force
in Wyoming.
ConstruCtion---A Robbery---SmalI
Wreck.
THE CATTLE

n shipment OF 2OO, 0O0 head OF Texas
cattle over the Cheyenne and Northern
will commence next Monday and will be
completed about Aug.l. This great herd is
the combined purchases of Montana men
and the cattle will be unloaded at Wen
dover and driven north.
These cattle will occupy about 500 trains
which will be run on passenger time from
start to finish. Arrangements are being
made for three trains daily over the Chey-
enne & Northern from this point, al
though an almost unlimited number can
be handled if necessary. Three additional
train crews will be employed and extra
engines will be brought from points on
the western portion of the system.
A work train with Roadmaster Delaney
in charge will leave for the north this
morning and make some repairs on the
Cheyenne and Northern.
CUTTING DOWN.
The expense Of maintaining the Wyo-
ming division of the Union Pacific will be
5 5000 less this month than last. There
will be no reductions of salaries but every
man who can be spared without manifest
injury to the service will be dismissed.
Laramie and Evanston lose two train dis.
patchers each and Rawlins one. The
number at Cheyenne remains the same.
Harpers station, Just west of Laramie
will be closed. likewise Colorado Junction
and Buford, stations east of Sherman. AS
to this move railway men say that the
stations mentioned have been entirely un-
necessary for several years.
The company proposes to do the fair
thing by the men and in every instance
will first dismiss the employees youngest in
the service.
CONSTRUCTION.
The Omaha World reports Vice Presi-
dent Holcomb as saying hat the Union
Pacific will neither build nor extend in
Wyoming this year. THE LEADER does
not credit this statement and is satisfied
that work will be commenced again before
June l. In fact the writer has this from
a railway man in authority. While the
construction forces have been greatly re-
duced preliminary work is being done
right here in Cheyenne. In the SAINT in
terview Mr.. Holcomb says the Cheyenne
shops will go on.
TRAVELLER ROBBED.
Thos. j. Slower, an Oakland, Gala,
horseman en- route to New York was
robbed on the passenger train Tuesday
night at some point between Green River
and Laramie. He lost a fine gold watch,
gold ring, suit of clothes and some I'M
derwear.
A SMALL WRECK.
A broken rail caused a locomotive and
twelve freight cars TO leave the track
about twenty miles east of Green River
yesterday morning. A brakeman sprained
his knee by jumping from the engine.
Travel was delayed five hours.
N PERSONALS.
Superintendent Barr has gone east and
will return with his family this evening.
G. p. Huntington, president of the
Southern Pacific, is en- route east aboard a
daylight special.
A. B. Liggett, chief dispatcher at
Evanston arrived yesterday. He and
Trainmaster Green and Chief Sisson x
pect to finish the Wyoming division time
card by Friday evening.
j. X. Choate, superintedent of the
Colorado division of the Union Pa
oific, was here a couple of hours yester-
day.
Resident Engineer Bannister is in Den.
yer.