The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-07
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
The Union Pacific and Charles Francis--Pull-
mans Purchases---General and Personal.

ulttI MISREPRESENTATION I6ESUudIs
1t is not long since Charles Francis
Adams stated to a Boston reporter, as they
discussed their dishes of baked beans at a
restaurant that the Union Pacific was in
active in the matter of construction; that
they had not built foot of road, and did
not intend to, and said several other things
that he evidently did not mean. Now a
Union Pacific official comes forward with
the statement that Mr.. Adams was not
correctly quoted. 1T is not probable"
says the latter, THAT anybody could have
made such a broad denial as to the
intentions of the Union Pacific as far as
pertains to construction, but these are mat
tiers that do not concern the public, and
that railroad companies, as rule, do not
care to have made public The Union Pa
cific has secured charter for the Carbon
Cutoff railway company, TO build a road
from Sulphur TO the coal fields, fifteen miles
distant, with branches to any coal or
mineral deposit in Carbon, Sweetwater or
Fremont counties There is also coed
ground for believing that it will also build
north in order to tap the Wyoming coal
fields. 1t is certain, also, that the Union
Pacific people have surveyors in northern
California, and central Nevada, while there
can be little doubt but other parties also in
the field, are backed by the same road.
PULLMAN's PURCHASES.
The following circular has been issued TO
Pullman stockholders, giving reasons for
increase of the capital stock: Since August
l, 1888, to January l, 1899, 107 parlor din
ing, sleeping and other cars, such as are
used in the special vestibuled trains, have
been completed and put into service. The
company's interest in these cars has cost
1.5l1 ,S42.S4. Thirty-two similar cars are
now under construction at an estimated
cost of 1915, 600. The company has acquired
cars by purchase of the Union Palace Car
company, the Woodruff Parlor and Sleep
ing Coach company and the Mann Boudoir
Car company, at a cost Of about $3.50, 0G0.
The one-half interest in fifty-eight cars
heretofore owned Jointly by the AJchison,
Topeka & Santa E'e and the Pullman Palace
Car company has been bought at cost of
S412. S69.46. Sixty tourist or secOnd-claSs
sleeping cars have recently been bought OF
the same company at a cost of $261 ,9lS.35.
Twenty similar cars which it has been
agreed to buy from the Atlantic & Pacific
will cost S97, 40 A one-fourth interest in
seventy similar cars has been bought from
the Union Pacific at a cost Of $4,000, These.
Investments aggregate s., 2S2, 0'0.65. n
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
The Utah & Northern was over an hour
late yesterday afternoon, delaying the Utah
Central at Ogden.
English Tourist-What do these letters,
n. Y. & n. E. on the railway carriages
mean!
American Traveler-Nine years and no
earnings. Citizen.
Although word authorizing the com
mencement of the Eureka spur on the Salt
Lake & Western has been expected almost
hourly for several days, the powers that be
remain quiet on the subject.
In Bavaria now all fast trains are equip
ped with the Westinghouse brake The
Heberlein brake. heretofore used, which
requires the combined action of the CON
ductor and brakeman to apply it, will be
used hereafter only on mail train.
During the year 1855 the additions to the
railroads in the German empire measured
Cos miles, all but ninety-two miles Of which
were state railroads. AL the new roads
are worked as branch lines and tifty-fve
miles of them are of narrow gauge.
The Union Pacific surveyors, now camped
within few miles of Austin, Nevada, are
creating as much excitement as the arrival
of a circus. That they are headed for the
coast there is no doubt, but through what
part of the country or in just what precise
direction from Austin is yet to be learned.
The Chicago IL Northwestern has fled in
Illinois articles Of incorporation OF the
Junction road, which is to be constructed
and operated by the Chicago II Northwest
ern as connection between the Milwaukee
and Wisconsin divisions of its road, begin
ming at point near North Evanston and
running to Montrose, Cook county, Illinois.
The capital stock is Sl0.G00,00o.
The Northern Pacific railway company
recently had surveying party il Jefferson
caflon, Montana. and information reached
Butte city on Monday last that there had
been collision between the two parties.
Report has it that a party of Northern Pa
citic graders went out and drove off the
Union Pacific men from their work. From
received il is likely that there
will be quite a skirmish between the par
ties.