The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-14
The Pacific Short Line-December Earnings
of One Hundred and Seventy-Six Roads.

A through sleeper from Salt Lake to
chicago is now run on the limited fast
mail.
Mr.. j. v Parker has gone to Helena. In
recent interview he SAID he had not even
received hint 10 the effect that tie head
quarters OF the . uion Pacific mountain di-
vision would ever be in any other place
imam I'D that they are now situated.
And now comes the rumor that in
short time the fast mail tram now run by
the Union Pacific will carry nothing but
the mail, dispensing entirely with the
passenger service. On the first run of the
fast mail Captain White limited that such a
move Was among the possibilities, and it
seems now that he was right.
1t is said by good authority that the bill
recently introduced in the House by Mr..
Smith, providing the manner in which
railway companies may obtain rights of
way, IS In the direct interest of the Union
Pacific, when is at present badly crippled,
owing to tue demands made by the owners
OF land In the southern part of the terri
tory for right of way
We have compiled table of December
earnings for the large number of 176 roads.
showing an aggregate of $50 23S, OS4 against
500 ,536, ASS for Decembar, 1883, making an
increase of S5,701 ,596, or more than Ii per
cent. This excellent result is doubtless
due in part to the unusually favorable
weather in December last throughout al
most the entire country, as well as to in
creased mileage and increased traffic per
mile.
The Sioux city Journal of January 81
says: The unfrieudly position of the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis s. Omaha to-
ward the Short Line has been brid sed over
for the present, aud the former road viii
no longer obstrnct the work of the latter
in Nebraska. 1t has made an agreement
to allow the Short Liue 10 cross it's tracks
In Covington and South Sioux city, and
will lend valuable assistan t to tue new
road IN various ways. O'Neil, Neo., has
voted sgt, GOO III bonds in aid of the road.
The stockholders OF the Colorado Central
railroad will meet in Denver. Col, Febru-
airy q, to act on q contract with the Union
Pacitic'providing for the use of the tracks
between Denver, Col. and Cheyenne, WE a;
also to act upon articles of consolidation
with the Georgetown, Breckenridge s.
Leadvilie, the Denver " Middle PARK. the,
Denver. Marshall s. Boulder. the Ireeley.
Salt Lake x Pacific. the Denver, Texas &,
Gulf, the Denver, Texas & Fort WORTH.
the Road Canon, the Chicosa Canon, the
Canon de Aqua, the Colorado Central of
Wyoming, and the Cheyenne & Northern
railroads.
The Chicago q Northwestern company
has shown generous spirit in voluntarily
paying to the guardians of little girl
whose parents We're killed few days ago
oy being run over by a train of that com
pany near Chicago the large sum of $780,
If the company had refused to make a
settlement and had awaited itself of the
defences ana delays Of the law it perhaps
might have escaped liability altogether,
and at any rate the chances are that after
the lawyers had taken their share of what
ever damages might have been awarded
the child would not have received a very
large sum. Now by the voluntary action
of the company au amount is paid for her
beuefit which if properly managed will
keep her from want and will form partial
compensation for the terrible loss which
she sustained through no fault Of the com
pany or its employees