The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-26
In RAILWAY CIRCLES
c. B. & @. Officials Visit This
City.
AN OPINION ON SEVERAL THINGS
q Herald Reporter Interviews Manager Mer
rill in His Night Shirt-Ore
Is Very Sure Crop.

The arrival in this city of w. F. Mer-
I'll, general manager of the Chicago, Bur
Ington & Quincy; Thomas Miller. general
freight agent; w. f. keenan,, Texas live
stock agent of the road; John r. Hastings,
general superintendent of the Chicago,
Burlington & Northern, and w. j. c. Ken
yon, general freight agent of the Northern,
was announced In railroad circles last
evening.
To secure talk from MIR. Merrill was
the mission of THE HERALD reporter when
he was admitted into the sleeping chamber
of MIR. Merrill.
what is your object in visiting our city
at the present timei" was the first question
put.
Mr.. Merrill tucked his balbriggan gar
ment, smiled good-natured and replied:
ITO see your city. We had heard great
deal Of ii and thought we'd come through. -
"Your first visits''
"Never before set foot here, and as we
had been attending the meeting of the live
stock men at Miles City, thought we would
spend Sunday in your city"
go to church!"
Eyes, that is our intention. Understand
this is great church going community"
THE Burlington is great routem
''We-have 1000 miles of roads,
"How many cars does it take to operate
lroad like thatl''
"We have from 25 900 to 80, 600 cars.n
us the outlook promising for the coming
year?n
"1he crop prospects are unusually
good.''
What is the value of the corn crop to
your road!n
ave get about s., OOO, 900 out Of it. But
that is not all. A good crop means a big
beef crop and more freight in other ways.
When the crops are good the people have
more money and bug more"
ut is the agricultural crops that rule the
country; mines cut small tigure.n
agriculture is more general but there
is no more certain crop than ore. A drought
nor grasshoppers do not affect it. There is
an enormous amount of freight that goes
in and out of Butte. Low grade camps
make great deal Of business for the rail
roads. Of course, placer mining is of little
value. All the railroads getis hauling the
miners back and forth and what they ca,
and drink As soon as the gulch is washed
out the town disappears. But take these
great bodies of ore in the low grade camps
and it takes years to get 1T out. Then
there are the shelters that furnish the rail
ways with q large amount of freight"
Your visit here is for the purpose Of Sc
curing part of the enormous amount Of
ore that will come out of Deep CreekP'
Sat the present time railroad invest
ments are very uncertain. Wltnsthe STATE
aud national legislatures after US we know
scarcely which way to turn. We are IN
certain as to whether these Legislative
bodies will allow US to make any money
And, again, the bond market is in bad con.
dition."
"Row near Salt Lake does your road
extend?"
sour road stops at Denver, although WE
have narrow guage branch running tt
Lyons"
'sYcu will probably broad guage this AMI
extend it TO Salt Lake?"
Several surveys have been made of the
country west of Lyons, but it is hard Il
predict how soon the road will reach you
city,
Mr. Merrill is estimated as one of tn,
most able and efficient railroad men in thi
country. He has been in the service of tn
Burlington for twenty-four years. Hi
first work was as assistant engineer Of tn
Burlington bridge, since which time h
gradually advanced until he fills one of tn
most responsible positions in the American
railway service.
If for no other purpose than to secure oc
casional visits from a railway official a
congenial as Mr.. Merrill, it is to be hope
that the Burlington will soon reach Sal
Lake