The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-19
Railway Notes.

s. w. EccIes OF the Union Pacific. Will
return from Omaha on Sunday.
Superintendent Joe Young went south
| yesterday to look over his track
Colonel Dan B Honin of Omaha. will
come to Salt Lake to spend the HOLIDAYS
The Central Traffic association has
agreed that clergymen rates for 1896 shall
not be less than IL cents per mile.
The Pennsylvania railroad has invited
bids on 1000 standard box cars. which are
to be put in service on the eastern line.
1t is understood that Mr.. C. H. Warren.
general manager of the Great Northern,
has rendered his resignation and Will soon
retire
The Pullman company. has an order
from the Metropolitan elevated railroad
Of Chicago for twenty-five passenger
coaches.
Mr. Joseph Briggs has resigned as trav-
cling passenger agent OF the Great North
ern at st. Louis. and the position has
been abolished.
Traffic Manager Babcock, General
Agent Wadleigh, of the Rio Grande
Western are out on the line. They will
be at home tomorrow.
MIR. c. b. Brunson has been appointed
chief clerk of the general passenger de-
partment of the Minneapolis St Paul &,
Sault Ste. Marie at Minneapolis, Mimi.
Mr.. A. ]. Radcliffe. travelling freight and
Passenger agent of the Fort Worth &
Denver City at Fort Worth, Tex. has re-
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| Pocatello adViceS are that .. 5. Nor
ris. formerly assistant superintendent on
the Idaho division, is now trainmaster
at Leadville for the Colorado Midland.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Hannaford has decided not
TO accept the first vice presidency of the
Erie railroad, and will remain with the
Northern Pacific as general traffic mana
ger.
Mr.. Charles II. Rockwell, late general
passenger agent of the Cleveland, Akron
] q, Colin hoe tod nj
auditor of the Western Passenger aSSoc1-
alton at Chicago.
A H. G. Burnett, formerly of the Santa
Fe passenger department in this city, is
hobnobbing with fine people about Phila-
delphia, and one of these days his name
will be mentioned in the Railway Age in
connection with an appointment
Mr. w. S. Thorne, city ticket agent of
the Minneapolis st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie at ST Paul, Mimi. has been ap-
pointed assistant general passenger agent
of that road to take effect January l,
with headquarters at st. Paul.
Mr.. W. w. Wilson has been appointed
general manager of the Gulf. Beaumont
Beaumont, Tex, to take effect January /.
Mr.. ]. H. Kirby is at present vice pres1-
dent and general manager.
Mr.. R. E. BREEDER, travelling passenger
agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe at Cincinnati, has been appointed tray
cling passenger agent of the Erie lines,
with HEADQUARTERS at Kansas City, Mo-,
to succeed Mr.. e. G. Davidson, resigned.
The Globe-Democrat says: 1t is scarce
ly in good taste for the Railway Age to
continually sheer at the daily press.
Without the valuable assistance of the
daily press in the compilation of news
the weekly press would be weakly. in
deed.
The executive committee of the Trunk
Line associa ton has authorized the vari-
Gus railroads that comprise the aSSoc1a-
ton to issue clergymen's tickets good un-
til March l. by which time the Joint Traf-
fic association will have acted upon the
matter.
The st. Louis Southwestern last week
decided to extend for ten days-to Decem-
Der 1.-THE time for it's notification of
withdrawal from the Southwestern Pas
it's claim for a oInerential fare on st.
Louis-Texns business, it still stands upon
its propos Ltion to pay 81 more as agent S
commission than the NJ, K. T.
Train service between Chicago and the
south will be further accelerated by the
Illinois and Louisville & Nashville inau-
gurated on December 15 Trains leaving
Chicago at S:25 p. m. will arrive at Nash
Vile at 500 the following morning, cover
ing the 444 miles in II hours and 30 min
utes. This reduces the time by hour and
3s minutes.
The Chicago committee of the Central
Traffic association last week agreed that
no road should receive grain or otner
freight from another road unless the
name of the road and the numbers of
cars were plainly shown on all papers.
1t was also agreed that no roan shouiu
issue a bill of lading until the country Dill
of Iading shall have been delivered to the
forwarding line, or in lieu OF 1t a certlIl-
cate of cancellation.