The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-06
Railway Notes.


The Silverton railroad is now a member
of the Colorado Demurrage association.
'"Dick' Mayo has been appointed city
passenger agent for the Rock Island in
Denver
The members of the Christian Science
church will have an excursion to Garfield
tomorrow.
General Superintendent Dunaway of the
Gulf road, goes to CARLSBAD, Germany, for
his health.
General Passenger Agent Wadleigh, of
the Rio Grande Western, was doing Og-
den yesterday.
A B. c. Dennison, lately of the Union
Pacific Offices in Omaha, has started
scalper's Office.
E. NJ. Zivesey has been appointed as
sistant city passenger agent for the Bur-
lington at Omaha.
F. c. Krauser has been appointed trav-
cling passenger agent OF the Rio Grande
Southern railroad.
Earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul for the month of July were
$771,641, an increase of $76,14S.
The Union Pacific people report that
they will have 600 eXcursionists in today
from Box Elder for Saltair.
The r. G. w. yesterday sent eight cars
of Sneep out from p V. Junction, routed
d. & r. g. and Burlington.
General Manager Dickinson is at pres
ent confined to the house from a sprained
knee received last month while up north.
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case. all the local railroad agents are
now down south scrambling for business.
Mr. S. 3. Richardson has been appointed
master Of transportation of the Southern
Pacific, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco.
Mr.. f. w Wyne has been appointed
travelling passenger agent of the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy, with HEADQUARTERS
at Chicago.
ICY" Warmar has returned from the
I0lx 10 fc in nd
will engage to write up the life of George
NJ. Pullman.
R. Anderson, auditor of disbursements
of the Union Pacific system, left last
evening for Omaha, after a ten days
visit in Salt Lake.
Until such time as the Colorado Mid
land establishes local Office, with a live
and energetic man at the head of it, they
will be missing it.
Mr.. S. A. Welsh has resigned as passen-
ger and ticket agent of the Missouri
Kansas & Texas, at Kansas City, No.
to engage in other business.
Indications are that the Union Pacific
will have large excursion down from
Cache valley next Saturday for Garfield
under the auspices of the Mendon band.
Mr.. Fitzhugh. master of transportation
for the Wabash, is in the city, and will
remain for a few days looking over the
field. A Wabash local office here would
be good step.
Mr.. j. c. McCutcheon, formerly assist
ant general freight agent of the WiScon-
sin Central, has been appointed contract
ing freight agent for the Missouri Pa
cific at Chicago.
There will be large excursion today to
Saltair from the north under the auspices
of the Brigham City Sunday schools. A
big crowd is anticipated, as many will
so out from the city.
The new president of the Grand Trunk,
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, will arrive from
England on the 18th, and officers and en-
ployeeS are in suspense. Rumor has it
that important official changes will be
made and that the number and wages of
employees will be reduced.
Ohio engineers and firemen have again
undergone their annual state examina-
ton on colorS and eyesigft When the
law went into effect it resulted in the dis
charge of large percentage of these en-
ployees. but this year comparatively few
failed to pass the examination.
Traffic Manager Babcocl<, of the Rio
Grande Western, is still in Chicago. Adj
vices say that he had started for Salt
Lake last Saturday, but some matters of
general interest came up requiring his
attention, thus compelling a longer at
tendance in Chicago.
The Carnegie Steel company has under
contemplation the building of a belt road
to connect their plants at Homestead,
DuQuesne and Braddock and thus do
their own switching. These companies
had contract with the Pennsylvania to
do all their switching for fifteen years,
and the time viii socn expire.
Although rumored soma time ago that