The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-15
AFFAIRS OF THE WESTERN,
An Idaho Papers Explanation of the
Trouble.

An Idaho Papers Explanation of the
Trouble.
The Rathdrum ddaho) Post IS out
with a long article, dated from Salt
Lake, and purporting to give inside
information as to troubles in the camp
of the Western. The article Us:
The general superintendent rules all
under him with an iron hand, the
while he has on more than one occa-
sion sought to take hand in regu-
lating (?) the freight and pas5e ger
departments In the railroad world, the
chief of every department naturally
desires to rule his own roost without
interference. rave that coming from
higher and governing sources. The
Rio Grande Western people in all the
uptown Offices in Salt Lake resolved
to resent intrusion of their rights. and
wholly regardless of any gene al SUI
perintendent's thirst for added fields
and power that he would fain attach
to cZarish girdle. For that reason there
has been. as now existing. andicy cold
ness between the last named and the
array OF uptown people. 1t has long
since assumed more than a cold phase
between them. 1nasmuch as one of
them and the general 6uDeri ltendsnt
have ceased to sDeak. and others OF
them are topping ON the verge Of
such silence toward him. The shipping
and travelling public who do business
with the traffic departments have lined
up on the controversy with the uptown
people. This same public has now and
then been compelled to visit the gen
eral superintendent in his lair, but
they did not always see him 1t may
be that he thought they should hang
about the other Offices longer than
their time and business warranted. and
business men have been known to go
away splitting forth "cuss words" and
yowing they would never ship another
pound of freight over the Utah road
And in some instances they didn't,
either.
| And then the traffic rnen would have
a big COB of gloom settle down upon
them, for they realize that one shipper
will influence another.
| The general manager, res; ding in
Denver. is not in position to know all
that is passing in Salt Lake among
| his happy O. family, and many people
surmise things with his coming c cry
| time Despite all this it may be raid
that the general superintendent is a
very able man in his methods. He be
| lieYes and lives in the hope that he will
go higher Colonel Dodge is getting
well along In years. Cassius c. Smith,
until lately assistant to the general
manager in Denver, never liked the
general superintend mt. In fact. they
| we're enemies strictly speaking. And
now Cassiu5 C. Smith is out Of a job.
Some inside people claim to say that it
came about through the figures on a
certain "oil' report, and the Salt Lake
man put up che ginning hand
! Another claim is made that after
the Utah road purchased a number Of
compound engines. and found out a
grievous mistake had been made, the
then master mechanic OF the road was
made the scapegoat Of the transaction
Said old time master nlacnaulc was re-
lieYed of his Office. Some one had told
him to approve OF the com pound en-
zines, and he had refused. giving as a
reason that he ibid not know enough
of such power to SO recommend them
Then some one told him thu general
manager desired nim. the master me
| chanic, to o. Z, the ordsr. And re iii
it. Those on the inside claim that 10th
the general manager and the master
| mechanic we're ''hoodooel' 70 a 6nish
in the matter. Certainly some one had
played sharp
| Altogether it Is a pretty mud lie