The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-26

General Manager Dickinson, ]. H. Nc
Cornell, superintendent of motive
power and machinery, E. Buckingham,
superintendent of car service, j. E.
Markell, manager of Union Pacific
hotels, and General Master Mechanic
Dunn, of the Idaho division arrived
here yesterday morning on the Union
Pacific train from the east. Superin-
tendenr Mcconnell is accompanied by
his wife, and has along private car
Oh, while General Manager Dickinson
and party have the 03. The entire par
ty went out to Garfield yesterday
afternoon, President Clark and Gen
eral superintendent Bancroft joining
in with them. The Herald was also
represented.
GIr. Clark and Mr.. Bancroft returned.
+, ON the beach earlier than the others,
and before The Herald man had an
opportunity to talk with them on GER
tain matters.
Superintendent Mcconnell said: I'VE
are simply out over the line on a tour
of inspection. We left Omaha a week
ago tonight, and put in four days Of
the time on the Kansas Pacific part of
the system, stopping at Denver, and
then coming on to Salt Lake. Crops IN
Kansas and Nebraska are line, though
there are some streakS through these
states that show the crops have SUI
fered from lack Of rain at the proper
time But those streaks are narrow
and far between, and wont cut any
figure to speak of in the grand total.
/ believe crops are better north of the
Platte river than they are south of 1t.
Our motive power is in hrSt-claSS
shape everywhere, and we are prepared
TO lake care of any rush Of business
when it comes our way. Our shop
forces have been reduced 1900 men
since the first of the year. During the
first month of the year we took 800
men out of the Omaha shops. We
took 500 men off the Nebraska division
at one time. We lessened shop forces
at Denver in proportion. At Cheyenne
we have but % per cent. of the work
ing force we had there two years ago.
This reduction OF forces comes of
necessity; it is in accordance with the
ineXorable law Of supply and demand.
When business warrants an increase
men are put on, and when its the re-
verse, they are pulled off. The physi-
cal condition of our motive power was
never better"
That Coal story.
General Manager Dickinson, Super
intendent Buckingham, and Manager
Markell were asked if they had seen
i. copies of eastern papers, wherein they
we're charged with practical running
Che entire coal business and private
ear lines in their own favor, and all
answered in the affirmative.
Right here it may be said that the
gentlemen are losing no sleep over
such highly colored and would-be SEN
sational statements as published in
eastern papers.
Time will declare, and speedily, that
such moves were not alone unjustifable
at the time, but injudicious as well.
In conversation with General Mana
.ger Dickinson and Superintendent of
Car Service Buckingham, the Herald
man was told that c. B. Ravens &
Co. of Omaha have line of cars for
their coal trade, just the same as do
scores of others who have a line of
private cars in use.
The first 100 of such cars We're built
as far back as 1887, on a five years
contract, and these cars now num-
Der 500. They were built standard
Union Pacific Of 10000 pounds capacity
box cars every one of them. Upon
the expiration of the first five years,
the contract was renewed for another
five years.
These ears run between Rock Springs
and points east, and are treated just
the same as are the cars of any pri-
Vate line. In the busy season, say
from August to April, they haul the
coal shipped by that firm. but at all
other times they are thrown back in
the pool and so far as mileage is con-
cerned, are put on a parity with all
other Union Pacific cars.
There was time when one cent a
mile was paid on private line cars:
then it was cut to q of a cent. Then
again 1t was cut to y a cent, where
upon III the private lines rose up and
Aicked-they lad kick coming. Then
the railroads gave them a raise" on
such mileage. They raised it to 6
mills, and that's the mileage paid to-
day. The Ravens cars, of course, were
put on that basis. in common with all
others.
No such favoritism as charged re-
lating to the Havens cars could be
maintained without coming to light at
an early day. There have been charges
in official circles time and again since
1887, and President Clarke is TOO able
a railroad man to be blinded for even
JIG AhOiAtA Nu d IIdll6I OIL car mile
age.
General Superintendent Bancroft
would have early known of it. SUPER
intendent Buckingham is too old and
experienced in car service methods to
permit any sucn juggling with Union
Pacific interests as have been set forth
by eastern papers.
President Clarke and the entire
Dickinson party, accompanied by Cen
eral superintendent Bancroft. will
leaVe by special train today at Il a.
M for the east. 1t is understood that
President Clarke goes 10 Chicago and
New York, while the remainder of the
party leave Linn at Green River. go
ing up over the Short Line TO Idaho
points for few days before returning
again to Salt Lake.
The Herald representative called To
see President Clarke last night at the
hnutsford, bat he had retired and
corld not be seen at that hour.
GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR CoosIBs.