The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-17
Railway Notes.

division. was in the city yesterday.
General Agent Kooser, of the. Mis-
souri, Pacific will be at home TO-DAY
rrava,ing Freight Agent Warren OF
+,a santa Fe. is down south for snip
ments.
+,,i++1, cars of stock for the east from
the Southern PACING.
Pullman Superintendent Butler, OF
ogden. was down yesterday 4oohin7
after Pullman business
Superintendent Bancroft and >.
w. Eccles. of the Union Pacltlc' VIII Dc
hack from Omaha today.
Travelling Agent Gorham, OF tne
Rock Island. is looking over Idano anu
Montana common points.
General Agent Nevins Of the ID: q
r G. was over in Nevada yesterday
looking after stock shipments.
J. Flynn is over from Denver, and
IT'S strange that just now he IS away
from mountain and plain.
W. H. oliver chief clerk in the
accompanied by his wife.
"The Passing Show company leaves
Ogden this morning in Pullman Car
Pairaiso for San Francisco.
SUPERINTENDENT Kerr, of the Sanpete
valley road came in yesterday ana
reports all serene with his road.
General Agent Walker, of the North
Western. was out of the city yester-
dav trying to rake in shipment down
south.
Colonel C. J. Means has gone over
into Nevada. This means that Dig
LOT of NJ. & B. stock-cars will be sent
over there.
The Missouri Pacific and D. & r. G.
get twenty-four cars OF sneep TO-DAY
from SaIina for Kansas City-M. & b.
cars. of course.
The Hoyt Theatrical company comes
through over the Union Pacific tomor-
row bound for California They nave
a private Pullman car
This week will witness fully $50 car
loads of stock sent out of Nevada for
the eastern markets. The boys are
working for an inning on it
The railroads have all been getting
heavy city orders from the merchants
the past few days. There's method in
it-rates are going to jump up to the
tariff notch.
The Union Pacific and Rio Grande
Western have put in one-fare rates for
| the Democratic rally at Ogden on Sat
urday and the Democratic state con-
vention in this city on Tuesday
CHICAGO. Oct. 16.-Stockholders OF
the Illinois Central railroad held their
annual meeting here today and cleo
ted S. Fish. Edward J. Hartman and
| John Jacob Astor directors for a term
of four years, to succeed them
| selves.
The bunch of men that were
"nul1ed off, on a certain road for some
/ cause wholly unknown to astute judges
/ of such events when happening in
| railway circles, will all be put back
/ again. and explanations will then be
! in order.
Already freight rates, so long de-
moralized are again tightening up,
and The Herald mans grapevine"
/ announces that the first reef was taken
/ in at the river yesterday afternoon.
| This means that tariff will be played
! pretty soon.
The earnings of the Louisville &
Nashville for the first week of October
amounted to $43O,375, an increase of
So. 255 over the corresponding week of
1894; July to October {. $5,5O5, l16. an
/ increase of $273.73S compared with 1894.
and an increase of $455,939 compared
with 1898.
BALTIMORE. Oct 16.-The directors
| II the Baltimore & Ohio railway today
decided not to pay dividends on COM
mon stock for the six months ending
June 80 last They issued statement
saying that the earnings for the period
exceed 21A per cent, but that they deem
1t advisable to hold the money for
other purposes.
The earnings of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain for the first week OF
October amounted to $492, 900. showing
an increase of $40, 900 over 1894; Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas. $2SS, 1O3. show
ing an increase of $4,113: Toledo. ST
Louis & Kansas City, S49.359. an in.
crease of $12, 461; st. Louis-Southwest
ern, $126,000, an increase of $1,000
The Tribune, and those other paper:
that copied from it, stated yesterday
that Receiver ]. ". DOane arrived il
private car "09'-a clear mistake a.
to title The Herald of same date
noted the arrival of j. W. Doane, ir.
who is out here on a little hunting
I and fishing tour, and the young man is
In no sense sailing under his fathers
title. When you see it in The Herald
it's SOL
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 16.-Delegates t.
the annual convention of the Switch
mems union of North America were
engaged in secret session all day. To.
night they were entertained with 9
banquet by the local lodge. The con.
vention will probably conclude it's Sc.
sion tomorrow. after electing genera
officers The press committee will A1sc
give to the public the results of the
meeting.