The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-28
Railway Notes.

C. w. Pitts. travelling passenger
city. -'O' '-ie'-' 70 II 'He
Mr.. Messmer, freight agent for the
Burlington at st. Joe, Mo, was in the
city yesterday.
j. W. Draper has been appointed
freight agent for the Burlington road
in the Tacoma district.
Travelling Freight Agent Warren. of
the Santa F'e. came in last night from
the Utah cattle trails.
General Passenger Agent Wadleigh,
of the Rio Grande Western, is expect
ed home Monday night
The Burton-Stanley Opera company
will leave Monday morning over the
Union Pacific for Park City.
The Epworth league will go out and
take charge of Garfield on Saturday.
August Sd. and an excellent time is
anticipated.
General Agent Nevins of the Denver
& Rio Grande has returned from the
south and succeeded in making a
point while out.
1t is said that Superintendent S. S.
Morris, whose resignation takes effect
August l. will take months outing
over in Colorado.
The query now is. how many coal
tracks are there in Salt Lake. and if
not enough to go around, will the rail-
roads build additional?
The grand masquerade ball and
carnival to be held at Saltair next
WEDNESDAY evening, promises to be a
great success in every way.
District Superintendent Moore of
the Union Pacific coal department. is
receiving more letters over in the
Union Pacific Office nowadays than he
has been in the habit of receiving.
Receiver McNieI, of the o. r. &. Y.
company, gave to President Wood
ruff and party his private car .O1"
to return to Salt Lake in. The car
was returned promptly last evening.
But a few days now will intervene
until the railroads will be called upon
to show their hand on the muddled
coal proposition. If they are in
freeze out" game. what howl will
go UP.
On Wednesday. July S1st. the
Twelfth ward Sunday school will have
an excursion to Garfield, and on Fri
day, August I'd. the German branch of
the Norman church will have an ex-
cursion.
William Mcmillan. the genial chief
clerk. in the office of the Salt Lake &:
Los Angeles railroad general office is
rejoicing over the advent of fine
baby boy, born yesterday morning.
Mother and child are doing well.
There are prominent railroad men
between the river and the coast who
profess to believe that after a time
the Union Pacific will again have
added on those great feeders she
once possessed, but under new
methods to be outlined in a plan of
reorganization.
The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, will have an outing at
Saltair on August 81. 1t will be tender
ed by William Turk and will be
known as odd Dominion day. The
features will be a big parade in the
morning and a general good time at
the LAKE all day. Valuable prizes will
be given and there will be all sorts
of contests concluding with grand
display of fireworks in the evening.
A RAYMOND excursion came in yester-
dav. in charge of A. o. Hewitt, of Bos-
ton. The party stopped over at Glen
wood a few days. The visitors are
mainly from Boston. New York and
Philadelphia. They were shown about
the city during the day, and this even
ing will leave over the Union Paclnc
for Yellowstone Park. They are III no
way alarmed on account of the Indian
troubles, a feature that is strange for
New England people.
Thursday. August 1st promises to be
a red letter" day at Garfield. The
trains will be loaded with excursion
lists, under the auspices of the various
Baptist societies. 1t will be their regu-
lar annual outing, and if previous
affairs of the kind are any criterion to
go by, it is safe to assume that it
will prove q, grand success. Already
extensive arrangements are under way
by the committees TO insure an excel
lent time all around.