The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-14
Railway Notes.

Mrs. Burgoon left on last nights X
G. w. No. for Chicago.
Engineer O'Melvaney of the Union
Pacific is down from Ogden.
Mrs. E. A. Wilson came irN on R. G
W. No. last night from Chicago.
General Agent Mcmillan of the Bur
lington is doing Montana common
points.
The Chicago & Northwestern is said
to be in the market for twenty switch
engines.
j. L. De Bevoise has been appointed
general agent for the Rock Island at
Portland.
F. NJ. Shaw, travelling passenger
agent for the Gulf line. was in the city
yesterday.
The Toledo, Peoria & Western road
has placed an order with Wells &
French for five hundred freight cars
There isn't a Salt Lake ticket broker
that hasn't already turkey and cram
berry sauce in sight for Christmas
there's story
Three cars of cattle were shipped
yesterday from Elko, Nevada, for the
Chicago market. They go D. & r. C.
and Rock Island.
As the new year draws on apace
many holding official positions are
drawing long breaths until January
gets safely by them.
A train of sheep from Nevada came
in yesterday and remained over to
feed at the Union Stock yards. White
& Sons are shipping them.
The Boston & Maine railroad has
placed an order with the Rhode Island
locomotive works. Providence, r. L..
for twenty-five engines.
The Colorado Midland office has put
in telephone, No. 67S, and now the
Milwaukee and Northwestern offices
should line up, making the circuit Of
local offices complete.
On Dec. 20 the Big Four company
will endeavor to establish a new record
Of speed. On that day seven Wagner
sleepers, loaded with Cleveland school
teachers. will leave for Atlanta.
It is stated that the Rio Grande
Western is figuring on the erection of a
SO, gallon water tank a short dis
tarce below Goshen, and that the Mt.
Nebo Irrigation company will supply it.
Mr. c. A. rutherford, city passenger
and ticket agent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific at Lincoln, Neb., has
been appointed general agent of that
road at Omaha, Neb., to succeed MI,
For the months of October and No
vember the Union Pacific shipped from
Cache valley points 1877 cars of wheat
to Texas milling points. 1t is under
stood that the Gulf and Rock Island
people went halves on the business
The passenger departments are get.
ting out the new 2,000mile descriptive
mileage books that go ON sale January
1. The books contain places to be
punched out, entitled: Male, female,
size, stout, light, dark, black, gray,
brown. red"
The Madison Car company has an
order from the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad for $50 box cars for delivery
in January next. The specifications
call for cars 80 feet long of $4,000
pounds capacity, equipped with West
inghouse brakes.
Mr.. Charles Kennedy, general north.
western passenger agent of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific at Omaha.
Neb., has been appointed general
eastern passenger agent of that road,
with headquarters at New York, to
succeed Mr.. A. B. Farnsworth, re-
signed.
The estimated gross earnings of the
entire system of the Chicago, ROCK
Island & Pacific Railway company,
both east and west of the Missouri
river, for the month of November,
1895. are. sl,399. 1884. an increase as
compared with the estimated earnings
of November. 1894, Of $5,311.04.
The gross receipts from traffic of the
illinois Central for the four months
ended Oct. 81 were SIPS, $50, an in
crease of 1892. III over the same months
last year. The gross receipts from
traffic for the month of November are
estimated at s1,972, 243, an increase of
s130,212 over the month of November
last year.
A. J. Goodrich has been appointed
travelling passenger agent Of the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis road W. S,
Ihorne' city ticket agent Of the 500 at
st. Paul. has been appointed assistant
passenger agent Of the 500.
and A. Fraser. chief clerk in the 500
passenger department, has been an.