The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-22
railroad Notes.

Dick Neslen, of the Burlington, left
for Grand Junction last night.
Travelling Agent Gorham, of the Rock
Island, is on the Short Line in Idaho.
Jack Wells, of the Rio Grande West
ern, went east on last nights No. 4.
Travelling Agent Yundt, of the Rock
Island, has gone into Wyoming on
business.
The Union Pacific is bringing three
trains of salt week from Saltair, and
one train from Syracuse.
George Hawkes., travelling freight agent
of the Denver & Rio Grande, left last
evening for a trip over the line.
The Colorado Midland are out for
some Of that business about Thomp-
sons Springs and will get it.
Wool is being sacked at Sunnyside
now, but both the buyers and railroad
men dislike the solitude about there.
The Union Pacific will load ten cars
of cattle today at Juab for Soda
Springs. They are owned by Bishop
Preston.
The ten cars of wool sent out from
Rio Grande Western territory were di-
vided UP between the Santa Fe and
Burlington.
Pierce, Reefe & Co., cattle buyers of
Colorado, loaded fifteen cars of cattle at
Payson yesterday to go to Colorado over
the Denver & Rio Grande
General Passenger Agent Wadleigh re-
turned last evening from Denver, where
he went last week to attend the meeting
of the Trans-MiSSouri committee
No-Traveling Agent Hawkes., of the
Denver & Rio Grande, is not in the
city-he is 200 miles east of here rak-
ing in business.
A. D. Hudnal yesterday made final
selection of an Office site. He now has
a fine office at No. 129, on West Sec
ond South, room No. l.
G. W. McGrath, ex-superintendent of
the Union Pacific coal department, and
at present principal owner in the Sweet
water coal mines of Wyoming, is in the
city.
Several thousand sheep are being
driven now from Green River station,
on the Rio Grande Western, to Price,
where they will be sheared and the
wool buyers will make merry.
The trans-Missouri committee of the
Western Passenger ayssocia tion has de-
clded to place joint agent at the va
rious tourist terminal points, with
whom passengers must deposit the re-
turn portion of their ticket until ready
to start for home
General Superin tendent Bancroft and
Superintendent Young arrived in the
0l4 last evening from the south Mr.
Bancroft reports everything looking
we'll down south and cattle shipments.
together with the wool business, is
adding to the traffic in a ratio with
such seasons in the past Passenger
travel to and from the south is also
picking UP.
Z. e. ingalls,, for eight years until
last season connected with the Union
Pacific has been substituted for Mr..
Wolf as station agent at Bingham, and
Will bring his family here from the city
as soon as he can secure living quar-
ters. The business has so increased of
late that he will be furnished an as
sistant Mr.. Wolf will locate at Salt
Bulletin.
John M. Egan, who is pretty gener-
ally known all through this country.
s again in active railroad harness. He |
S not with the Short Line but has been
appointed assistant president of the |
lake Superior & Ishpeming, under con- |
'truct1on from Ishpeming to Marquette, |
Mich. Mr.. Egan was formerly presi-
lent and general manager of the Chi |
ago Great Western, and is accounted
! thorough all around railroad man.
That 100 car shipment of cattle re-
ported to have gone east didn't ma |
erialize on lines cut out for it. Not
ar of it has gone yet, though a train
# II cars of lit will be loaded today at
'hompsons. And then after the Den
'er & Rio Grande hauls it to Pueblo,
Will more than likely be put on
'asture that Mr.. Robinson knows of
bout there. If a line east of there has
fought it, it is entitled to the river
yaul when the animals get fat.