The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-24

A Union Pacific special arrived last
evening at o'clock, made up of pri-
vate cars Of, 0S, OLA and first-class
coach, pulled by Engineer Foster with
the 591, and Conductor Coonrod in
charge.
A lone trio on reception awaited the
special. owing to the lateness of the
hour. and they were Passenger Agent
Burley, Master Mechanic Patterson and
The Herald man.
In the party were E. Dickinson, gen
eral manage j. H. Mcconnell, SUI
perintendent of motive power and
machinery; E. Buckingham, superin-
tendent of car service; L. H. Kortz,
superintendent of telegraph; George H.
Pegram, chief engineer; ]. E. Market.
manager Union Pacific hotels; Director
W. H. Willard, vice-president of the
Omaha National bank; General Super
intendent Bancroft, Charlie Coons,
private secretary to the super1nten-
dent J. Sykes, private secretary to
General Manager Dickinson, and Con-
duotor Rich, who had charge of the
special from Cheyenne to Ogden.
All were in first-cEaSs spirits and
glad to get to Salt Lake and sniff our
salt-laden and invigorating air after
a long ride
AN OFFICIAL TRAIN.
It is an official train, out for the pur-
pose of allowing a general and thor
ough inspection of all the different de-
paftments, and this system nets the
best possible results, inasmuch as all
the minor details that need taking up
can be passed upon more intelligently
than through any other way
The heads of all the different de-
partments are thus enabled to cite the
general managers attention to the
many little things that require action,
and the general manager, on the otner
hand, can point his index finger at
things that perhaps escaped argus-eyed
subordinates, and thus it works adVan-
tageously all around.
DICKINSON TALKS.
General Manager Dickinson said:
1--WE left Omaha last Wednesday
morning and stopped at Cheyenne ana
Denver Having one day to spare at
Denver. we visited Cripple Creek d
place that rs lively and in hustle and
activity is much like your great gold
camp of Mercur that is being so much
talked of all over the country. our
trip is only one of inspection. we
shall remain here several days, anu
then go north to look over the lines
up in that country. [ hear the new
state of Utah being favorably taxed
of over the country, and L see no Led-
son WHY there should not be an ln1iuH
of capital and people come Out mere
in the very near future
1.-THE Union Pacific is doing fairly
we'll these times, and our rC1dbed ana
rolling stock is in first-class condltlo1
awaiting an increased business that Is
! destined to come.
CIT IN SHOP FORCES.
SUPERINTENDENT Mcconnell was seen
and when asked ABOUT the cut III Sioi
forces, replied:
s'It is true that we have made a tenn
norarv reduction in shop forces, and /
is general all over the system. 1t was
necessary to- bring the expenses doWl
to a certain figure, and we deemed /
/ best to cut off two days in the monti
an the payrolls as the best means o
solving the problem, which would Keel
a greater number of men at work
"These are times when all the roaes
are economizing all that the tralilc VIII
allow, and some of them aIe only run
ming the shops five days in the week
and ON seven hours time. An increas
over present methods will depend upol
tha Increased volume of business tina
we think is in store All these thing
are regulated by the requirements
whatever they may be-
I'VE are not at present doing an.
heavy work in any of the shops, that /
we are not turning out any new en-
gines. Our motive power is all sum
Gent and in such shape to handle tn
business in a manner pleasantly sug
gestive to us.
MAY VISIT MERCUR.
The party put up last night at tn
Knutsford. A trip out to Mercur ha
been planned, though it was not las
evening fully determined Iney WI
NOT this time make a tour of the Uta
Southern. and they will be out yet te
tdays before returning to Omaha. The
will start north from here on Thurs
day.
VAN HOUsEN INJURED.