The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-28
NEW YEARS GREETINGS
By the Rio 0rande Western and
the O. S. Line.
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
Rumors That Hin Is Endeavoring to OBJ
tain Control OF the Chicago Great
western-A Sound. Sub
stantial Road.

greetings of the Rio Grande Western
railway and the Oregon Short Line
have been received in Butte. Or tina
of the Rio Grande is a wreath Of holly,
the wreath making a complete circle
through the cities Of ogden. Park City.
Belknap. Silver City and Bingham.
Inside the circle is a section of Utah
labelled the promised land and con-
tanning these designations: Bethlehem.
or Salt Lake City; Dead sea. or Great
salt Lake; Sea Of Tiborias. or Utah
Lake.
From the promised land. lions favor
ed cline.
Send we greetings far and near.
And hope the Joyous holidays
May bring 20 all good cheer"
The greeting Is signed by all the en-
ployes of the accounting department.
The Short Line has this greeting for
Its agents
Know all men. members of the Rail-
road Traffic Department Fraternity.
that the undersigned brethren send
their heartfelt wishes for a merry
Christmas and a bright. prosperous.
happy New Year. May the solicitation
OF business. the handling of rates. d.
visions. claims. bills and tracers keep
you all employed at full time and hign
salaries"
Rumors hat j. J. HIS friends have
been buying the stock of the Chicago
Great Western are not confirmed 10y
officials of hat company. It Is an open
eecret. however. that an offer was made
for the control of the stock at a price
about 10 points above present quotation
and was refused.
President Stickney Of the Great West
ern. interviewed by the New York
Times. gives a few reasons why his
road Is valuable:
The general prospect for business on
our line Is as good II not better h IL
was a year ago. our elevator business
has been considerably larger. and. as
you know. our net earnings have shown
a material increase. even at the lower
rates which have been in force. We
are rather fortunate in having u ton
mage so well distributed. We a no
very large single items the loss of
which woul cut seriously into our rev.
enues. The business Is made up of a
great many small shipments, and as
such IL IL very stable. We would rath-
er have this kind OF business than the
other: believe'ft nays better.
Our road 10 done very well. IL he's
gave ID creditfor being. We have sim
ply gone ahea6 and built up the road
until we have come to the point Of be-
ginning dividends on the A STOCK I
see no reasons why these dividends
should not be continued. and ! believe
our whole property Is going to take
rank with the other granger systems
of course. not as big. but IL Is a very
sound. substantial property"
r,-- " ua. u.LgoI ha,-o
been made i'm the operating department
on the Wyoming divisicn OF the Union
Pacific during the past three weeks
hav excited no little comment along
the line. says a Cheyenne dispatch. As
a rule. the employees are all on the un-
easy seat. fearing lest they will be the
next 10 receive the words. Your SER
vices are no longer required. Since
the dismissal of Larry Malloy as SUI
perintendent OF the Wyoming division.
men have been removed right and left.
regardless OF pulls" which the dis
charged employees were thought to have
had. In all. about 80 employees nave
been discharged outright since super
intendent T.. G. Harris assumed con-
troll of the division. Among these are
engineers. firemen, conductors. brake
men. telegraph operators, train dis
patchers, station agents. yardmasters.
shopmen and section hands. Among
those who have resigned or who were
discharged during the past three weeks
on the Wyoming division are the fol-
lowing:
Chief Dispatcher f.. T. Dufey. Lara
mie: Dispatcher G. l.. Hinale. LARAMIE;
~Yardsnaster J.. II. Sullivan. Rawlins:
station Agent J. T.. NJ. Kingsford, Raw
Inns: Station Agent Talieferro, Green
River: Foreman VI. Connors. Chey-
enne: Chief Clerk J. @. Cropsey. I'm
Superintendent Harris Office, Cheyenne.
and the yardmaster at Evanston.
Employees all along the line of the
Wyoming division are In a state OF
great excitement over the changes. IL
is generally understood. however. h a
no man will be removed II he Is com-
petent and attends to his knitting.
p. VI. Seymour. general agent OF the
Chicago & Great Western. is spending
the holidays with his relatives in Can
ton. Ohio.
Con st. Clair. general agent of the
o.. X. & y. for this district, is rusticat-
ing in southern Colorado.