The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-29
Railroad Notes.

Superintendent Welby of the Western is
out inspecting the road
Billy Ridd of the Western was out be-
hind speedy mare yesterday drumming
up hunters for the Thanksgiving rabbit
party.
FRANK Gould, accompanied by Dr. Mum
VIII make tour of the Gould lines in
Iexas this week. He will go out from ST.
LOUIS over the Iron Mountain route
The Westerns excursion to Ogden last
evening to accommodate those, wishing to
attend the concert of the Salt. Lake Opera
company was patronized by $50 people
James T.. Fulton has resigned as the
Salt Lake representative of the PhilIins
Judson Excursion company. and will en-
gage in the stock brokerage business
j. +. Williams formerly clerk in the city
ticket office of the Rio Grande Western,
has been promoted TO the vacancy
Dan Spencer of the Short Line saws
there are more rabbits round about Tooe,e
than ten men can shake a stick at in as
many DAYS Irving Benton of the Western
says that Dan Is romancing; that all the
DunnleS left there years ago on account
of hard times and scarcity of sagebrush.
The effort made at the last meeting of
the Western Passenger association to do
away with homeseekers' excursions was
unsuccessful They will be run as usual
next year. 1t was decided at the meet
ing that any of the roads could run home
seekers excursions on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month at one fare plus
& for the round trip.
Owing to the rapid increase in business.
and the fact that for several weeks past
requests have been received at the pas
senger department from patrons in
Pueblo and the Cripple Creek districts,
the Rock Island management has de-
cided to extend the run of the Colorado
flyer through to Pueblo from Colorado
Springs. The west-bound train leaves
Kansas City in the evening. and arrives
at Peublo the forenoon of the following
day.
way and steamship lines announced posi-
lively yesterday that l.. A. Bell. western
passenger agent of the company with
Headquarters in Chicago. will remain in
Mr. Bells administration has been en-
tirely satisfactory to the officials of the
company. and that his jurisdiction will.
as heretofore. include all points north of
the Ohio river and west of Buffalo and
Pittsburg to the Pacific coast.
The New York Produce exchange has
suspended the Southern Pacific railroad
from representation on its floor The
the Tweedie Trading company under GER
tain conditions and afterwards refused to
live up to them. The Tweedie company
to the exchange. whereupon
the railroad company was ordered to APP
pear before the examining EOard: they
refused TO do so. and told the board to
guess again: that they did not choose to
recognize the authority of the Produce
exchange to deal with the matter.
All the freight and passenger engines of
the Rock Island road will in a very short
time. be equipped with the Pyle electric
headlight. The road has been experiment.
ing with them for the past four years, and
they have proven so superior to the old
time oil lamps that the latter will be
discarded Immediately. The Pyle Head
light company guarantees the railroads
using its product against all losses by
means of head-on collisions. In going
around q curve the glare from the electric
ad 1irrE &c @ vat in 1ar no
SEEN travelling through the air like a
in such way that it can
not fail to attract the attention of the
engineers of trains approaching from the
direction.