Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-07
RAILROAD NOTES.

Con. supt. Calvin of the Short Line
went north this morning.
IIoyt sherman u the Colorado South
ern VIII leave for Denver tonight
Live stock Agent Gregory - the d.
4 ". q. has zone again 60 the south.
leaving Tits morning.
Travelling AGENT neariaiey of the
Chicago and Northwestern has gone 20
Montana on business for the road.
No. l over tho Rio 0randc Western
was two hours late this morning aud
had made the Denver connection.
Mr.. wadlclgh of the n. q. w, and
Mr., hurley of the Short Line got IN the
suoWHtorm at Cheyenne They will
hardly reach omaha until tomorrow.
both of the local railroads are pre-
pared 10 publish conference rates
There WIN be little change from the
published rates .of other years.
The earnings ~ the Oregon Short
Lane Tor the month Of January 1889
we're tssi.sI.l0, against tiii, lGa.ss FOR
tho corresponding month last yoar--an
Increase of s5i2gi.22.
,. Blickcnadcrfor. the nrat chief on
rlnecr % the Union Pacific Hallway.
died NJ the age ~ ~ years at Lebanon,
Mo-. On Fob. ssth. he was one 81 the
oldest railroad men In the United
States.
The Rio Grande Western has lot the
contract for grading the now track nt
the mouth o. spanish Fork canyon to
Frank burke OF SprinFvilic. II II a.
small contract. na the track IL 90 be- on
~ slightly changed.
". \. bradley. who was some i.me
ulFNaH a "a NNI.NN.asN
travelling agert. has returned n nm -.
Louis where he hna been working for
the Missouri Pacific. N y fhld he ~
to ontcr the employ N tie short Line.
chief Engineer o'Nlclycny Of the oro-
Gon short Line has been engaged for
some iluc past protecting the track
from Idaho Falls 10 Camaa. Idaho.
This action was made necessary ~ n
precnution against the water which !.
espected 70 come down when winter
breaks up.
Mr.. N. u. Chamberlain. the assistant
t-aalc mnr agcr Of the Erie Halfway.
came to the city this morning The
party with him are Mrs. Chamberlain,
Mrs. G. y. Aunctt Of New York. They
are at the knLtrford. and will remain
Ia the city until tomorrow evening.
when they 30 east.
Cen. Traffic Manager Eccies came
home this morning from the north.
Mr.. EcclcH says chat there IN fne
spring weather In Idaho and that sheen
rhenrlng viii begin around Boise about
the iith of this month. iic does not
think there win be- any trouble with
Hoods, me- tho snow II going on gradu-
ally.
Notice has been given by the Rock
Island that n VIII meet rates Of ire
lorthern pnclno and the Great North
ern by putting into effect March : and
81. through Missouri river ratewnyH,
a rate 81 one fare plus q Tor the round
trip and = one way rate n one half the
usual tnrln rate plus 81. These rates
win he applied % Colorado, Utah hni
oregon short line points.
Mr.. West. the chief engineer OF tho
Utah A Pacific, came In from Lund
last evening and this morning went TO
ogden. Sir. West reports that tho new
road has been doing very good bust
ness ana that the passenger truflc has
been far beyond his expectations. No
word has yet been heard from tho past
master general regarding tho mail con.
tract. but II u expected IN few days.
Tho Western Railway Gazette says
that the oregon Short Line has had
an engineering party At work Tor some
tlmc past surveying n line u distince
down the lieavcrhend river from Dli-
lon TO the iilg Hole basin and then M
the last named river Ia "a point near
Glen station. Tho object Of the sur
vry ~ to avoid the Apex and Gion hills.
The new route would lengtheu the road
but decrease the grade M an Offset
OF the increase In mileage.