The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-22
Railway Notes.

Business is reported as being good on
the Utah & Pacific.
d. o. Clark, the superintendent of the
I. P. coal mines, is in town.
Attorney Whittemore conducted a
party of tourists out to Saltair yester-
day.
A. J. Gregory. livestock agent, is down
on the Short Line loading cattle for
Denver.
Mr.. Bancroft and Mr. Eccles went
north yesterday. They will be back
Tuesday.
The travel over the o. s. L. is very
heavy at present-especially to the
mining camps.
J. L. Yundt of the Rock Island, and
w. f. Lawson, travelling freight agent
Of the D. & r. G., returned yesterday.
No change in the Saltair timetable
Will be made for month vet. The
train carries a load of tourists to the
resort every day.
The much talked-of feed-in-transit
question is TO be held in allegiance until
after the June meeting of the Trans
Missouri freight bureau.
w. J. Ridd, travelling passenger agent
of the Rio Grande Western, came in
from Park City yesterday. Today he
goes out for another trip.
L. s. Downing, commercial agent,
and X. 0. Kyes, travelling freight. agent
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
are out on the road. They are expected
back Sunday.
A general advance in the minimum
on carload lots of freight is anticipated
as q result of the Western Classifca-
ton meeting which Will be held in st.
Louis May ,.
O. r. ellison, travelling freight agent
of the r. G. w, went to oregon with
Travelling Freight Agent Flynn of the
Missouri Pacific. Mr.. Flynn is expected
back Monday.
B. f. Nevins, general agent, and A. b
Mosely, the new travelling freight agent
over the line today to introduce Mr..
Mosely to his new duties.
The employees in the train and yard
departments of the Midland Terminal
company at Cripple Creek are on a
strike for shorter hours. About 200 men
are affected. The road is tied UP.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany has published a, rate of $4S from
ogden TO Los Angeles during the meet
ing Of the National Educational asso-
citation in this city of the Angeles.
Superintendent Welby, President Pal
mer and Mr.. Peabody, took "a run up on
the Park City line yesterday for the
purpose Of inspecting the road. They
left at 10 a. NJ. and got mack at 100.
Passenger rates on the Utah q Pacific
are quoted as follows: From Milford
to Lund one way. s1.50; return, 1928.
From Milford to Modena, 50: round trip
$3.50. Lund to Modena, $3.50; round trip
$2.25
The Oregon Short Line will run an
excursion to Eureka. Silver City, Nam
moth, Mercur and intervening points on
the 5Vth. y rate of 81 for the round trip
VIII be made, Eood for return on the
same day.
II. NJ. Gushing. travelling passenger
agent of the Denver & Rio Grande, has
returned from Butte. Last night he
went out again-this time going to
Denver to meet the Thirteenth infantry,
which IS on its way west.
The official oaths of s. H. Babcocll,
president: Robert Hardness, vice pres
ident Theron Geddes, secretary; w. Il. !
Cotton. treasurer. and of A. Z. Welby. !
director of the Utah Eastern Railway
company, We're fled yesterday with the
county clerk.
Superintendent Calvin Of the O. S. L. !
has been confined to his room for the |
past few days. having been very sick |
with a threatened attack of appendi- |
citis. No operation was necessary and |
he is now so far improved that he is |
expected to be around by the first of |
the week.
Engineer o. r. Young and a survey |
ing party left the city last night for !
Manti where they will begin at once /
upon the spur to the stone quarries. (
which the Sanpete Valley Railroad |
has decided to build. Presi- /
dent Bruback said last night that from
now on the work would be pushed.