The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-06
Short Line Enters Idaho Town To-
morrow.
SPECIAL TRAIN TONIGHT
FREIGHT SCHEDULE IN EFFECT
TODAY.
Commercial Activity of the Bustling
Little City Is On the Verge of
An Added Impetus-Tomorrow 1t
Will Resound With Locomotive
Whistles and Bursts of Oratory.

There'il be a hot time in the eastern
portion of Idaho on the morrow. The
kong expected is about to happen, anc
before another twenty-four hours have
been licked off by the ST Anthony
clocks the last spike will have been
driven on the road that has beer
stretching eastward from Idaho Falls
since early in July. The st. Anthony
citizens are getting their brass bands
drum corps and lungs into condition
TO vent a rousing welcome to the Short
Line special when it pulls into the sta
ton site about o'clock Thursday
morning.
The special train is scheduled to
leave the Short Line station at S:45 this
evening and will probably be made up
OF three private cars and an extra
coach. Vice President Bancroft, Su-
perintendent Calvin, General PSsSen-
ger Agent Burley, General Traffic Mas
ager Eccles, Division Superintendent
Young, Attorney Farley Williams, and
Chief Clerk Reeves of the traffic de-
partment of the Short Line will form
the nucleus of the railroad party that
will start from this city. 1t viii be
augmented by some additions from the
shop force at Pocatello on the arrival
of the train at that place early Thurs
day morning. Newspaper correspond
entS and invited guests from Salt Lake
will help swell the numbers to a
round score. The telegraph line will be
finished as far as Rexburg today
Freight Tariff Schedule
A freight tariff. effective Dec. 6, be-
tween Idaho Falls and st. Anthony
has just been issued. Cattle in dollars
per standard car between Idaho Falls,
intermediate points and st. Anthony
varies from IS to S24 Merchandise in
cents per 100 pounds is divided into ten
classes, and varies from to 10 cents
from Idaho Falls to Elva; to Is cents
to Rigby; to 20 cents to La Belle; 6
TO % cents to Independence; to so
cents to Rexburg; s to So cents TO Te-
ton, and TO 40 cents to ST. Anthony
Agricultural implements and articles
classified as vehicles in western CLASH
fication, straight or mixed carloads.
minimum weight 10000 pounds, from 5
to is cents per 100 pounds. according
10 distance. Lumber, iaths, shingles,
fence posts and saw logs, carloads,
minimum weight $4,000 pounds. from 3
to cents per 100 pounds, according to
distance. Salt in carloads, minimum
weight 10000 pounds, from to 16 cents
per 100 pounds, according to distance
Special Commodity. Rates
Special commodity rates on carloads
OF coal, minimum weight 10000 pounds.
all kinds, 70 cents from IGaho Falls to
Elva. Rigby and La Belle; 81 TO indie
pendence. ana s1.50 TO Rexburg, Teton
ana St. Anthony. The rate to Idaho
Falls from st. Anthony and interlne-
date stations in cents per 100 pounds
on grain, carloads. minimum weight
10000 pounds, varies from TO cents,
according to distance.
On flour. feed and mill stuffs straight
or mixed carloads. minimum weight
$4,000 pounds, varies from to cents
per 100 pounds, according TO distance.
Potatoes and vegetables. straight or
mixed. carloads. minimum weight 80,
900 pounds, from 70 S cents. according
to distance. Hay, carloads. minimum
weight $4,000 pounds. from 3 to cents
per 100 pounds. according to distance.
Carloads of grain, minimum weight
10000 pounds, from Elva Rigby and La
Belle to Rexburg, S1s cents per 100
pounds.