Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-27
RAILROAD NOTES.

Following rs custom the Western
is sending out much printed adyertls-
Ing matter this spring.
The remains OF the late p. r. Watson
were shipped 60 Omaha over the West
ern and Burlington this afternoon.
j. NJ Crswlcy has been appointed
general freight agent Tor the Rio
Grande Western MT san Francisco.
John Fusz an Oregon short Line en-
gIneer IS suffering from appendicitis
at ST. Marks hospital, where he viii
undergo an operation
J. r. Hogan formerly dlspatcher's
clerk for the Oregon Short Line az Po-
catello. has gone 20 San Francisco,
where be has secured position In the
office OF the general superintendent Of
the Santa Fe
Railroad traffic I'm Texas is again
badly interrupted by washouts Brazos
river Is rising and crops In the l0wlands
are In a deplorable condition. Heavy
windstorms and hallstorms have done
much damage at various points.
Twenty-Five hundred employees Of the
New York Central railroad shops and
yards went out on strike at Bunalo.
y. " yesterday morning An increase
In wages and the reinstatement " men
alleged TO have been unjustly discharged
Is demanded By the men,
II Is asserted by some Denver news.
papers land the fact that such state
ment Is made should arouse sympathy
for them In their lack Of correct IN
formation) that the general offices OF
the Rio Grande Western are TO be re-
moved 20 Denver 1T win be a long
time In Ireland, etc
Hong Sling OF Chicago. passenger
agent of the Union Pacific Chicago g
Northwestern. Southern Pacific Occl-
dental q Oriental Steamship company
Pacific Mail Steamship company ana
other transportation companies, rs Wis
iting Salt Lake and is being shown
around town under the chaneronage OF
D. S. Taggart and r. j. Darling
j. A. Munroe. general freight traffic
manager OF the Union Pacific, was at
the knuisford last night He empha-
tically states that there is absolutely
no truth IN the report that pool exists
upon wool business between the ore
ROn Short Line and Union Pacific. The
ogden gateway he asserts. Is open 20
an and has nor been disturbed. a case
Of gates ajar as It We're
on and after Sunday, April 29th, the
Chicago special on the Burlington will
leave Denver al D. M The change Is
made In response 10 a very general de-
mand for q fast afternoon train from
Denver 70 the East The new hour Of
departure As better than the present
one IN many ways. II means that one
can make "a 1000 mile journey from
Denver 20 Chicago or 81. Louis with the
loss of but one business day. IL means,
too. that passengers can leave practl-
cally eny point IN eastern Colorado az
a convenient hour and arrive az Dem
yer in plenty OF time 10 connect with
the Chicago special, The greatest adj
vantage, however, Is that the through
san Francisco Chicago sleeping car,
via the Southern Pacific, Rio Grande
Western Denver & Rio Grande and
Burlington railroads VIII not fail 10
make connections at Denver.
A washington dispatch Of yester-
day says that a vote was taken IN the
Interstate commerce commission OF the
Senate on the question Of report
ing the bin enlarging the powers OF the
Interstate commerce commission, when
resulted I'm a tie Of four 10 four. There
were three absentees and Of these SEN
atorg Aldrlch and Chiffon were paired.
the latter for and the former against
the hin. Senator Lindsay, the other
absentee was not paired, and the chair
man was authorized 20 consult MIN
and then 10 act accordingly II, there
fore Mr.. Lindsay casts his vote In IA
vor of reporting the bill Il viii be put
I'm otherwise It will not be reported
Tho Four senators who voted for the
biil were Messrs Cullom, Chandler.
Allen and Tillman. and those who cast
their votes in the negative were Messrs.
Gear. Elkns, Wolcott and kean'
/ J. Hm Of 81. Paul, president Of
the Great Northern railway; =. =. RIP
lev of the Santa Fe, President Burt
~ the Union Pacific. g.. +. Huntington
and J. g. Stubbs Of the Southern Pa
cl0c and Canadian Pacific officials have
ioined An a call for "a conference TO be
beld I'm san Francisco May Goth. for
The purpose OF considering the trans
Pacific traffic situation. An effort IS
to be made 70 bring about some amic-
able understanding between the ocean
carriers regarding rates and a division
OF the growing traffic across the Pacific.
ana IL is believed that the meeting win
furnish the means of either brintdng the
interested lines into trans-Paclhc
traffic association or accomplishing an
ironclad agreement looking to che adj
vancemont and maintenance OF rates.
In any event n big advance IN both
freight and passenger rates across the
pacfac h expected TO result from the
approaching conference