Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER Is,

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| with headquarters al San Francisco,
March S-Saltair Beach company
| meets and elects officers President
| Lorenzo Snow succeeds ~ W. Clayton
as president Joseph IT, Smith succeeds
| r. a.. Webber as vice president and
| William Mcmillan succeeds T. a. clay
| ton as secretary and treasurer
March 1S-Donald Rose appointed
commercial agent at Salt Lake for the
Illinois Central.
April Burlington surveying party
enters Utah.
April lS-E. VI. Hartman and party
OF Union Pacific. Oregon Short Line
and 0. h. & n. officials take a trip
down to uyada in a special train Of FIVE
cars.
April 25-B r, Watson. general agent
Of the Burlington died az his residence
In this city OF consumption.
May Flour span, pin connection
steel bridge OF the Rio Grande Western
over Green river completed at cost Of
$4,000.
May 2-Oregon Short Line and Rio
Grande Western reject the Union depot
franchise.
May Or. F. Neslen appointed gem
eral agent at Salt Lake for the Bur-
lington.
May l6-Projected Salt Lake Valley
road gets franchise from city council
May 27-President Coils =. Hunting
ton Of the Southern Pacific passes
through ogden for the last time
June 1--George Winsness appointed
chief storekeeper. Rio Grande Western
10 succeed Thomas Upton, appointed
general purchasing agent.
June l0-Rock Island secures the
largest wool shipment Of the season
from Utah I'm the form OF thirty cars
from Cokeville consigned to Hecht
Luebmann & Co.. Boston.
June i5-J. G.. Doolittlc resigns from
the agency Of the Frisco line.
June lS-The Altus tunnel on the
Park City branch OF the Rio Grande
Western completed.
June l9-President Gen. william J.
Palmer Of the Rio Grande Western, and
party Of officials make a tour Of the
system,
June 2O.-John f. Evans appointed
assistant auditor. Rio Grande Western.
June 26-Articles OF Incorporation Of
the ogden & Lucin Railroad company
filed with county clerk.
July 30-Park City branch blossoms
out into a standard gauge road.
August Utah railroad contractors
meet Southern Pacific officials In San
Francisco and iiguee on construction
bids.
August 2-RlO Grande Western let's
contract FOR erection Of more hotel ac-
commodation at Helper.
August 3--Heavy tourist travel, incl
dent 10 cheap excursions from the East
on all big roads, is now at IT'S height
August 4-Salt Lake Valley Electric
road forfeits its franchise by falling TO
begin work before this date.
August 6-Tracklaying on Marysvale
extension, Rio Grande Western, COM
mences.
August s-Rio Grande Western orders
ten more engines.
August 14-F. h. Choate general
agent freight department Union Pa
clfc, has his title changed TO general
agent and has charge Of the Salt Lake
agency.
August 21-J. O Goodsell Of the
Union Pacific transferred TO st. Paul
August 2G-RIchard English resigns
az division master mechanic Of the Rio
Grande Western at Helper,
August sc. o. WhlttemOre leaves
FOR Los Angeles TO attend the meeting
regarding the extension OF the Terminal
road 10 Salt Lake.
August 30-Western passenger traffic
officials meet IN GenWood Springs
September Huntington moves into
new offices, 70 West Second South. The
Brown discipline system goes into ef-
feet on oregon Short Line and Union
Pacific systems.
Sept. l4-=Vice President William d. /
Cornish, Of oregon Short Line and
Union Pacific, inspects the divisions In
Utah.
Sept. Isl. T. schlacks appointed to
succeed Richard English as division
master mechanic at Helper
Sept. 16-Vice President T, J.. Glbbon,
OF the Los Angeles Terminal road,
comes % Salt Lake.
Sept 22-Prcsident George y. Leigh
ton. Of the Los Angeles Terminal rail-
road arrives In Salt Lake.
Sept. 2S-John a. Reeves appointed
assistant general freight agent Of the
oregon Short Line.
Vice President J. c. Stubs, Of the
Southern Pacific, visits Salt Lake.
October l-Senator Clark and pro-
motors OF Los Angeles road, arrive in
this city. Union Pacific places an order
for 100 engines.
oct. l0-Oregon Short Line stockhold-
old board Of directors
oct l5-Colonel ~ W. Sample ap-
pointed consulting engineer for III Rio
Grande Western.
oct. 23-J. II. Bennett, Of this city,
appointed general freight and passen-
ger agent Of the Nevada, California &
Oregon railway.
oct. 27-Hoyt Sherman. agent for the
Colorado g. Southern In Salt Lake. left
a legacy OF $4,000 by the will OF his
uncle, Senator Sherman.
November Heavy steam shovels !
arrive az ogden for work on the South |
Crn Pacific cut-offs
Nov. Union Pacific puts on two |
more passenger trains on wyoming d. |
vision and cuts down the time between |
Omaha and Salt Lake by seven hours.
Nov. l0-Oregon Short Line intro |
duces an electric headlight on the |
ButtePortland express. S. J. Henry. |
general freight agent Rio Grande |
Western, resigns.
Nov. ia. T. Miller made trainmaster |
and superintendent OF telegraph, Rio !
Grande Western. l. G, Sloan succeeds /
Miller as chief dispatcher
Nov. l7-City council. by a vote OF |
II 10 passes an ordinance vacating |
Pioneer Square, a preliminary step 10 |
granting the park to the projected Los
Angeles railway.
Nov. Ex-senator W. A. Clark. r. c. |
Kerens, j. Ross Clark, T. Il, Gibbon, |
G.. b. Leighton. S. A. Bemis and a num- |
Der OF other fnanciers meet at the |
Knutsford and organize the Los Ange- /
les g. Salt Lake Railroad company. |
capital stock. S25,O0O000 California |
Utah Exploration & Development COM
pany; capitalization 100000. Empire
Construction company capitalization
81 100000