Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-26
RAILROAD NOTES.

Bids on 1900 box cars are asked for
by the Wabash.
President Westinghouse OF the air
brake company was here yesterday
Nate B. Kendall, an old conductor on
the v. & T. railroad. died ut Keno
New on Friday
Carloads OF Italians are being distriD-
uted among the grading and ballasVns
gangs on the Oregon Short Line IN
Utah and Idaho.
Western land grant lines are prepar-
ing TO fight the recent decision OF the
COMPTROLLER of the currency relative 10
military passenger rates
hallway station agents are bitterly
complaining against the withdrawal OF
ticket commissions. They say II Is
working great hardship upon them.
on April 18th the oregon Short Line
win put on another passenger Tram De-
tween Huntington and Granger Ihls
TO accommodate the Increasing cape
Nome and immigrant traffic.
Wheatland, Wyoming, is again stirred
BY the appearance there OF party OF
surveyors In charge Of an engineer
named Negus. The party has been In
the field for several weeks and has sur
veyed lire from a point on the Bur
nngton's Alliance Guernsey line, about
two miles east Of Fort Laramie, FOL
lowing the Laramie river as far west as
the mouth OF the Chugwater creek.
From there the survey leaves the
burlington and, verging to the south
follows up the east side Of the Chug-
valley until WheatlAnd Is reached. The
survey crosses the line Of the Cheyenne
4 Northern about coo yards north OF
the depot and passes through the
northwestern part Of town, continues
on In southwesterly direction,
At any moment now there may be
| clicked form New York the few words
announcing the conclusion OF the deal
by which the Colorado & Southern as
sumes control Of the Colorado Midland
| II Is reported locally that two sigma
lures only remain 10 be secured. Az
| was exclusively stated In The Post last
week there remains but the official an
nouncement OF the contamination OF the
deal. A current rumor Is TO the effect
that rather than see the consolidation
the Denver & Rio Grande win buy out.
right the Rio Grande Western, there
being much Western stock In RiI
| Grande hands. In the event Of pur.
chase Il is stated the Colorado ant
Southern. being shut out OF the RIO
Grande Western connection, viii b.
forced 10 build TO Salt Lake.
II was Larry Godkin VINO once sai'
there was no culture west OF Buffalo
And who would look for the finest speei
men Of pure Greek architecture II
America. west Of the Missouri Tn
Burlington station at Omaha Is finer II
its lines than the Girard College build
ing: massive yet modest severe ye
simple-beautlfu and restful. II wa
Matthew Arnold who saie that Il
America buildings are erected merel
10 last the lifetime OF the man VIII
constructed them. and beyond himsel
no man had thought But the Bur
llngton station is built for those VII
shall come after. II Is built for IN
centuries. Inside all was clean, nea
quiet orderly. There are reading rooms
books. daily papers, magazines, liner
there are bathrooms, sanitary applian
ces OF the most costly and Improve
kind; watchful and courteous attend
ants In uniform TO meet passenger
carry their bundles, and put them Q
the proper trains, or take them to N
carriage stands, or see that they taH
the right street cars--all this withol
expectation Of fee or reward. In u
building there Is 10 be found every
thing that can minister 20 ones wei
belnp. physical. mental and spiritual.