The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-08
Railroad Men Mysterious After
Their COnfab.
CHANGE n TIME CARD
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ALTERS ITS
CARD.
Train That Now Leaves Ogden at
lis p. m. VIII Start For the
West at 1915 a. m. When the
New Schedule Becomes Effective
Uniform Coupler Is Agreed On.

Ile REPRESENTATIVE OF the Union
Pacific, oregon Railway & Naviga ton,
and Chicago 6, Northwestern left town
at Z O'Clock yesterday morning in or
der to meet the representatives of the
Southern Pacific who were due to ar
rive in Ogden at s a, m. Mr.. Munroe
said last evening that the Southern
Pacific men happened" to arrive at
Ogden shortly after be and the other
railroad men reached there, and out of
pure railroad courtesy they paid the
southern men a little social visit. The
little social visit" il was learned last
night. was tinged with a great deal
that bordered on the unsocial
The Union Pacific represented that
the Southern Pacific was catering to
the wishes of the Rio Grande Western
at the Inconvenience Of the former, and
wanted the running time of a train or
two boosted up a notch or so 50 as to
help out the Union Pacific and its east
ern connections. Superintendent Small
said that it was impossible. that the
motive power of the Southern Pacific
wouldn't admit of it. And then the
little social visit ended; the Chicago
& Northwestern men coupled their car
to the afternoon east bound Union Pa
cifc train, and the rest Of the mag
mates wendell their way to this city and
told their troubles to the Oregon Short
Line officials.
Conference Number Two.
Conference No. 2 occupied from $3.50
to $50 yesterday afternoon at the gen
erai offices of the Oregon Short Line in
this city. There were present PTesi-
dent Burt. General Manager Dickinson,
Freight Traffic Manager Munroe and
General Passenger Agent LomaX of the
Union Pacific; President MOhler and
Traffic Manager Campbell of the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation; Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Bancroft,
General Traffic Manager Eccles and
General Passenger Agent BurIey Of the
Oregon Short Line.
At the close of the meeting it was
given out that another little social visit
was had. and that no business what
ever had been transacted. General
Traffic Manager. Munroe Of the Union
Pacific was interviewed last evening
with the following result:
What conclusion did you reach re
garding the operation of the new morn
ing train out Of Portland to Chicago"
The subject was not mentioned at
ALL
What is to be done about re-empIOy-
ing the Union Pacific ticket agents who
were recently rendered jobless
The subject was not mentioned; Mr.
LOmax is the man to see"
Are any of the Oregon Short Line
Offices to be transferred to Omaha?"
we did not discuss the subject"
rs the ogden gateway to be clOsed2'
L do not know; the subject was not
mentioned
What subjects were discussed, Mr.,
Munroe?"
We didn't talk about anything; We
had nice little social visit"
Wouldn't Discuss "Social."
Mr. Munroe didn't cure to discuss
whether the afternoons social doings
were fraught with. the same disastrous
results as the one held earlier in the
day at ogden. In short, Mr.. Munroe
was very communicative.
1t was stated as a fact by those in
position to know that Mr.. MunrOe
must be q gentleman with a very de-
fective hearing apparatus. The matter
of making through connections with
the new morning train out of Portland
to Chicago was discussed at consider
able length, but nothing definite re-
garding it's running time was decided.
It is understood, however, that it will
be instituted on April /, and will be
through limited train, not in the sense
that the present Portland Chicago
train is limited, but a bona fide six
ar-wide-yestibuled limited. It is also
stated that the Chicago & Northwest
ern is casting anxious glances at the
Illinois Central, whose recent entry into
Omaha was announced. 1t may be that
the latter road viii have a finger in the
POrtiand-C Chicago pie.
1t was decided to retain MeSsrs. BeiD-
dorf and Green in the local city office
of the Union Pacific, in what capacity
was not stated. H. o. Wilson viii as
sIme entire charge Of the Union Pa
cific-OregOn Short Line city ticket Of
fee at Butte, and A. II. Carleton and
G. Clifford will be returned TO Omaha.
where they will assume positions in the
freight cashiers department The Of
fees in Portland will not be disturbed.
and the Oregon Railway & Navigation
viii retain separate Office at Butte.
The Southern Pacific officials return
ed to San Francisco from Ogden with
out coming to this city. President Burt
and General Manager Dickinson went
east at $40 last evening. The rest Of
the officials will leave this morning.