Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-25
SPIKE AND RAIL.

j, A. Reeves OF the Short Line has got
back from San francisco.
The oregon Short Line Offices are be-
ing moved into the News building
Three gravel trains have been put on
district No. 4, by the Oregon Short Line,
for grade betierments
Bright red il the color for Rio Grande
Western cabooses. The work Of re-
painting Is going on
An OK member of the Eighteenth in
fantry was run over and killed Sunday
night by an engine at Rawllns' Wyo.
Oregon short line engine 6l2 left the
pocatello shops Saturday, after a few
repairs made necessary by the accident
at Dubois over week ago,
Negotiations have been completed for
the construction OF railroad from the
Nehalem coal fields In Clatsop county
Oregon to Seaside, the terminus Of the
Astoria Il Columbia River railroad,
All engines on the Short Line are be-
ing fitted with new Flagstaff rgglngs
and sockets for signal lights both on
tank ana tender, 10 accommodate the
additional signals required by the new
rules that go into effect on April !,
Some OF Utahs coal fields are strong
attractions to the railways TO those
that need them for the purpose Of sup
plying themselves with fuel and to
those that don't need them for the pur-
pose of keeping the other fellow out.
IL Is promised that within two years
the new railway win be running trains
between SAT- Lake and Denver and that
the Denver and Northwestern and the
San Pedro win be transferring, each to
the other transcontInenta passengers
and freight
Promoters Of railway companies and
projects for Utah realize that haste Is
necessary In the organization Of their
enterprises, The railway situation In
Utah is getting 10 be such that In on
der to get In on the ground floor no
time must be lost
Running south from this city the Salt
Lake a Utah Valley railroad viii not
only be welcomed In Bingham, but most
Of the thriving towns down through
Utah county win eventually contribute
passengers 10 the electric system which
the promoters have In mind.
j. A. Weed. superintendent of bridges
and buildings for the Montana division,
is down south on the Garfield branch
today, inspecting the work Of strength q
ening the bridges now being prosecuted
by the department. The work Is done
to prepare for broad-guaging the track.
--Pocatello Tribune,
The Rawlins. Wyo, Journal says that
articles Of incorporation were lled last
Saturday morning by the Wyoming
Central Railroad company which VIII
build a railroad from Wolcott TO sara =
toga and Gncampment. The capital
stock Of the company is placed at "
0O0, 900 In shares OF $500 each
sheriff Virgil Kelly of Willard county
Is In the city for day or two, He has
beecn given contract for grading
work on the bennington cut off, which
win keep him busy for some time. lie
SAYS there Is more snow In the noun
tains In his part OF the state than there
has been Tor the last five years, and
people are happy In consequence.
Los Angeles, Cal. March 25,-Tht
Inglewo0d- Santa Monica branch Of the
Santa Fe railway system has beer
turned over TO the Los Angeles Pacific
(electfic) Railway company. Some
time ago the Santa Re company asked
permission of the state railroad com
mission to discontinue It's Santa Monica
service, Negotiations have been con
cluded which resulted 10 the transfer.
Butte. Mont. March 25.--The Posta
Telegraph & Gable company has won ~
suit against the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company to secure the right Of
way for pole and wire line from I'M
city 10 various points In Montana ant
through to Ogden, Utah, Men viii star
10 string the wires this week. Th'
Postal company has already secured The
right OF way through Idaho and Utah.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
complains that Il Is compelled TO beal
the expanse Of educating the larger por
lion OF the children Of western Ne
braskn and eastern Wyoming, Wher'
the cltlzens OF sparsely settled distrlcu
take such advantage Of the law tina
tho railroad Is made TO pay nineteenth
Of the cost Of maintaining the schools
Railway World
In "A few days maps viii he mad
ready for showing the routes OF th'
Short Limo aud san Pedro roads iron
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