Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-05
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SPIKE AND RAIL.

The Moffat tunnel story has once
more started on its round of the press,
=, ]. Plaisted of this city has been
appointed travelling freight agent for
the Nickle Plate IN this territory.
The right of way Of the Mnidoka &
Southwestern, the Short Line branch to
Twin Falls, is now being secured,
william Winters, the Spokane rail-
road contractor who was here yester-
day, reports that the outlook for rail.
road construction this year is exceed
ingly slim,
The annual meeting Of the National
Railroad company of Mexico WAS held
In the office Of the company In the
Descret News Annex yesterday after.
noon, The old board was reelected
ThOrnwell Fay has been promoted
from general superintendent of the
Southern Pacific at New Orleans to
vice president OF the Hartman lines in
Texas He succeeds c, IL. Markham.
The San Pedro is now rushing con-
struCtion work and much better prog
ress Is being made. The rails have been
laid to Moapa and the road will prob
ably be finished TO Las Vegas by the
first OF August, Milford Times,
II Is said that the Reading will pres
entity issue an order disseminating the
issuing Of passes to employees, and is
suing in their stead mileage books at
the rate of half a cent mile. At pres
ent the company allows each employe
one pass each month.
within 30 days By which time the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company Is
expected to have its Pueblo steel plant
In full operation, the Colorado a
Southern will begin laying 100 miles of
new steel track between Trinidad and
Fort Worth, also between Denver and
Fort Collins.
Three Of the trunk line railroads from
Chicago have refused To observe the
order Of the Pullman company, requlr-
Ing that berths IN sleeping cars he re-
served IN advance OF train departures
and paid for at the time. The Penn
sylyania, Erie and Lake Shore have
made positive rofusals.
Chicago & Northwestern surveyors
are running lines from Harlem, Ia, the
terminus Of one OF its branch roads, TO
Council Bluffs, with the intention Of
constructing CUTOFF which Will save
IL miles between Omaha and Chicago.
II will be necessary TO build about 40
miles Of new double track road and to
rebuild 30 miles Of single track into a
double track line TO complete the work.
Evidence IL said to have been gath
cred by the agents Of the interstate
commission tending to prove that the
railroads throughout the country have
paid enormous rebates To shippers
since the passage OF the ElkIns law,
The fayorlte plan Of evasion is to con-
strlict switching track, give II high
sounding title and pay It as high as
SIS car switching charges
1t Ia announced by the representa-
tives OF the freight department Of the
Southern Pacific that the long-pendlng
differences between the transcontlnent-
al roads and the Southeastern Traffic
association are nearing settlement, and
that in the future shippers from both
west and east Will be furnished a print
ed tariff Of rates between the points
within the territory OF dispute and the
Pacific coast,
The morning papers today had some
sterling news IN the way OF Heads on
an Associated Press dispatch from San
Francisco, One came out with the
startling intelligence, Short Line has
no general manager" the other. "Buck-
ingham VIII come to Salt Lake" IN
the face OF the fact that Mr.. Bancroft
has been general manager Of the Short
Line for years, and Mr.. buckingham
has been In the saddle here since last
Thursday-but what's the use.