Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
SPIKE AND RAIL.


den today,
The track OF the Salt Lake Route Is
now laid 20 a point Is miles west OF
| Moapa,
The Western Union telegraph line has
| now reached a point nearly htty miles
below Caliente.
Gen. supt j. II. Young Of the Rio
Grande Western returns tonight from
trip 10 81. Louis
Conslgnments OF heavy steel for the
Salt Lake Route are being received
at stated intervals
II is understood that Paul Morton's
place on the Santa Fe ~ to be held open
until after election.
The Rio Grande viii start ballasting
operations at an early date between
Pennington and Ogden,
Not necessarily. That green wall pa
per In the RIO Grande ticket Office Is
not bid FOR the Irish passenger busl-
ness.
General Livestock Agent Ben Neyins
Of the Rio Graude. accompanied by his
son has gone east on a two weeks va
cation.
o. ID. Banks left for New York to-
day. He will be Joined In August by
Mrs. Banks. They win return IN Sep
tember
The Rio Grande will haul the Ring
ling Bros. shows from ogden east. The
circus shows here August 10 aud at
Provo the next day.
George II. Crockett, ticket auditor for
the Pullman company with headquar-
ters IN Chicago, is in Salt Lake today
on business trip.
The earnings for the Denver g. Rio
Grande for the first week In July show
a decrease over the same week OF the
year previous Of S26,50O,
Harry Toles formerly OF the auditing
department Of the Rio Grande Western,
now representing a New York publish
ing house, is In the city today.
The packers strike already has re-
suited In a wholesale cancellation Of
orders for live stock cars for shipments
from Utah, Idaho and Wyoming,
The oregon Short Line proposes to
run another excursion to Midlake on
the cutoff next Sunday. This time
the Ogden people will be given "A chance
I'd take their picnic baskets along
Mrs. Jesse tombstone left today for
Toronto, Canada, to visit her home.
She will join Mr. and Mrs, o, u. Banks
In New York early in August, and re-
turn to Salt Lake to resume her duties
here in September.
The special fishing train to Provo
canyon every Saturday night, return
fpe af
the next evening. is appreciated by the
salt Lake public anxious TO retreat TO
the cool canyon over Sunday.
once more the story OF the extension
OF the Rio Grande from Marysvale to
Cedar city has started on its rounds,
following the visit Of General Manager
Schacks. This time 1t really looks
as though II were a go.
From Wyoming comes a story Of a
claim agent who did good work for the
Pullman company, A lady passenger
on Mondays No was struck on the
head while the porter was putting
away the headboard OF her berth, An
ugly cut and brulse resulted. The
claim agent settled with her for one
dollar.
iANH'A AAlN NilfAkfN JuNl HhNt UtfH
made in the through train service OF
the Chicago & Northwestern, notably
with regard TO the Colorado special.
The time between Chicago, the central
states. the Atlantic seaboard and the
Rocky Mountain region Is materially
shortened Passengers reach Denver
one hour quicker than heretofore.
The New York Commercial is author
ity for the statement that as result
OF the Hartman syndicate investing
S20O0,OO0 for tldewater terminals at
Tacoma and Seattle, II Is reported that
an understanding has been reached
with the Eiill interests which will pre-
vent any competitive clash between the
two, and the differences between them
VIII be amlcably adjusted. New COM
petlng lines viii not be built and a pro-
spectiyc fight has been killed
The private car "sayannanoa," be-
longing to Mr.. Geo, w. Vanderbilt, was
burned at Baltimore. n c., last week.
Mr. j. +. OBrlen, superintendent Of
thu rail lines OF the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Co., has been appointed
general superintendent Of that COM
pany, with headquarters at Portland,
Ore. MI NJ j. Buckley has been APP
pointed superintendent at Pendleton,
Ore, and Mr. d. w. Campbell superin-
tendent at Tekoa, Wash