The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-03
RAILROAD NOTES.

Vice President and General Manager +
II Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line ,
Denver.
Superintendent Z. Buckingham has re
turned from a trip of inspection alons
the Montana Idaho divisions of the Orr
gon Short Line.
The Salt Lake Route will carry part
of Garland residents to Lehi today. III
Garlanders are travelling in a special Ger
They will participate in Lehi's celebration
of the Fourth of July.
A rate of $50 for the round trip from
California has been announced by the Sal
Lake Route for July q. Pioneer day
Heavy travel to Salt Lake is anticipated
from the Mormon settlements on the coas
and in Nevada.
District Freight and Passenger Agen
j. II. BURNER of the Salt Lake ROut,
melons from Moapa will start for Sa,
Lake July 10. A portion of this consjgE
ment will remain here and the remainde
divided between Butte and Denver.
AN roads have rates into Salt Lake fli
the Fourth of July The Rio Grande- ha:
reduced rates to Bingham good from
July to 8. One-way fare for the rounC
trip will be charged Eureka will ceIe
brate and rates to this camp are an
Hounced by the Salt Lake Route and RI
Grande.
John ]. Jones. claim adjuster for thu
Oregon Short Line. has submitted ms
resignation to take effect July To- Mr.
Jones has accepted the management OF
the BurgOyne Mercantile company OF
Montpelier, Ida. He will succeed Milford
Williams, present manager. who moved
to Ogden recently.
The week ended Sunday was the heavi-
est wool week recorded for the past sea
son in Idaho. The Oregon Short Line
hauled 200 cars of wool from selling points
in that state. The conSgnments will be
accepted in the St Louis and Boston mar
kets. From now on the week sales will
diminish as the season is about ended
Senator W. A. Clark president of tbs
Salt Lake Route. will reach Los Angeles
at the end of the week. After visiting
the divisions in California and the Las
Vegas extension to Bullfrog in Nevadil'
Senator Clark will come TO Salt Lake. lie
will be met in Los Angeles by General
Freight and Passenger Agent e. w. Gill
lett, who will leave for the east shortly
after to establish an agency for the road
in Pttsburg- From Pittsburg Mr.. Gillett
will go to Chicago.
The rates offered by the railroads to
induce coal dealers TO lay in supplies dur
ing the summer are meeting with desired
results. The Rio Grande. Oregon Short
Line and Salt Lake Route are distributing
coal from the fields to Utah towns to
meet the orders placed by wise dealers,
Idaho towns especially are laying in
tition of last winters shortage. Wyoming
is furnishing the early market. A reduc-
ton of so cents per ton is offered at the
present time. The transportation cost is
reduced % cents per ton and the cost of
the coal another % cents.
The Ogden Elks. about 100 strong. will
go to Denver in a special Oregon Short
Line train TO attend the annual conven-
ton to be held in that city. The train
will comprise as many Pullman sleepers
as are necessary to accommodate this
number. diner will be attached to the
train. The record run to Denver from
Salt Lake to Denver will be lowered by
the b. p. o. e. special. which will make
the trip in eighteen hours This is faster
than the time made by the Overland
Limited. one of the fastest trains in the
west The convention opens July 10 and
extends over a week.
The Oregon Short Line has posted an
nouncements of the abandonment of round
trip rates with the adoption of the cents
per mile rate. These have been hung in
depots. In connection with the abolish
ment of the round trip fares, extensions
and stOp-over privileges will be taboOed
Persons buying tickets under the new
rate wishing to stop over at an intermedi-
ate station are instructed to buy a ticket
TO the point, and upon resuming their
journey buying ticket from it to the
final destination. City ticket agents an
nounce that the cents per mile rate is
already affecting passenger business on
the Hartman lines in creating a brisk
demand for local tickets. The Denver 4
Rio Grande with the Colorado Midland
has reduced the fare to Denver by % cents
to meet this fare instituted by the Union
Pacific at the Scent rate.