The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
NEWS OF RAILROADS
IN CONDENSED FORM

p. 5. Smedley is spending Sunday in
Salt Lake, having arrived yesterday
from Los Angeles. He will start for
his home in Shelley, Ida, tomorrow
He has been spending a month in Cali
foTnia for his health. Mr.. Smedley is
| q booster for Shelley and southern
Idaho generally.
We have a fine little town in Shell
ley" he said yesterday. "and it's d
surprisingly busy town. too, for Its
size The thriving Bingham county
town made a record last year i'm ship
ments that We feel mighty proud over
l have some figures about it." He took
a note book from his pocket and re-
ferring to it, said:
Last year from Shelley we shipped
1000 cars of beets, 100 cars of grain $50
cars of potatoes, $50 cars of hogs. sixty
cars of other livestock and 100 cars OF
milk products"
Division Surgeon DR.. W. A. Wright
of the Oregon Short Line, with head
quarters in Pocatello, who had been in
the salt Lake hospital for a number of
weeks recovering from a fractured hip
bone, received in a runaway accident,
has recovered and is now able to return
to his home.
The Union Pacific has entered into a
contract with the Laramie, Hahn's
Peak & Pacific whereby the latter road
will haul annually for the Hartman
roads out of Colorado 1,500, 900 cross
ties. The l., II. P. & P. road starts
at Laramie, Wyo., and IS headed for
Hebron, Colo, and eventually expects
to run to Steamboat Springs. The big
contract with the Union Pacific. IT is
said, guarantees sufficient revenue to
assure the completion of the line.
The Denver & Rio Grande trains from
the east yesterday were reported each
about two hours late. The delays were
Occasional at the eastern end of the
line.
Reports Of soft roa6beds and delayed
trains over the Salt Lake route yes
terday were without foundation. Ken
meth c. Kerr. district passenger agent.
stated last evening that every train on
the road yesterday arrived right on the
dot, the limited having even gained
time.
p. ]. PIaisted, for some years solicit
ing freight and passenger agent for
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad. known throughout southern
Idaho as Smiling joe" is now en-
Dloysd as wool buyer for a large Bcs-
ton firm. He has been working under
directions from the Salt Lake Office
but IS living in Boise.
F. T. Vincent, representative in this
territory for the Erie Dispatch. re-
turned yesterday from a trip TO Boise
and other Idaho points. He picked up
considerable business for his road and
states that prospects for increased bus
mess with the opening of spring in that
territory are unusually bright.
Railroad business is unusually &C
tive in southern Idaho Just now" stat
ed George NJ. Fraser of the Illinois
Central yesterday. He had just re-
turned from a trip north. THE pros
poets for the coming year up there in
all lines of business are better than for
several years. The Idaho Southern. re-
Gently opened through a portion OF the
Twin Fails irrigated tract, now operat.
ing from Gooding to Jerome. has ac-
tusliy more business than it can han
die: thiTty-five 10 forty cars OF freight
q day are not exceptional"
T. 3. Irwin. travelling passenger
agent for the salt Lake route. returned
to the city yesterday from Los An
geies. He accompanied the EIks ex-
eursion from here He says he left the
excursionists enjoying themselves to
the fullest extent
James c. Doolittle. commercial agent.
and A. W Randall. soliciting freight !
and passenger agent, representing the |