The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-03
NEWS AND NEAR NEWS
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES

Many employees have been busily en-
ga ged lately in repairing the damages Oc-
casioned by the recent floods to stretches
OF track on the Southern Pacific, and II
is said the work is now about completed.
Ii will be interesting for his friends IN
Salt Lake and Ogden to know that TINS
repair and reconstruction work mas been
IN charge OF Superintendent Joseph H.
Young Of the Northern California division
Of the Southern Pacific. Mr.. Young was
formerly located at Ogden IN the service
of the Oregon Short Line. His quick work
in getting the Southern Pacific open Tor
through traffic again after the damaging
floods has been noted and commented
upon very favOTably in the general offices.
Civde Opelt. superintendent of the din
ing car service Of the Colorado Midland,
is here on business connected with his
The salt Lake route will transport the
Babes in ToyIand and THE Red MIL
theatrical aggreg cations TO Los Angeles.
The former company left last night and
the latter aggregation viii leave tomor-
row evening.
Albert ". Lee for some time employed
in the office of Superintendent J. NJ. Davis
OF the oregon Short Line. succeeds James
GRAY as chief clerk in the Office of Super
intendent Olmstesd OF the Montana di-
vision at Pocatello. Mr.. Gray recently re-
signed and is now visiting friends in Salt
Lake.
The policy adopted by the Hartman
system Of mountaineering the busy section
of the Union Pacific as rapidly as possible,
looking toward the doCble-tracking of the
entire road from Omaha TO Ogden eventu-
ally has taken form now In regard TO the
stretch Of track between POCatello and
NcCammon- The traffic over this piece of
road has grown so heavy that qusdrupl'
line is demanded. A corps Of Short Line
engineers is now making the surveys.
G. l. Cunningham, the new trainmaster
for the Idaho division Of the Union "a
cihc. recently transferred from Ogden to
Pocatello. has now moved his family. con
sisting of his wife and three children, to
the latter town
Roscoe y. StOcksIageT. chief clerk in the
office of the superintendent Of the Idaho
division OF the oregon Snort Line has re
turned to POcatSllO after a short visit III
Salt Lake on business connected with his
duties.
J. Cruickshank. auditor in the store de-
partment of the Oregon Short Line, has
returned from a business trip north.
Through corresp ondence inquiring about
rates addressed to Assistant General Pas
senger Agent D. 8 Spencer Of the oregon
Short Line il is learned that the Filipino
Consta bularv band consisting Of eighty
four pieces and including about ninety
five persons. will visit this city in the near
future. The band VIII play in San Fran
cisco and will journey from there 20 SAT-
Lake Denver and Omaha. The Hartman
system will convey the party on tickets
reading "San Francisco to Omaha Ihe
dates are not set.
W IT, Handin. soliciting agent. and
William Darke- travelling passenger agent
both working from the salt Lake Office
of the Burlington route. have returned
from Burlington annual employees
roundup in Chicago They were gone ter
DAYS. spent three days in Chicago attend
ing the big conference meeting and ban
ollet. and spent the balance OF the time
going over a part Of the Burlington road
I They say they had fine time, but saw
lots Of bad weather IN Illinois
An inspection Of the air equipment OF
the Montana division of the Union Pacific
+ il now being conducted by General Super
l intendent W. /. Park of the Union Pacific
l and several assistants.
/ Genera! Superintendent J. NJ. Davis OF
( the oregon Short Line has gone on an
other trfp TO Idaho.