The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-12

Railroad Notes.
Special arrangements are being made l,v
the Oregon Short Lire railroad for hand
ling the crowds that will attend the big
land opening at Medbury, Ida, Teusday
November 10.
THE Strawberry Irrigation Project
Utah. is the name OF interesting
booklet which is being distributed by the
salt Lake Route. The pamphlet Is a sort
OF all advertisement of the new project
and is issued by the Stra wberry Valley
Water Users association OF Spanish Fork.
Sights and Scenes from The Car Win
dows OF the L. F." is the title OF an at
tractive pamphlet which has just been
issued bv the Union Pacific railroad II
is replete with ILLUSTRATIONS of sights along
the track Of the L. T.: and contains "a lot
OF valuable information concerning the
country IL traverses.
Thomas Fortune RYAN returned from
a six months stay in Europe last week
When found by interviewers while the
liner was, coming, up the bay, Mr.: Ryan
tcrNiew' No interview" Mr.. RYAN
said he had enjoyed his trip in Eu.
rope very much, but did not wish 10
be quoted as to business OF politics.
Former Secretary of the Navy Paul
Morton met Mr.. Ryan at the pier.
Cable adviccs received from Paris
are 10 the effect that the ST. Louis e
San Francisco Railroad company gen
oral lien fifteeu-twenty-ycar ) per cent
gold bonds (French scries) have been
listed on the Coulissc of the Paris
Roursc. These are ihc bonds sold 10
Paris bankers some time ago by Speycr
x Go. II was stated in New York that
there arc $l0,0o0,000 of the bonds in
500 denominations, The first sale was
ut 92al,
Luis Jackson of New York, indus
trial commissioners of the Eric. is quoted
IN Cincinnati as saving that business
might como on in such volume that tho
railroads may fnd themselves ,in the
same plight they did IN 1907 before
the panic. - movement was started
at that time said Mr. Jackson, Hto
SECURE an advance in freight rates so
As TO make somo profit toward the en-
couTagcmcnt of more double main
tracks aud increased terminal track. |
Only g per cent Of the total mileage
IN thc United States is double tracked" I" |
Miss Frances Storrs of Dimmitt. |
Tex, called at The Office of T. p Rip.
ley, president al The Santa Fc. last |
week to see if that road would operate |
n line siXtYiye miles long connecting |
with the Santa Pc in Loveft county. |
provided she would build it, Eventual. |
~ she means 10 have the road extended |
10 the gulf. Years ago Miss Storrs |
bought a dozen or two sections of Pan
handle land at 30 cents an acre. She |
has raised subsidies for the road amount
ing 10 100000. Miss Storrs is nov
in New York to interest capital i'll her
venture
The treasury department. will make
q test of the new automatic wrighcrs
at the port Of New York and at the
port of Boston In Il short time Twenty
Of the new scales viii be installed on
tho sugar docks at New York and otli-
crs will be put INTO service at Boston
and probably at some of the other
docks at ports where sugar is entered.
The new device weighs automatically
and records the weight Immediately on
Il strip of paper which runs from the
scale as the weighing progresses. The
scale rs capable of being arranged 50
that the record OF the weight may he
made st a place some distance from
tho scale as easily rs ON the tape flow.
ing from the scale. The officers of
the department have been very much
impressed with the device and will wei
come any mechanical proposition that
gives any promise Of preventing frauds
N weighing.
Thomas Mahnr has been appointed
master mechanic Of the Harlem divi"
sion Of the New York Central iii place
" IL B. Whipplc, resigned. He is
also made master mechanic of the Put
,a,a division ou account of duties
transferred from the master mechanic
y the Hudson division
Reports from Alaska announce that the
copper River railroad, being built from
Jordova into the interior has been cN
ended ten miles within tho last month.
niles Of the expensive 200-mile project.
IN additional force Of 200 rock men
$ being sent to Cordova to rush con
tructon during the winter months. More
1, -.
The Baldwin Locomotive works has ,
completed and in about week VIII
end west monster passenger engine
,u!lt for the Santa Fc. 10 he used in
lauling heavy ard fast trains. 1t is OF
he same type as several built FOR heavy
rcight service on the same road-a Nal"
ey articulated. II measures l05 feet from
he pilot TO the end OF the tcnder-doublc
las a total weight OF coo tons. or the
sixteen wheels. on which Il travels. ten
.rc the drivers. The tender has two sets
II six wheel trucks, and is the larges,
.vcr built. Its capacity is 1900 gallons
II water, and 1000 gallons OF oil. which
$, the fuel that Will he used IN place
y coal The driving wheels nave a
hat of the boiler is seventy two inches.
rhe latter is fitted with the latest type
II water feeders, and has a superheatcr,
President Melen OF the New York. New
Iaven & Hartford railroad. has given
nut the following statement;
'It is not the Intention Of tho New
England Navigation company To sell any
Il its rights accrung In connection with
he proposed Issue OF New York. Ncw
laven Hartford railroad stock. but tn
ubscribe and pay for the stock itsc!C
nd hold the same in Its treasury. There
s no possibility. therefore, Of these rights /
oming on the market
Canadian newspapers announce thu
poning In ottawa OF the first Chlnesc
Consulate general Tor Canada: il will re,
'ort on trade affairs direct 10 the board
i foreign affairs at PeED. The GoIniM-
on government has appointed a traGe
Commissioner to China, who announces III Z
nc North China Daily News that he has
Established an office at Is KIukjang road
Shanghai.
The Chicago Great Western Is harlGg
difficulty In reducing its passenger scr \
Ice TO meet the demands for cConomy n
iloCked by the Iowa Railway commission
); It's efforts 10 discontinue the operation
4 three Improbable through messenger
rains between Chicago end the Twin {
.l,ies. it is now announced that !; will
bandou its fast limited train service y
uring the period of the Goublc ,rac!.!nl
Z the main line.