The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-19
NEWS AND NEAR NEWS
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES

]. A. Reeves general freight agent for
the .. 5. l.. has gone to Denver TO at
tend meeting of railway freight men to
discuss the matter of readjusting rates for
of southern Colorado
Vice President C II. Schlacks and Cen
eraI Traffic Manager A. s. Hughes of the
Denver & Rio Grande are here in a special
car. Their trip is q regular one for in
spection purposes. Mr.. Schlacks states
that the work on the new depot here is to
be rushed as quickly as the new plans are
drawn and accepted. and predicts that the
structure will be ready for occupancy
within eight or nine months.
+. T. Vincent, representative for the Erie
lines in this territory, is back after trip
through Idaho and attending the Pocatelio
convention of sheep men. He expects to
leave for Butte tomorrow, and will make
trip through Montana.
J. A. ElgeT, general livestock agent, and
John Petrie, live stock agent, both rep
resentatives of the Burlington, were guests
over Sunday in this city of r. +. Neslen,
general agent of the same road in this ter
ritory They came down from Pocatello,
after attending the stockmen'S convention,
and started from here to Denver to attend
the western live stock show there this
week.
P. ]. Plaisted. travelling freight agent
for the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul
railroad. with headquarters in Boise, Ida
was in the city yesterday. He came down
Sunday after attending the National Wool
Growers association convention in Poca-
tello last week. and will leave for Boise
today. accompanied by his mother. Mrs
T A Plaisted. He reports business very
lively in Idaho at present.
c. T. futile, assistant general freight
agent for the oregon Short Line, has re-
turned from Idaho. He attended the wool
growers convention at Pocateflo-
Carpenters are at work remodeiling the
office rooms of the traffic department at
the general offices of the Oregon Short
Line Partitions are being removed and
several of the offices are being thrown into
enc large room. This arrangement, il Is
said will greatly facilitate the work OF the
department.
1t was announced yesterday at the .. 5.
L. general offices that trains over the
Southern Pacific are again running on
schedule time. most of the damage caused
BY the recent washouts having been re-
paired The Southern Pacific is stu
obliged to make detour over other tracks
to cross the American river. but the bridge
which was washed out is being rebuilt by
large force of men. and ii Is expected
will be ready to use shortly. The trains
over the Southern Pacific ran on scheduled
time yesterday and it was stated there will
be no further delay on account of the
washouts.
Hugh Chatteck John MscQueen and NJ.
p. Murphy. all livestock agents for the
who had been attending the livestock
mems convention in Pocatelfo. were
guests in this city yesterday of c 5.
Williams, commercial agent for that road
in this territory. They say the PocateilO
meeting was q lively one.
r. NJ Caikins. general freight and pas
senger agent for the c, NJ & St p at
Butte was visitor In Salt Lake City
Sunday and Yesterday. He attended the
wool growers and stock mems conven-
tions in Pocatello last week, and ran down
to Salt Lake for a semi business and semi
social trip.
Fred A. Wann. general traffic manager