The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-20
Railway Notes.

II is reported thai tho Spokane. Port
land & Seattle will build branch to
Pullman, Wash.
The Denver K Rio Grande has ad
NanCcd the wages of It's hlacksmithS.
mochinists and boilcrmakers cents an
hour.
The silycrton & Northern. which op-
crates thirtecn-mile line in Colorado. is
Auimas forks to Mineral point. about
four miles.
The Mallory and the Clyde steamship
lines have issued = Joint notice That be-
ginning December ] they will have reg
ular weekly sailiuSS Of vessels from Bos-
ton to Galveston. The steamships will
start ON Wednesdays and will call at
Charleston and Jacksonville,
Horace c. Reese assistant general
freight agent of the Sunset Central lines
In Houston. Tex, died last week. after
q long illness from nervous pTostraton.
lie was 80 years old and one Of the best
known and most popular railroad Off
Cials IN Texas.
surveys arc being made FOR a third
track for the Baltimore & Ohio between
New Castle and Pittsbng, When built
it will eliminate the troublesome Ba-
llcrstow1l grade and greatly facilitate
the handling OF traffic.
Traffic representatives Of the Lehieh
Valley. jersey Central. Erie and New
York Central have been travelling over
the Reading system with Theodore Nor-
hoes. vice president. and X. Bail traffic
manager Tor the purpose of becoming
familiar with its facilities for handling
traffic ut various points.
Employees of the Colorado Midland
shops at Colorado city have been given
raise of cents an hour, beginning Dc
ccmber I. Tho now scale affects zoo men
and win make difference IN the payroll
uf about 81 800 q month, The 5orcmcn
are not included in the schedule but 1t
is expected VIII receive an advance an the
near future.
NJ. II Er,oLcyLof- .roreral s,,nrr-
lntcudeut OF the Rio Grtndc junction rail
road, extending from New Castle 10 Grand
Junction. has resigned his position and
will become connected with the electric
lutcrurban system now being constructed
IN the Grand valley. Mr. BrinS"rhon is
wcli known rs Il railroad man throughout
the state.
The Missouri Pacific has pat on n fast
mail train from 81. Louis 10 Kansas city.
The Interested roads are tho Union Pa
Cinc, the Chicago * Northwestern. N"
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, the 1ll-
nois Central. the Wabash the Missouri
Pacific tho Chicago Rock Island * Pa
citic and the Chicago Great Western.
In connection with tho building Of the
new station by the Denver ~ Eio Glandc
at Canon CITY several additional tracks
through the lower yards will have TO be
laid TO avoid cladr crossings surveys
arc being made which viii bc submitted
10 the city officials FOR approval Tor put
Ting la subway under the tracks in
South Ninth street, 10 cost about $2J,
QcU.
Announcement comes from Chicago thaL
the Burlington railroad VIII have every
passenger train ON It's lines electric
! lighted withu short time Tho Bur
! linctun and all TN" other transcouiin"ntIl
! lines now have al their favoritc trains
equipped with electric lighting. but many
OF ihc local and loss favored through
trains arc stil served by the old-taSh
| lpn"d gas llGll$.
Tho Atchison. Topeka & Santa F'e cX-
| hihitcd in It's Chicago yards two ul the
! MSllrL compound locomotives recently
made FOR it by the Baldwin Locomotive
/ works TIA" public was advised through
| advertisements in tho morning papers
! that tho biggest locomotives in tho world
] were on exhibition. and full directions
/ FOR reaching th"m were given. The en-
! giucs could not bc displayed IN the Dear
| born street station bccaSsc th"y were too
large 10 go under the Twelfth street Via
! duct
J Tho Montana. Wyoming & southern
. railroad. recently organized 10 build from
/ Miles CITY. Mont. {" Sheridan. WSo.
/ has acquired control uf the Yellowstone
! Park ia abroad. = thirty mile strip ot track
/ extending from Bridccr Mont. ON the
! Northern Pacific. 10 Clarks ford. The
! road acquired gives the company a part
! of tho mileage contemplated and IL Is
cXpcctcd that the work will be pushed
! forward rapidly To- make a connection
! with the Colorado n Southern.