The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-13
NEWS OF RAILROADS
IN CONDENSED FORM

AT least 100 and probably more excur-
sionists will come from Butte Thursday
morning on the special cars for TOoele-
Utah. TO attend the auction sale Of lots.
said II. s. Spencer. assistant general
passenger agent for the oregon Short
Line railroad. yesterday Mr.. Spencer
stated that the company had received
many letters of inquiry regarding the &C
Invites in the new smelter town. showing
that a great number of persons are much
interested.
Joel L. Priest. industrial agent for the
Oregon Short Line, came down from
Boise Ida yesterday and left last even
ing for Denver on railroad business lie
will visit ST. Louis and perhaps Chlcaso
before his return west
Ernest Stenger- formerly Superinte ndent
of the Utah division of the Denver q Rio
Grande. has returned home from bust
ness trim east. In answer to an inquiry
Yesterday he stated that he had not Yet
decided on plans. He said he had no deti-
mite plans for future employment
E NJ PeytOn has accepted position
and began work yesterday as traFeung
freight agent out Of this city Tor the
AtchisOn Topeka & Santa F5 railroad
He is now drumming up transportation
business in the wool line. Mr. Peyton was
for a number Of years lately station agent
for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad al
G. P. Pruitt. travelling freight agent for
the Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul VINO
has been working in territory TO the
south. returned home yesterday ana eN-
ueCrs to leave soon for Wyoming. .. =.
owen recently appointed agent at Boise
for this road. spent Sunday IN salt Lake
and then went south to help secure orders
for wool shipments
J. G. Daley. general superintendent on
the Utah division of the Denver x Rio
Graude. and Assistant Superintendent y
B. Apperson have returned home from a
general inspection of their part OF the
road to the east of this city
n 1era 81
the New York Central. has gone 10 Idaho
10 look after wool shipments which VIII
be carried over his lines.
L. NJ. Allen. general eastern Irelsh NJ
agent for the Nickel Plate road. who has
been on a visit to he coast. IS stopping
over in salt Lake 70 few days on his
way back east
the Oregon Short Line has returned IRON
a trip over the LuCir cutoff where ne
examined into the re U-ted damages re-
suItfnE from the hesvE- Frindstorm across
the lake Sunday. Tie damages are not
serious and the trains are running on time
General Agent James &. Doolittle for
the Rock Island and Frisco roads IN TINS
territory left yesterday for Denver 70 at
tend quarterly conference OF fNoSA -
md Officials. He viii be absent about
Colonel A. H. Stevens. commercial agent
for the SeabOarG Air Line with mead
quarters IN Denver : Aoohitt5 etAtSA III
interests Of that system here for a lew
DAYS. He will be here until Thursday
D. B. Eldredge. travelling freight ana
passenger agent for the Rock Island Is
hack from a trip south. He reports that
the cold weather has delayed sheep shear
ing operations ana that little wool IS now
being shipped
Commercial Agent Charles r Warren
Of Inc Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe has
received notice OF the appointment OF X
n Parker as general superintendent or
that system western lines His head
Quarters are 10 be at Ia Junta- Colo
A railway representative Of the Chicago.
Milwaukee < St. Paul in a private letter
from a friend in Montana. received yes
ferdav got the information that the st
parTs extension to the coast. the Chi
rsro. Milwaukee x Puget Sound would be
onersting for freight and passenger ser
vice soon after June /. TraCkiayinS has
bean completed between MiSSouia ana
Garrison and the bailastins viii be I'm
ished by the last of next mouth.