The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-02
IMPORTANT CHANGES
ON THE RIO GRANOE
Utah Line Is RediStricted and
New Appointments Are
Announced.
HEADQUARTERS AT SALT
LAKE AND GREEN RIVER
Wipes Helper OF the Map as an
Important Railway
Station.

Some important changes went into
effect on the Utah division of the Dew
yer & Rio Grande railroad Saturday.
In addition TO a number or new ap-
pointments going into effect, Green
River was made tho headquarters for
the second or Green River division OF
the road Heretofore these headquar-
ters have been located at Helper, but
the road recently has been redistricted
resulting in their removal, which prac'
tically WIPES Helper off the map, at
least insofar AS being; an important
railroad station is concerned.
Until recently there havc been but
three passenger districts on the main
line OF the Rio Granflc between Ogden
and Grand Junction, Col, but under the
sixteen hour law passed by the fifty
ninth congress ana approved March 4,
1907, this arrangement of division
points made the Operation OF the road
difficult and in order to expedite the
operation and render better service, II
was decided to divide the line into four
districts instead of three There arc
now two divisions on the Utah line
instead of one, and under this new ar
rangement Of districts Salt Lake City
is made the Headquarters for the first,
or Salt Lake division, and Green River
the headquarters for the second, or
Green River division.
Apperson Promoted.
\. b.. Appcrson, for number OF
years past assistant general superin-
tendent Of the Utah division of tho
road. has been appointed superintendent
of the Salt Lake division under j. c.
Daley. general superintendent Of the
Utah lines of the system, and O. ].
Ogg has been appointed superintendent
of the Green River division The dis
hatcher and the trick operators prev.
iously stationed ut Helper have been
transferred to Green River.
Another important change which
went into effect Saturday was the abol-
ishment of the position Of trainmaster.
In the future the men who heretofore
have occupicd the positions of train
master will be known rs assistant su
perintendents under the two division
superintendent, The appointment Of
he following assistant superntendenls
vent into effect Saturday: c, w King,
with headquarters at Salt Lake City
and jurisdiction over the main line from
Ogden TO Thistle and over the Heber,
Tintic and Marysvil,e branches; f. o.
Raymond, with headquarters at Bing-
ham and jurisdiction over the Garfield
and CuDrum branches and over the Cop
Der Belt railway: G, 7. Roberts. with
headquarters at Tucker and iurisdic
tion over the main line from Thistle 10
Helper and also over the Pleasant Val.
lev branch. II. c. Holloway has been
appointed chief train dispatcher. with
jurisdiction over the Bingham, Garfield
and Cuprum branches and the Copper
Belt railway. The foregoing appoint
ments all come in the way of promo
tiOns.
Many improvements.
A beautiful new passenger station
has been erected at Green River and
numerous other improvements are be-
ing made there. a new roundhousc has
been built and the old one at Helper
has been dismantled The handsome
$4,000 railroad Y. NJ. C.. s. building
which was TO have been erected at
Hclpcr will be built at Green River.
The redlstricting Of the road and the
big improvements which are going on
at Green River show conclusively that
il viii not be long before the Salina
cut off is built and when this is com
pleted II will do awav with tho haul
over Soldier Summit, the steepest rail
road grade in the United States.