Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-30
SPIKE AND RAIL.

Gen. Supt j. c. Daley of tho Dem
yer &c Itlo Grande, is in Denver on a
| business trip.
/ X. r.. Wells. general manager Of the
Salt Lake Route. Is spending Tow
days in Salt Lake. on one Of his reg
| ular trips of inspection.
W. u. ThroclSmorton. travelling pas
sengcr agent for the Colorado Midland.
has been transferred to Denver. and left
for that city Wednesday
II. j. Wychc. division engineer Of
the Western Pacific. has gone east
for Il brief trip. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Wyche. and will return shortly
to San Francisco where he Will have
headquarters.
Ira Lewis, assistant cashier in tho
local offices of the Denver e. Rio
Grande. has returned from a trip to
Durango. Colo, where he went to par
ticipnte IN the celebration of the golden
wedding of his parents, who have been
married 80 years.
c. III. Cutting. city passenger agent
of the Salt Lake Route. leaves for Los
Angeles Friday morning with his wife
and family to spend the New Year
holiday with relatives. The trip is also
taken In the hope of benefiting Mrs.
Cuttings health, which has been poor
ly of late.
A Boston dispatch shows that the
earnings of the Union Pacific have
largely increased during November. The
report follows: Gross revenue, SS,341.-
1872: increase. S1.09e. .969; operating ex-
penses. s3.S24,S27: increase. se760SO;
taxes. s2S4.Ss5; Increase. 1886, ,469; total
expenses and taxes, s4.100.192 increase,
S762,576; net revenue, $4,252,5S9; in
crease. $337392.
s. v. Dcrrah. general passenger and
freight agent for the eastern division
CT the Western Pacific. says that both
through and local freight Is picking up
on the new transcontinental line. The
road is hardly In condition yet for
through passenger business, and the
weather is not favorable for completing
the ballastlng' OF the roadbed. but 1t
VIII be got In shape just as early as
possible. when through passenger busi-
ness Will be Installed" said Mr.. Der
rah
d. e. Burlcy, general passenger
agent of the Oregon Short Line. has
prepared a pamphlet which Is now in
press on the subject OF Orchard
Heating" Tho matter contained In the
booklet treats on the protection of
fru1t buds from early spring frost by
the smudging process. and has been
approved by the foremost authorities
on the subject in the country. The
booklet Will be distributed to tho
orchardists throughout all Oregon
Short Line territory.
G. F. Warren, local agent for the
Santa Fe, has received word to the
effect that the Santa Fe Is double
tracking It's line in the Missouri dtvi-
sion, assuring n double track most or
the way from Chicago to Albuquerque.
n. NJ. before the end of 1910. For this
work approximately s2.000,000 has been
by the directors OF the
road
E. A. Lenroot of Rexburg, Idaho. |
who with his wife is spending few |
days In Salt Lake. says the people in |
the vicinity Of Rexburg will be able |
to secure cheap coal In the near future.
as a branch line from Rexburg into the
coal fields OF the Teton country has
been practically promised for the COM
Ing year, Coal has been selling at So
per ton at st. Anthony, but with the
advent OF the new road 1t Is expected
that the price will be reduced to about
SS per ton.