The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01

Her than at present IL it goes over the
Great Northern.
On the Denver & Rio Grande. passes for
1903 will be good TIL January 10. due
TO the delay In getting out the new
transportation.
Kenneth G. Kerr, district passenger
agent for the Salt Lake Route. has re-
turned from Provo where he has been
cursion from there to Denver on account
OF the apple show on January s. Provo
VIII make a big display and expects to
making special rates for this occasion.
Rudolph Myers OF Jefferson county.
Kansas. Is building a 54-miie railroad
single handed from Jetmore to Garden
City, No one else works on the road and
he has about two miles already graded.
George. II Smith. assistant general
counsel for the Oregon Short Line. Will
return from California TO Salt Lake In
time for New Years.
-, Farley Williams; general counsel for
the Oregon Short Line. Is expected home
from New York Sunday night.
The first shipment of coal from Hia-
watha TO Salt Lake. 500 tons, is expect
cd to arrive Saturday by the Consoli-
dated Fuel company. The shipment
comes over the Southern Utah and the
Denver e. Rio Grande.
Through freight is now arriving in San
FRANCISCO from the cast over the West
ern Pacific
NJcnSIdl agent WIlltmS ana WHO OF
Milwaukee have returned from their
holiday trip to New York
a lost trunk sent by express caused
the writing OF 1870 letters before It was
located In Pocatello,
After the first OF the year passes over
the oregon Short Line Will be good on
all trains.
II. u, Nudge has been elected presI-
dent OF the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf
railroad, to succeed B. l.. Winchell. who
ia sl~ ~
system,
A; d. Mcdonald, secretary and auditor
OF the Pacific Electric company at Los
Angeles, has been appointed auditor OF
5he YonrS south Pae!hc COMPANY Vice f.
nouncement made at the latter COM
pany's office yesterday. Mcdonald sue
cecds c. b, Seger whose appointment
TENS, with headquarters at Omaha. was
announced several days ago
Work already has been begun in Brit
ish Columbia on the first gyroscope rail-
way in America to be devoted 10 com
mercial transportation purposes. The
line of railway Will encirclc Okanogan
lake. Spur tracks will be run TO points
where business warrants.
Thirty-five hundred conductors and
motormen employed by the Boston Ele-
yated Railroad company received New
Years gift Friday from the company Of
$50 and S25 In gold as a reward for their
SOOu FeCDGNS In lJu9s ne company ais
tributed this year $4,000. the largest
sum ever given since the custom was
inaueuratcd seven years ago and makes
a total OF Si03: 1855.
The railroads OF the United States
constructed u total of 374S miles of new
lines In the present year, which is an
increase of 53i miles when compared
with the year previous, With the ex-
ception OF 1908 the present year has
proved the lightest twelve months period
so far as new railroad construction Is
in eight years. Most OF the
was constructed Into new terri
tory. A large portion OF the new con-
was in the Pacific northwest.
where the Hartman. the Hill and the
St. Paul interests engaged in competition
Tor new territory.
In proportion 10 popula ton, Canada
has and Is building more miles of rail-
ways than the United States. Canada's
entire railroad mileage is now 23.300,
which Is one mile TO every 300 inhabi-
tants. as compared with one mile for
each 3Sl inhabitants in the United
states. In 1867 In all Canada there were
Just 22TS miles of railroad track. There
have been constructed in 1909 and arc
under construction or contract nearly
twice as many miles of track as there
were in Canada in 1868, or 1927 miles