The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-27

An order for 1905 railway freight cars
has just been placed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. in addition TO the 10-
600 new cars ordered a few days ago
OF these cars, 1000 refrigerator and 500
steel and wood gondolas will be built by
the American Car & Foundry company
at Berwick. Pa, and sos steel and wood
gondolas by the Standard Steel Car COM
pany OF Butler. Pa The new equipment
VIII increase the carrying capacity Of the
road 461oo tons, and VIII cost the COM
pany approximately SS.5eo.5Ib.
e. f. Kearney, general superintendent
of transportation OF the Missouri Pa
cfic-Iron Mountain, has announced the
appointment of j, A. Somerville to be
superintendent of transportation for the
system,
G. II. Griffin, district superintendent
for the Western Weighing Association
and Inspection bureau, returned yester-
day from trip 10 California.
]. e Davis Of the general freight Of
flee OF the Oregon Washington Railroad
& Navigation company is in this city
visiting friends.
The passenger department of the Ore
gon Snort Line announced yesterday that
eastern points 10 the Pacific coast March
10 to April 10. A special stopover OF ten
days Will be permitted In Salt Lake City
and Ogden on the tickets upon deposit
ing them with the agent at Salt Lake
City.
A new folder devoted to the thirty
ninth annual session of the imperial
council of the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
has just been issued by the passenger
department of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe The council will be held In
Dallas May ~ to 10, 1913. and. In addi-
ton 10 q. description OF the trip over the
part of Dallas and some valuable in
formation regarding tho city is given.
r. NJ, Cushing, president of the Salt
Lake Passenger association, yesterday
received letter from T. G. Peck, pas
senger traffic manager for the Salt Lake
route. In the letter Mr.. Peck expresses
| regret that he was unable TO attend the
| first meeting Of the association. He con-
| graduates the president OF the assocs-
| tlon on the organization and says that II
| is something that was needed In Salt
| Lake City and for which there is ample
| ground for development.
The passenger department OF the Den
yer & Rio Grande is sending cards
! throughout the country announcing that
grand council of North American In
dams will be held in Denver during the
continuance of the San Diego and Sar
Francisco expositions in 1915. Large del
| cgatlons OF all the existing tribes VII
be encamped just outside Of Denver dur
| ing the entire summer. The announce
Line OF the World" through Colorado anG
| Utah, one can see Denver. the lndiaT
council, the magnificent scenery of th'
Rocky mountains, Salt Lake City and the
| Great Salt lake.
c. J. McNitt. president OF the Sail
| Lake Transportation club has called g
| meeting OF the board OF trustees of the
club to be held in his office at o'clocF
| this evening.
A. w. RaybouId, travelling passenger
agent for the Western Pacific, returned
yesterday from San Francisco, TO which
city he accompanied party OF home
| seekers.
The freight and passenger offices o'
tho Rock Island route of this city are
now comfortably arranged on the fourth
is the third of the railroad companies
having Offices In Salt Lake City TO sc
! into the new building. The Colorado &
| Southern offices were among the first tc
| be installed there, and the Illinois Cen
| trail were moved there during February
The offices Of the C. & S, are on Tho
| sixth floor and those OF the J. G. are OF
| the fourth floor.