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Show THE RIO GRANDE WESTERN. It Makes Sixty MHor an Hour on It Trial Trip. Special Dispatch to The Times. Aspex JtTKCTIOK, Colo., May 23 The Rio Grande Western Chicago 11 mi tod, leaving Salt Lake at 9:29 p. in., left Thistle at 11:30 p. m., Helper 2:10 a. m., Grand J unetion 8:10 a. m., (ilenwood Springs 11 a. m. President Dodge's private car "A" attached carried A. E. Welby, superintendent of K. G. W. ; J. H. Be nnett, jrcneral passenger agejrt; C. C. Smith, assistant general manager; S. H. Babeoi k, general freijfht agent; J. H. Riley, general agenl, ait Lake ; V. J. Lawreuc, general superintendent of Colorado Midland; C S. Lee, passenger agent Colorado Midland; Mid-land; Nat N. Brigham, representing Salt Lake Times; D. C. Dunbar. Herald; P. J. Jessun, Tribune; George C Lambert, News; F. . G. Wooiley, Ogden Standard; V. C. Edwards, Ed-wards, correspondent eastern press. Connects Con-nects with Colorado Midland at Grand Junction, Junc-tion, with Atchison, Topcka & .Santa Fe at Colorado Springs, arrives at Chicago at 9:15 Wednesday morut&g, savinsr twenty-four hours between, Chieagq and Ogden. There were eight coaches besides a private car. Over 100 passengers, who are haiiir a most delightful trip. We Lave mosl ainstaking officials; the scenery effect is un-urp .ssed. Daring the night the train reached a speed of 6ixty miles an hour. This is Utah's favorite fa-vorite east bound train. Finley will Succeed Slinlby. A meeting of th-j Western Passenger association was held in Chicago on Thursday last when Chairman Finley was authorized to turn over the k u ine business of the office to Secretary Thompson, pending the meeting of managers to he held tonight, when a new chairman will ofc elected. It is generally believed that Mr. Finley will go with the Great Northern road, and succeed P. P. Shelby, formerly of Salt Lake, as traffic manager. New Ensriues. Colonel Dodge and Superintendent Sample have just tested the new compound engine which is about to be put into use by the Rio Grande Western. The engine when loaded with coal and water weighs ninety tons, and has six drivers six feet six inches in size. A trip was made to Palmer lake on Friday, showing that the locomotive is capable of a speed of seventy-flve miles an hour. The Union I'aciflc. The control of the Union Pacific has again passed absolutely into Boston hands. The executive committee and the vice president are there, and hereafter all board and executive execu-tive committee meetings will be held in Boston. Bos-ton. Mr. Clark has taken the presidency under an arrangement with the Boston people peo-ple whereby he will devote his time exclusively exclu-sively to Union Pacific and report to them. The transfer books do not indicate that foreigners for-eigners are selling Union Pacific. There is indications that the stock is shifting between brokers, giving rise to the belief that the decline is the result of special pressure from Wall street operators. Railroad Notes. General Manager Filmorc of the Southern Pacific and the grievance committee of train- ... ,..... : . i . : men have effected a comprise of their diifer-I diifer-I euoes. J General Passenger Agent Ady of the UTn-ion UTn-ion Pacific, at Denver. says there is nothing noth-ing in the report that his "road will make a special rate to San Francisco this summer. . |