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Show through rock so solid that no lining, arching or props arc necessary. The I branch to Hot Springs will bo opened J today, September 8th. At the Hot Springs there are three new hotels, two or them four stories high, built of stone, and one a frame structure ot three stories high. In addition to this new branch of the Northwestern system tie road is being extended north lroin Whitoivood through Minneselia to get r. the new coat lields and cattle ranches. Hallway Note. Jim Hawkins, who was with the Rio Grande train corps for many years, is in thecilv. THE RAILROAD UECOHD. The Addition to the Union Pacific Depot Will be Completed This . Week. TRAFFIC MANAGER MELLEN HERE. The Rio Grande Western Discontinues Its Daily Train Service Between Bingham Bing-ham Junction and Wasatch, The extension to the Union Paeilic depot in this city will be completed this week. Jt is connected to Iho north end The Canadain Paeilic haslet contracts for 1000 box-cars, to be ready tho first week in October, for tho purpose of moving the season's crops. The Pacific Short line express company com-pany hassNteen incorporated at Sioux City. Its principal place of business is Sioux City, and its work to bo confined to the Nebraska & Western railway and other lines. Tho authorized capital is $100,000. of the depot and is a I tout auwu icci aim two stories in height. The great increase, in-crease, in the baggage handled at tho depot made this addition necessary. It will cost about tUOOO. Two Lnlon 1'aciflc OlticlaU. General Traffic Manager O. S. Mellon, Mel-lon, of the Union Paeilic arrived in the city at noon today. He is accompanied bvVis assistant. Air. K. Campbell. Mr. Mullen has made a trip over the company's com-pany's lines in Oregon and Washington mid is now on his way cast. He will remain in the city lor a couple of days. Mr. J. F. Coykendell, chief clerk to vice President Holcomb of tho Union Paeilic, arrived in the city this morning. Ho is on his way west and stopped over for a day to tako in tho sights of Zion. One Train a Week. Tho Rio Grande Western will on the 15th ins1, abolish its daily train service between Wasatch and Ringham Junction. Junc-tion. On and after that date trains will run from Wasatch to Bingham Junction on Saturdays only, and from Ringham Junction to Wasatch on Mondays Mon-days onlv. The passenger travel is not sufficient to pay for the running of trains and the one weekly train is kept for tho freight traffic only. Considerable Consider-able stone is now being taken out there. A Wabash Traiufer, A special from Kan Francisco says: A letter received here ycnterday from the International News Bureau of Loudon, Lou-don, and directed to the representative of the United Stales central branch of that bureau, states that at the October meeting of the directors of the Wabash railway, the system east and west of the Mississippi river will pass into the control con-trol of the Canadian Paeilic Railway company. President W. (J. Vanllorno of the Canadian Paeilic during the month of August made a care fill inspection in-spection of the Wabash system, including includ-ing tho leased terminals in Chicago, which he. concludes as profitable for a continuous lino from Detroit, now reached by his company, to ' St. Louis and the southern farm and fruit belt. This is a most desirable property, with an ultimate Paeilic coast extension via 1 he Frisco line and the Southern Paeilic. It is understood that the deal is English Eng-lish with the aid of the Holland bondholders. Will Make Improvement. Nobody will bo sorry that the Denver and Rio (irando snow houses and the surrounding buildings on Marshall pass were recently destroyed by lire. Tho improvements, that will bo introduced in-troduced in the new slructurcs and tho additional beauty to be attached to tho proposed si ructures will more than compensate (to to travelers at least) for tho trouble of constructing them and the loss. The old equipments cost the company a cool fciO.OOO in glittering glitter-ing seductive silver. Architect Thompson Thomp-son of the Denver & Hio Grande, is drawing tho plans for the substantial buildings, utiil (ho cost of furnishing them will largely exceed that amount. This time tho covers to the track, which will form a protection from snow and other obstacles, will bo made of corrugated corru-gated iron. Bight on the top of tho pass will bo located a small hotel which will afford travelers anil sightseers an opportunity of passing the night at tho di..y height. It has been quite a feature fea-ture of trips to Marshall pass to hunt for the top of the mountain. There will be no more inquiries on that point, for a skyward tower will point to the zenith, having tho ascent from the hotel. The buildings will bo completed beforo loftg. raclllc Short Line Surveyor!. A parly of Pacific Short Line men arc working up Hear river from Paris, Idaho, in Bear Lake county, presumably presuma-bly laying a preliminary route from the southwest via l'ocatello to tho northwest. north-west. Their line leaves Bear river at Crater oiul goes direct to l'ocatello, taking tak-ing tho opposite side of the valley. It is certain that the Paeilic Short Lino company are preparing for a route through Idaho to the northwest. They have surveyors in tho eastern part of Idaho and also In the southern part of that stale, and are takiug notes, meandering mean-dering and geographically sizing up the country for numerous branches through that country. They are doing this work on a quiet basis, at the same time some remarkable developments are being made, and some new railroad building may bo expected trom this source early next spring. Tho i. 1'. Shop Force. The removing of tho headquarters of tho superintendent of motive power of the Union Pacific from Omaha to Cheyenne Chey-enne will result in quite a reduction of the ollico force in tho shops at l'ocatello. l'oca-tello. Heretofore all tho accounts of the entire mecluiuieal department have been audited in the olliee of the superintendent super-intendent of motive power, but hereafter here-after this work will betloue in tho olliee of Auditor Young. Chief Clerk Gran-dall. Gran-dall. who has been in charge of that part of tho work, will be transferred to the olliee of the auditor also. All the records of the ofliee, including those of wheels, axles, engines, ears, etc.. will be taken to Cheyenne. F. !'.. Bailey will lie transferred from Portland, Ore., to be chief clerk in the record otlice. The olliee of the assistant superintendent superintend-ent aud the headquarters of tho division will remain at Omaha. Tho shops at Pocatello are running on full time, nine and one-half hours six days in the week, and with the yard full of cars and with plenty of work to keep the whole force occupied. A Coatly IMsce of Work. The Chicago & Northwestern will open its now line to Deadwood about October 15th. The new lino goes up the Whitcwood Creek valley, and is one of tho costliest pieces of railroad construction in the United States. At places the rocky walls of great gorges rise ou either side of the track lo a depth of TOO or 800 feet, and at ono point there is a tunnel 1100 feet long cut |