Show RAILWAY RUMBLINGS the D R Q third rau union pacific improvements ate the boulder colo train on the union pacific ran through an open switch on tuesday and dashed into a freight train one passenger was slightly injured and several cars damaged the train mileage on the union pacific road for or october is the heaviest in the history of that corporation this is due to the great increase in traffic and travel hardly a day passes now that as many as fifteen fast freight trains do not leave ogden for thelast the east A denver paper says it is rumored that D B robinson formerly general manager of the midland is interested in an enterprise basked backed by a chicago syndicate which has for its object the co construction rist ruction of a line from bernalillo through utah to salt like lake city the route is said to be very advantageous tor for the building of a line pueblo col nov 13 the laying ot df a third rall rail on the rio grande rad which stopped at cation canon city some m months ago was resumed today A large gang is 18 laying the standard guage track web westward A great deal of blasting will be done in the grand cation canon to reduce curves but there will be no to traffic general superintendent dickinson and division superintendent brinker tioff hoff of the kansas division nave have been on a trip ot at inspection over the oakley and boloy brand branck of the kansas pacific the beckon from waldo to colby is id to be turned over to the operating department this week the new track is af sixty pound steel and is said to be the finest ever built in kansas by the widening of bf toe the kansas central to standard gauge the construction of a line from Milt miltonville onville to tescott bescott Te scott and the extension of the oakley and colby in the manner called for by its charter the union pacific would own two lines through kansas to denver theroun the country tributary to the lincoln branch extension is very rich is well settled up and will no doubt rive give the line a good local business I 1 the union rulon pacific company is making great arrangements in con unction with the central pacific to put on a through train between omaha and san francisco Franc leco that will make the f fastest time possible and give five passengers eve every ry luxury dobern modern invention has pro provided aided vided it has ha been made evident that the increasing number of first firs t class travelers both east andrest and west ove over the central route demand toe the best beat accommodations and the idea of the oriental limited Is the tae result that is to be the new trains name the cars can palace dining drawing room and sleeping and smoking coaches will be among the finest ever built by the pullman company they have been in construction for some time and are nearly platforms so BO that the entire train will be as one ene long room the two palace sleeping cars will oe ne longer than usual seventy feet and especially designed several improved features to comfort and convenience will be introduced one is the curving of all narrow corridors no corners for the travelers to run against abruptly another is the arrangement of apartments two rooms roams will connect by a large door so that a family will be comfortably accommodated the trains will have regular dining and kitchen cars and in addition a part of the smoking cars will be devoted to bath rooms for ladies A lady chaperone will accompany the trains to care for ladies and children traveling tra vellna alone the train will cross the continent contine nl once oace a week and will make the trip from omaha to san francisco to ia three and one half days in addition to the usual palace car charges 20 will be recharged charged for the trip in this pala palatial tima train |