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Show TIIElfiCKAND TRAIN EJward Dickinson Today Occupies the Position of Assistant General Manager Man-ager of the Union Pacific A EAILSOAD NOT YET HATCHED Singular Ramon Respecting the Salt Lake, EV.sa & Fosret 8ound Road Motus aud Personals. Edward Dickinson's hand was heartily heart-ily fchaken this morning as he entered tho position ho will hereafter occupy, that of assistant-general manager of the Union Pacific, lie is not a stranger stran-ger in Silt Lake and his friends here will be glad to know that today he again occupies a responsible position on the great system of the west. Kd, as he is fainiliurly called, is a thoroughbred railroad mau. He is a native of Cumberland, Md. When about 13 years of ago he was a messenger messen-ger boy on the Cleveland & Toledo, now part of the Lake Shore system. He held that position for two years and a half aud was with , the Atlantic & Great Western, now the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio for mx years. He did not occupy these positions just for fun but with open eyes and ears he saw and heard a great deal that has benelited him. Among the features acquired while in tho infancy of his railroad experience was that of picking up the art of telegraphy. He became a good operator aud then a train dispatcher. Twenty years have passed since he entered the seifico of the I'uion l'acilic as train dispatcher. His aptness and general judgment caused his promotion to chief trtiu dispatcher and division superintendent of the Wyoming lines, in lStCi Ed found himself assistant general gen-eral superintendent of tbe liuea and two years later be was the general superintendent. sup-erintendent. Iso matter what Charles Francia Adams and W. 11. Holcoinb thought personally of Dickinson, they were wise enough to recognize him to be a capable cap-able man. They wanted him out of the way, out of sight aud hearing especially especi-ally did Holcoinb. Ono little act of Jay Could's during his former presidency presi-dency was thst of making a long contract con-tract with Dickinson at a high salary, and the beheading pair saw that it would be foolish to remove YA. A few years since, Mr. Dickinson was made general manager of the Missouri river division, the largest antl most important of all the rive grand divisions. Not quite a year ago he was retired from that position. Such a man never knocks at i any door for a situation. It was the Baltimore & Ohio management that f;racefully presented its card to Ed and le entered the operating department and did excellent work. My, how he did hate to leave the B. & O., but when he showed the management what a handsome salary the I'nion Pacific people peo-ple bad offered the former company said with regret you had belter return to your lirst love. And thus it came to pass that Holcoinb stopped down and out and Dickinson stepped up and in. Such men as F;d Dickinson are headlights head-lights along the pathway of civilUaliou. Tlie Iup Crook Lino. Banker J. H. Bacon returned from his eastern trip to Salt Lake City last evening. His mission was that of promoting pro-moting the interests of the proposed new line to the famous Deep Creek country. Mr. Bacon says the financial condition condi-tion of things east are not as settled as they miht be. This spirit is not calculated calcu-lated to encourage men to engage in new enterprises. There is, however, plenty of money on deposit and a good amount in circulation. There are a number of large railroad enterprises in the east which are hanging hang-ing tire for the want of necessary funds for operation. "As to the Deep Creek line," continued contin-ued Mr. Bacon, "I am, together with my associates, hopeful about the enterprise enter-prise and hope to be able to commeuce construction within the time specified in the local agreement. The eastern capitalists are hopeful about the enterprise enter-prise ami their interest in the matter has not decreased any whatever. "There is no truth," resumed Mr. Bacon, "in the report that a contract for -(lll miles of the road has been let to P. Keating of Pittsburg." Groat Halls of Wax. The Logan Daily Nation which seems to have found out a thing or two, says the following: It transpires that the Salt Lake & Puget Sound railway is largely owned and controlled by J. K. Middlemiss, formerly of Ogden. If this be the cao. it is stated by those who are familiar with the facts, that very little need bo expected from the road, as the individual mentioned is not a heavyweight capitalist by any means. The nation trusts the road will be built, eventually, via Cache valley. From certain facts that have come to light in this city it would seem that the Nation is not far wrong. The landlady of a rooming house on Third South street, it is understood, would very much like to have a gentleman by the of Middlemiss come around and pay a little bill that he owes, and incidentally explain why he left without notice, leaving his trunk and a lot of worn out clothing as the only collateral to cover some six weeks room rent. ltftllrond ItipplA. President Palmer of the llio Grande Western will bo here in a few days. |