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Show R1ILIMJJMBLK. The Eio Grande Western to Build a Kew Storage House Near Its Depot. P. WELLS TAKES CHAEGE TODAY- Agent Riter's Successor Appointed Union Paciflo Improvements in Wyoming. The Kip Grande Western is still making mak-ing improvement at its station in this city! I'laus liavo just been prepared for I he erection of a new storehouse near the depot. It will be situated between be-tween the freight station and machine shops, and will bo a large, commodious building. It is to be a frame buildiug, in the same general style of architecture as the freight aud passenger stations. It will cost about $2500. In t his new building will be located, besides be-sides large storerooms, the oflices of the stationer, the superintendent of bridges aud buildings and probably one other department of the general arrangement of the road. A day ur two since The Timks published the plans for the construction con-struction of a largo roofed platform to occupy tho entire space between tho freight and passenger stations and this with the new store jiouse, which will be commenced in a few days will make the Rio Grande Western the most perfectly per-fectly equipped for depot accomodations accomoda-tions of any road in this city. I 'mil Wells Takes Charge Paul I. Wells this morning assumed his duties as train master of the Utah division of tho Union Pacific, vice Mr. Morris, resigned. Mr. Wells has been iu the employ of the Union Pacilic at Ogdeu for some time, and is well known iu this city. Mr. Funk will iu a few days come liere from Poealello as successor to the retiring station agent. Mr. Craig, formerly agent at Graugor, has been appointed agent aud dis- patcher for the Utali aud Nevada tlis- trict. Dickinson's Now Position. Ed. Dickinson's new position with the Baltimoro & Ohio road will givo him control of six hundred and liity miles of road. His territory covers the main line from Chicago to Bellairc, Ohio, with branches to Cleveland, Newark and Columbus. The position had been vacant for a year, anil upon learning of Mr. Dickinson's retirement from the Union Pacific General Manager Olds at once telegraphed him, offering him the place. The I uIom Panllic Strike. It now seems that the strike of Union Pacilic employes,' which was reported as extending froifi Poealello, Idaho, to Portland, Ore., is 'confined to the shops at Le Grand, Ore. Twenty-three ma-chinests ma-chinests and boiler makers there went out. They wanted an increase in wages from 80 to 33 cents per hour. This has not been granted, and tho strike is not yet settled. , : From all that can be learned, the reduction re-duction in force and hours had nothing to do with the .jjtrike. The men all along the lines seem generally to be satisfied, preferring to work shorter hours to being laid off entirely. Improvement iu Wyoming. General Manager Ressiguie returned from Cheyenne yesterday. He says that expensive improvements are being made at the Wyoming stations of the Union Pacilic. A $!i,000 depot has been completed at Hutton, coal chutes costing cost-ing $4,000 are being built at W ainsutta and a $3,500 transfer table at Green River. A large force of workiugmeu is employed on the work of enlarging tho yard's at Cheyenne. Mr. Griffith's Successor. It is understood that William Anderson, Ander-son, traveling auditor, has been selected se-lected by the Union Pacilic officials to succeed J. W, Griffiths as auditor of disbursements at Omaha. He is a good man, and his promotion is said to be one of the most deserving of the many recently made. Railway Notes. Chief Train Dispatcher S. M. Darrow of tho Northwestern is the guest of Mr. Resseguie. Chief Clerk McMillan of the motive department dcnie3 the rumor that he has resigned. Freight Agent Brown of the Rio Grande Western has gone to Grand Junction to make arrangements to facilitate facil-itate the transfer of baggage at that poiut. . - ... General Passenger Agent Eccles of the Union Pacilic received a telegram from New Orleans hist night saying that the royal train had left there for the Ogden carnival with ninety-live people aboard. |