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Show Bancroft's Successor Takes Charge of His Hew Position This Morning, ACCOMPANIED BY COL. DODGE. fl,e Union Ticket Office a Thing of the Fast Improvements at the Western's Depot Railway Notes. General Manager Dodge of the Rio Grande Western arrived in the city last evening. He was accompanied by Mr. i E Welby, the new superintendent j the Western. This morning Superintendent Welby fntered, upon the duties of his new office, and in company with Colonel Iiouffo spent a busy morning, gather-L gather-L up tho details of tho work. Mi'. Welby comes here with ,i,e reputation of being a shrewd railroad rail-road man- He is reticent aud if close mouthness is a part of the duties of a Mipcriutendent.. report says that Mr. ffelhy is the very man for the place. He is a line looking man, compactly built and has a firm resolute face. Col. Dodge was too busy to talk long ibout the affairs of the. Western but aiil that the entire line was now in the most perfect working order. The improvements, im-provements, in the way of sheds aud new track, at Grand Junction have greatly facilitated the transfer of freight at that point, and there is now no more complaint on that score. The Rio Grande Western officials thiuk that it will not be long until their station in this city will become the union depot of Salt Lake. The improvements improve-ments that are now being made there all point to this. The station is now the finest in the city. The whole space between the baggage and passenger stations is to be platformed aud rooted over at a cost or about $1000. A new storehouse is being erected at a cost of H300. These added to the cost of the two depots will bring their entire cost not much under $20,000. The work on the extension of the Western from Thistle is being pushed rapidly. About 200 men and teams are at work on the grading, and the work of spiking down the railB has also been commenced. The line will be completed as far as Marysvale as rapidly rap-idly as possible. Thle Is Official. General Manager Dodge has issued the following circular: First A. E. Welby is appointed superintendent su-perintendent with headquarters at Salt Lake City. The office of general superintendent super-intendent is hereby abolished. In effect on and after July 1, 1890. Second N. W. Sample is appointed consulting superintendent of machinery and rolling stock, with office at Denver. In effect on and after July 1, 1890. The title that Mr. Welby, bears is simply that of superintendent Mr. Bancroft wa3 general superintendent, but the change is said to be practically one in name only. The Union Paclflo Moved Out. The Union ticket office is now a thing of the past. Last night the Union Pacific Pa-cific moved its effects across the street to the general offices in the Wasatch building, and this morning Forey Eccles could be seen there getting things in shape for business. The Rio Grande Western occupies the old stand with George Hedges in charge. Dickenson Is Out Now. The resignation of Edward Dicken-Fon Dicken-Fon as general manager of the Missouri river division of the Union Pacific took place today, and Mr. Brinkerhoff assumed as-sumed the duties of the office. It is understood un-derstood that Mr. Dickenson will ac-rept ac-rept a position with the B. & O., but there is some talk about his accepting the superintendency of the new stock-vards stock-vards now being established at San i'rancisco. Railway Notes. George A. Bailey of Grand Junction lias accepted tho position of chief clerk io General Passenger and F'reight Agent Bennett of the Western. Will Wostenholme and M. C. Morris, vbo have for many years been in tho employ of the Union Pacific, will hereafter here-after be the agents for Rock Spring coal in this city. The Railroad association yesterday appointed a committee to wait on Alex -Mitchell and get him into the association. associa-tion. Alex's road, the Chicago, Milwaukee Mil-waukee & St. Paul, has becu quoting a W wool rate to Boston, whereas the association rate is $3.08. |