Show Personal and General Has it occurred to you said a railroad manager recently that ocean steamers now make better time than the average passenger train It seems strange doesnt it that a ship should plow through the ocean at a higher rate of speed than a passenger pas-senger train runs on wheels but it is a fact as figures prove The City of Paris on her trip last week made 511 knots or geographical geo-graphical miles one day That is 5S7 statute miles a day or twentyfour and a half miles an hour An ordinary passenger train docs not average over twentytwo or twentythree miles an hour and it is a fast train that makes twentyfive miles IT is to be hoped that our citizens will turn out generously to witness the great Van Tassell his balloon ascension and jump from the clouds on his new parachute at Garfield Beach next Saturday and Sunday Sun-day May 23th and 20th This performance will be characterized by unrivaled daring and courage and will be the greatest tester test-er attempted in this territory Professor Pro-fessor Van Tassell has made over three hundred ascensions in the largo cities of America and is now under engagement to appear next July at the Crystal Palace grounds in Londou He has many imitators imitat-ors but no equals The Utah Nevada railway has added largely to its equipment and will be fully prepared to handle a larger number of people than ever before Go early and avoid the crowd Trains leave at 810 a m and 115 325 and 445 p m The ascension will take place after the arrival of 445 p m train The fare for this occasion will remain as usual President Adams of the Union Pacific has acknowledged that his company has begun to get estimates for a new line of road to run parallel to the Northern Pacific from Portland Oregon to Seattle Washington Wash-ington to cost about 84000000 The distance dis-tance by the Union Pacific is about 180 miles which President Adams says ho can cut down to 175 by running a bee line to Seattle and a branch to Tacoma A railroad authority remarks How the ticket scalper thrives is becoming more and more of a mystery One now enters a ticket brokers office asks for a ticket say for Chicago or Cincinnati and a regular bona fide stamped ticket is offered at something some-thing below the regular fare You buy it and wonder how the scalper is enabled to undersell the companys ticket agent Without doubt the scalpers are getting a good commission from some of the lines at least the end of the month the scalper retains re-tains a sufficient percentage besides the cut he makes to purchasers of the tickets to enable him to pay his rent and enjoj comforts Beginning June 1st the Erie will sell MOmilo tikets to its employees at the rate of 34 cent Per mile They will be good It presented by employees or the members of their families If residing with them or dependent de-pendent upon them tor support The sale of 1000milcs tickets at 1 cent a mile will be discontinued |