Show IN RAILWAY CIRCLES John H Rumel Goes to the Des eret National Bank R V MORRIS TO SUCCEED HIM The Northern Snow Blockade Partly Bailed Mr Vallery Does Not Succeed Mr Crosby Note Mr John H Rumel who has been connected con-nected with the Utah Central for many years past and who was promoted to the position of train master when the recent consolidation occurred has tendered his resignation to take effect very soon and will thereafter be found behind the paying tellers railing in the Deseret National bank It is given out though not officially that he will be succeeded by Mr R V Morris now agent of the Salt Lake station Who Mr Morris successor will be was not learned The Northern Snow Blockade The blockade on tho Utah 8 Northern the other side of Beaver cafion has been partially raised > so that trains now run through to Ketchum It is thought the entire en-tire blockade will be raised within a very short time now Personal and General Rumors are prevalent that the Rock Island is seeking to obtain control of the Colorado Midland and endeavoring to cutout cut-out the Santa Fe and other ambitious lines that are courting the Midlands favor Although Al-though not fflcially indorsed the Rock Island being a road that desires to possess all it can get will possibly obtain a con trolliuc interest in the Midland Without Its branches the Union Pacific would be practically valueless today Those who opposed the policy of extension were wrong as the experiences of the years have demonstrated The shipments of steel rails in 1888 were 1116783 tons and in 18891118017 tons It is quite probable that an increased demand de-mand in 1890 will run the tonnage up t 1450000 tons before its expiration Peter Clemenson an old and trusted employee em-ployee in the Union Pacific shops at Omaha has been elevated to a higher and more responsible position He goes to Cheyenne and will there take charge of the blacksmith department The Rio Grande Western has let the contract con-tract for a twentyfive mile western extension exten-sion from Thistle towards Marysyille Utah Thistle is a station on the Rio Grande Western in Utah county seventy four miles southeast of Salt Lake City Denver News George H Crosby has received his formal appointment as general freight agent of the Burlington Missouri with headquarters at Omaha Of course he has accepted the promotion Contrary to first reports his successor is J C Schwartz local agent of the Burlington at Denver Rock Island Ogle by is suffering from la grippe or a disease akin to it The resignation of J C Stubbs of the Southern Pacific is said to have netted him 15000 per annum as he left the company com-pany at 20000 and returned at 35000 The Railtcav Age says If the eastern lines stick to their agreement not to pay any ticket commissions next year they will have made themselves a New Years present of great value The ticket agents on the other hand will not feel any gratitude grati-tude for the new management although if their salaries are equalized as they should be on the basis of fair compensation for the work which they actually do they will not have much occasion to complain The Railroad Gazette shows that there were 151 railroad accidents in this country in November in which fortytwo persons were killed and 167 injured Seventyfive of these accidents were in the nature of collisionswhich certainly shows gross carelessness care-lessness somewhere A new punch has been invented to thwart conductors of knocking down proclivities The ticket is halfred and halfblue each portion being covered with figures inclosed in squares On the red portion these figures denote cents as 510 15 2035 etc while on the blue side they represent dollars The punch which is a trifle larger than those in ordinary use has a hollow receptacle so arranged that the piece of cardboard punched out by the die falls into it and is out of reach of the operator This receptacle is fastened by a double safety lock of which the keys are kept in the main office When a conductor starts out on a trip he is given his punch and when he returns he hands it in to the proper clerk who unlocks and empties it and in a moment can tell the amount due the company |