| Show Personal and General A Trainpr general baggage agent of the Union Pacific is in town A new time table for the entire Union Pacific system will go into effect March 2 The mechanical departments of the Utah Central are assuming a lively air The forcO of employees is daily augmented The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul has issued some fine memorandum books which ing Contracting Agent Hat is distribut ingThe The Pulman Palace Car company is operating over a hundred and ten thousand I just miles compiled of railroad according to a Statement Jt is thought the broadening of the Rio Grande Western track will be completed to Price by nat Tuesday The storms pro vailing of late have caused the delay of the work considerably It is understood that Senator Paddock of Nebraska will shortly introduce a bill exempting grain and provisions from the long and short haul clause of the interstate inter-state commerc act The Texas Pacific is now engaged in fencing its entire line The largest force is at present at work between Dallas and Fort Worth This much of the work is nearly completed and when this is finished they will complete the remainder This is done with a view of saving the percentage on extra valuable cattle said to be imported from Texas prairies VicePresident Holcomb of the Union Pacific has issued a circular which reads To General Managers and Heads of Departments De-partments Hereafter in selectinir men to fill positions made vacant by resignation resigna-tion or any other cause you will please consider for such places men who are already al-ready in the employ of the company I you know of no suitable man on your division di-vision refer the matter to me and I will secure one During the past year only 315 passengers were killed in American railway accidents During the same time 2000 brakemen were killed and more than twenty thousand injured in-jured It is estimated that of braKemen one in eightythree is killed and one in sixty injured The number of brakemen employed in American railways is about one hundred thousand The life of a brakeman brake-man is fully as hazardous as that of the soldier but when he is killed or maimed there is no pension awaiting those dependent depend-ent upon him for support Electric street railways continue to multiply mul-tiply remarkably The number of these roads in operation in the United States in January is stated at 102 and numerous other lines are under construction or projected pro-jected In towns and cities where the traffic traf-fic is not heavy it seems to be demonstrated demon-strated that eiectticity forms a more economical econ-omical and satisfactory motor than horses for street car propulsion although it is liable to occasional eccentricities The great majority of the lines thus far constituted consti-tuted use the overhead wire system although al-though storage batteries are used in a few cases and the plan of running the electric conduit under the car has certain evident advantages Ex Mention was made in these columns that the chamber of commerce had invited the transMissouri association to hold a meeting in this city shortly Through the courtesy of the secretary of the chamber cham-ber we perused the following letter in answer to the invitation extended Yours of the 12th instant inviting the members of this association to hold one of our meetings meet-ings in Salt Lake in the near future was duly received and laid before the members for their consideration In reply I am authorized to say that while the association associa-tion cannot in the immediate future accept your invitation it is our intention to do so sometime during the coming season Yours truly W W Finley Chairman From private advices rt is learned that the meeting of the transMissouri association will be held in this tt on the second Tuesday in June |
