Salt Lake Herald | 1890-10-19 | Page 1 | Mr. C. F. Adams is Encouraged

Mr C F Adams is Encouraged OMAHA Neb Oct ISrSpecial telegram to THE HERVLDA special from Boston says President Charles Francis Adams of F thp TTn5nn Pnrifin srstnm hni hon ox mining the system in the west and writes it his fellow officials hero most encouragingly of the outlook He says that if the Union Pacific had sufficient equipment to move the tonnage offering its gross earnings would be 30000 to 40000 per month larger He ttrioutes the decreased net returns in the face of increased gross nets to the damages sustained by the Oregon Railway Navigation Navi-gation company through the heavy snows and freshet of last year In view of the large amount of freight offering offer-ing tho Union Pacifics traffic men have received strict orders not to meet the cuts of rival lines but to take the business offering at full rates The recent reports from tho west of sweeping changes in the purchasing agents department at Omaha have no more foundation than this When the new purchasing agent assumed his duties last summer itwas then determined to have the general storekeeper to report to tho vicepresident instead of the purchasing I chasing agent that the distribution of supplies sup-plies might be facilitated