Show Railroad Notes The Oregon Short Line is I sending Bending out outa a quantity of advertising matter call lug ing In attention to the National Livestock Live tock exhibition in Chicago General Passenger Pa sener Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific thinks electricity or compressed com air will soon supplant steam team as the motive power DOwer for rail raU railroads railroads roads Traffic Manager Babcock of the Rio Ro Grande Western hoc has gone to Denver to confer with the officials there about traffic raffle matters m He may go farther east before returning A director of the Union Pacific says there here is no truth in the story that President resident S M I Felton Pelton of ot the Chicago Alton Alien AI ton is 18 to succeed Charles M Hays Hys as s president of the Southern Pacific Traveling Passenger Pas enger Agent Harry Cushing Gushing of the Rio Grande Western We tern sends ends word to General Passenger Agent leintz Heintz from San Juan county Colo Cole ratio ado that big crowds will visit Salt Lake ake on the excursion from that sec see section tion ion AUf Aug AU T 15 li liA A combination against t the Rock Island aland on Colorado excursions is con contemplated contemplated by competing roads The scheme is to maintain the rates next year let the k Island run excursions excursions lons and be so swamped with business I as to t make it wish it I IThe The Pennsylvania P railroad appears to I hold lold a commanding position in present transcontinental railway projects Both the he Gould interests and the Santa Fe have been flirting with the Pennsyl Pennsylvania PennsYlvanIa vania vanla while other roads have asked the Pennsylvania Ivania tb name ame e one or more men menn m menon n non on n their boards ef pf t directors So far the Pennsylvania appears to have Ila ve held beld aloof Joo JooA A m en ea a among employees em of f the Southern l Pacific c to consolidate live five of the big unions and to deal with the as A unit The five live or organizations organizations Involved are the Brother Brotherhood Brotherhood hood icod of Locomotive Engineer Brother Brotherhood Brotherhood hood lood of Locomotive Firemen Order of Railway Conductors Condu tors Order of Railway Telegraphers and Brotherhood of ot Rail Rall Railway Railway way wa Trainmen A meeting will be held beld soon noon in Houston Tex to discuss the proposed consolidation which is to ap apply apPY apply ply PY only to the Southern lines Unes The Southern Pacific company has I established a neV neW service for the bene bone benefit lit fit of their patrons The company wiN wiH iN have lave its personal representative meet I its ts passengers ers at railroad stations and docks and not only do the service of the he luggage porter but send telegrams attend to banking business purchase tickets make hotel h tel and nd traveling ar arrangements arrangements r or provide by telegraph for forthe forthe forthe the comfort of the patron at a point further advanced on his journey y Bach Each Bachof of these representatives speaks several languages |