| Show NO CHAIRMAN ELECTED General Passenger Agents Unable to Reach An Election F Chicago June 20At the meeting of I the general passenger agents of the western roads here today James Charl ton general passenger agent of the Chicago Chi-cago Alton withdrew his name from the list of candidates for the office of cnairman 01 tne western passenger association leaving the field practically practical-ly to his son George Charlton open sn GCrge CharIon assistant as-sistant general passenger agent of the same road On the last ballot the latter lat-ter showed greater strength than any of the other candidates However after af-ter voting on the question all day the general passenger agents concluded they could not agree on a man for the place and turned the matter over to the executive officers of their roads who will meet tomorrow The choice for the position now lays between George Charlton and T AV Lee the assistant chairman of the association te aI sedation Car Line to Wasatch The Salt Lake Improvement company com-pany is making arrangements to run street cars between Bingham Junction and Granite during the summer for the accommodation of people who will spend the summer there The old Rio Grande Western track to Granite I which has not been used for some time will be utilized and a number of new I I Horse car are to be bought The cars p will be pulled from Bingham Junction by horses and returning will run down by force of gravity Wasatch or Gran te a i is also called has long been a favorite place to spend the summer on account of its situation and beauty of surroundings and close proximity to Salt Lake This action of the Salt Lake Improvement company will make It more popular than ever a the car will be run so a to connect with the Rio Grande Western trains Railroad Notes S The outside of the Union Pacific t ticket office is to be repainted and re lettered H E Dunn traveling passenger v agent of the Oregon Short Line leaves k today for Zanesville Ills Erwin Tears of Denver traveling travelng passenger pas-senger agent of the New York Central was in Salt Lake yesterday Special Agent Doc Shores of the Rio Grande Western went to Grand Junction on No 4 last evening L The visiting conductors spent the day yesterday seeing the sights and in the p evening took a run out to Saltair The Anaconda Standard states that the Northern Pacific may extend from Cinnebar to Bear gulch this summer The material for the chapel at Hel per has been ordered by the Rio Grande Western and the work is being pushed Surveys are being run north of Reno tfev presumably for another railroad 1 i W I is supposed to be a extension of the Sierra Valleys lnc President Cornish of the Oregon Short Line will leave his wife at Hai ley Ida where she will spend the summer Mr Cornish goes on to New York Superintendent Welby of the Rio Grande Western was expected in on No3 last night He has been east for two weeks visiting his daughters who have been attending school The Denver Post states that the Denver Den-ver Rio Grande will spend J2000000 in Improvements In Colorado in the next year Among other improvements the company will build a line through i the San Luis valley to Del Norte The conference held in Butte between the officials of the Oregon Short Line and those of the Great Northern resulted result-ed in a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulties that had arisen on the piece of road between Silver Bow and Butte I which is owned and operated jointly joint by the two companies Ground is being broken for the new Rio Grande Western station at Park City and the material is being rushed In The station will be of frame after the standard pattern freight and e press rooms being in one end the ticket office in the middle and waiting rooms in the other end Auditor F W Hills of the Oregon Short Line returned from Montana yesterday He will leave here tomorrow tomor-row to take an extended trip east j While away he will attend the meeting meetng of the Railway Raiway Accounting Officers as I sociatlon at Montreal Canada June 28 He then goes to Boston New York and other eastern cities Mrs Hills will accompany him They expect to be gone three weeks Work on the improvements in the Rio Grande shops is progressing nice ly The finishing touches are being put on the tinshop and the material for the car shops is on the way here Brick for the boiler shop has been ordered and work will soon begin The equip ment for the boiler shop is on the ground The new bending rolls will take the largest sheet of iron in Wii fire box of any locomotive up to date |
