Show NEW LIVESTOCK RATES Short Line and Union Pacific A nounce Reduced Schedule The Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific will meet the cut in livestock rates made by the Rio Grande Western West-ern As told In yesterdays Herald the reduction is standard cars from common Utah points to the Missouri river The Rio Grande Western has notified the two other roads that i will make a rate of 119 per standard car from Heber City The rate for the past month has been 132 per car Yesterday General Traffic Manager Eccles of the Short Line authorized the following rates to meet this cut to become be-come effective Sept 20 From Provo to Collinston inclusive 119 from Cache Junction to Preston inclusive 125 from Ransom to Arimo inclusive 130 This is on cattle and sheep Rates from McCammon and points east thereof there-of will remain unchanged The usual differentials will apply to Chicago and the Mississippi river The Union Pacific Pa-cific will authorize the sao 119 rate from Ogden to Evanston inclusive and this also includes the Park City branch This rate like that o the Short Line will become effective Sept 20 Superintendent of Cotton Belt General Superintendent F 1 Britton of the St Louis Southwestern which is better known a the Cotton Belt line arrived in the city yesterday morning morn-ing on his private car Texas Ranger over tho Short Line from Portland He was accompanied by his wife and family fam-ily The party spent the day in seeing the sights of Salt Lake and left last night by way of the Rio Grande Western West-ern for Texas Superintendent Briton has his headquarters at Tyler Tex He Went to Portland to bring home his family which has been spending the summer there Mr Britton was for ttfierly connected with the Great Northern North-ern He has only been general superintendent super-intendent of the Cotton Belt for about three months Secretary Hempstead Goes East Attorney David Hempstead will leave today for New York where he goes to attend a meeting of the directors of the Central Pacific railroad Some time ago when the stockholders of the road reorganized it and elected a board of directors Mr Hempstead was chosen secretary of the board He says that there is npthing of importance to be transacted at the coming meeting and that he goes to attend it merely in his official capacity Railroad Notes Auditor F W Hills of the Short Line left the city yesterday on a business trip to the north Charles S Myers of the passenger department de-partment of the Union Pacific at Omaha is in the city General Traffic Manager Babcock of the Rio Grande Western is expected back from Chicago ore Monday Yesterday was payday In the general gen-eral offices o the Rio Grande Western and in consequence everybody was happy W E Bennett tariff man for the Oregon Short Line is in Omaha in conference con-ference with the tariff men of the Union Pacific The Oregon Short Line has received new chair cars and coaches which cair about completes the equipment of the ChicagoPortland special Acting General Passenger Agent George W Heintz of the Rio Grande Western is expected back from Chicago Chi-cago the middle of text week Auditor T R Ellerbeck of the Utah Pacific and General Traffic Manager Eccles of the Short Line were among the sportsmen who went duck hunting yesterday Mr Ellerbeck killed twen tyseven in a little over an hour while Mr Eccles bagged a even dozen J H Lothrop the general agent of I the Union Pacific at Portland was in the city yesterday He is returning from citY where he has been on business busi-ness Mr Lothrop says that the past nes season has been a good one as far a I the livestock business is concerned his road shipping many cattle to the east for grazing and market purposes |