| Show BIG STEAMSHIP LINE To Be Established Between Galves < on and Foreign Ports St Louis June 15 Testimony before the Interstate commerce commission relative to shipping rates both domes tic and foreign was begun here today with representatives of nearly every railroad company In the south and wet present as well as officials of the Kansas City and Chicago boards of trade The most important feature of the session was the statement of F A Drew general freight agent of the Missouri Mis-souri Kansas Texas railroad to the effect that negotiations are now in progress for the establishment of an immense line of steamers to run between be-tween Galveston and all foreign ports The statement was brought out under questioning by James Haggeman so licitor of the Katy road who contended so con-tended that under the present arrangements arrange-ments the companys foreign export business was not conducted at a profit C N W Officials Coming A party of Chicago Northwestern I officials consisting of M Hughltt Jr S general freight agent T S Rattle assistant S sistant general freight agent and C A Cairns assistant general passenger and ticket agent will reach Salt Lake today They come to look Into the matter mat-ter of getting a new office for the company com-pany In this city and incidentally to look over the railway situation in general gen-eral Where the new office will be can not be stated and it Is just possible that the old office will be remodeled and refurnished The location of the locton present pres-ent office is one of the best In the city but the office itself is altogether too unsightly for such a big road Freight Bureau Auolished St Louis June 15At a meeting of the executive officers of the southwestern southwest-ern lines it ha been determined to take steps for the dissolution of the southwestern south-western bureau Previous to this i meeting the executive board had decided de-cided to abolish the conference committee com-mittee on and after Sept I ad and the attitude of the Southern Pacific Intending in-tending a notice of withdrawal and demanding de-manding the return of Its deposit now leads to the dissolution of the bureau Improvements at Coalville Special Correspondence Coalville June HThe Union Pacific section men here have been busy for the lat week or two in removing the third rail from the tracks in the yards and on the branch line running to the coalmines coal-mines the company has discontinued me use of the narrow guage cars and engines The yard and depot grounds have also been leveled and generally cleaned up and now present a much better appearance Railroad Notes R S Nolf agent < tf the Utah Pa cine at Moaena went down yesterday J O Goodsell traveling passenger agent of the Union Pacific was in Salt Lake yesterday An excursion over the Union Pacific from Rock Springs and Intermediate points will come to Salt Lake tomor rwsr Traveling Freight Agent Gavin of the Colorado Midland came in sick last night He is threatened with pneumonia pneu-monia W E Hughey Oregon Short Line stenographer at Lima was in Salt Lake yesterday on his way east to spend his vacation Will Lawson clerk in the auditors ufiice Oregon Short Line leaves today with his mother for Portland Ore to spend his vacation On account of the annual meeting of Elks at St Louis tickets are on sale today and tomorrow at a rate of J3950 for the round trip good for return June 27 General Traffic Manager S W Ec des and general passenger agent D E Burley will return from Portland this morning II L Beamer Clarence Post Thomas G Doxey and G I Knapp are recent additions to the clerical force In the Oregon Short Line auditors office The British Guards band goes to Og den today at 945 to give a concert there this evening They will return tomorrow morning and go to Saltair where they play Saturday and Sunday For 400000 the Southern Pacific has secured the Santa Anna Newport railroad which extends ten miles between be-tween Santa Anna and Newport Beach This gives the Southern Pacific another coast terminus A rate of one fare plus 12 will be made to Seattle on account of the annual an-nual meeting of the W C T U Oct 17 to 2G Similar rates will be made to Pittsburg on account of the Young Peoples Christian Union The Oregon Short Line passenger department de-partment is busy answering questions relative to the outing excursion north June 24 and making arrangements for the excursion to Ogden Sunday and k the Garfield Beach opening June 22 Chief Engineer Berry of the Union Pacific does not regard the route through Cheyenne pass in Wyoming as practicable and the route has been practically abandoned The Laramie Boomerang states that the grade was over 200 feet to the mile Walter Anderson stenographer In Vice President Bancrofts office received re-ceived a telegram yesterday from his father who is auditor of disbursements In the Union Pacific office at Omaha conveying the sad Intelligence that the young mans mother had died Mr Anderson left last night for Omaha to attend the funeral Having just completed the erection of a fine new union depot for Salt Lake City a romancing contemporary has now turned its attention to the Cache valley branch of the Oregon Short Line and yesterday morning with a few strokes of the pen extended this branch through to Oxford The story that such an extension Is contemplated was pronounced by General Manager Bancroft as a lot of hash without a shadow of truth in It |
