Show MR BABCOCK RETUMS A Talk Wit the Westerns Traffic Manager TH AVERAGE SHIPMENTS GEXERAIi FREIGHT AGEXT HAIOI EXPECTED HERE TODAY JIr nriu1QI Remains i His Old Position I Po-sition Receiver McGregor Talks I About Utah Central Affairs Tlic Great Salt Lake d Hot Springs General Hallway Note S EQ Babcock who on FrIday next will assume the duties of traffic manager man-ager ot the Rio Grande Western returned re-turned from California yesterday and was heartily congratulated by many business men and his associates on his deserved promotion While the official notification has not yet been received the arrangements have all been completed and the new order of things gives general satisfaction satisfac-tion tibn4s 4s traffic manager Mr Bibcock will have the general d r ton of affairs and both the general freight and general gen-eral passenger departments will in future fu-ture report direct to him The change grows out of a desire to have one man to deal with Instead of two and as the Western has many connections the time of the general freight agent has in the past been taken up largely with details and he ha of necessity been absent from the city a great deal throwing the responsibility respon-sibility upon his assistant The same is true of the general passenger agent so that this change will be an actual saving to the company Mr Babcocks headquarters will be In Salt Lake His successor as general freight agent TV E Balm is expected to arrive from Denver today or tomorrow tomor-row He is well known both in this city and Ogden as he was the general agent of the Southern Pacific here before be-fore he went to Denver Mr Halm is a thorough railroad man and Is very popular All friends of the Western will be pleased to learn that Mr Brinker will continue as assistant general freight agent His services and ability are thoroughly appreciated by the Western officials and his uniform courtesy and fairness have won for him the esteem him of all who have come in contact with himI HI have been in California looking after the Westerns interests In the orange traffic said Mr Babcock t a Herald reporter yesterday The crop is an unusually fine one and it is likely that about 4500 cars will be shipped east Just now the fruit is going by the Southern route owing to climatic reasons but after March 1 the shipments ship-ments via Ogden will be heavy The damage done to w Florida oranges has enhanced the value of the California fornia crop Railway business east and west is very dull As to the outlook for the coming season we can only hope to hold our own with last year hut there will he a gradual Improvement |