Show COLONEL DODGE HERE I Looking Over the Field Prior to the Utah Central Transfer Colonel D C Dodge general manager of the Western came in yesterday as announced Colonel Dodge when asked concerning the business of the road said he had nothing to add to the report re-port of the earnings which was recently recent-ly published In The Herald The general manager is here on his regular visit and before he returns to his home may look over the field in connection con-nection with the transfer of the Utah Central to his line which holds an option op-tion on the same which expires on the 20th At present he has nothing definite to offer in connection with the matter Francis Predicts a Rush Denver Colo Dec 9Tohn Francis general passenger agent of the Burlington Bur-lington railway stopped over in Denver Den-ver on his way home from the Pacific coast ° There Is going to be a big rush of travel to Alaska when the season opens said he People are preparing I to sv from every state In the Union nd frqm almost every town There will be at least 50000 people who will I make the trip and the crowd may reach twice that number I dont suppose sup-pose they will all get as far as the Klondike many will not get beyond Portland In a rush such as this will be there will always be persons who start out without sufficient preparation prepara-tion who will have to give up before they get to their destination The railroads will take care of the crowds without any trouble All the lines are bidding for the business and the trip will be made as comfortable as possible I understand that there will be enough steamers to carry the crowds promptly A Fast Run Denver Colo Dec 9A special to the Republican from Cheyenne Wyo says a recordbreaking fast run was made by the Union Pacific eastbound fast mall train this morning between Cheyenne and North Platte The train which was run as the second section of eastbound No2 made the run between be-tween Tipton and Wamsutter stations at the rate of 78 miles an hour From Cheyenne to Sydney a distance of 102 miles the running time was 97 minutes From Sydney to North Platte 114 miles I I the time was 117 minutes being the fastest run in the history of the road Caused a Flurry Omaha Dec 9The report that the I attorney general had been requested to interrupt I the foreclosure proceedings of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific Pa-cific by English security holders caused caus-ed a flurry of excitement about Union Pacific headquarters While no statement state-ment was given out on the subjept the beiL was expressed that the Epglish 1101 were too late to invalidate the of the Union Pacific which has cfcly been confirmed by a federal rt How the protest will affect the isas Pacific sale which is set for Inursday of next week is not known New Style Freight Cars Chicago Dec 9The Record says Steel freight cars with a capacity of 100000 pounds and even more will displace dis-place the old style of wooden car carrying car-rying from 40000 to 60000 pounds These cars are said to lessen materially the dead weight hauled and in many other ways are more economical than the wooden cars Among the advantages claimed for the steel cars are lightness of construction construc-tion thus allowing more cars to be hauled Northern Pacific New York Dec 9The directors of the Northern Pacific railroad will meet in this city tomorrow It is expected that a dividend of 1 per cent will be declared on the preferred stock Should this be done it will be the first dividend divi-dend to be declared since April 1892 |