Show CANADIAN PACIFIC Not Seeking an Independent Entrance En-trance Into New York NEW YORK March 9Sir C W Van Horn president of the Canadian Pacific railroad is at the Waldorf house In conversation with a reporter last night ho said There Is no truth in the report that we arc seeking an independent entrance into New York Our relations with the New York Central arc harmonious and mutually mutu-ally advantageous As an instance I ran state that among other business which will be transacted at our annual meeting next month the shareholders will be asked to approve an arrangement between the Toronto Hamilton Buffalo Railway company the Canada Northern the Michigan Central Cen-tral and the Now York Central for the regulation and Interchange of traffic and for tho division and apportionment of toils rates and charges The Toronto Hamilton Buffalo railway rail-way is a new road The other roads mentioned men-tioned will welcome the lesser It traverses trav-erses the Niagara Peninsula on the Can nathan side and wilt facilitate the interchange inter-change of business between the different interests The English Get It OAKLAND Cal March Information Informa-tion has been received in this city that Henry Butters of Berkeley has closed a deal from which the entire street railway systems of the City of Mexico have passed into the hands of an English syndicate syn-dicate It 5s understood that not less than 3 500000 has been paid by the London capitalists for the roads and that much more would be expended in permanent improvements The systems affected are extensive and the exclusive franchise which will be controlled by the Butters syndicate is considered of great value An Improvement DENVER March 9The Florence fy Cripple Creek railway company today let a contract to Carlisle Dittman Welt brec to raise Its roadbed about twenty feet through Eight Mile Canyon to get it out of the way of the summer floods that have forced suspension of traffic for weeks every summer since the road waR built The work will be excavation in solid rock They Heard Them WASHINGTON March 9The house postofflce committee today heard representatives repre-sentatives of various railroad companies in opposition to Representative Louds bill providing in certain cases for the transmission of mail by freight Mr T C Slater represented the C B Q the New York Central and Illinois Central Colonel W W Dudley spoke for the Baltimore Bal-timore Ohio and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Their opposition was based on the loss to the companies Involved in the reduced rates provided by the bill Huntington WASHINGTON March 9The examination examin-ation of C P Huntington the Southern Pacific railroad magnate which has been pursued by Senator Morgan several days in the senate committee will be shifted Wednesday to the house committee on Pacific railroads It was decided at a meeting held today to have Huntington appear Chairman Powers desired the committee should begin at once the work of framing Its bill but the majority major-ity ruled otherwise Railway Notes General Agent McMillan of the Burlington Burling-ton is in Omaha John L Sullivan and his company are heading this way Traveling Agent Gorham of the Rick Island is off again for Portland General Agent Brown of the Colorado Midland leaves tonight for Portland and Sound points Ray Raymond leaves this evening for a flying trip to some section of the country abounding in news General Agent Kooser of the Missouri Pacific was doing the north yesterday while Stinson of the same road went down south The Union Pacfic brought the Frawley company down from Ogden yesterday and the Western took them back last evening A D Hudnal was loading fifteen cars i of cattle yesterday at Lehi for the Siecel Saunders company at Kansas City The Union Pacific cinched the shipment Colonel W F Snyder for so long the general western traveling passenger agent I for the Big 4 with headquarters at St Louis has resigned to take effect April 1 Those strictly on the inside give It out that S S Morris who is now a Colorado Midland dispatcher and was formerly assistant as-sistant superintendent for the Short I Line will have something better when summer comes again Traffic Manager Babcock of the Rio Grande Western leaves this evening for New York to attend the meeting of traffic officials of all lines engaged In transcontinental transconti-nental freight business The meeting will be held at the Windsor hotel on March 16 Next Friday the B Y academy students stu-dents will come up from Provo to attend the session of the legislature It Is expected ex-pected that some 200 of them will make the trip leading Provo at 8 a m in a special train over the Union Pacific The Union Pacific company Is tearing away the bluff between the tracks and river at Fish cut and using the dirt in widening the banks at that point The place has always been considered a dangerous dan-gerous one and the work that Section Foreman Schultzs men are now doing at that place will materially make it moro safe Green River Star |