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Show The MASAOEit3 o( the Pacific rail-roaiia rail-roaiia unquestionably uudtr&Uiid ttieir bunioeaa and know how to manage man-age their roadd belter than Mr. French, government auditor of railroad rail-road accounld. Siill this doesn't alter the ficl that the general public would bo highly pleated it the railroad rail-road people would adopt Auditor Frouch'd otfiwal augyeatiou, and increase the speed of express Iraina Jrom 10 milea an hour, average speed now, to 24 miles per hour including atopagea. A saving of 18 or 20 houra between Oaiaha and Hau Francisco Fran-cisco could not fail to find hearty appreciatiou on the part of the traveling travel-ing public. Thore ie not mne'd along the line that the ordinary traveler carea to examine more critic ally thau he can do while going at the rale ol a mile in two minutoa and a lmlf. Tho time that might bo eaved on the trip ia alao important in a commercial a'nae. The anuounce-- anuounce-- nient ban been made periodically during the past five years that the Pacific roadd woro goirjfi lo ahorten tho tirue ot tho journey acroaa the continent, though nothing has come from it; but now that the government auditor, alter a careful personal inspection in-spection of the line, haa reported that the roadbed and equipment are in proper condition for iucreaaing the cpeed of trains, and has suggested that a few hours be gained on the jourmy, let ua hope that tho change will soon be made. Nineteen miles ao hour b not goiog very fast for this (aat age. |