Show RAILROAD RAILROAD NOTES J 1 N Githens of o St Louis general freight agent of tho the Missouri Pacific is la lain in the city en cn route to the Pacific coast Preparations for opening the new Gould passenger station in this city about May day 15 are progressing Between the Denver D nver Rio Grande and the Great Western tracks cement Is being laid contained in which will be service boxes containing taps for steam compressed air and electricity In connection with the service The Oregon Railroad Navigation company has announced a further re reduction reduction in the rates on salmon to points as far lar ar east as Chicago The new rate of 65 cents per hundred will apply on minimum shipments of pounds The old rate was 85 cents on shipments of ot pounds The Santa Fe has established a regu regular regular regular lar freight and passenger train service into Orange range and South Orange from Buna Tex over the tha track of the Fris Frisco co o according to a report made to the commission This road was formerly owned by y the Orange Northwestern and passed into the hands bands of the Frisco more than a year ago Three transcontinental passenger trains operating from different eastern I terminals will be established by the Great Northern Orders for new equip equipment equipment equipment ment have been placed representing an expenditure of at nearly which will tit lit out two other transcontinental transcontinental Rental trains on the Great Northern similar in every point to the service maintained on the Oriental I limited It is announced that the tha th Chicago Rock Rook Island Pacific railroad this thin year will expend a total of ot for im improVements Improvements Of Qt this amount will be used for equipment and will be expended for laying new track Inside of ot six months the telephone will displace the on miles of Union Pacific railroad main line west of Omaha and InsIde of a year the theline theUne theline line Une will b be constructed to Ogden miles milea farther west This is tb the state statement t ment given out by the operating officials of the company Already there t ere Is te a direct telephone ne line from Omaha to t tSan n San Fran but it is not used for train orders u |