Show i RAILROAD D BREVITIES 1 I IAn An Idea Idee originating in the passenger department of the Oregon Short Line to boost boo t the coming Grand Army encamp encampment encampment encampment ment in this city has been adopted by byall byall byall all departments of the road In every department all correspondence is stamped with a rubber stamp G A AR AR AR R Aug Salt Lake City The idea Ideo is 18 not copyrighted and other firms may do the same thing While no order has lias yet been issued traffic men of railroads running through Salt Lake expect one to be issued soon allowing stopovers In this city for ten days on all through tickets rant cast and west On all round trip tickets stopovers are not allowed The order was made recently as regarded Denver and It is expected it will be extended The probable date for the order to be he become become come effective is Aug 10 lo loA A novel nOel manner mariner of learning the views view of stockholders has been devised by the theSe Seaboard Se board Air Line A series of ot meet meetings meetings meetings ings has been arranged beginning in inthe Inthe inthe the forenoon of Aug 4 at Petersburg Va On the same day another meeting will be held in Raleigh N C and a third meeting will be held on Aug 5 at Columbia S C Other meetings will be beheld b beheld held on the following day at Jackson r vine ville Fla at Atlanta Ga and at Bir Hir Birmingham Birmingham mingham Ala AJa The contract contrat for fir the line from Sho Shoshone Shoshone Shoshone shone to Kirby W Wy y which is to be constructed by the Burlington road to get a through line lim from Denver to the l 1 northwest has l been heen een let to McArthur Brothers The Th work includes the moving moving ing ng of yards of earth and rock for or a distance of miles The road will cost cat approximately Among the announcements ann of railroad rall ad Jad improvements Improvement in ht the east just j st now comes come the report that the Vandalia Vandalla tine line imps Is s to be between St fit StLouis Louis and Indianapolis and the grade substantially reduced at the same Urn tim |