Show NO HO entangling ALLIANCES mr bacon sturdily I 1 dil y denies that the he deep creek r toute route IS IN THE UNION PACIFIC INTEREST car famine on tile illo hio grando grande western ijunior of oc another V U P I 1 branch in idaho tito the atchison chison Al chall change ge well mr bacon said a reporter last las t night la Is the evening correction correct ID in assuming that the iho union 1 Is I backing tile deep creek sc fich hoine cine so no sir air was the prompt reply nothing noth lag ot of alio llio he kind tho the union pacific does docs not f uraldo ono one cent and la Is in no DO way interested in A the lie scheme you will notice that tho the remark in the atlow Is 19 not editorial comment but tho fling of 0 a reporter CAR call rA MINIC tho the rio grando grande western in oo 00 common tin on with other lines la Is afflicted with a freight car famine amine and Is starring up it its neighbor to return rio plo grande western we 0 tern cars in the inu antime tb the o car shops of the country are rushed to lo death a and d tor for the present are unable to furnish farnish l ng stock its fast as the incle no n so o of railroad mile mileage a go demands it IL so there Is nothing to do but grin ind and wait the car famine in portland continues with unabated fury but there are arc now rome reasonable hopes tor for better things alln in tho the near future UNION iacino discharges fully 2500 men inen tire discharged annually ann nally from tho the union pao be system the Tho causes in the majority of oases cases are drunkenness refusing to 10 go out when called taking risks neglect to flag it t train waybe maybe causing it a wreck and maybe not deliberate disobedience of 0 orders rare neglect to properly transcribe orders by operators ope setting letting switches wrong leaving switches open plain directions neglect to notice signals hurdles nass careless running mulling insubordination Ini insolence olence incompetency frequenting saloons to the detriment ot of the servi service ep getting gelling lol left refusing to go where ordered by tho the company neglect to report detects defects in tile tho track roadbed or equipment resulting p perhaps c in wrecks etc dismissals tor for intoxication number about 33 per cent while c causes a u ses 0 f dismissal directly or indirectly r resulting from saloon haloon associations number about DO 50 per cent no wonder the gr great at eastern lines encourage temperance among their crop employees I 1 byees attlio point ot of the bayonet they argue that it an employee drinks ever even though oft off duty he be may take a nip on the duloc while on duty and thus perhaps le be instrumental in occasioning a wreck TIIE ATCHISON CAGE denver republican the report about tho the railway centers of the city yesterday was to tho the effect that general maniger colbran of tile midland will soon resign to bo be succeeded by an official tile the recent report that tile atchison ila had recognized tho the skillful and economical management of general manager colbran which no one attempts to deny wita was accepted by tho the majority of local railroad men as evidence that lie he would ie be retained this would wean moan of course that tit the 0 midland idland Al un dor der its new management would go along in just the sarno same old way when the unofficial announcement was made yesterday that mr Col brans resignation though not recorded in black blaak and white was settled bottled lc fr tho the minds of tile the santa fa it created no little Corn comment tho the dave date said to be fixed for the 1 alen ot of general manager cothran colbran Is the accession of the santa PC to the management of the midland just at what date data the former will assume charge ct cf their purchase Is not known ono conjecture Is to the effect that the formal entry will bo be made october lu in a tow few days again it is asserted that the change will not be made until november the former proposition Is supported by the tact fact that there will bo be a joint meeting of the santa r 16 and midland at topeka on friday next october of 0 couse tho the moment mr Col brans resignation Is announced if it should bo be lit at all the death warrant of some other aromi ment official I 1 li signed comment in salt lake railroad circles Is that tile mr cumbrans Cul brans ability Is anim poach ablo the santa has enough gooral general managers of its own without arcol bran NOTE AND PERSONAL sl SI eccles is in norado colorado on business connected with the union pacific the sunday beer drinkers will heave a weary sigh on lear learning that the utah contral central will send no more sunday trains to Wag eners this ibis season Acco according to the colorado papers mondays meeting of the midland stockholders at colorado springs failed of a quorum and an adjournment was taken until tod today to d day a 7 every railroad man in town will bo be up b before e daylight tomorrow to morrow to lo get ills his and see aee what was done I 1 shoshone Sho journal Jon 0 F Resse gule general manager manager S W eccles general freight agent of salt lake and J M munroe assistant general manager U P rall kail wa way yv omaha made a lour over the short line this week among other floating doating in tho the air it Is said that a branch road w will III bo be constructed both north and south from caldwell Cald or vicinity to silver city and the wagontown Wagon town mines on the south and to lo seven and uio tile upper payette timber region on the north also that tho the union pacific will mill push the iho oregon short line through to san vi an circo A STAn TUNO DISCOVERY MY Alder alderman nian dunbain of chicago in looking up tile the right of the illinois central railroad to maintain and operate it a swivel bridge at the mouth of thu the chicago river has lit succeeded in unearthing an old time city icela lation which creates create great consternation willa what t was the abe aldermans aldur alder mans surprise when lie ho aad and assistant corporation council harrow Darrow found that not lot only had bad the railroad tho the right to tho the bridge but that they hall had also the to run tracks right through the heart of the city from twelfth street to lake on both sides of the river its as well as to cross cress tho the river at water street tile alie or din donallee allee coti furring this right was passed in juno june 1832 1852 arid and anally approved ton years latter WHAT IT under the bead of 0 A fight tor for the supremacy prenia pre macy cy the chicago tribune tribuna has the follot louing ing article on tile western railroad sl situation aaion the purchase of the colorado midland railroad by tho the atchison Alc hlson topeka and santa 1 fo 74 appears to have greater sig significance tilli cance ahr than U has been the abu general impression it becomes comes a more evident every day that it was dot tile the object of tho the santa wt vo or rather the members of the bankers wangle triangle who ho control that tha road troad to crowd out the rock island or any other road m which it tell now terminates lit at the eastern slope ot of the rocky mountains 1 ho impression la strength that the deal was consummated with it a V view jew of bringing about the of it a gigantic I railway trust or combination of all therod iho roads I 1 between chicago and tile the pact c const coast every experiment tried since the interstate Com commerce act wa wai hassul pi toed to bring about the maintenance of rates his has signally failed the railroad situation in thu the west li 14 in a more c condition than ever betoi 0 and unless a pool or C combino Is speedily fanned funned that will insure tho maintenance 0 high rates many roads reads 0 will be pushed to the wall soon awn to savo save thouis themselves elves from serious losses the members ot the triangle alio invested lit in western roads shortly after tho the formation ot of tile the gent lemans association are compelled to invest still indio met 0 heavily in order to effect a favorable change ch anite with this end in view tatt SL 61 louis and salt sail still and tile colorado midland have lately been acquired by the santa fc which road appears to bo be merely tile cloak tinder which A aich tho the eastern magnates magnatta magn atea aru are opera tile the principle obstacle in ho way of a consummation of the ban bankers korb trust scheme Is the union pacific and cent combination against the latter the arrows of tho the dandera seem to bo be directed all the tha roads subjugated to enter into any arrangement the bali kois may tiron JV gould to bo be lot la foil fall accord with them and his bis to ro ported atta attempt to gobble alton alion wildis todd to that thai theory but tile north western union combination i stands ou g b tile the bankers the backing of be gives the latter combination duch such th that fit it cannot can not bo be dislodged lodo from its 0 6 e b i bic n t w without it 1 1 k u t a serious conflict con 0 lot tho alio union 1 n 1 0 n 1 R C b 1 r C 0 lt it S alliance all lanca with glib tho northwestern or rather tho e mabine has h eta bee encroaching upon naton tile tho territory terri of the alio santa 16 and gould ito lines 4 in till fill directions it has obtained G outlets 0 ot bets into texas both beith front from 11 enver and 0 malta sod and Is 14 n nw now w extending its utah ut it out hern from frisco frico U utah fall to mojave I 1 lh he connect connection ton of 0 ibo santa fa M with the iho southern pacific TaPPI tapping the ahe I 1 latter atter and jave t tho h 0 anicil union P a t N 0 r t b w est e rn c combination r 0 n w would 0 j st ind A 1 invincible v in 0 1 b 1 0 and n il bo r ablo t to 0 rtin con trot nearly all tho the california traffic by on C 0 m It AbSing an alli alliance anee with the southern souther pacific company to spoil poll sue kiich it a garn came e beedis to have bayo lieen been tho the object of the santa fa people when they soc x i red control of the Color colorado atlo midland it if they secure tho the denver kid 1110 grando grande we tern also they will have a line through to salt lako lake city and osdin whore they ran can ro re ago against AS t tho the union P north western combination ell it if tb the latter attempts to how light at V w when hen they got act thore or try to eng engineer Inece lon an arrangement arran Kement with the southern the tha itsuo is in nothing more or than a test teto of between the bankers banker triangle aided by jay gould and nearly all other western wes A ern road reads against the union vanderbilt corn combination bi nat ion and whichever side colts coines out ahead vi will III ho be gnaster ma aitor ot of tho the situation until abo issue Is decided an improvement pro in western railroad affairs la is not to bo be looked forthe following communication to the trib UM line from a resident resIde ut 0 of salt lake city who 1 la well posted throws additional light upon the situation CHICAGO CArO oct I 1 editor 0 of tho the tribune Tr HiuM the ObJect objector of tho the santa repurchase ot the colorado midland Is exercising the minds of parties interested in western railroad mat tors lets and a variety ot of conjectures aro are being put forward the thing Is regarded b by y its a puzzle it to me sti speaking cakIng as one thoroughly famil familiar tar with business conditions both lu in denver and S salt 0 it lake thare is no problem Ref orenco to a union pacific older will show way down in southern utah and into nevada an extension of 0 their system pi projected toward bonthron thorn california ono hundred and eighty miles 0 of this was authorized authorised the present year and Is in course 0 rapid construction st at ailigh engineer als ot of this road havo have traveled by over the country to the coast sur suney ey parties have located beveral routes the matter Is one of common talk in southern california now when this gap li 19 filled ils as it soon will he be the effect upon tho the santa fa business via the atlantic and pacific route roulo will bo be severe to offset it they aro are to go TO to salt lake arid and join hands with the cottral central pacific it Is also on the cards that tho the santa ra may build into th the e northwest from salt lake A great movement of population Is now proceeding din 9 from roin the southwest into tile tho northwest t and intermediate points entering tho the mountains at pueblo in colorado the western slope of 0 tile the mountains and beyond will support a vast population this movement has ha s only begun the eastern face ace ot of tho the rocky mountains Is DO longer the boundary of westward settlements the rubicon Is crossed and large cities are rapidly develop developing log on the iho western slope A USELESS EFFORT amaba tito tho pullman company struggles painfully to break the effect ot of the decision of 0 tho the supreme court cour t of 0 minnesota tito the court affirms tho the power ot of tho the state stale railroad to compel the closing of 0 tho the upper borths of 0 ble sleeping cars when not occupied the decision will be hailed balled with joy by tho the traveling pub lie ici which has protested against the petty tyranny of the sleeping oar car monopolies in vain tho the time mine Is rapidly approaching when travelers will secure till all the comforts and conveniences possible without buying tho the car and paying the salary of 0 tho the porter DENYING IT general manager odell of the baltimore ohio railroad declares there Is 19 no truth la in the published statement that his company Is arranging for or new terminal facilities lit in connection with the wisconsin central general superintendent DIckinson confirms this statement and adds that instead of tig new terminal facilities the con company parly Is now negotiating with the III illinois labis central tor for increased facilities under it present arrangement ran gement and that nothing can drive it elsewhere unless it Is shut abut off from the lake front by tho the worlds fair |