Show A MILLION INCREASE SHORT LINE GROSS EARNINGS W WELI SHOW THIS derah of veteran Itu civil engineer J III I 1 short lines new nev competition la ili north from present indications indication gross earnings alno of the oregon short alno for tho the wal n benr ending juno 30 1593 wilt will show a million dollar increase over lust lint year this 0 will o ill bo be another proof of 0 tile hie excellent management 1 n lo 10 tho ho system ns as well as one art more ve argument artru polley ment in favor of tho the open cataway e a y policy tile the latest published figures are for J january andary 1690 and for or the period from july jilly 1 IM to january 31 ISM for the first month of this y year ear usually a tad had the short L ines gross ero re celata amounted to tn on an increase ot of over january MS an increase of over january 1837 1897 PA on ln creio of 0 N over mw the same namo month in 1496 a and d uio tho very large increase of IH 4 ril 0 over ver january anu ary isis r for bor tile tho period of tho the present fiscal year yea r july 1 to january 31 it t the h gro grow m reached 3 I 1 93 nn an increase c mcw 0 tj 70 over the same period of tile tho jast amt fiscal year I 1 it t to 13 from this thin ratio of increase that gives elves basis tor for tile the statement that tire the years increase will roach reach J T DEAD first chief En engineer gincer of union pacific and pioneer railroader J J T daei at ills hla farm fann near lebanon U banon yo a on february lie M as 83 years 0 age abc the hajne will recall many memories to the railroaders of thirty yea bews yews ago for ho he was one oni of tho original engineers on oil tho the union pat fic lift mii ns also one of tile the three original commissioners to report to the united states government the condition of 0 the pacific roads otheir corn piloted Blickens dei for also was wag tho the engineer who determined tho the east eastern rn base of tho the rocky mountains in th the first sur gur kovs he afterward erward become became the first firs t chief engineer of I 1 the he union pacific raeine and held that position for twenty years retiring at last to live in qu quiet I 1 et on hla his misso rl farm arm |