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Show iam Brown of the Rio Grande Western was in in his oflice this morning for the first time since his accident, three weeks ago. Six Pullman coaches of eastbound Raymond excursionists will reach Salt Lake Saturday, and be in the city oyer Sunday. They will go east Monday morning by the Rio Grande Western. Seven or eight coaches of tourists will arrive iu Salt Lake tomorrow morning from the Pacific coast. They will re-mniu re-mniu one day in the city, and go east over tho Rio Grande Western Saturday morning. General Dodge, of the Rio Grande Western, who is now iu San Francisco, is making an arrangement with the Southern Pacific by which trains from the coast are to be run to Grand Junction Junc-tion without change. Beginning Sunday next, tho Rio Grande Western trains between Salt Lake and Ogden will run as follows: Luave Salt Lake at 8:20. 0:03 a. m.; 4:30 nnd 7:05 p.m.; arrive in Salt Lako at 10:45 a. m 13:10, 7:03, and 8:40 p. m. Manager Resseguie lias ordered six excursion cars for the Garfield brauch. The supply department at Omaha has ordered 100 locomotives, 1000 box cars, 400 stock cars, 050 coal cars, 450 furni-tui'o furni-tui'o cars, 300 fruit cars, sixty cabooses, six chair cars and six baggage cars. The story that the Rock Island company com-pany had gained control of the Rio Grande Western, thereby obtaining a through line from Chicago to Salt Lake City, served to advance the stock $1 per share. The report was doubted in well informed quarters, although the value of the reported acquisition was everywhere every-where recognized. ' ' Tho Union Pacific people have placed an order for 1100 palace stock cars, to be built at ouee. These cars will be fitted with feed racks, water troughs and the Janey vertical coupler. Contractors will commence delivering the ears to the Union Pacific in a short time, as well us a largo number of new fruit cars recently contracted for. Tho Utah Central today began running run-ning trains to Park City, the first one leaving tho foot of Main street ht 7:80 this morning. . The train consisted of 11 baggage car and two coaches and was fairly well patronized. Tom Mackintosh, Mackin-tosh, the general freight and passenger agent, was on hand to look after tho comfort of the passengers. Tho new train is a great improvement over the old lino via Ogden and Echo. Cashier W. F. Colton of the Rio Grande Western enters on his new duties today, when the office of tho P. V. Coal company will bo removed from tho Scott building to the auditor's oflleo at tho depot. Auditor Goddes will act as secretary and treasurer of tho railroad rail-road company in place of Mr. Colton, now become cashier, and will look after the interests of tho coal company. Tho Liberal baud plays at Garfield again next Sunday afternoon. They will not after all be able to play iu the opera house that evening, as there was a mistake made iu tho amount of sacred music ordered, and more selections must bo telegraphed for. So the time for the concert is the evening of May 1 1 next, when tho programme will be largely made up of selections from the oratorios, English church music and tho meter melodies of spiritual song. Mr. Hume will bo with tho boys next Suu-day. Railway Notes and Tersonals. Traveling Auditor Anderson of the Union Pacific, is in the'eity. One hundred oxeursioniststo Gleneoe went out over tho Utah Central this morning. The Rio Grande Western hits issued time cards iu pocket form that are very neat in design. Wagner's grove wtll be opeu to the general public ou May day. Trains will leave the Utah and Nevada at 1 p. m. and 3:40 p. m. Ticket Agent Spoiiee of tho Union Pacific says that 100,000 people will visit Garfield Beach this season. Aud some people persist in saying Salt Lake has no future. Assistant General Freight Agent Will- |