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Show RAILWAY KCMBLINGS. 1'uiik, of loetello to lie V. V. Afc'i nt Here-A Here-A Great Uay for lixeurslons. ' Iii a day or two a circular will be la-sued la-sued from this pcnenil ollice ot tlie Union 1'acilii' railway company - ap-poiuliiiff ap-poiuliiiff JI. M. Funk station agent ju this rilv, vice lM'. Morn.s.. resigned. Jlr. Funk has for Home lime heen agent at Poeatcllo. It has not yet been decided de-cided who will succeed him at that point. . . ,.. General Manager Kosscquie lett tins morning for Uieyeiinu. He goes on a general inspecting trip, and will be away for about a week. To lilfg ICxeursiom. The Scandinavians went out to Gar-lieid Gar-lieid Beach todav. mid there Avas a big crowd of them. ' They took with them their own band anil every convenience conven-ience that promised to add pleasure to the dav. The Union l'aciiie also took the Caledonians Cale-donians and their friends to American Fork this morning. They tilled ten coaches to overflowing. Tomorrow the Tenth ward Sunday school will go to Syracuse. The Work 3oes On. The contract for building the extension exten-sion from .Seattle, Wash., to Portland, Ore., has been awarded to Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins, and work has already Veen 'commenced at Portland. The line will run within about thirty miles of Tacoma, but a spur will be built to that citv. The extension is to be completed com-pleted 'hv March at, 1891. Work is also being pushed ou the extension from Tacoma to Olympia. ISlB Jloney Expected. President John W. Young of the Utah Central has succeeded in raising $300,-000 $300,-000 in London mid the cash is now on its wav here. This will facilitate work and it'is expected that the western division di-vision will be completed to Buffalo Point by August 15th. The grading at Black Kock was checked yesterday by the Union Pacific serving an injunction on the Central because the work was j partlv on Union Paeilic property. The Central however expects no serious delay. I It May Take Months. Work has been practically suspended on the Grand Junction road from Newcastle New-castle to Grand Junction in Colorado. The link was to have been completed by June 15, but it is now generally conceded con-ceded that it will be.three months before the work is pushed to completion. Railway Notea. E. Buckingham, superintendent of service left for Omaha this morning. The Cheyenne baseball club left that city today over the Union Pacific and arrive here tomorrow morninir. A. Traynor, general baggage agent of the Uiiion Pacific was in the city this morning. Ho left for Nephi on an early train. The pleasant Hour club spent last evening at Garfield Beach. Five cars were well tilled by the members aud their friends. C. H. Clark has resigned as chief engineer en-gineer of the Pacific Short Line and L. F. Wakeman, of Sioux City, has been appointed to succeed hiiri. G. W. Balch has been appointed superintendent su-perintendent of the Tacoma & Lake City railroad and Navigation company, recently transferred to the Union Pacific Pa-cific system. Samuel Graves, clerk in the assistant superintendent's office of the Wyoming division of tho Union Pacific, arrived in this city on Sunday, and has entered npou his duties as clerk in the office of the superintendent here. |