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Show I!iIAVJll'll!Llf& Work on the Eebuilding of the Unioa Pacific Yards to Be Commenced Next Week, SALT LAKE. AS A TERMINAL. Will the Central Pacifio Build Directly Into Salt Lake-A Zick-The San .; , Pete Extension. The Union Pacific Railway company has ordered all the material for the improvements im-provements to be made in tho yards in this city. Tho work will bo commenced com-menced in about a week. Tho yards will be entirely rebuilt and they expect to complete the work by January 1. All the plans have been completed and the estimates provide for an outlay of $140,000. The Uuion Pacific yards here now occupy oc-cupy about 20 acres. Engineer Nickerson said this morning that no more land would be purchased, but that under tho proposed arrangement the yards would have a capacity of about four times the present grounds. The switches now take up all tho space, and leave no room for tho clearance of cars. Mr. C. 11 Dart has charge of the construction construc-tion work. SALT LAKE THE TERMINAL. Mr. Kesseguio said that tho work of standard gauging the Utah Northern was being pushed with all possible pos-sible rapidity. Track is now being laid at tho rato of two mile!-, a a day. As soon its this work is completed com-pleted trains will run straight through between Salt Lake City and Butte. This will make Salt Lako the terminal of the road instead of Ogden. DON'T TAKE MUCH STOCK IN IT. Local railroad men don't take much stock in the report that the Central Pacific Pa-cific has decided to build directly from Humboldt Wells, along tho southern shore of tho lake, to Salt Lake City. An ollicial of the Union Pacific said this morning that it was only another of the periodcal resurrections of an old chestnut. The Union Pacific in the early days surveyed sur-veyed a lino over the same route, but abandoned it because it was impracticable. impractic-able. He said that the talked of line would not reduce the grade. A KICK WITHOUT CAUSE era Michigan and I am sure of success. "When will I bring the first excursion? excur-sion? Not for two months yet. It will require fully that. much time to advertise adver-tise properly. I believe in advertising, it catches the crowd. If Barnum's show was coming here tomorrow, it would have to bo advertised, otherwise thq attendance would bo very slim. I cau go back east and by advertising properly, prop-erly, can run several excursions here and know that they will be tho means of increasing the population wonderfully." wonder-fully." A Union I'aclllc Branch. :Z President Adams and Vice-Prosideut Holcomb have been spending several days at Trinidad, Colo., quietly making investigations concerning a branch road which will probably be built in a westerly west-erly direction from that place. Tho road will be built through the timbered country just over the New Mexico line, and will also penetrate valuable coal fields. Tho construction of tho rood, which will lie about forty miles in length, may bo commenced very soon. Railway Notes. The eight degree curves on the Rio Grande Western are to bo reduced to six degrees. John Tewksborry. traveling freight agent of the Union Pacific company, is in the city. . Hon. J. J. Fisher, of St. Louis, Mo. vice-president of tho Mexicau Central railway, is in the city.today. The Union Pacifio expects to sond its first message to Garfield over the new telegraph line on Saturday night. Supply Agent V. P. MeKlroy of the Rio Grande Western has gono east to arrange for additional rolling stock equipment. Over 11,000 people visited Garfield Beach yesterday. During this week the nights will bo pretty well taken up with clubs and private parties. C. A. Tripp, general western freight agent of tho Missouri Pacific, and P. J. Flynn, general freight agent of the Rio Grande Midland route, were in tho city yesterday. Tho work on the widening of the gauge of the Utah Northern is going on at the rate of two miles a day, tlio work being pushed from McCammon south and Ogden north. The total cost of the improvement will bo $2,000,000. Peter Corbett, who camo to this city a little over a year ago, as private secretary sec-retary to Mr. Cumuiiugs of the Union Pacific, has been appointed chief clerk under General Traffic Manager Mcllen and leaves for Omaha this week. A narrow gauge road is to be built as a feeder to the Union Pacific from Baker City, Oregon, to Pleasant Valley, a distance dis-tance of twenty-five miles into a heavy lumber district. Tho capitalization of the company is $25,000 per mile. Considerable of a kickhasbeen made by the people along tho Union Paeific southern extension, because, they claimed, old rails were being used in the construction of tho line. Mr. Nickerson this morning said that that was a mistake. The steel rails used on tho lino between this city and Ogden are being taken up and put down on tho extension, but Mr. Nickerson Nicker-son said that they were new rails aud had been used only for a short time. Tho road bed between here and Ogden passes over a good bit of wet aud marshy ground and the rails now in use have been found to bo too light. They are, however, just as good as uew and will bo amply heavy for use on the line in a dry country. NOT TURNED OVER YET. The narrow gauge road from Nephi to Wales in San Peto county, recently purchased by the Union Pacific, has not yet been transferred trans-ferred to thq latter company. Plans are being prepared to extend tho line through San Pete and Sevier counties and the work will bo commenced just as soon as tho transfer is made. It will scarcely be broad gauged for some years yet. II K DOESN'T BELIEVE IT. A telegram from Chicago which stated that after the next annual meeting of ' tho Union Pacific tho Vanderbilts would bo iu couti-ol and that Presideu Hughitt, of the Northwestern would bepresident of tho entire Uniou Paeific and Northwestern Northwes-tern systems, was shown to Mr, Eecles. Mr. Eccles said that he did not believe that there was a word of truth in it. The last meeting, ho said, was held only in May, and Mr. Adams was president presi-dent until next May certainly. Ho had no idea that any such doal had ever been thought of. DICKINSON'S SUCCESSOR. It was announced lhis morning that BrinkorhotV. superintendent of the Kansas division, had been appointed general manager of tho Missouri liver ivision of tho Union Pacific railroad. Official notification of tho fact has not yet been received by the local offices, but the report is accoptod as substantially substan-tially eorrect. Nothing is known here in regard to Mr. Dickinson's future plans. Will Extend Its Line. The Union Pacific company is preparing prepar-ing to receive bids for the construction of a new road from Portland, Ore., to Tacoma and tho Puget sound country. This line has been under consideration a' long time, surveyors being put to work on it about ono year ago. vVheu President Adams visited tho plaeo recently re-cently with vico-president Holcomb, F'red. L. Ames and Elisha Atkinson, ho decided to have construction commenced commenc-ed as soon as possible. TO ADVERTISE ZION. A Prouilueot Agent Who Wants to Boom the Town. Mr. F. M. Boswell, of Eldorado, Kansas, Kan-sas, is in the city on au important mission mis-sion aud one that materially interests Salt Lake. ' . Mr. Boswell is au emigration emigra-tion agent iu the employ of the Chicago, Chi-cago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, rail-road, and it is to his individual efforts that, western Kansas was so greatly developed dining tho past two years. Last season he was employed em-ployed by the city of Pueblo, Colorado, and spent a great deal of his time in the east in the interest of that thriving town. His mission in this city is to see if he canuot make arrangements with the chamber of commerce to advertise Salt Lake. When seen by a Times man this morning Mr. Boswell said regarding his business. "I have been in the employ of the Rock Island for some lime iu the capacity of emigration agent. My plau is this. Salt Lake needs advertising. I go to Detroit, Mich., and opeuasmall office where I keep all the advertising matter. Then I go out in tho country say sixty or one hundred miles. I get acquainted with the station agent, and from him I can obtain the names of all the loading farmers of the section, and those whonre likely to want to come west. Then I see them personally, and talk with them. I advertise the country I represent. When 1 have them iutertsied I make another visit, aiTiiugu uiy rales. and run my exclusions. If the chamber of ' commerce concludes to employ me 1 shall, during the next two months, canvass can-vass Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and North- ;i ' |