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Show NOTES OF THE RAILWAYS. Reduced Itatea Fast Promotion Director Direct-or Elected Other Cliaugea. The old board of directors of the Denver & Rio Grande was re-elected at the stockholders' meeting last Wednesday. Wednes-day. Agents north of Ogden and south of of Spanish Fork will add local ratos to those given, and all tickets sold must bo strictly limited. These rates arc to bo used as basing rates to all points bepond those named, and must apply to and from intermediate interme-diate points where local .rates are higher. C. A. Tripp, formerly commercial agent of the Missouri Pacific at Pueblo, has been appointed general western freight and passenger agent for tho same road, to succeed P. J. Flyun. George W. C. dishing, superintendent superintend-ent of machinery and motivo power of the Union Pacific aud stationed at Omaha, will retire tomorrow. 'Mr. Bushing will be succeeded by Harvey Middlcton, A. C. Hickey has been promoted from inspector of motive power at Pocatallo to assistant superintendent of motivo power for tho Union Pacific, with headquarters head-quarters at Salt Lake. Mr. Hickey will have charge of the Wyoming, Utah an d Idaho division. Tho annual report of the Denver & Rio Grande shows for the fiscal year: Gross earnings, $8,046,003.87, an increase in-crease of $337,040.83 over last year; operating expenses, $4,714,103.27, a decrease de-crease of $300,488.47 over last year; net earnings, $3,382,410.10, an increase of $708,437.80 over last year. , Tho annual meeting of stockholders will hereafter bo held on the third Tuesday in October. Tho building of the Villa Grove line was authorized; tho survey is completed and the contracts con-tracts will be let in a few days. Tho board of directors will meet in New York Juno 5, when, after organizotion, a president and other ollicers will be elected. On and after tomorrow tho following easlbound passenger rates from Salt Lake and other Utah points will be in effect on the Union Pacific: To Omaha, Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, Leavenworth Leaven-worth and Kansas City, lirst class $28, second class $24; to Sioux City, $32.50 and $25; to Chicago via Northwestern and C. M. & St. P. from Council Bluffs, $31 and $27; to Chicago via Rock Island from Council Bluffs, $37.50 aud $83.50; to Chicago via Alton, C. M. & St. P., and Santa Fe from Kansas City. $31 and $27; to St. Louis via Missouri Pacific from Council Bluffs, $30 and $26; to St. Louis via Missouri Pacific, Alton and Wabash from Kansas City, $20 and $25. |