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Show II A IL WA YHUMBLI NGS. Construction Work on the John W. Young Eoad Stopped for Want of Cash. THE WESTEEN CARNIVAL TICKET. Work on the Pioche Extension Freight Transfer at Grand Junction Com-.ment Com-.ment on Bancroft's Retirement. The work of construction of John W. Young's railroad is now practically at a stand still ou account of a lack of money. Chief Clerk Goddart said this morning that no more construction work would be done, until after they had received the money to pay oil' the men. Just now they have no money, but cash is expected every day. Four days ago they had a cablegram from Mr. Young, who is still in Loudon, say-iug say-iug that ho expected hourly to close a deal with an English syndicate, which would give him $300,000 to work on. Since that lime nothing has been heard from him. The men have not been paid for some time, many of them not for three months, and they settled the question by quitting work. Many of the men are discounting their time checks, not because they have lost confidence in Mr. Young, but because they need the money. Mr. Goddart said this morning morn-ing that they had secured a number of new men and trains would be run regular, reg-ular, but all grading would be stopped for the present. Mr. Goddart Said that ho was sorry that the men were being compelled to discount their time checks; that Mr. Young was never in better financial condition and that every cent would be paid just as soon as tho present deal was consummated. The business of tho road was picking up wonderfully, he said, both the freight and stone business. busi-ness. ltancroft'g Retirement. TheoDenver News says: The retirement retire-ment of W. H. Bancroft from the su-periutendency su-periutendency of the Rio Grande Western West-ern has called forth for that gentleman many complimentary notices. Ho has served the Rio Grande Western long and well. lie is a practical railway man who has few equals in the west. Ho was raised in a school of railroad men. Thirty years ago there was ' working on the Delaware division of tho Erie road a number num-ber of gentlemen ill various capacities who have since becomo famous in railway rail-way circles. . They were Hugh Riddle, since general manager and president of the Rock Island; Charles W. Douglas, afterwards general manager of the International In-ternational and Great Northern; Ben Thomas, afterwards general superintendent superin-tendent of the Erie and general manager mana-ger of the Chicago and Atlantic; W. H. Bancroft of the Rio Grande Western, and Mr. Chamberlain, now one of tho superintendents of the Rock Island. There may be others whose names are not recalled. It was a school for railroad rail-road men, and many western roads have profited by the experience gained and the ability there developed. A Carnival Ticket. The Rio Grande Western has gotten out a very pretty ticket for use during the Ogdeu carnival. The ticket is about two inches in length, perforated in the middle. It is tinged with a beautiful golden hue and has the dates and rate, $1 .50 printed ou each soction of tho ticket. Across the face of each section of tho ticket is printed in neat red letters let-ters the word "Carnival." These tickets tick-ets will prove a great convenience both for the traveling publio and for conductors con-ductors and ticket agents, as they can be handled without any trouble. By special arrangement with Tub Time's this ticket will bo honored ou The Times' flyer, which leaves the Salt Lake depot at 4:!)0 p.1 m.,as well as on tho regular trains of the Rio Grande Western West-ern to Ogdeu. Work at Grand Junction. Freight Agent Brown of the Rio Grande Western this morning returned from a trip to Grand Juuction, where ho had gone to make arrangements for the more rapid transfer -of freight at that point. The company, ho said, has just completed a uew shed nearly 400 feet lonir, between the broad antf narrow nar-row gauge' tracks there, and also a transfer for straight car loads, t'uit would accommodate about thirty cars. Everything, he said, was now in good working order at that point. He was confident that there would bo no moro dolay at Grand Junction. The I'ioclio Extension. Resident Engineer McCarthy returned last evening from a trip over the I'ioclio extension. He says tho grade is iinished for 100 miles, or within ten miles of I'ioche, and for thirty miles from Mil-ford Mil-ford all the culvert and trestle work is done. While there are only twelve miles of rails on hand, more is now being shipped in, and from five stations 20,000 ties uro being loaded. About 40 Men Out. Superintendent Corwin, of the Union Pacilic, this morning said that flic 25 per cent reduction in the force employed em-ployed at tho shops here had been made, It let about 40 men out. Tho men who were retained had their time reduced iJO minutes with a corresponding reduction reduc-tion iu wages. liullnny Notes. H. P. Deuel, city ticket agent of the Union Pacific at Omaha, is in the city today. (The Union Pacilic will commence running trains on the new time cards tomorrow. A. E. Welby, who will succeed Superintendent Sup-erintendent Bancroft, of . the Rio Grande Western, will arrive here on Monday, and at once assume the duties of his office. |
