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Show QUIET RAILWAY TIPS. Vice-President Holcomb on His Way to Salt Lake President Adams May Coma Too. SITUATION ON THE MIDLAND. Will Oollbran Eesign Work Again Do-layed Do-layed on the Alamosa Branch-Minor Branch-Minor Notes, Vice-President Holcomb of the Union Pacific is on his way to Salt Lake city. General Manager Kessigue has gone to Cheyenne to meet him. A telegram from Omaha announces that Charles Francis Adams is expected in that city tomorrow, accompanied by Frederick Ames and a party of directors direc-tors of the road and that they will probably prob-ably make a tour of the company's In that event they may bo expected in Salt Lake next week. Just what this western jaunt means is not known. Mr. Adams is not given to telling his business. On his last trip through the territory ho instituted a general weeding out. Perhaps he has another in mind. Who can tell. It is just possihlo that Mr. Holcomb and Mr. Adams may have a Deep Creek railroad bee buzzing about their ears. A gentleman who was at one time interested in-terested in a Deep creek road scheme said that it was just possible that the Union Pacific might bo working away back in tho dark background of the present scheme; that even Mr. Bacon, its projector, might know not hing about it. Ili-j money is to come from tho outside, out-side, and why not from tho Union Pacific Pa-cific on tho "dead quiet?" Will Col I bran Iteslgn? Tne Denver : Republican says: The report about the railway centers of the city yesterday was to the effect that General Manager Collbran of the Mid-laud Mid-laud will soon resign to be succeeded by an Atchison official. The recent report re-port t hat the Atchison had recognized the skillful and economical management manage-ment of General Manager Collbran, which no one attempts to deny, was accepted by tho majority of local railroad rail-road men as evidence that ho would be retained. This would mean, of course, that the Midland, under its new management, man-agement, would go along in just tho same old way. When the unofficial announcement an-nouncement was made yesterday that Mr. Coll bran's resignation, though not recorded in black and white, was settled set-tled in tho minds of tho Santa Fe officials, it created no little comment. and Alamosa. It was given out that this now extension of the Rio Grande road would be ready for the running of regular trains before the opening of the Alamosa fair. This evening it was learned that the steel would not bo in place for more than ten days, and as the fair opens next week Wednesday the northern half of the San Luis valley will not be connected by rail communication communi-cation by that timo. This will be the cause of much disappointment to tho people of Saquace, ilia Grove and the new town of Moffat, who had notified their intention of coming here in force. A goodly delegation was also promised from Salida to the fair in tho expectation expecta-tion that this line would be in operation. Short Line Prospects. Says the Shoshone, Idaho, Journal: C. F. Resiigue, general manager, S. W. Eccles, general freight agent, of Salt Lake, and J. M. Munroe, assistant general gen-eral traffic manager U. P. railway, Omaha, made a tour over the Short Line this week. Among other rumors floating in the air, it is said that a branch road will be constructed both north and south from Caldwell or vicinity vi-cinity to Silver City and the Wagon-town Wagon-town mines, on the south, and to Seven Devils and the Upper Payette timber region on the north. Also that the Union Pacific will push the Oregon Short Line through to San Francisco. The Maxwell Hranch. The Maxwell branch of the Union Pacific, says tho Denvor Republican, has been completed, and the first train made its trip over tho road last Sunday morning. The line connects Trinidad with the new town of Catskill, thirty miles distant. The branch takes its course up a steep grade and reaches a summit 2,000 feet higher, almost, than its beginning. It runs through Sopris, Martineson and Pels. Catskill is situated situ-ated in the Red Kivor valley and is surrounded sur-rounded by large timber interests. Several Sev-eral sawmills are in course of construction construc-tion and when completed will make the village a thrifty and active one. Railroad Notes and Personals. General Manager Scott of the Santa Fe has resigned. The shops of the Pacific Short Line will bo located at South. Sioux City, Nebraska, and work will bo begun at once. Fighty-five killed and 140 persons injured in-jured is a close estimate of the record of wrecks during the month of September in this country. Trainmaster McCarthy of the Idaho division of the Union Pacific will be succeeded by a gentleman named Evans from the Alton road. James M. Fennieh, former stenographer stenogra-pher of the chamber of commerce left this morning for Pocatello to take a position po-sition with the Union Pacific railway. The Northern Pacific has suffered serious ser-ious loss and inconvenience by recent forest tires in Washington. The flames reached a pile ef ties lying along the track, and the heat was so intence that the rails for a distance of 800 feet were warped out, of shape. xne uato said to be nxed lor tho resignation re-signation of General Manager Collbran is the accession of tho Santa Fe to tho management of tho Midland. Just at what date the former will assume charge of their purchase is not known. One conjecture is to the effect that the formal entry will bo made October 15, in a few days. Again, it Is asserted that the change will not be made until November 15. The former proposition is supported by tho fact that thero will be a joint meeting meet-ing of tho Santa F'e and Midland officials offi-cials at Topcka on Friday next, October Octo-ber 10. Of course, the moment Mr. Colbran's resignation is announced, if it should be at all, the death warrant of some other prominent officials is signed. Work Again Delayed. An Alamosa special in the Rocky Mountain News says: "Again there has been a delay 'in the operations of track laying between Villa Grove |