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Show IIIEJOSSJ HERE. President Charles Franois Adams of the Union Pacifio in Salt Lake ' City Today.' CAUSE OF THE. TROUBLE STATED This Country is Growing too Rapidly for the Railroads and the Traffio is Enormous. President Charles Franois Adams of the Union Pacific railroad reached Salt Lake city yesterday. He is traveling in his private car "010" in company with Chief of Construction Cameron, General Manager Tobbetts of the coal department and General Passenger Agent Hill of Portland. A Times reporter had an Interview with Mr. Adams after his return this merous violations ot the rules excused I I on the ground that they were vague, and some of the new men bad never been examined at all, so Superintendent Superintend-ent thought it best to go to work and have every man on the division examined exam-ined under his" own super7ision, see just how they stood and then hold them responsible for their mistakes. The Utah Central. A change of time for the Utah Central Cen-tral trains is in contemplation by the management. By the new or winter time table an accommodation train will leave Park City for Salt Lake In the morning and similar train will leave Salt Lake for Park City in the morning. The most important change, however, will be the departure o? the regular passenger trains at 8 p. m. .'. It has not yet been made public when the new time card will go into effect. Wyoming-Bullroad New.. Tracklaying is progressing on the Cheyenne & Northern at the rate of one and one. half miles a day. There Is considerable anxiety in railroad rail-road circles in regard to threatened removals. re-movals. There has been an accident or smash-up on this division every day for morning from Provo, . whore he went yesterday in the Interest of the line. Mr. Adams' chief object in passing over the road is to straighten out if possible tho condition of affairs which exist respecting the moving of freight. ' This country has grown to such proportions that it is almost impossible im-possible for the Union Pacific or any other line to transport the immense amount o freight now claiming its service. ser-vice. The country is growing too rapidly rap-idly for the railroads and unless the increase in-crease of traffic of all kinds is suppressed suppress-ed or reduced the present condition of affairs may exist for some time. The Union Pacifio management has this year provided twice as many engines and cars for the removal of the produce of the country but it did not provide large enough for the gigantic traillo with which it is now confronted. Then too in President Adams' opinion the Union Pacifio would have fared better had ii been of a more conservative nature. As the condition exists the management will do everything possible within its power to right matters and move things along as rapidly and harmoniously as possible. , There are other roads beside the Union Pnrihn Hint tnl,... j ..... , the last two months, and it is felt that somebody will be held responsible for it. '" .:. , The Union Pacific shops at Cheyenne are employing all the skilled laborers who apply for work. It is said there are fully 100 disabled engines west of this point that must be repaired at these shops. Railroad Notes,- The scarcity of Union "Pacific cars handicaps the ore shipments from Parfe City. . B. F. Northcott, the U. P. agent at Echo, formerly at Coalville, has resigned. re-signed. ... ' The Cheyenne and Nortern will conned con-ned with the Northwestern by November Nov-ember 1st. ;... The survey of the Burlington and Missouri Wyoming line is said to be within six miles of the National Park. A circular has been issued by the Southern Pacifio company annoifncing that from Nov. 15, or thereabouts, a regular dining car service will be started start-ed on the Central Pacifio. The railway survey just completed to Junction Bar, Idaho, is in the interest inter-est of the Hailev, Gold Belt & Western company, which has abundant capital at its command, and the road will surely sure-ly be built within a vear. . So great is the demand for motive power on the Wyoming division of the Union Pacifio that 110 to 115 engines are turned daily at Green River, and they are averaging about 0000 miles a month or 300 miles a day: J . The Utah Central has a , waiting car provided for the public needs at ' the Park depot. As soon as, the section bouses and stations between Park and Salt Lake are completed work will be commenced on the Park City depot building. , - - " "unjr mm inemsei- yes in the same preplexing position, hat of having a groat freight traffio on 5a"d- ne management of the Chicago & Northwestern had calculated on an increase of 10 per cent in business and as time passed the increase of business busi-ness exhibited the fact that. the figures had been too low, and should have been 25 per cent. The profits of railroads are by no means what they were years since, and the growing competition is daily becomingkeenerand the expenses of operating heavier. The Union Pa-ciiio Pa-ciiio does not carry so much transcontinental transcon-tinental freight now, as other lines have sprung up. and the conveying of teas, silks and other rich items of commerce is divided among .the younger roads. However, the Union Pacifio does a great freight business in the transportation of lumber, stone, minerals, and like raw materials, and is not slow about extending extend-ing new linos In mining districts The officials of the road have not been idle since the great scarcity of cars and lack of motive power has made themselves manifest. They have been doing all within their powor to smooth out the trouble, but the bulk of traffic continued to grow and grow until there was a surprise all along the line, and then the country cried out, "Whv what;s the matter?" It is hoped that all will be in order within a short time and that the coal cars can operate uninterrupted, un-interrupted, and that building material may flow in to the satisfaction of the lumbermen and contractors. General Manager Resseguie, of the Mountain division, has the fullest confidence con-fidence of President Adams, and tho rumor of his removal is without foundation. foun-dation. Mr. Adams left Salt Lake this afternoon for Portland and the northwest north-west where ho expected to remaiu a short time. A Good Idea, Superintendent Mortzheimer of the Wyoming division has put into effect a new idea. He thought it best to first ascertain tho degree of efficiency to which the men had been trained, so Messrs. Malloo and Naismith were appointed ap-pointed examiuing committee for the Wyoming division, and sent out to examine ex-amine the conductors aud brakemen, engineers and firemen as to their knowledge knowl-edge of the rules, the code of signals and other details of their work. For the present the board will have its headquarters here and the trainmen will be taken as they happen to come and given an opportunity to show how much they know or don't know. There will likely be some vigorous rubbing up ou the rules for a few days among such as have trusted to luck thus far. It appears that there have been nu- |