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Show If wo aro treatod unfairly we will parallel par-allel the Kio Grande Western the eutire distance. The Denver & Kio Grande is now something of a road itself. It has more than eighty millions of money invested, in-vested, and I guess if it should need any more, which is not all probable, it could get it. You can say that tho management manage-ment is not at all alarmed over the situ ation, and that the interests of Denver and Colorado are being earefully guarded." guard-ed." Changes on the St. Paul. A telegram from Minneapolis says several important changes in the control con-trol of the various divisions of the Chicago, Chi-cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad have been made. They are as follows: E. V. McKenna, formerly superintendent superin-tendent of the La, Crosse division, with i offices at Milwaukee; D. C. Cheney, trainmaster of the La Crosse division, becomes superintendent of that division; di-vision; K. R." Minturn, superintendent of the Minnesota and Iowa division, will become superintendent of tho neyv Wisconsin Valley division. Mr. Minium Min-ium is a civil engineer and his new appointment ap-pointment is due to the fact that the Wisconsin Valley division is to be extended. ex-tended. James 11. Williams will succeed suc-ceed Mr. Minturn here as superintendent superintend-ent of the I. and M. division. The following appointments on the Soo have also been made: C. P. Flat-ley Flat-ley is appointed general western pass-eriger pass-eriger agent, with office in St. Paul; W. H. Chandler, traveling pnssengor agent for the territory west or liisinarck and Uiig(V Junction; D. E. Clark, traveling passenger agent for North ami South Dakota, southern Minnesota and Nebraska; Ne-braska; and" E. P. Wilbur, northern passenger agent for Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. Messrs. Chandler and Clark will bo located in St. Paul, and Mr. Wilbur will have his office p.t Marbuette. Kallway Notes and Personals. Ex-Trainmaster Quinti of the Kio Graudo Western leaves Monday to assume as-sume his now duties as trainmaster and chief train dispatcher of the Rio Grande Southern. The directors of tho New York Central Cen-tral have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, payable October lfi. The books were closed the 1st and will be reopened October 15. Enginoer S. G. Pigman of the Rio Grande Western leaves tomorrow morning for Pittsburg, Pa., where he will attend the annual convention of the Krotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Engin-eers. There will be a great celebration in Manitou on October 11, or rather on Pike's Peak. Then is when the Pike's Peak railroad will make its inauguration inaugura-tion trip to the top of the mountain and return. Railway building in Mexico is going on at a very rapid rate. During the past week carload after carload of material ma-terial has gone through Eagle Pass destined des-tined for tho Monterey & Mexican Gulf railway, the Mexiean'Northern and the San Pedro branch of the Mexican International. Inter-national. All of these railways will be completed in less than a year. 1 wjifiif Some Important Changes in the Eunning , of Trains on the Utah Division. SHOET FLASHES FEOM THE BAIL Eailroad Surveyors at Work in the Vicinity Vi-cinity of Hailey, Idaho Eailway Personals and Notes, Tho Union Pacific passenger and operating departments have prepared a special Utah division time card for Oct. 4th, 5th and 6th. A noticeable feature is the holding of the 4:15 p.m. south bound passenger train until 5:15. A new time card will take effect at 12.05 a. m., Oct. 8, south of this cily. Trains TOO anil 708 will bo consolidated, leaving leav-ing Juab at 2:20 p. m., instead of 12:45 p. in. as now, and arriving at Salt Lake at 0:45, instead of 5 p. m. The much wished-for change in the Salt Lake & Western branch is then to be made. Mixed passenger and freight train 401 becomes a first-class passenger, leaving Lehi Junction at 8:40 a. m., connecting with trains north and south and arriving, arriv-ing, via Silver City, at Eureka at 11 :85 a. m. Freight ami passenger train 742 becomes also it lirst-class passenger train, leaving Eureka at 2:05 p. m., via Silver City, arriving at Lehi Junction it 5:05 p. in., making close connections with the north and south trains on the main line, A Oooil Word for tho Union Tactile. Tho Evanston Register says : Perhaps no railroad in the United States takes so much trouble and is at more expense to care for the laborers than the Union Pacilic. It is their policy to bring their men under tho best influence possible. From the Missouri river to the sea this company has placed here and there at the disposal of the men along tho line, librar'es, nice sitting rooms, baths and hotels. So the man who works for this company has really more than he is promised. The lirst anniversary of the railroad eepartment of the Y. M. O. A. was celebrated at the France Memorial Presbyterian church, Rawlins, on the evening of September 2d. The report indicated that Mr. Chamberlin's work in every way is satisfactory. The year closed without debt, and reported' $23 in the treasury. Tho expenditures for tho year amounted to $1040. Of this the Union Pacific company paid $1550, This proves good will towartl their hired men. The library has 500 volumes. vol-umes. The best papers and periodicals in tho country are in these rending rooms. Tho enterprise is a meritorious one and is sure of success. Hallway Surveyors Id Idaho. The Wood-river Times says: Major Wilkes and his assistant!, who arrived from Salt Lake last Saturday, for the purpose of surveying a proposed railway botween Hailey and Rocky Bar, left this morning for Junction Bar, whenco they will survey toward Hailey. They expect ex-pect the length of lino between Junction Junc-tion Bar and the Gold Belt to be about 35 miles. Another surveying party, but in the employ of tho Chicago As Northwestern railway company, is lookod for hero before be-fore siiow ilies. This company lias already al-ready surveyed its road from Fort Casper, Cas-per, Wyo,, to the Snako river at Eagle Rock, find is now revising its former survey on this sido of the Snake river, with the intention of bringing the main lino through Hailey. Grand Junotion Will Celebrate. General Passenger Agent Bennett, of tho Rio Granne Western, lias received the following telegram: Guano Junction, Colo., Oct. 2. Grand Junction citizens are preparing to celebrate the completion of the Grand Junction railroad. Invitations will be extended to officials of tho 1). & R. ('., R. G. W. and Rio Grande Junction roads and to citizens of Salt Lake City, Provo, Denver, Aspen and other places, also to representatives of tho press, and ask that you indicate about the day it will bo comploted. W. B. La whence, Agent. President Mnfrnt Talks. Tho Denver Times says: President Moffat of tho Denver & Rio Grande railroad rail-road was called upon by a reporter this morning. Mr. Moffat was in a most amiable frame of mind and conversed readily on all points. "How about this rumored salo of the Rio Grande Western to the Santa Fo," was asked. "There's nothing in it. All the officials offi-cials of that road laugh at the report. I know that the only man who could make tho salo is in Europe and has been for months." "But he may have made the deal whilo abroad," suggested tho reporter. "Such a thing is possible," replied the Denver & Ris Graudo president, "but even if it should bo true it does not affect our road." "Jf the Santa Fe should buy tho Rio Grande Western, would thoy bo willing to treat you as well as the old manage-mont manage-mont os that lino has done?" "Now, I'll tell you something," said Mr. Moffat, "wo nro prepared for just that emergency. When we reorganized there was a fuud set aside to extend our lino to Salt Lako aud Ogden should it become necessary, and we have the money all ready with which to do it. |