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Show - Amu,MG Tri.-: '-ILKOAQS. Tlie Ciui'iil iim.iiit ui .ft (.' 'Hit and SiMiUi-rrii SiMiUi-rrii IVtr flu ') tm. I )u tomorrow the consolidation of the ("oast and Saut i Cm, dnisuuis with the main Soiiluein Pacific system will go into effect. Hxhard (ilay, general traffic manager, w id supervise the passenger, pas-senger, freight aud baggage department. depart-ment. 11. R. Judali it assistant general passenger pas-senger aud ticket agent under T. 11. (ioodman, and w iil have special charge of the pas.-enger business of the Coast and t-auta Cm, diwsions. K. J. Martin is assistant general freight iiw'ent under C. F. Smuir. and will hae charge ot thu freight business of the C. A: S C. divisions. C. E. Hrown is assistant general baggage bag-gage agent under C. L. C'rabtree and will have charge of the baggage business busi-ness of tho S. iV S. C. divisions. It is generally believed that A. C. Hassett, who has been superintendent of the coast division for years, is anxious anx-ious to give his entire attention to his private business. Sal ii f 1 iirlmnnd Frtlght. Tho Denver oi Rio (iraude is making its annual sale of unclaimed freight iu Denver. A crowd numbering about lotlU people stood around yesterday, some of them buying. A seedy looking fellow paid 10 for a box and the crowd laughed. He opened it and found four fine onyx clocks worth S'.'O each. A stylish man bought a trunk and found it contained ladies apparel. He will sell cheap. t . P. fttnki at Trinidad. Two conductors and one brakernan representing a committee from the striking Trinidad brakemen are today telling their grievances to General Manager Clarke of the U. P. at Omaha. The conductors and brakemen of the branch coal lines from Trinidad are the principals in the strike and they want more pay for their hard work. There aro thousands of railroad employes em-ployes in Colorado watching the result of the conference. Kallroad lllpiilei. The Santa Fe is receiving a number of new McQueen engines for tho Denver Den-ver division. Claude Carpenter, an employe of the Denver & Rio (iraude at Denver, was married ou Monday to Miss Annie Gormley. All roads west of the Missouri will probably bo represented at the trans-Missouri trans-Missouri passenger agents' association meeting in Denver May 13. M. F. Egan, formerly master mechanic me-chanic of the Union Pacilic at Denver, is now assistant to Superintendent Touhey of the Colorado lines. Egan's successor is James Spraguo of Omaha. It is not likely that the Denver & Rio Grande will ever attempt tf run any more trains over Vcta pass. The curves are too sharp aud their trains can reach all desirable points over the Villa Grove branch. The time fixed for the cancelation of the tariffs of the Santa Fe and Rock Island roads, in connection with tho Pan Handle, has been extended by the commissioners of the western traffic association to May 80. Chairman Walker of the western traffic association has decided that transcontinental rates, second class, should be incereased J5. The rates of second clacs excursion tickets good for six mouths aro to be increased $10. Tracklaying will be begun on the Rio Grande Southern this week. A largo force of meu has been collected and the work will start from the north end at Ilium and go toward Rico, which will be reached by the middle of August. W. N. Davidson, general claim agent of the Colorado Midland, will start in a few weeks for an extensive trip all through the south, and will spend several sev-eral weeks on his watermelon plantation planta-tion in (ieorgia. Colorado air has improved im-proved his health very much. |