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Show TIIK V0liLD0N WHEELS The 0. N. and U. P. ask for Subsidies to Build Jointly from Port-laud Port-laud to Seattle. WILL NOT BE LOPPED 0FP $10,0.)0 Subscribed for the S. 0. N. iu New Mtixico News of the .Various Lines, The stories about the coalition of the Oreat Northern and I'ntou Pacific iu the building of the line from Portland to Seattle have been revived. The following fol-lowing words in answer to the question quoted are put into the mouth of den-em! den-em! (J. M. Dodge of the Cnion Pacilic, who wont north from San Francisco the other day: "Will the agreement with the (Ireat Northern for jour company to construct con-struct half the line and the (ireat Northern the other half be carried out?" "Yes, the subsidies will go toward the construction of the road," was the reply. This seems conclusive. No change is to be made iu the location of the road, and it will consequently run through Olympia. An ellort is now being made by'V. (i. Rogue, the chief engineer, to ha e the time limit for the completion of the roads, on which the payment of the subsidies depends, extended till January 1, lS'.Kl. The preseut Fmit is March 31, lHicj. Will not Hupp.il thli Tear. Someone pretending to know more than he really does has caused a report to be spread broadcast that Jay Could is seriously thinking of lopping otf the Oregon Railway At Navigation tracks from the L'uion Pacilic system. It may not be generally known, but nevertheless neverthe-less it is a fact, that the Pacilic division is now the most valuable piece of track in the I'nion Pacilic system, and the lino between Omaha and Cheyenne could be given up at far less cost. l.ueky Mr. Mungoa. M. M. Long, an ex-Union Pacific conductor, but lately on the Northern Pacilic. has been appointed trainmaster on the Utah Ai Northern, from Ogden to Rutte, vice F. C. Manson, who will hereafter be trainmaster of the Oregon Short Line. Mr. Manson is the onlw ollicial remaining on this division of the C. F. Resseguie regime. That the new management appreciate his ability is shown by his being retained. New I. In In Nw Mmloo. To date $l!),000 has been subscribed for the Silver Cily Northern road. It will extend from Whitewater station on the Atchison, Topeka Ar Santa Fe to Georgetown, Grant county, N. M. The line will be nineteen miles long and tup a mineral country. Kailrnnil It pples. The second of the (iolden Gate excursions excur-sions will arrive in Salt Lake tomorrow evening. The party will slop at the Walker. The fourth annual convention of the Train Dispatchers' association of America Amer-ica will be held at Toledo, ()., beginning begin-ning June Hi. Among the changes in tho Missouri Pacilic is the abolishment of the legal department. Judge T. J. Porter hekl a position in it for eighteen years. R. S. Bradley if the new enntracting agent of the Santa Fe in Salt Lake, under J. D. Kenwortliy. Air. Rradley formerly held a similar position on the Red Line. During the blockade on the Rock Island a lot of travelers were detaiued four days at Mankalo, Kan. They ale up everything in the town at the expense ex-pense of the company and created a miniature famine. One hundred and fifty men have been laid off on the Santa Fe between Paris and Dallas, Texas. The section force has been reduced to four to a section. It is snid that the cutting down of the force has been done to reduce expenses. A. N. Oliver, ex-general agent of the Denver tt Rio Grande in Salt Lake, leaves tonight for Denver to resume his former position, city passenger agent. W. J. Shotwell, the new general gen-eral agent hero is an accomplished railroad man. The Railway Age says Kansas City shippers send flour to the Pacific coast via New York and clipper ships around Cape Horn, because they can get a lower freight rate than the trans-con-tinenlal roads give. Uy the former route it costs $1. OS per ton, and by the latter $1.75. The new post office, is ten blocks from Deskey's second addition. |