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Show IN RAILWAY CIRCLES. T. I. Whitelock Sarura B Pass from tha It. U. V. and Sella tha Paint. T. D. Whitelock. says the Denver Sun, representing himself as superin-dent superin-dent of the Ogden and Hot Springs railroad, has been working several of the railroad companies of this city for passes, and selling them to scalpers. At least ho did it w ith the Rio Grande Western, and the victim who bought the pass and attempted to ride on it wss ejected from one of the company's trains. Thry Wan i tha 4lld Kate. The Trans-Missouri Passenger association asso-ciation is in session at Denver today. By ail odds the most important matter to come up before this association is the question of rounrl trip rates from the Missouri river to Colorado common points. About three weeks ago, at a meeting in Kansas City, the association for some reason saw tit to elevate the rate from fc'o to $,'!. This has caused no end of kicking, and an effort will be made to have the rate restored to the former figure. Tho representatives of the Colorado lines will make a big fight for the reduction, and they have some strong backing. They claim it is a very unjust discrimination against Colorado. Ihs Changa la Satisfactory. Thus far the scheme of the Southern Pacific of putting ticket agents on tho various trains leaving San Francisco for points in the state works satisfactory. satis-factory. Heretofore the conductors have sold tho tickets on theArains and the returns mado were not, so the management man-agement thought, as large as they should be. On certain runs where the receipta have been formerly $200 the train agents have turned iu The new agents are paid $.i0 per month and the regular conductors receive $13.1. The superintendent of the train agents is J li. Lauck. Tanda bilt I str I ut-s Cash, The engineers who run tho engines that hauled the Vanderhilt party on its recent inspection tt-iu of the Hig Four lines have received from New York letters thanking them for their service and inclosing $10. The conductors of the train received a similar amount, and the bagg.iuemasters, the brakemen and firemen $." each, accompanied by letters of similar import to those sent to tho engineers and conductors. Kailroad ItippUs. Dr. O. J. Pfeiffer chief surgeon of the Union Pacific at Denver is ill. President Palmer and Colonel Dodge of the 11. (J. W. are expected in the city in a day or so. The Union Pacific has purchased sixty acres of land near Dewcyville which has been laid olT in town lots. George Otto, local agent of the Union Pacific at Leavenworth, Kan., is charged with selling tickets at cut rates. The Uio Grande Western earnings for April were $1!I0,!KI0, against $1211.055 for the same month of 18'J0, an increase of fiO per cent. Since a certain railroad man in Salt Lake has applied for transportation for himself and one, his companions suspi cion something will happen and a minister min-ister play an important part. A circular has been issued by General Superintendent Duncan of the Union Pacific, extending the jurisdiction of lioadmaster A K. Holloway over the first division between Denver aud Pueblo. |