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Show in Australia to place his sleeping cars on the antipodean lines. Tho different parts of the cars will bo made at Pullman Pull-man and the whole outfit in sections will be shipped to tho antipodes, ready to be put together on their arrival in Australia. Mr. rullman will put a colony col-ony of his best artisans to Australia, and in a temporary plant to bo put up near Melbourne they will put the cars together, ready for service. The first consignment of cars will consist of eighteen coaches, and it is understood that if these provo satisfactory another big batch will be ordered. Tho con-contracts con-contracts already signed involvo au outlay of a quarter of a million, it is said. Rate on Cement. The recent resolution adopted by the directors of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce and the transportation bureau bu-reau which was to utilizo native products pro-ducts whenever possible, and protesting protest-ing against the railroads offering low rales for shipping cement iuto this cuy is attracting attention. This action was called forth by efforts to replace tho Utah article in the conduit con-duit by other American cements. The rates made by the railroads heretofore have been niado only with a view of carrying tho English cements, which do not compete with native. Any reduction reduc-tion made to cripple home industries should be resented by all of tho merchants. mer-chants. To be Constructed. "Tho Colorado Northeastern Is not a paper road," says Johu E. Godding who is interested. The board of directors di-rectors is made up of good, reliable men, and thoy alone, without any outside out-side help, would be able to build it. The line will run from Pueblo to Rocky l ord, aud from Rocky Ford to St. Francis. Fran-cis. The surveys have all been completed com-pleted and the grade stakes have been set. Thero aro no strings tied to the road; it is entirely independent of any-of any-of tho trunk lines. Changes on the C, H. & O. W. K. Hodges, assistant to the general gen-eral manager of the Chicago, Iiurling-ton Iiurling-ton & Quiuey, has resigued. John Dyer, auditor of passenger accounts, has followed suit. L. It. Hopkins has been promoted to the Jatter vacancy. It. S. Etnmett has been promoted to be paymaster and Thomas White assistant. Kailroail Notes. Last week 4.15 car loads of freight were received in this city. New ties are to bo placed on the Echo Park City branch line before long. Work was commenced on tho Deep Creek road today by throwing dirt near Lake Point. Something like 000 freight cars have been sent to southern California by the Santa Fo to carry tho orauge crop. F. Mertsheimer of Cheyenne, assistant assist-ant superintendent of motive power and machinery, is in the city today. Ed Opdeyke, chief clerk to Superintendent Superin-tendent W.H. Bancroft of the U. P.. severed his connection with the road last night. Conductor John Thalen is running between Ogden and Park City, and Conductor Fred Haight is an extra on the main lino. Tho statement that the roads running run-ning to Leadville had made a reduction of $1 a ton on coal from all points to Leadville is incorrect. W. E. Halm of the Southern Pacilic company has returned from a trip to Nevada where he was looking after the local interests of his line, The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska road will be sold at auction to satisfy tiie Rock Island's mortgage of $7,00(),-000. $7,00(),-000. The Gould syndicate is liable to become a purchaser, and thus kill off an active competitor of the Union Pacilic. Pa-cilic. The position of traveling freight agent of tho Union Pacilic, which was vacant by the resignation of Munsou P. Case, has been filled by tho appointment appoint-ment of Drake O'Reilly, formerly chief clerk in tho general freight oilieo at Omaha. AlllG fimiLROADl Work to be Commonced This Week on the NewEoadin Which John Wi Young is Interested, NEW METHODS IN E. R. TICKETS. The Colorado Northeastern to be Built 0. B. 4 Q. Changes Points in General The organization of the Mexican Railway Development company, which held valuable franchises and concessions conces-sions from tho Mexican government, has been completed and active operations opera-tions have already been commenced on ?he Chihuahua and Guerrero line. The main line from Doming to the Pacific coast is graded for about sixty miles, and track laying will be commenced from tho Doming end this week. The complete coutrol of the system has passed iuto the hands of John V. Young, who has made arrangements with English capitalists for the early completion of tho road. It is expected that trains will bo running from Doming Dom-ing to Corralitos, 110 miles, by September Septem-ber 1. Unlike the Mexican Central, which connects con-nects El Paso with the City of Mexico, the new lino passes through the richest sections of the Republic of Mexico. Near the northern boundary of the stato of Chihuahua, on either sido of the survey, lie some of tho richest mineral min-eral districts on this continent. The northern terminus of the road has all the advantages of railway connection that the Mexican Central does at El Paso, and tho new route has tho advantage advan-tage of a seaport terminus on the Pacific Pa-cific coast. The lino will bo eventually extended from Doming to Salt Lake City, but the route has not yet been determined. de-termined. Tho system comprises over 1200 miles of proposed railroad in Mexico, and if the line is extended to Salt Lako City by the most direct route without reference refer-ence to tho advantages to be gained in increased local trallio by a longer lino which would pass through tho best portions of the country between Doming Dom-ing and Salt Lake City the total length of thifentire system would bo considerably consid-erably over 2U0J miles. Mr. Young has already secured a one-fourth interest in the real estate owned by the Doming Townsito company com-pany and prices of real estate have advanced ad-vanced rapidly in the last few days. Doming already has two important railway lines, but this new outlet will make it by far tho most important railroad rail-road point in the southwest. j Of Interest to Shippers. Representatives of tho D. & R. G., U. P. and C. M. held a meeting in Denver tho other night and discussed the commodity com-modity rate. On the through rate from the Missouri Mis-souri river to Salt Lake and Utah common com-mon points, the lines east of Colorado get SH per cent on tho through rate, but on local business from Colorado common points to Utah, and Colorado. Utah lines get only 00 per cent of the through rate as their local rate. For instance, if the through rate from Kansas City to Salt Lake on a certain kind of goods was $1, tho lines east of Colorado would get ISTf cents, and the lines west, till cents, whereas, if the goods were shipped from Denver, the rate would only bo 00 cents, 2i cents lower than what their proportion of tho through rate would give them. The effect ef-fect of this has been that the Denver shippers had an advantage over the Kansas City shippers of just "J per cent of whatever the through rate might be. The object now is to make the local rate W1 per cent of the through rate the same as they get now on the through business. All tho roads represented consented to it. and it will go into effect soon, if the Kio Grand Western agrees to it. Tho Denver shippers will no doubt make a howl. J. II. Hennett of the Rio Grande Western was seen today by a Timed reporter and said: "Local rates as a rule are always higher than the proportion of a through rate. Several yoars ago the liio Grande Western arrauged with the Denver & Kio Grande to make local rates on goods manufactured in Pueblo the same as we would get as our proportion of a through rate on the same goods from the Missouri river, which at that time was (JO per cent. Recently the division of the Missouri river and Utah rates have been changed and the lines west of Pueblo get per ent, which is the same as they always got via Denver, and which makes it necessary that the local rate between Pueblo and Utah should be raised 2fr per cent, as the roads west of Pueblo would not be allowed more than their local rates. The only articles affected are those manufactured at the Pueblo ironworks. Thero is no change contemplated whatever what-ever in general merchandise." A New Method. In compliance with the recommendation recommenda-tion of the general passeuger and ticket agents and accountiug otlicers of tho various roads of the country, mado at their meeting at Chicago recently, the Official Railway Guide for March has given each road a number, which will be printed on the tickets. The object of this is to assist the accounting officers in their work and to simplify the system generally. If a ticket is issued by the Santa Fe, for instance, to New York, the number given to the Santa Fe will appear on the Santa Fe coupon, and tho numbers of the other roads over which the ticket reads will appear on their respective coupons, so that the gatoinan, conductors and accounting ac-counting officers, and all who have anything any-thing to do with handling the tickets, can tell at a glance all about them. 8ome Day. The K. G. W., says rumor, is working work-ing to buy the Oregon Pacitio road, which is projected from Yaiiuina bay on the Oregon coast to l$oise City, Idaho, and build westward iromOgdcn, Utah, to connect with it, which would give them a first-class transcontinental route. It is rumored that the Rio Grando Western company has had a special engineer at work for several months looking over the line and drawing draw-ing up plans and maps to place before the directors. General Passenger Agent J. II. Bennett said this morning he thinks the scheme is an effort to boom realty. "Some day," said the gentleman, gentle-man, "we may have a road to the coast." Pullman Cars in Australia. George M. Pullman af the Pullman Palace Car company has closed a contract con-tract with one of the largest railroads |