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Show IN HAILVVAYCHICLES. If the U. P. Pays Commissions on Westbound West-bound Trafiio East of the Missouri a Big Boycott Will Ensue. DENVER RAILROADERS GIVE UP. Fifteen Carloads of Silk and 100 Tons of Tea The Burlington Bounces to Boulder. Much interest Is taken in the news that the Union 1'acitio is going to pay j commissions on west bound trallic from the Atlantic seaboard to tho Missouri river. An agreement was entered into last January by all tho members of the Central Trallic association and the New York trunk lines association not to pay these commissions after February 1st. The penalty for infringement was to bo a virtual boycott of tho otf ending lino. The usual ecuso will be put forward that the other line j are violating tho agreement, and agoi d-siid tight may be looked for if the Tnion l'acilio is boycotted by the big eastern companies. compan-ies. T. II. (loodmau slated thai the Southern I'acitiu company has steadily adhered to its pledge. ' Whether the Union Pacilic will pay commissions west of the river is now a mootud point. A HftUroMitvr Surrn(lri. A. F. Vick Koy was one of four Denver Den-ver railroaders who the other day weut ducking near l.ovel.iud. He carried a $1."j0 gnu and while shooting on a ranch the proprietor appeared and told tho onltit to leave. Vick cut loose on the old man and gave him a sassing which caused the rancher to disappear in his shanty. In a moment he reappeared with a Winchester and told Vick to lay down his gun and leave. The fellow meant business and Vick acted as ordered or-dered and left his shooter in care of the rancher, l'espile tins unexpected unpleasantness un-pleasantness tho party bagged 0T ducks aud 41 geese. llurlinKtnn to llounc Into Hnnlilrr, The Burlington will hump itself and get a new lino to Boulder during the summer. Clear Creek station U the point from which the road is to be constructed. con-structed. The new line will take in Lafayette anil Louisville. Bight of way-has way-has been secured and grading will be begun in a lew weeks. Kitilrfiaii Hippie-The Hippie-The annual hall of the railroad conductors con-ductors will be held at Lcadvillo on April 2 . Otto Faas, formerly of Denver; is the new traveling passenger agent of tho Santa Fe at New York. The Southern Pacific has arranged for a new stage and steamboat Hue from Calistog.i to Bartlett Springs, Cal. Superintendent J. J. Burns of the Denver & Bio Grande will slartforC.il-ifornia slartforC.il-ifornia in a few days to enjoy a vaca-t vaca-t ion. The Wabash management will build a $ JO, DUO eating house at Moberly, Mo. The company intends to make it one of the best of its class iu the west. President Huntington of t he Sout hern Pacific acknowledges that he bought the Ohio Valley line, running from Princeton, Ky., to Kvanston, liiil. Fifteen carloads of silk consigned to Paterson, N, J., and 1U0 tons of tea were among the valuable merchandise, whisked cast on special time over the I'nion l'acilio lust nii'lit. Messrs. Duncan, Bissell, Tuohey and Dodges have gone to Fort worth. Tliy will idspect the whole of tho I'nion Pacific, Pa-cific, Denver & Gulf line, including buildings, and will decide upon whatever what-ever repairs and betterments are needed. Tho much desired change at Hill Top is, nevertheless, not supposed to be any nearer. |