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Show 'I RAILROAD SENSATION APPOINTMENT OP BABCOCK BRINGS OUT SOME INSIDE R. C. W. MATTERS, It in Krgarloi as a Slap t IConncU and BrOWH M'lm Have MmiIp Kneiiilos of Three GYMfl Corporal Ions lipnrral News Notes. v Railroad men had a perfect shower bath of surprise, this morning when It was announced an-nounced that S. II. llabcock, tlie late rl ht-nf-way agent of the Kin (iruiulc Western hud been appointed general freight agent of the Banc corporation. 'Die last named is a position posi-tion that has hitherto gone double with the general passenger agency held by J. H. Bennett. Ben-nett. Bennett lias not hocn heard from on the subject, but Assistant Freight Agent , Brown was around early this niorning after hearing the news, ami was warm in his ex-prcssions ex-prcssions of surprise. The impression U abroad among the best posted railroad mm that Bennett stood on all fours with Brown in the mutter of uolillcution and it is generally gener-ally considered to have been a more sum Wary than polito or just proceeding. One of tho best known railroad men In town said this niorning: "The move means decapitation. Of course there will lie no mum for Brown and it looks liko 11 cold frec.o out fur Bennett. There has been a hut light between be-tween Bennett and Bebcook fur some time past and they have lung since ceased to re-gsrd re-gsrd cadi other with kindly eyes. In fact they do not i ak to each other at all. This all cuincs from the fact that Babeoek has considered that these gentlemen mentioned have not run their Onlco with that degree of competence that Blgulties railroad talent. 1 know there was a merry row raised a ehort tiinu ago frum the fin t that the Union Pacific took away from the Rio Qrande Western lOfl Italians that had been working mi their Tintic division and sold them tickets clean through to Kansas Kan-sas City-. These workmen hail not been paid off, either, at the time, and they went to the paymaster of the Kio liranile Western West-ern and got their money and paid it to the Union Pacific. This was something '" the nature of a big SCOOp, as you would say, ami Babeoek w as warm in the collar, "Then there is 11 either thing that lias rendered ren-dered Bennett, and Brown liable to make enemies in strong iiartcrs. Whenever tlu v got a shipment they always favored the Burlington unite as against three strong roads, the Rock Island, the Santa Fc and the Missouri Pacific. That has raised lots of trouble because those three lines of course did not overlook nor like this state of affairs aud lliey have been crowding to get tliein out and making 11 big pull iu that Junction. "Now then to conn down to the business fmrt of the proposition ju"t loshow you that hese conclusions must he correct. The i-tiitement of the Kiu (Irnnde Western uil show that they do nut intend iiurea-ing e-jicuses e-jicuses by any means, since one '.ir ago they have. Increased their milage 21) per cent, their earnings have decreased 15. IS er cent, for the last week in December. Decem-ber. This too, iu the face of the fact that they have changed from a narrow ion standard stand-ard eungc. Now the Rio (Inutile Western has been paying Bennett :.IMK a year to do all the work, and certainly in the face of their showing they tlu not propose paying him that turn to do one-third ol the w ork. A- tu the. matter of competency I think the balance of favor lies with the men, that it it looks as If they are getting a dose of very cold water in the face." One of the biggest merchant shippers in this city w bo was standing by interposed a remark ju-t there: "Vou know how the merchants n gard Bab-cock, Bab-cock, don't you?" "No. How r" said Tiik 1 i.MEs represcuta- Uvi "Just ss the devil regards duly water " The Kio linnudo Western ha- prepared a new time talij, to go into effec t this morning morn-ing st IS.0L There are no changes on the main line. The Tlulie line is opened regularly regu-larly for the tirst time, and the train south leaves the city at 4 p.m. An Ogdon Salt l.nkc service lias been established also, a train leaving this city at 8:80 in the morning lind arriving tit In n'elm k. The south timind train leaves iigdcn at 4.."ti p.m., arriving ar-riving at Salt I.akc at li p.m. The Colon l'acilic hauled into Lchl this fall :i,ST,0:l pounds of beets, on Mliicli Uncharges Un-charges were 1-JOO.M. The -iimir shipped, over the L'uiiin l'acilic amounted tu v.'t. pounds, on which the 1 Barges were !I4.H. Beginning w ith this year, the I'nion Pa-cllie Pa-cllie will sell MOOO-milc tickets, good in Idaho, Oregon nud Washington, at '2l3' cents per mile, a reduction of half a cent. That Is, the book of tickets is now sold fur 7,"i where it was sold fur $111). |