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Show TEACK AND " TRAIN." New Life I'eiiig Tut Into the Utah Central. " 1 GREAT NCRTHERN LAYING TRACK j "H'iiat tlio onid Control of t!ie IVa-ba.sii IVa-ba.sii :)Iranii-Au interesting Comparison Com-parison of Railroad Casualties II'Tiillinht t'la!sh-s (iiirniTtd From I-'ai iijitl A ear Fields. From l'ark City cornea the news that the Utah Central "is join;; to be in better shape la a few weeks than ever before." The eompany lia ordered four new cuijint:-1vo cuijint:-1vo ji(i.seu!jer and two freight and they are now on the way. Preparations, the farm; .-tut liority says, are also bein made to complete tho branch from Park City to Moiirt'b mill. The Wily (ret Northern. (ireat Northern otlicials sre not vrastiucc Bny of their time in talking. 1 ho terminus to the JVciiie coast is being lid st the mur-Vilous mur-Vilous rntu of four miles and a half a day, and it will he completed by the middle of l-V-eeuiber. The road's interests are best tf rved tt present by keeping ijuiet as to it J.olicy. An accident disclosed part of its ;; iu withdrawing from all associations. lit official wilt neither deny tior atilrm its v.-i'.hdrawiil from the Western Traflic. Prci-ci.-iit -Mill. r of the advisory board, to whom th; v. -iiht'ra wnl notice was sent, is apparently under a A al of secrecy. Co?.u;orioTi of itailroad Casualties. From ofi'oial reports it appears that railroad rail-road work U aster in the United States than in Urent Britain. The Uritish board of trade for lS'JL reports TA'.i employes killed p.ml KHll'.njurcd in Jthe discharge of their duties. For the correspond 'mg time the in-t'Ttate in-t'Ttate commerce commission's report for tr.e United Slates shows o-tL einploye3 killed and :SJ,3'M Injured. Great Britain's railroad mileage is '3'), 194. while that of the i United States covers in tho report 15b, -PX) miles. In proportion to the mileage nearly ;o por cevi mere employes are iLi;ien in Great Britain, and ubout 8 per cent more injured. in-jured. Gould Control of the Wabash. Numerous reports are current that the Gouid control of the Wabash means an exclusive ex-clusive truffle aillarce between that road and Missouri Pacific; that the Alton will lose a valuable ally, or at least lose a large share of the trallic which it has been gelling from the Missouri Pacific. This kind of logic was yesterday shown to be false by General Manager Campbell of the Alton. lie said: "Tho springers of sensations must begin on anottier su!Jct which will have a "better basis In common business sense." Headlight Flashes. George Flint has been appointed Eastern passenger ageut of the Wabash, vice E. T. MoiiBtt, resigned. Next Sunday the Alton will break the record between St. Louis and Chicago by running a special train between the points in six hours. A dividend of l per cent has been de cltired ou Oregon Kallway cc Navigation company stock, payable October 1 to stockholders stock-holders of record September l'J. All Hues in the Western Passenger association asso-ciation have been authorised to make a $35 round trip rate, Chicago to Denver, tickets to be sold October 20 to 25, inclusive, returning re-turning good for thirty days. The business men of Champaign, 111., adopted resolutions yesterday denouncing th; cir service association as an interloper, and blamed it for the lack of train facilities experienced at Champaign. The annual report of the Iowa Central has just been sent to the stockholders. For the year ending June o0 it shows gross earnings of $:,S-ss,2t;0, an lnCrease nf $1S3,513. Net Earnings were $52y,5o4, an increase of $53,-1'j2. $53,-1'j2. Territory covered by the two remaining . harvest excursion dabxs has been eularged ruiitil it extends practically everywhere ex-ci ex-ci ;,t east of Buffalo and Pittsburg. The rern tiniug dates are September 27 and October Octo-ber 25. Tho cnnual report of the Denver & Rio Gnir.de u June SO shows gross earnings of $S,S30,P-!li.57, a decrease of $lJ,f7a.77. The net earnings were $3,709,353.20. Owin- to a large decrease ia operating expenses the net earnings show an increase of 3C3,73o. The latest accessions to the directory li-brtiry li-brtiry of R. L. Polk & Co., which is maintained main-tained free for the use of their patrons at 74 Knuti Ve? Ti.ir.r.:.. n.. .1 tl....l.l ...... - y ot.t.v, hoi i t -i uuiiui ujij, are city directories of lSW for Albany, Boston, Bos-ton, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Hartford, Helena, Memphis, Milwaukee, Boyd's Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Portland, Ore., Providence, St. Paul, beattle, Spokane, Taeonia and Troy, N. Y., and state gazetteers for 1892-'93 1892-'93 of Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dikota, Montana. Oregon. Washing-ton, Idaho f.nd Rhode Island. When giving an order for a directory or gazetteer see tbafthe name of R. L. Polk is plainly printed thereon. Pay no money in advance. No reputable directory firm will ask it. a- |