| Show PASSENGER HEN CONFER I I1G1 Transcontinental Association Holds Its First Regular Meeting SL Louis Mo Nov 20Thc Transcontinental Trans-continental Passenger association held ntt its fIrst regular meeting today at the Planters hotel Chairman James M Charlton of Denver prcslGin IUIflE I Chairman Charllon made a report in ii t which he stated that he had rented offices FI I I of-fices at Denver and made preparations U to employ a suitable staff An emergency emer-gency fund of 55000 Was ordered created Dr for this and contingent expenses RUP E L Bevington formerly chief clerk r In the general passenger department of ± the Chicago Alton road at Chicago L was elected secretary of the association associa-tion ntj tionThe committee appointed at the L i1l meeting In Chicago on November 15th rrij I to secure new members for the association j asso-ciation reported slow progress and I 4 asked for further time which was 1 granted It Is expected that all roads SPI t west of St Louis and Chicago will become 1 l be-come members of the association 7 71 As regards granting reduced rates Cork Cor-k q the next annual meeting of the Ep OcJii worth league It 1 was reported that a i v committee from that society wished to be heard on the subject and leave was l granted for tho members to appear before as be-fore the association tomorrow Central Pacifics I Report Ian t 1 I I I-an Francisco Nov 20Thc annual lii statement of the Central Pacific railway t L rail-way whose lines are operated by the 1 il Southern Pacific has been made to the Itf til State Rallroffd Commissioners It allows a total Income from operations 4 of J74C51S1 from Which Is deducted 1 554687 for salaries and maintenance of niAI organization 39SG73 being the interest RIAI in-terest on funded ddbt accrued 592S73 for taxes JolG27S for permanent improvements J h im-provements total 3149821 leaving a l net Income of 52022472 it P if fi Russian Railroad News jJtJ SU Petersburg Nov 20Thc Minis I try or Hallways published figures rii showing that the average gross Income fie the railways In European Russia In T WOO Is 7062 roubles per vcrst two tljlrds ot a statute mile and lemon iZ Htratlng that the average cross In one of the railroads In the Asiatic posses lJ Hlons of Russia Is 2119 roubles per i1 vcrat making a general average of jj C1CC roubles per verst or a slight gain i over 1599 j j A railroad bridge a mile ong over the river Volga at Saratoff costing 20000 I OOO roublea has beer planned Nev Oregon Road < 1 Portland Or Nov 19Lhe Oregonian I jV I Orego-nian tomorrow will say The project f c for n railroad from Portland to the lJ1 Nchalem coal fields Is taking shape It dl la huppoBcd that Influences favorable > 1 to the Great IsTorthorn are behind the C L present Nchalem project It Is said tY that something definite regarding the I building of th line will be given out In At a few days It Is expected to bring tho I t Nehalem coal and timber and agricultural 12f1 agricul-tural products of Tlllamook county to ilC Portland direct i This route makes the dlnUince from i Portland to Nehalqm bay less than sev entyeight miles It contemplates go lnj out a few miles 011 one of two r0 r tracks already built on the Southern V T Pad lie to lIIllobcTo or on the Northern North-ern Pacific to a point near Holbrook i f The Hlllshoro route in connection with the Southern Pacific would leave only I llftyelght miles of lYcw track to build to reach Nehalem bay from the Northern North-ern Pacific the mileage would ben little lit-tle more than seventythree miles I Railroad Notes I T J Clark of the Rock Island Is back again I VicePresident Gibbon of the Los Angeles An-geles Terminal also leaves for Califor I ma tomorrow The Illinois Central Is trying to arrange ar-range a compromise in the cottonseed freight rate Injunction suits J Frank Lee general agent of the Canadian Pacific at Chicago has been I made tralllo manager of the White Pass Yukon The grand jury at Philadelphia has ignored the cases against Superintendent Superintend-ent Swelgard for discharging men because be-cause they belonged to a brotherhood An Eastern railroad paper uses the wqrdo it Is reported siX times In a brief paragraph about the Lo Angeles An-geles road It seems afraid to come out and give the neWs i Owjng to various unavoidable delays I de-lays by reason of snow and lack of ma terjal the utah Central cutoff Is still uncompleted so the old line In the city IS Btlll being repaired and kept up In good condition The sugar factory In Cache being I assured the site selected and contract closed for its purchase those who are on the Inside also feel assured that the i Rio Grande Western will be able to haul Its cars to and from the factory |
