Show SOUTHERN PACIFIC Lake CutOff the Chief Feature of That Companys Work The Southern Pacific ballasted its I lines in Utah and made many notable changes to reduce grades and curva I tUft Many new cars and locomo tVS wore purchased and the service I bettered In every way I Chief of the Improvements planned Is the cuton across the Great Salt i lake This is to be commenced this year The Ogden Lucln Is incorPorated J Incor-porated for that purpose and the right of way secured The plan bus been published In all its interesting details I several times and Il is only necessary to repeat that the line will start from Lucia and be about 101 miles long to I Ogden I will Have about fortyfive I i miles In distance between Lucia and j Ogden and eliminate the heavy grades g over Promontory and Kellon hills Part of the line will have tobo built on n 1 bridge UCIOHS the lake and for this purpose 1 pur-pose piles will bo driven Steam shovels piledrivers and material arc being re celved and unloaded at Ogden and the actual work is soon lo commence Railioad men finnly believe the Southern Pacific Is I also intending to build to Salt Lake but no definite word CHI be secured on Lime subject Railroads and Railroad Len Utah lines and officials Salt Lake agencies for all railroad and steam ship companies Atchison f Topeka Santa Fe rail way Santa Fe route 411 Dooly block f C P Warren general agent J J ogent Dcvcreux traveling freight agent Atlantic steamship lines all companies com-panies lopresenlcd by I A Benton Rio Grande Western and L J ryes Oregon Short Line at city ticket offices of those companies Burlington Missouri River railroad rnlroall Burlington route 79 West Second South street R F Neslen general Jcneral agent L W Hahn and C P Pructt traveling freight and passenger agents passcnger California Oriental steamship line Ino Santa FeJapan route 411 Dooly block C F Warren general agent Chicago Great Western Maple Leaf route 58 West Second South street W JI Lownsbcrry traveling freight agenL Chicago Northwestern railway Northwestern line F E iS M V S C P C S P M I 0 206 South Main street C A Walker general agent D J Lindsay traveling agent trivelng lgenl I W C Eons city solicitor Chicago Milwaukee Su Paul railway rail-way 212 South West Temple street rl J Downing commercial agent Kent O Kycs traveling freight and passenger passen-ger agent C S Williams traveling agent Chicago Rock Island Pacific rail way the Great Rock Island route 100 West Second South street J E Ogles by general agent J L Yundt and J E Fox traveling freight agents J W Trewhela soliciting solctng agent Colorado Midland railroad Pikes Peak route 20C South West Temple street W H Donnell general agent A D Hudnall livestock agent asent Devor city freight and passenger agent George W Feaklns traveling freight and passenger agent Colorado Southern railway formerly Union Pacific Denver Gulf 02 West Second South Hoyt Sherman general agent Denver Rio Grande railroad Scenic Line of the World 109 West Second South B F Nevlns general agent JI f Cushing traveling passenger agent George A IIakes traveling freight agent A J Gregory livestock agent W E Lawson traveling freight I agent Houston Texas Central railroad 214 riroad 21 Dooly block D R Gray general agent Illinois Central railroad 75 West Second ond South street Donald Rose commercial com-mercial agent T nn TT VLUl V LUl iJ Wi a SOClat0n room 3 Central block C H Griffin chairman chair-man manMexican International railroad 214 Dooly block D R Gray general agent Missouri Pacific railway 107 West Second South H B Kooser commercial commer-cial agent S O Reber traveling trvclng freight agent Morgan line Gulf steamships 214 Dooly block D R Gray general agent Oregon Short Line railroad 1175 miles mIe Locomotives 100 passenger cars 160 freight and miscellaneous cars 5620 Offices New York 120 Broadway Salt Lake Oregon Short Line building Edward H HarrIman buiding Cornish vicepresident W H Ban croft vicepresident and general manager man-ager Alexander Millar secretary F V S Crosby treasurer A J Van Kuran local treasurer F AV Hills auditor P L Williams general H1s audior Rhoadcs general purchasing agent S W Ecclcs general trafllce agent D E Burley general passenger agent 13 L Alley general baggage agent K E Calvin general superintendent J II YOUIIR G II Olmstead EC Manson division superintendents T 1 Dunn superintendent motive power and machinery W J Tollerton D J Ma lone master mechanics J B Berry consulting engineer William Ashton resident engineer J B Evans tax agent E J Fisher general claim agent Occidental Oriental Steamship company com-pany TransPacific R Gray 21 i Dooly block L J Kyes 201 Main street Pacific Mail Steamship line 214 Dooly block D R Gray R Gry general agent Pacific Express company 125 South 1 In t nl T T Uh HU oUIL n upcrJn tcndcnt J A Sanborn agent J E Casterllne depot agent W C Moran cashier T H Allen money clerk Fred Davidson o h clerk C B Standing night depot clerk Rio Grande ester railway 65365 miles Locomotives 96 passenger cars 70 freight and miscellaneous cars 1628 Olllees President and secretary No 1 Broadway New York general manager man-ager Donvcr Colo operating traffic and accounting Dooly block Salt Lake W J Palmer president G F Pcabody vicepresident D C Dodge second vicepresident and general manager Walter Ilinchman treasurer George A Krause secretary W F Colton cashier and assistant secretary E M Shepard counsel A E Wclby general gen-eral superintendent 1 Gcddes audI lorj S IT Babcock trafllc manager George W Hclntz general passenger and ticket agent J D Kenworthy assistant as-sistant general freight agent fare Reedall car accountant A T Miller t1lnmastC 1 G Sloan chief dispatcher dis-patcher John HIckey general master mechanic T TIpton purchasing agent H J Yard chief engineer J L Thomson Thom-son superintendent bridges and water service Salt Iako Los Angeles miles Locomotives 2 cars 10 general offices Nauvoo block Suit Lake Loronxo Snow president George Q Cannon vicepresident William McMillan secretary sec-retary and treasurer W J Bateman general manager F S Richards general gen-eral attorney Salt Lake Mercur 11 miles Locomotives Loco-motives 5 cars 19 General offices ofces McCornick block L L Nunn president presi-dent J G Jacobs vicepresident and general manager J J Stewart secretary secre-tary E H Alris treasurer T J Mackintosh Mack-intosh general superintendent Salt Lake Offden IS miles Locomotives Loco-motives 9 cars 72 General offices 161 Main street Salt Lake S Bamberger president and general manager C J Bannister vicepresident J Oberndor fer secretary Ed W Duncan treasurer treas-urer John S Crltchlow auditor H W Early general passenger and ticket agent J IF Kirk master mechanic EA Val chief engineer v San Antonio Aransas Pass Railway po R Gray general agent 214 Dooly block Sanpeto Valley Railway 5875 miles Locomotives 2 cars 2C General offices McCornick block operating and trafllc qfllces Manti Utah Theodore Bru hack president S T Pearson secretary secre-tary treasurer and auditor H S Kerr superintendent and trallic manager William Watson mater mechanic Southern Pacific company Sunset Ogden ant Shasta ioutcs 211 Do6ly block D R Gray general agent R K Mlnson uid A II Wilde traveling agents Legal department Thomas Mai shall attorney Operating department depart-ment J S Noble superintendent Salt Lake division Ogden SU Louis San Francisco railroad Frisco Jlne2 West Second South street H B o Woidqn traveling eight and passenger agent Union Pacific railroad Overland roumte201 S6Uth Main street W E Coman general agent J M Moore general Western agent Union Pacific Goal company Legal department Le Grand Young general attorney for Utah Utah Pacific 75C miles locomotives locomo-tives 4 1 passenger cars I freight and miscellaneous cars 325 1 General otfices Hooper block SaiL Lake A W Mc Cune president t i David Eccles vice president C W Nlbley treasurer T J ISllorbeck superintendent John Q C II chi 0 auditor j Utah DpmyrraccByrcajn Room 3 L j I Central I block C H Griffin commls ion or I loner Western Railway Weighing Assoclai I tlon and Inspection BureauRoom 3 Central block C H Griffin agent Wells Fargo Co Express 58 West I Second South A C French 8Wet C Smith cashier Fred Hathaway o h clerk J A McCulloch depot 1 McCuloch agent dcpot R E Savage night depot agent nlcnt 1 Western Passenger Association H Griflln agdnt Room 3 Central I block Central I Railroad Notes S i Tho railroad situation Is brIgnt II I I The year was a recordbreaker S a f Ticket commissions were abolished a a Ogden yards were enlarged and im proved S I J through The unionstation project 5 tel S 5 a a The Wyoming Burlington i surveying Inc allover S I I be 1900 a better was a one good y a but 1901 will I 0 o Collis P Huntington president of thq Southern Pacific died tE ea I Electric light plant was installed afi Rio Grande Western shops a a I D R Gray of the Southern Pacific was married durIng tho year PacLfcj II I T I Charles M Hays was elected pres 1 t idcnt of the Southern Pacific Baa I Coal continued to be the chief artt cle carried by both railroads a v Henry G Nichols general counsel oS i the Short Line died in Boston f 1 a W E Coman was made general I agent for tho Oregon Short LineS gencrn S Line-S W I Donnell of the Colorado Midland Mid-land was marred dtfring the year DO l W Early resigned a general paac senger agent Salt S Lake S Ogden George Sherrard resigned a livestock live-stock agent Rio Grande Western I I t William Ashton was made resident 1 engineer of the Oregon Short Line a a a John F Evans was made assistant auditor of the Rio Grande WesternS I S a r G Sloan was made chief dls < palcher of the Rio Grande Western T n J I freight agent of the Rio Grande Western G 0 Winslow S Pierce of New York wa T elected general counsel of the Oregon Short Line 0 A 1 3 A Reeves was appointed assistant general freight agent of the Oregon Short Line C H Griffin had the affairs ot tho i Western Passenger association added to his office II I o 0 aIn a-In Utah there arc 1575 miles of railroad rail-road not including second track spurs j and sidings a a F B Choate was transferred to Pittsburg as general agent of tho Union Pacific x S I William G Sharps title was changed to general manager Pleasant Valley Coal companya a A v > 5 2 W J Bateman succeeded N Wk Clayton as manager of the Salt Lake Los Ajngclcs f a r The Colorado Midland was bought by the Colorado Southern and Rio Grande Western f a o 0 < The Illinois Central established an agency here with Donald Rose as commercial agent c a R English resigned as master mechanic me-chanic at Helper and was succeeded uy joscpn aeniacuts M 9 A T Miller was made superintendent superintend-ent of telegraph and trainmaster of the S Rio Grande Western o o R F Neslen was appointed general agent of the Burlington to succeed B1 R Watson deceased o S P N W Sample was made consulting engineer of the mechanical department Rio Grande Western o October 1900 broke the record ort Rio Grande Western and Oregon Short Line for gross earnings 0 The Utah Central will remove its tracks from the canal and along Ninth and Eighth South streets aca J H Bennett was made general freight and passenger agent of the Nevada Ne-vada California Oregon i The Sanpetc valley had a prosperous year Its building stone traffic showing an especially heavy increase Cfr The Salt Lake Los Angeles Jn creased Its salt traffic and had a flno lake trafllc during the season S O 4 H M McCartney was made first assistant as-sistant chief engineer of the San Pedro Pe-dro Los Angeles Salt Lake OG t The Rio Grande Western carried 110198 and the Oregon Short Line 65S 065 passengers earning revenue during the fiscal year of which none wcref killed i I A A i i f The Salt Lake Mercur had an ln creased ore and passenger traffic making mak-ing the year a profitable OHO in cvery S way O O f The Salt Lake Ogden improved Ho line added some new equipment and had one of time best years In Its history his-tory a o n Thomas TIpton was made general purchasing agent of the Rio Grande Western and Georgo Wlusncss chief storekeeper O o A r The Rio Grande Western threemile extension at Bingham will bo known as the Copper Belt railroad and will bo operated by J G Jacobs x o a o Larry Malloy was given a leave of absence and G H Olmstead took his place as acting superintendent of thor Montana division Oregon Short Line 00 2 Rumors were rife during the year of the probable sale to larger roads oC the four smaller lines in the Stale time Saltair Lagoon Morcur and Sanpelo roads o K a S x Something1 over 13000000 passed through tIme Salt Lake clearinghouse 0 during the fiscal year representing S gross earnings of railroads having headquarters here o General Passenger Agents George W Ileints of the Western and D E Burley Bur-ley of the Short Line continued their excellent work of advertising Utah ami Idaho and securing new settlers for both States This work Is one of time most 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