Show Railroad Notes Traffic lias been light slnco the holidays holi-days Traffic Manager Ecclea will bo back from New York this week I The Reading deal being official Is the most important of the day and It promises prom-ises to develop Into a much more Important i Im-portant consolidation Treasurer Lewis Hall of the P I L i N railroad is at the Knutsford en I route to Weiner on his return from aNew a-New York business trip He says the railroad extension north is being pushed as fast aa the condition of the season will allow I M M Dolphin grand chief of the Order Or-der of Railway Telegraphers held a conference yesterday with General Superintendent Su-perintendent Klmberley and Superintendent Superin-tendent of Telegraph Greene of the Northern Pacific The committee will probably Issue a statement The Northern Pacific anti Great Northern railways have notified their 1 agents that beginning February 1st I passenger rates in Montana will be reduced re-duced from 4 1 to 3 1 cents per mile It Is I expected that the Oregon Short Line Great Falls Canada Burlington and other roads will do likewise I The Ogden Standard Is of the opinion that the Utah Arizona will be utilized util-ized to form the Los Angeles connection connec-tion a project which has been spoken of at length But this would require bridge over the Colorado river and would be a much longer route than over the desert Then tho Los Angeles I road Is not going to connect with the I Santa Fe I |