Show iiFFIALS V SiT WTY G President Woodford of C H Ii Here I V I ONE OF EASTERN PIONEERS Ir r I Hns Been in Service Nearly Half a Century Vicepresident Hanna i ford of Northern Pacific and General Gen-eral Traffic Manager Clarke of tho Great Northern Here Pool of the Pacific Steamers Santa Fe to Forma Form-a Rival to Shasta Route in Northern North-ern California Rnllroad Notes I Several 1 distinguished railroaders passed yesterday In Salt Lake In a car of the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Day-ton was President M D Woodford of that C system He was accompanied by Mrs and Miss Woodford Mr and Mrs Dewing and theY were entertaIned by i General Passenger Agent IlelntK of the Rio Grande Western over whose lines the party traveled Mr Woodford is I one of the oldtime railroaders of the East and for nearly half a century has been actively en caced in the work entering service In 1853 as telegraph operator on the Erie in three years ho was a chief dispatcher I dispatch-er on the Michigan Central From then on ho rose steadily until he became l be-came president of the C IL D 1 and the C L W Ho and his party were r dollKhted with Sail Lake Denver Hlo Grande car A war also In the Rio Grande Western yards yesterday yes-terday Its occupants were Third Vlcc President J M Hannaford of Limo Northern Pacific and General Tralllc I Manacer F B Clarke of the Great Northern They were shown around I town bv General Truffle Manager Ec I cbs of the Oregon Short Line The fact that the tratllc ofllelals of the two I northern lIne ero hero together caused some speculation but It was found lhat they were merely en route to San Francisco to attend an Important Impor-tant meeting of railway and Pacific steamship olllcials to discuss Oriental I rates which have been somt what chanced since the Santa Fc entered the Held with two steamers plying to I and from San Diego All the ollicials Interested Mill gel together and patch UP a truce If possible so that nil frclsht rates across the Pacific may bo uniform and a disastrous war of rates I bo averted The visitors left last nlghl |