Show Railroad tcs Pioneer day rates arc announced by tho railroads British troops going to China would use the Canadian Pacific General Manager P P Shelby of the P I N Is back from the East The Illinois Central seems to be stirring stir-ring up Interest In railroad matters T B Bluckslono late president of the Alton left an estate valued at G 000000 S M Shatluo of time B O S W arid TT II Sheppord of the Alton are In the city A majority of Salt Lake railroad traveling l men were In Ogden yesterday after business In Salt Lake last month the Troy laundry washed 70000 pieces of linen for this district OC the Pullman service From Oflden station the Promontory can bo plainly seen The line for the cutoff goes almost west from the city The northern llncB are adopting a policy of retrenchment Crop failures will eauqe a great falling off In revenue reve-nue The Northern Pacific gross It Is bHld will fall oft 2000000 Out pf G2317C60S piisKongcrs carried by United States roads In time year ending end-ing June 30 1S3D only 20 were killed a very small percentage one killed for every 2180021 carried Time stateliest passenger engine running run-ning over Utah tracks Is the 1100 of time Southern Pacific and her sister engines en-gines which pull tho Llmlteda Into and out of Ogden Sonic roads way down Eat havo offered prizes to station agents In competition com-petition for lie best kept anti prettied station and grounds In time summer If prizes were given on tho Short Line Mrs A L Nichols of Farmlngton would got It Her garden la especially pretty this season The day Is passing when the freight men can say tho passenger department Is the piotty side of rollrondlng The J latter Is showing phenomenal Increases j aa shown In the Interstate I Commerce fommlsslon statistics for tlir year ending end-Ing June 30 1S99 The passenger do partmont gross earnings werrt iniBoj 1J1 an Incieapc of 2GSllGOl while the freight earnings were 917908059 ah Incicaso of only 36588035 so the passenger pas-senger percentage of Increase was much greater than time freight f |