Show Railroad Notes The Colorado Fuel and Iron company will expend 10000000 for new plants The Mexican National annual meet ing will be held next Monday at Colorado Colo-rado Springs The Hallway Age Is especially Interesting Inter-esting this week as It details with plans the Pocatello shops The fact that the Rio Grande has only to build 3S7 miles to make an nil I rail line to Los Angeles la an intel eating Item S I Alex Struthers has resigned as master i mas-ter mechanic of the Denver Rio Grande at Grand Junction Colo ef fective on April 1st The first of the Immense new car shops for the Union Pacific In Omaha the aggregate cost of which ls to be about 57COOUO Is being pushed ahead It Is denied by local ofliclals that the Ogden conference rate of 5150 for the round trip is to be permanent on account ac-count of the electric line threatening i competition The monthly banquet and meeting I of the Rate Mens club will be held at the Majestic hotel Chicago on April 8th Following the banquet a stcrcop ticon lecture will be delivered by Nat M BrIgham of Salt Jjake on The Grand Canyon of the Colorado Owing to the keen rivalry for immigrant Immi-grant traffic to the Pacific States It Is not improbable that the coming summer mer will witness a spectacular rate war An unprecedented rush of travel lo the farm lands and mining regions of Wyoming and Idaho Is expected and there are a number of large national na-tional conventions dulcd at Western West-ern cities this summer Union Pacific officials arc planning to Increase tho capacity of equipment on the Oregon Short Line and report says they feel sure of coming out ahead |