Show THE 0 S L FRANCHISE Officials Give Their Views of the Outcome Out-come of Vexed Question The granting of the franchise to the Oregon Short Line was the topic of conversation In locil railroad circles yoflordny Messrs Bancroft Calvin and other ofllrlals were out of town mt Mr liurley when seen staled that there was nothing to say except that the company was natumlly pleased at the l result and the end of he I mutter would he a line station and that was what the Short Line wished As to my plans those matters had not been taken up but the company Would lose no time I in getting the mi tier settled uid whether a union station or tin In lependcnt I one It would lE started just is soon as possible and time would Fliow hut I the granting of the fran hlse would prove of great benetit to the oily Assistant Gonral Trnlir Manager S H Habcock of the Rio Grande lines hon asked for his opinion as to the cu iconic raid The action of the CJty Council last light relating to the Oregon Short Line franchIse covering trackage on Fourth Vest street contained no elements of surprise to us as our people had been fully advised from thc beginning us to hat the outcome would undoubtedly be Our efforts In the matter have boon directed solely to placing the fair pole po-le Ion of this company as clearly as possible before the Council and slm Jl ly 1 asking the fair treatment to which ve felt we wore entitled and which ve believe the citizens generally of the city desIre that the Rio Grande com pa icy should have The only amusing aspect of the whole controversy has been the atti ude nnd remarkable arguments of the Short Line attorneys who after sneer lug at the offers and propositions of the Rio Grande attorneys have usually usu-ally proceeded very promptly to a cheap imitation of them If the profound line oC reasoning i ml argument offered by these very able Short line attorneys was offered Itl ji police court In defense of a man barged with assault and battery that man would dead sure go to the cala boose for the balance of his life TrnnsSiberiau Road Seattle Wash May l1The Trans Siberian railway Is completed all but ho opening of a tunnel one and one half miles in length and will be ready for general traffic the latter part of this year according to George Janson who for a number of years has been II construction engineer on the road Mi 1 Janson arrived 1 In I Seattle yesterday from the far East and Is on his way Lo St Petersburg his home which he ins not visited I for several years He has been employed on the TransSlbe lan railway ever since he completed his education In St Petersburg and IH returning to Russia through the United States in order to observe the conditions here and the progress made In all material lines Railroad Notes C JI Hlcklin Is In town G L Hickey left for Pocatello last night The Short Line changes go into effect tad a y When winter puts a slop to work on he Southern Pacific the men am find work on the Short Line below Calienles Assistant General Traffic Manager Sir S-ir Babcock of the hUn Grande lines oft for Denver last night to be gone several days Ernest Smith will succeed Fred Cnlckerbockcr as secretary to General Superintendent Calvin He was for along a-long limo with the Rio Grande passenger pas-senger department and has many friends in this city Charles P Keene the successor to H M rushing as traveling passenger agent of the FUo Grande line will ben be-n the city for a few days to take ip his work He come from Grand Junction where he has been with the Rio Grande for some time and is avery a-very efficient official Pcojilo Who LHo Xion cs From statistics It Is learned that the ongestllvcd people of the world are the Norwegians They are temperate ind simple in their habits and preserve III great vigor their digestive powers which Is most neecssarj In the maintenance main-tenance of good health The American usually lives I fast that the stomach IH neglected until his health Is I completc Iv undermined and he finds himself gradually getting weakor and weaker I yon are one of these sufferers we offer you a medicine that will strengthen your stomach and start you anew on icalths pathway and that Is Hostellers Hos-tellers Stomach Bitters It will cure flatulency Indigestion dyspepsia constipation con-stipation insomnia chills and malaria fever and ague DnnL fall to try it For sale by all druggists |