Show BAGK FROM A MEETINGs MEETING-S H Babcock at Chicago on I j Traffic Matters EL PASO ROUTE THEME Was Attended by Representatives of Southern Pacific Connections at Ogden and El PasoImportant Meeting at Short Lino Offices Between I Be-tween freight Men of OmahaPort land Route Work at the Big Cut at Stockton Moving Along Satisfactorily Satis-factorily Railroad Notes j Assistant General Traffic Manager S U Babcock of the Rio Grande llnca returned ycatcrday from Chicago where he had br < n In consultation with the ofllclalc of the Southern Pacific and connecting lines of that systim at Os den and El Paso The Rock Island having recently built to u connection with the t Southern Paclilc at El Paso It won deemed advisable to have a general conference Mr 1 Babcock represented rep-resented tne Rio Grande lines and Mr Monroe the Union Pacific and of course the Southern Paulllu was well represented repre-sented by Its traffic ofilcluto Others nt the meeting were Third VlcePresl dent J M Johnson and Freight Truffle Manager H Cower of th < Rock Island and Genera1 Freight gtnt B I Sar gent of the Texas ce Pacific General matters wer dlHouBsed hut nothing wan done relating to the Ogden cattLe which would be of Interest to the public In this region Speaking of the Jast generally Mr Babcock said last night that the leading lead-Ing topic of conversation In the hotels and nil public places Is the great anthracite an-thracite coal strike Everybody Is talking or It for In the east Il has a direct bearing upon the life of almost every citizen and Is i fact becoming iv decidedly herlols matter to all concerned con-cerned To show how much the matter mat-ter Is In the public mind Mr Babcock Bab-cock states that In Chicago the street fakirs have been soiling scarf pins at 10 cents each made out of little pieces of coal which they sell as genuine black diamonds Mr Babcock stopped In Denver both going and upon his return to consult with trafllc olliclals of tim Rio Grande lines MEETING HERE TODAY OmahaPortland Route Freight Men Assemble for General Conference In tho office of Acting Traffic Manager Man-ager T M Schumacher this morning will be held the opening session of a series of meeting between freight officials of-ficials of the three roads making up the OmahaPortland route Besides Messro Schumacher and Reeves of the Short Line there will bo present Freight Claim Agent W H Hancock of the Union Pacific R B Miller general gen-eral freight agent and J B Livingston freight auditor of tho Oregon Railroad Navigation company The purposes of the meeting will be merely to talk over matters pertaining to the freight claims and kindred subjects of Interest only to the officials of the roads PIONEER CAR BUILDER Interesting Visitor afc Chicago Northwestern Yesterday Among the visitors at Chicago < t Northwestern headquarters yesterday were Mr and Mrs Richard Wharton of Chicago who arc enjoying a little trip to SaIL lake Mr Wharton Is I an EngllHhman but his wife comes from the Intcroatlng town of Ramsay on the laic of Man although both arc now good Americans Mr Wharton baa been in the continuous service of the great Northwestern system for forty eight years He Is the general foreman fore-man of cars at the big freight transfer and terminal In Chicago He began his service on August a 1851 with lire then Galena Chicago Union and from that little roiul hV 1 ha > seen grow the Immense Northwestern system of today to-day one of the largest In the whole world They had 1000 cars In those < days but now the number Is hearer I 100000 Mr AVhurlon Is the llrrt man to build a car for the transportation of looe wheat and as this class of traffic Is now one of the greatest factors In tho business of the Chicago lines he has seen the steady growth of Improvements Im-provements In the methods of handling the grain Mr nnd Mrs Wharton wilt be here several days SAN PEDROS REPORT OVer 770000 Expended for Betterments Better-ments During Last Year San Francisco Oct 10The annual report of tho San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad company mote popularly known as Senator Clarks road has been filed with the Board of Railroad Commissioner The report which covers the twelve months ending end-ing June 10th last shows rrrosa earnings earn-ings of 208371 I and 1 operating expenses of HiSA60 < Of the authorized capital stock of J23000000 there have been Issued I Is-sued shoroR to tho amount of JJoOlCOO or thlp amount 2500000 represents apart a-part payment of the prooorlv of the I Los Angeles Terminal Railroad company com-pany The total construction during the year Involved expenditures of 134HO and S35G7S7 was expended for equip I ment I AT THE BIG CUT Force Has Gotten Down FortyThree I Feet and Working Day and Night Workmen Just In from the camp of Flick < Jolincon the con tractors who have the big cut of the Oregon Short Line at Stockton dyke slate that the steam shovels are now down forty three feet In the center and the work Is going on day and night with the prospect that the contract will bt finished fin-ished on time Another steam shovel is to be put on soon The Utah Con structlori company has a steam shovel and two dinky engines which It cnn sprirc and it Is possible that It wlllicnt t them to Flick Johnson This out has frequently been described de-scribed In The Tribune as one of the most Interesting pieces of railroad con ntructlon hi the West A Tremendous Increase New York Oct According to the annual report Just Issued of the Great Northern Railroad company for the fln cal year ended June DOth gross earnings earn-ings for the entire system Including proprietary companies were SaSS5S513 and Increase of S 9412G over last year The net earnings J1925CIH2 Increased In-creased SSOOltttS Other Income brings the total up to 20015946 Operating expenses show an Increase of only 2 302S8S Out of the net Income for the year there was charged to the fund for permanent per-manent Improvements and renewals the sum of 2000000 The outstanding capital stock was Increased during the year by about 25000000 this Increase having been approved by the shareholders share-holders last year At the annual meeting of the stockholders stock-holders James J Hill and Frederick Weycrhauser were reelected and Louis AV Hill was elected to succed Samuel Kill I Railroad Notes J A Foley fsnaVk from Idaho General Sup9rlntcndent Young has gone south The O R N has three business or private carp VicePresident Cornish and party I tied up for the night at St Anthony A L Mohlcr has been general manager I man-ager as well ay president of the O R N for several years F A Nash returned to Omaha yesterday yes-terday Jp change wljl be made locally lo-cally In commercial agency at least for the present I AU switchmen and switch engine foremen on tht Montana division of the Northern Pacific wllllI have their wages raised 15 cents per day at once No order has I ooen placed for a new official car for the Oregon Short Line No such car Is being built at the Pullman Pull-man works and so It vlll not be delivered deliv-ered very soon d on a local piece of A man ninoypd 9o c railroad construction throwing money Into the Htioets Is a good Indication of the way money IB being distributed In thfs SUiC hy the rcllroadi |