Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-08 | Page 4 | Railroad Notes

Railroad NofcoB. Great excitement has prevailed In Iown railroad circles about the purchase by James J. Hill of the Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad, which is at present pres-ent leased to the Bock Island. It connects con-nects with tho Burlington at Des Moines. H. A, Johnson, general freight agent of the Colorado & Southern railway, Is expected to anivo In Snlt Lake tomorrow. tomor-row. Col. Benton, general agent of the paa-senger paa-senger department of thrj Itlo Grande, has booked already fifty-four special trains for the Knights Templar excursion excur-sion to the coast in September. Fine weather during the last two days has sent most of the railroad men down south after the wool again. S. V. Dcrrah, assistant general freight agent of the Denver & Rio Orande, went to Denver on No. 2 yesterday. It is thought that, owing to the death of George W. Kramer there will bo a oliake-up on the Gould HneH in the West. When asked whether hie going to Denver had any significance Mr. Dcrrah eaid it had not, that he knew of no changes that would take placo to affect him, and that ho was merely going go-ing East on ordinary buoinesa, Ben F. Nevlns. Western livestock agent of the Denver & Rio Grande, left town yesterday to return- to tho wool camps. In spltr of tho reports that railroad construction this year will bo reduced to a minimum, tho demand for steel rails has been very strong of late. Last wck the Now York Central placed an order for 20,000 tons. The trade reports re-ports say that Western orders are keeping the Chicago mills busy. The Belgian and French capitalists who are Interested In the oil fields In Wyoming have concluded their lour of tho country around Lander and Snlt Creek. It is understood that the result of their Investigation Is a decision to build tht railroad to Lander. Nownpaper storlcy in Denver are to tho ofroet that a war Is Imminent between be-tween the Eastern roads? and the water carriers on the wuter rate differential. The Rocky Mountain News has the following fol-lowing article. "Publication of tho story that the water rate differential on wool from this district would bo met by tho leading Eastern carrlore has brought a declaration from the local ofilces of the Mallory steamship lines that such a move on the part of tho roads would be followed by a frtlll further fur-ther reduction by the Galveston people, peo-ple, thua placing the rate 10 cents on the hundred lower than that heretofore hereto-fore in use by the roads. That fight la more than probable over the matter is not disputed, but It may be fair to say that the Kanawha Dispatch people will protect the differential throughout, regardless of the fact that the freight amount of the product from this district alone during a year will amount to about 60,000,000 pounds.