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Show Railroad Notes. The Alta camp will soon be equipped with a railroad. It Is again rumored that the Rio Grande will make a circle line by connecting con-necting Heber and Park City. Utah has no new mileage yet this year, but by tho end of tho year the total will include tho seven miles of the Ncwhouse line, the eight miles of the Cutler line, a possible extension from Marysvale and a start on new construction from Salt Lake. Already tho Short Line Is booking a large number for the Lucln cut-off excursion ex-cursion on the 17th, Owing to the fact that all want to see the line It will be a popular train. The return will be made about 5 p. m. B. F. Frobes, superintendent of telegraph tele-graph on the Oregon Short Line, one time was with the Postal Telegraph. The Railroad Gazette has a nice notice of the career of this popular official who has been with the company such a long time. The Oregon Short Line will operate an excursion to the Mormon colony In Alberta, Canada, on August C. General Passenger Agent S. K. Hooper of the Rio Grande Is In the city. The announcement yesterday In The Tribune that the Rio Grande system has ordered 12,000 tons of heavy steel rails was the Interesting bit of news for speculation among local railroad men. In this city It is believed that they will be laid below Marysvale. But what will the guessers say In vlev of the latest news of Gould orders? |