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Show WEBB GEEENE BOUNCED. Rio Grande Railroad Has No Use for Men of His Hk. Tho immediate result of the visit hero last week of tho Rio Grande Western railroad's special detective, Bays tho Mount Pleasant Pyramid, his mission at that tlmo having boen tho Investigation of tho charges preferred against the com- fany'H -local agent, Webb Greene, in he courts hore, was the release of Mr. Greene and tho appointment of his successor, suc-cessor, ' , According to his own statement, Mr. Greene wrote to headquarters last week immediately after learning of the visit here of tho detective, and requested that bo -tys "transferred to some othor station. on tho system or be rolensod. In response re-sponse to this request he received tho Information that ho was released. James Simpson, formerly of this city,, who for yenrs has boon tho company s representative at Spring City, being the next agent In point of seniority who desired de-sired tho Mount Pleasant station, was offered, tho position and accepted it. Ho was put in possession Tuesday morning. Myron Aldrich, also a Mount Plcasnnt boy, who has been nt Bingham some time, was given tho Spring City Btation, having been transferred thoro on Sunday. Sun-day. Mr. Greene expects to leavo hero within a day or two to remain until September, when his appearance In court will be necossary. Ho announces having received re-ceived offers for positions as telegra.V operator from San Francisco and from the East, and that ho will probably accept ac-cept tho former. Telegraph operators aro on a strike in various portions of tho country and there is demand for all who can do tho work, with good salaries sal-aries connected. |