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Show MMGETTS GOES TB SMELT1C0MMI Resigns Position as Contracting Contract-ing Freight Agent for the Pennsylvania Lines. A. K Mnrgett. contracting freight nRent for the Pennsylvania railroad system here, will lenv that position tomorrow to be-rome be-rome clerk and assistant to Ueorne W. 'nshiMt-', SMlstaal general traffic manager man-ager "f the T-nitei! Suites Smelting, Refining Re-fining and Mlnln company. He wU begin his now duties May 1. Aside from iiis railroad vrorR, "Bert" iMprgmtt as hf Is known to the baseball rnthvislas'ts of Suit Lake Ctty. has acquired ac-quired an enviable reputation In tne sporting wor'd u-s a bar.'-bdM plsye uipJ mi iimr. Hr was borr. and reared In this city. DIG WORK TO BEGIN. Extensive Improvement to Be Made on the Denver . Rio Grande. Won that the hip bond Issue of $26,000 Mi bv the Denver K- Klo Grande has l)n .nnprrlvrd by i he stockholders, it Ik proh-.hp proh-.hp fiat work on the improvements alone: the main line will be started within month or SU weeks. The first work will Include the cutting down of the grade over Soldier Summit und Salt T,nke Cltv. It Is announ-'d h ih officials of t!i" company that 51n.r11v1.01i1 win be avail -nhle within a short time A part of 'his amount win h spent on lmpro ements on llu Western Pacific shop at Sacramento and .'ii cutting down a heavy grade In Nevada, but the larger portion will be pent on the main line of (he Dcnver A nio Grande between Salt I-ake and Penver. Railroad Notes. S S Gllhn'v. general car distributor for the Wahnsh railroad company, with headquarter? at St. Iouls. la In Salt Lake City on hie way to Los Angeles. Tarl BtradleV. chief engineer for the Orefron Short Line left yesterday for on Inspection trip over the new work being done on th lines of the company In rdaho He probably will h- gone about tn days. E w Neweomb, signal engineer for the Oregon Short Pine with hoado iartera In Ogden, was a Salt Lake City visitor yes- 1 erday. V H Ran croft vice president and gen eral manager of the Oregon Short Line, and his aeslFtant. F, H. Knickerbocker, left Sunday night for a trip to Los Angeles. Ange-les. F F. Clavton. car service acent for the Salt Lake Route, with headquarters In Los Ange'es. Is in Salt Lake City on a business 'rip. K. A Wnnn. general traffic manager of the Salt Lake Route, with headouart-iMs headouart-iMs in Los Angeles, was In Salt Ivike Clty sterday on business A. W Parrot, city passenger agent for the Denver t Rio Grande at Denver, will arrive In Salt Lake City this evening on Ho. 3. Denver & Rio Qrande. He Is lirlnglnp with him seventy students from the Colorado School of Mines at Golden who are visiting mines throughout the West. Professor F. W", Traphagen. who has charge of the Itinerary of the partv. is now in Salt Lake City |