Show I I RAILROAD NOTES Vice President and General Manager Bancroft of tho the Oregon Short Line Linc returned returned returned re re- re- re turned today from a brief business trip to Idaho 0 a aAlter After Alter spending the tho day in this city the tho party part of two sixty cast eastern castera r purses nurses left for the coast this morning where they the will attend the tho annual convention of the Nurses Nurses' Associated Alumnae C. C E. E Johnson of the freight department depart depart- ment meat of or the Rio Gran Grande e Western has re re- signed i his position and aud will be ho succeeded suc sue cee ed b by J. J L. L Spencer Mr r. r Johnson will en engage in business for himself Second class fares on all western railroads railroads rail rail- roa roads s were discontinued yesterday through h nu nn agreement among the tho members memo mem I bers bars of tho the estern estera Passenger ocia tion Only first class tickets 1 will besold be bo sold Bold in the future futuro Tho The change o makes ft a n difference of bet between 2 an and 10 to different points in iu u the tho ho west west To make mako St. St Louis the greatest grain rain market of tho thio west a grain bargo barge lino line company capitalized capitalize at has been een formed formea there to operate on the Mississippi r river river cr to N New cw Orleans The Tho Grain Growers Exporters Transportation tion company which was chartered fl a year rear cal 3 ago 0 w with tb a L capital ap tal of i ithe is the thc ori originator of tho the project Members Member of tho the Merchants Merchants' exchange e of St St. Louis who ho are aro interested argue arguo ar- ar LOuise guo gue that rai railroads roa s will favor a barge Ruo line no with St. St Louis as its ts terminal for forthe forthe forthe the reason that the they would earn pro pio- more mane money in carr carrying n grain rain to that point than to New Orleans Or Or- leans Jeans eams or Galveston Gal Rates Bates which show a rate rata to St. St Louis from front grain rain shipping points than to the gulf ulf ports arc are arc shown to substantiate this statement It It is planned to operate a n fleet of at four towboats and thirty steel barges es it is estimated that gra grain n can an bo be carried carried car car- ried ned on tho the bar barges to New Sew Orleans at a maximum char charge chargo o of 5 cents per pounds or less than one half the railroad railroad rail rail- road rate The Tho barges borg are to have havo a capacity of bushels antI and it is estimated that each cuch tow of five barges can make from froni ten to twelve c tr trips k i. year and carr carry to bushels hell or a total of 20 or 21 bushels for tho the Allowing Allo 2 1 generously for or insurance transfer an and minor charges har cost of operation and interest interest in iu terest on the investment it is figured that at nt a rate of 5 cents for tor pounds a big hiJ profit can call be made While primarily designed as KS a grain Irain line tho promoters are also considering dorin its feasibility as a carrier for other freight both ways They point out in inthe tho the circular that the effect of the successful sue suc operation of the lino Uno would be to brin bring about an entire readjustment readjustment- of the southwestern rate situation which is already orn fa favorable le t to St. St Louis as against t Kansas City iti Following the completion of the Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas City Mexico Orient lines to Tex Orient passengers her hereafter a ter will travel over o the Orient rails for miles after leaving leavinA Kaneas Kansas Kan Kan- sas City and land in in Mexico twelve hours houn s sooner than the they have been able ablo I to do O A I J- J E. E Stilwell president ent of tho OnS Orient Ori Ori- S ent is eluted elated over ocr th the tho to T progress of the t work between Benjamin Tex Ter and the Red Reil river Tho rho pre present nt gap Jap of sixty sixty- I miles will viiI bo be closed by 3 August giving the tho Orient a continuous track to the Red Heel r river cr President anil n a party part of or sixty stockholders and s or of 01 the road arc alc no now en route for fOl Mexico o l io on a atour atour I tour of iI inspection lp of th the tho road rO A A telegram tele gram grani from Okla states that i ithe the time party was there yesterday after after- I noon They Trier left t the Orient line lino at Altus Altus Al- Al 1 Okla Olda and will go o by 11 Fort Tort Worth striking the line hue tI nj again am at anti arriving in at Jt Mexico exico City May a 5 G. The Tho party is tr traveling only during the day While Whilo in La itou President Stil Stil- llis is quoted as saying that the tho Orient Orent Ori Or ent would proba ProbablY lr build a 1 line through that city in the tho near future 0 0 It A An n interesting development connected con coli- with the meeting ot ut the American Ameri Anteri- can ran HajJ j association last Wednesday Wednes day was the tho tl fact that there Ims has an an In increase J this month of OOOO in in the number of oC idle cars a It greater re ter increase than there theo has h been at t an any tim since the tho slump in ill business s occurred In Iii alluding to this W W. W C C. Brown senior vice president of the New York Central lines line said Mid that he did diel not think it furni furnished lCd inv any occasion for On the contrary he hI added Is 15 menus we wc ar are do down u to rock bottom anti ami that a of reaction ma mav nia- r reason rason reasonably ason- ason ably bl b 11 be expected April is nl R regarded re rc ar cd as a very ven dull duH month In all probability it will not be bc very Iou long Jong no now before wo we o shall sec see unmistakable signs of improvement ime t. t ft 0 0 J J. J If II Burtner district freight awl and passenger er agent for the Salt Lako Lake route returned this mornin morning from a n business trip to evada e 0 0 0 W Will JJ d. d traveling freight ht a agent enl for the Burlington returned today toda front from fronta fromn n a trip to southern Utah he be has I been looking in after wool loading i D I G. G GI M. M Pra Fraser Eraser or tra jn ami passenger agent for th Illinois Cen ti returned this morning front from a t. t trip ti-il tripi i to the southern part of tho the state where he has been looking after wool ship ship- ments monts lie Hc expects to acain n in the morning for or the tho same samo section of the state C C 0 S S. S T. T Williams William Hoveling ho freight a agent for the tho M. M I. I K T I with headquarters headquarters head head- quarters at Kansas City is 13 a visitor to Salt SuIt Lako Lake City S 4 0 0 A lar large e quantity of or Utah canned good is now no beitl being shipped to lo Kansas Kan Kan- sas sas Texas and Oklahoma where here it it is c expected a n large e new market will wiH be built up within the next few months |