Show RAILROAD NOTES D. D S S. S Spencer assistant general passenger pas er a agent ent of tho the Oregon Short Line returned this morning from froni Twin Falls Ida where he went to see the tho opening of acres of irrigated lands Mr Ir Spencer said thi this morning mornin that up to tc a i 9 o'clock last night acie acres of land 1 I I had been sold and thero was still a lon long line of buyers waiting for tho the opening of tho the office this morning The rho at tho the All Allus tunnel on oc a L tho the Park ParI City branch of the Rio Tho Grandc 0 Western was cleared last ni night ht and 1 trains rains are running on timo tilDO today toda- f The Traffic club of New York with a membership ma made e up of representatives s of tho the lal largo large e industries es of tho cast the e trunk line railroads and other carriers s having a agencies endes in that territory has s called a co conference between shippers rB and earners carriers over oyer the tho proposed increase in iii freight rates 0 The Tho Texas fexas Pacific ha ba has captured a i contra contract t from roDl eastern interests to haul 1 I cars of coke from New Orleans s I to Mexico This was offered to another r bi big company compan doin doing a no transcontinental I I business b but t they refused to bid although although al ale thou though h it i is said they would have o been Loen given iven preference r V work on the hi big tunnel a few fow P miles cast of Butte Butto tho the Chica Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o Milwaukee i St. St Paul from roach reach in ing that city cily on Juno 1 I as had been II I expected ted It i is s now said eaid that tho the road loud i I will be operating trains iut into Butte bv by f June 15 and that tho the road will re rea L Seattle about January 1 x Edger L. L Marston of the thc baukin ankin banking house of Blair Co which underwrote un roto clem-roto a lar large e part of the bonds forthe for r 1 the tho Wc Western Pacific who recently mado o I Ia J a tour tOUT of inspection over tho thu Denver b Rio Grando Grande and tho the Western Pacific c has thi this to say lu in rn an au interview given iven a I out nt fit Kansas Kansa City Cit The Tho Tho ThoY Y Western Paci Pacific c is the best newly constructed railroad that coulbo could coul bo ho built and with a maximum grade of 1 pcr p cent will give ivo hansas City a alino alint lint line b by wa way of the Mis Missouri onri Pacific to San Sun Francisco unequaled and should doubtless J contribute greatly to Kansas KaDIs City's prosperity Tire The Western Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- will wil give Kansas Kansa City the third in independent in dependent transcontinental line which will open about May l 1 1 l OO Tho The importance im im- im of th the new no through line from Kansas Cit City to the Pacific coast as aa will willbe willbe willbo be bo offered by the Gould system tem with ith the tho completion of the Western Pacific can hardly be bo overestimated o Mr i says the physical condition condi tion of tho the Denver Rio Blo Grande is is first class antI and equal to nIl all requirements that of the tho Missouri Pacific bo lie says BaS is much better than has hag been represented represented his bis train having traveled fifty lifty miles an hour between Kansas City and it 0 Following the meeting of the stockholders stockholders stock lock holders of tho O Ogden den Union Depot and nnA Railway company at O Ogden den yesterday morning at itt which directors were elected elected elect elect- ed cd tho 1 directors rectors met yesterday afternoon afternoon after after- I noon and elected tIre the following o officers for tho the ensuing year W. W V. V IL H. Bancroft president Fred J. J Kiesel vice vice dent F. F N. N Hess tess secretary Alex Miller assistant sc secretary Fred V. V S. S Crosby treasurer E. E C. C Manson superintend superintend- ent cut On tho the board of directors W. W A. A Whitney superintendent of the Utah Uth division ision of tho the Union Pacific Pacific succeeded Everett Buckingham ham formerly superintendent superintendent of the Oregon Short Line 0 II H. J. J Harris d' d engineer of tho the Ore Oregon on Short Line Lino B. B A. A Campbell trainmaster of the Salt Lake division 0 O. B. B Chalmers chief train dispatcher of tho the Oregon Short Lino with headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in Salt SaIt Lako Lake City F. F 0 O. Cal Cal- lop chief train dispatcher for the tho road rona at nt Ida B. B F F. F Forbes general superintendent of the cc raph system for tho the road and anu E. E C. C Manson super super super- of tho the Southern Pacific at Ogden Og Og- den loft left yesterday afternoon for a tour of inspection through the northwest Tho rho party part expects to bo be gone ono several sc days 1 The Wabash has issued an interesting pamphlet descriptive of summer tours among the tho northern noi lakes An especially attractive trip is described as through the Thousand islands and down the St St. Lawrence to tho the sea including the famous fa fit- maus inous Lachine rapids Tho Tire railway ticket protective bureau ha has offered 1000 reward for the ap ap- ap- ap on of R. R A. A Graver who is said to have ha burglarized tho the railroad station at Dunkirk O 0 OM Au August 18 1007 1907 He is also alleged ed to have havo robbed stations at Covington Jerseyville and Hagers- Hagers town Ind 0 Santa Santa Monica onica Ca Cal and Auburn Me Ie fc 0 Although not a commercial center tho ho town of oC Hannibal Mo on the Mississippi Mississippi Mis Mis- river is an important factor in the fixing of rates in a lar large e part I of the tho United States In fact the Hannibal Hannibal hannibal Han Han- HanI I rate governs gO all other rates from front the cast to the Missouri l river Thi This i conies comes ab about ut by reason of its being tho the Mississippi river riy river crossing nearest to I Kansas City St. St Lo Louis is is seventy eight miles further awa away front from Kansas City I yet freight by wa way of St S1 Louis which naturally is an enormous nm amount gets tho the benefit of the Hannibal rate rat to Kansas Kan Kan- sas City and anil beyond A traffic man who is 18 s had long on experience ex ex- iu ju handlin handling bu business iness on Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- lis- lis and other roads explains the situation situation situ situ- as s follows fallows Traffic men call the rato rate from irom Now New York to Chicago per cent The Tho first class rate i is is 75 W G cents per pounds Other rates are made with that as a basis For instance the St. St Louis rato rate from New York is per cent of 78 cents on first class dass h. h Other points on tho the Mississippi river Quincy Hannibal Hannihal and so o on pay the tho same rato rate from Chica Chicago o. o as as does St. St Louis The through rate from Chica Chicago o to the Missouri river is a a. trifle less than tho tIre sun sum of tho race to the Mississippi and tho rato rate across from there to tho the Missouri j That runt is the situation which confronts traffic men Tho The Hannibal I rato rate enters into all al aU rates west of the Mississippi including the rates from tho the cast east It will be a difficult difficult difficult I cult matter to increase rates between New York and Chicago Chicaro and St. St Louis in this proposed increase e in freight rates now now- talked of What traffic men of that section would liko iko to do would be bc to increase that Hannibal rate rato from 50 GO cents to GO cents per PCt pounds but they ther cannot do it without the consent of the Missouri railroad commissioners Tho The entire structure of frei freight ht rates is extremely complicated A change han e at one ono point affects many others The Tho railroads aro are confronted with mth the tho necessity sit of in increasing their earnings or decreasing their expenses The latter means either throwing win m men n out of work or cutting down clown their carnin earnings s and the railroads prefer Neier to increase their in in- But it is a difficult matter to toraNo rai raise raNo e freight rates rales An Au increase in freight rates means nothing to the general public It may mean something to the tho jobber and ana t the tho o merchant but it will not Dot materially lly af nf- af- af feet the price of merchandise to tho the consumer Suppose you ou are accustomed to buying slices shoes for which you ou pay 6 G a nair pair The frei freight ht rate on shoes hoes is raised a as much as 50 cents per pounds which means perhaps 2 or 01 3 cents per pair on shoes Do you suppose suppose sup sup- pose poso tho the shoe boe merchant would add that much to the price of his shoes O Of course not 0 0 Work york commenced Monday at Hero Here ford in west T ou tho new railroad rail road which will s-ili s extend from Trinidad Colo Cob through to Hereford Big Bit Springs Sprin s San Angelo Aagelo lo San Antonio and Port Lavaca La La- vaca yaca on tho the gulf the terminus The Tho length of tho the line lino will bo be 1500 miles and it will traverse tho the richest agricultural and section of tho the southwest Tho To Southwestern Southwest era Engineering Engi Engi- company under President Lees Lee started stai a force of surveyors at work at Hereford toda today Tho The road will bo be l known as the Colorado Hereford Gulf under the general ral management of A. A R R. R the tho exact route south to tho the Texas Pacific Hereford raised for the road and tho company campan deposited a a. liko like sum for ind indemnity in case it fails but its itA I officials have havo proven cn they arc ore backed by capital Other Othor t towns along IOD the road aro are raisin raising bonuses and I thero there is spirited rivalry to get et tho the line It Is believed belie in Fort Worth that tho the road is a Gould proposition to aid t the c Texas Jaci Pacific c nip the tho fouth southwest est from all four directions 0 t 0 0 The Tho Union Pacific has notified its connections connections con con- of a re reduction of the bridge arbitraries both at Council Bluffs In and amI at Portland Or Hereafter bridge arbitraries at Council Bluffs Blurts will bo be 15 cents one way and 30 cents for tho the round trip At U t Portland the tho rato rate will ill willbo bo ho 30 cents one way and 60 CO cents for tho tiro roun round trip |