Show I RAILROAD NOTES I V. w. H. H Bancroft general eueral manager of the Oregon Short Line will return tomorrow tomorrow to morrow from Sparks Nov to which KO j place pace he be accompanied Ju Julius ius Krutt- Krutt schmitt director of maintenance and aud operation after his visit to this cit city 4 5 Train orders block signals an and other matters of f vital importance to the railroads of tho the countr country are ara being considered considered con con- at the tife meeting of the general superintendents now being held in Chi Chi- cago The Tho meeting convened con last Monday Mon da day and will last for ten days Acting Acting Act Act- in ing Superintendent J J. M M. Davis Dais of tho the Oregon Short Line is attending the meeting 4 J J. Dahlstrom general agent of the St. St Joe Joc oe Grand Island with headquarters at Denver arrived in n Salt Lake Lako Git City last night on n a b business trip Charles Charlet F. F Os Osborne orne general a agent ent for the Erie Dispatch at Denver is visiting Salt La Lake o pit City on business Twenty Raymond excursionists ar at- rived ried in Salt Lake City last night ht front from the coast and are spending the tho da day in inthe inthe inthe the city A special organ recital was given for the visitors at tho the tabernacle at 1230 0 o'clock clock this afternoon The party will leave for the ca east cast t over the Rio io Grande Grande- Western cr t tonight night b 0 4 As the toe result of dull business in the cast east tho the Baltimore oS Ohio Railroad company has bas freight cars lying idle on side aide tracks out of a total num nurn- ber her of freight care cars owned by tho the company compan At a valuation of 1000 per car tho idle cars represent gent of t the c company's mon money that is not earning revenue 4 4 44 4 The railroad comm commission sion of Ohio will hold a special session cession March 24 to take tako up th the dispute between the railroads and consi consignees of the tho Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts Pitts- bur burg district aa as to who should properly stand tho the cost of r wei hin freight cars and what the cost should be It is expected that the information gathered gath gath- ered cred will lead to new le legislation 4 On March S 8 the president C Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton Maine fAino Railroad company compan addressed ad- ad d. d dressed a circular letter to conductors firemen Rn and trainmen in tho the employ o of Ot the company asking them to accept a u temporary reduction of 5 i per cent in wages fa A falling off in in business busine s is given as the reason for tho request The Tho Southern Pacific abolished ten pa passenger enger trains on March 15 and ha has hail arranged schedules of local freight ht trains so that they tho run tri tn Tho na ml management gives i es as 35 the reas reason n for the tho reduction in service the lack of both frei freight ht an and P passenger er traffic With a view to encouraging the tho DO DO- tato industry in western Colorado tho the Colorado Agricultural college in connection con con- connection with the tho Denver Rio Grande Granda railroad is holdin holding two twenty institutes institutes on a a. special train furnished b by the railroad company The tram train consists consists con can of a ba baggage a c car ear and tw two passenger passenger pas pas- I Isen sen er coaches conches The Tho bai baggage car will carry all the implements and t machin machin- err erv enof of latest pattern needed in Colo- Colo for raising lar largo large o yields of po po- po- po A A. working model moile of a potato collar will be shown Exhibits will Trill be made showing the tp types s of potatoes which bring tho the hi highest hest prices in tho the markets Tb The agricultural college e will send six lecturers to accompany the train and at each stopping place a free lecture will be in the cars followed h by an exhibition of the ma ma- chinery and of the potato exhibits Twelve days will bo be employed iu in making mak mak- in ing tour and meetings s will ill be he held at the different nt places afternoon after after- noon and nd evening o It is anticipated th that t a greatly increased output of po TO- will wil result from irom this tIis special tour of instruction Tho instruction commenced d March 17 and will be hold held at different poin points until March 28 |