Show Railroad Notes I I Half of tho the men employed in the Rock Hock Island shops at Y Valley llo Junction la Is ha have 0 been hen discharged Nearly car I M seventy live vc boilermakers machinists carpenters and helpers helper suffered Buffered as an a result re r- suIt sult of tho the order Lack of lr work is ISI given iven as us the tho cause causo of the discharge c. c I ItI o It oThe I The Gould lines Texas lines Texas Pacific In- In 1 1 S. S Great Northern and amI St. St j I Louis Iron Mountain Southern Southern have have j i arranged to furnish h Texas cattlemen with a fast freight service lenice to the tho St. St I I I I Louis mark market t dall daily with only one feed I Ien I I en cn route I r II I T True The e ra railroad commission of South South Dakota is it preparing a now no schedule of I reduced rates to be bo effective I I west of tho thu Missouri river C 4 4 The national merger system of railroads railroads rail rail- roads and aol the Mexican C Central have han r re reduced re- re lUCeI the working hours in tho the shops to nine nine mno hours per day clay and one half holiday hol hol- iday lelay on Saturday It is stated that this reduction is is to to be he permanent The he Texas 8 Pacific shops nt at Marshall an r lin been closed until April 1 Eight Eihl hundred men mon are art out of employment Travel TranI to lo and from California and the entire Pacific coast will be e cheaper this thil summer than ever cr before Ulin an entire season seaon After a stormy se session of tho the Transcontinental Passenger n er association association as as- yesterday the Harriman lines and nd the tho Santa Fe gave JR independent notice no- no tico tice that they would put mit in summer tourist rat rates 8 to t tho e Pacific coast COLst effective effective tive th-a between June Tune an and October The notice came ame after an all attempt on the part of the Great Northern and Northern Northera North North- ern era Pacific to prevent pro summer tourist rates from being IOn 1 1 these roads arguing arguing ar ar- ar- ar guing that a minimum basis of 2 cents a mile would be he better for the tho rail rail- roads road The Tho southern lines insisted that the Pacific coast COlst should ho be granted as favorable fa rates as the Colorado common common com coin mon thou points The basis to be he used 11 for Colorado will rill therefore bo ho the tile basis for summer r tourist rates to all nil points west of Chicago U Upon on this thi basis hasHI the rates to the coast roast will b hi about cheaper than last year From Chicago tho rate for tho the round trip to all coast roast point points between San Sail Die Diego o on the south anti and Vancouver on the north will ll be bo 4 w S SJ J J. J L L. L Young traveling tra freight 9 agent for tho the Wabash with headquarters in Denver is is in in Salt Lake e City on a business busi bust ness lies trip Mr T Young un was formerly tra lin traveling freight agent for the Rock Hock Island with headquarters larter in this cit city He lie i is is one of oC the best known railroad men in the Wt west w-st st st. J. J F. F Harvey traveling freight agent Igent for fol the Rock nock Island fland turned returned last night from Ironi a trip to Provo Prove and other Utah county count towns to lie reports hu business as is picking up in in that section of the O in Owing to the workmen being unable to finish the thc new o offices ces of the Rio Tio Grande Western in the Judge o bu building by April 1 1 the date ato promised the passenger pas jias- r department will not move mo from its present quarters in the Dooly block until l ola Mr I by hy which wIdell time tints the he new Dew offices will be real ready Judge W. W U. U f general counsel for t tle te e Salt Lake route arrived in iii Salt Lake Lale City lity this morning on his way from Chicago o to Los Angeles Angele i A. A F. F Brewer Brener one of the b best t known railroad men in iu th the tho west has baG arrived in in this city and will resume the position position position tion of car ear service ice o agent of the Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon ou Short Line April 1 Mr r. r Br Brewer er was formerly connected with the thc Short Line which he lie left to go 0 with ith the thc Colorado Colo Cob ra rado o Southern S S S SIn In or order er to meet thc demands of the California fruit growers rowers tho Southern Pacific has put on ou ten freight trains traine durin during the last two wee weeks giving hin h in ing employment to about sixt sixty train train- men It is estimated than between sev sev- onty fi aud aUll carloads of fruit ar are arc bein being sent east cast t each ah day a E Exports ports of or cars rails rall an and 10 locomotives cl during the j sen v n months end ended p d In Janu- Janu ary an r represented a value anlue of ot 18 as n against U for tor the corresponding p period last st l year ear or an increased ed demand dimand by foreign railroad constructors con of or 1 L- L I for American products Of or this amount th the e t volume was W of or l oli freight ht and pas passenger en er ears th the Increase a in mone money l b h ln ing The moment increment mo ment Is II summarized n. n as follows 7 flies moE mos lIS 7 mos moe 1907 Cars Carp 71 n 5 56 j Rails i Locomotives Total Of or the Hie seven months total of oC 00 value of or cars shipped 3 abroad t represented equipment for steam roads i and the remainder r of or for el r- r roads For this period parlor the principal principal pal shipments were werf as n. follows follow I Exported to to- to 1908 1908 1 1901 O i British No America 1 1171 7 31 Mexico 13 3 OO Argentina japan SOO Tho ft steel rail shipments u WEre re as follows 1 1508 1908 OS 1807 1907 British lIh No o. o Am America Central America South bouth America 1 japan OO Other Asia Th The largest locomotive nU 1908 I 1907 Oi British No America 5 I Mexico I Brazil i Japan I Other Asia Tho The average era price which American manufacturers received for their steel I rails was s per ton |