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Show - RAILROAD NOTES. J. J. Orier. . superintendent of the eating eat-ing house and hotel service of the Rock Island, la In thia city on a abort buaineaa trip. - - R. K. Watson, traveling freight and passenger agent for. tha Illinois ("antral, haa gone to Idaho point, on business. . a . a a Sixteen carloads of soldiers en route from the coaat to the seat passed through this city this morning on a special train. The special arrived In thia city at 4:41 o'clock thia morning over the 'Western Psclflc. and after a stop of an hour left for tha saat over the Denver ai Rio Grands In charge of Harry Cushlng. traveling trav-eling passenger agent for that road. a a ,a Tbe llnal action In the transfer of a half dosen auxiliary llnea of tha Oregon Short Line has been cogipleted with the disorganisation of the varioua original companies. The llnea, which are In Idaho, were built on capital furnished by the Short Line, and were officially taken over by that company last October. e I The county commissioners of Davis i coonty have granted a franchise for the operation of an electrla railroad from the Salt Lake-Davis county line- to Center-vllle. Center-vllle. Some time In the near future a petition will be presented to tha officers of the Utah Light and Hallway company offering them the franchise and asking that they extend their preeent line from North Salt L-ftke to Centarvllle. e e e Effective Sunday. May Jt. a new time card will mo Into effect oa tha Oregon . Short IJne on some of the trains operated oper-ated between thia city and Ogden. The change will be mad to meet tha new schedule of tha overland limited, which will make ft cut of four hours In the run nlng time between Chicago) and San Francisco laocat officers of tha Short Line are working oa the new time card. Which will be snnouaoed In the near future. e a While lacking official confirmation, the report Is made that the Idaho Northern Is planning to extend Ita present line from Emmert up the Payette valley about 100 miles. . . . - Grading for the Oregon Short Una cutoff and double track between Farm. I net on and Ogden was onmmenced thia morning by the Utah Construction company com-pany at two points along the new line. It Is expected that within ft week or ten days a full force will be at work. Including Includ-ing two steam shovels. |