| Show THE RAILWAY WORLD holcomb and tebbetts coming other items Bu business Buei Is brisk on the railway lines in utah the denver rio grande western earnings for the third week of november were an increase of 60 the denver ro blo grandes grandea earnings for the fourth week in ID november were a decrease easu of 1000 1001 the golden gate special passes through ogden at p in today on its second trip to the coast the russian minister mi of railways has issued an order to the effect that in future all 11 passengers who play cards on the trains will be judicially pursued tile the union pacific company has 1198 given ven to a western car work san order tor fifteen pa passenger coaches specifying ing that they are to be equipped with the streator Bire ator chairs the pullman car idlewild Idle wild has been chartered by cam campanini Campani anini nl lor for his bis tour of the country co antry we he will avoid hotels as much as ar possible and there the will be no rule on tile the idlewild idle wild excluding pet dogs an estimate recently made by a qualified statistician in car building shows that between and cars care for or freight could he be advantageously used by the railroad companies of th tim united states railroad men say that civil engineers should form an association for the purpose of devising a scheme whereby a surveying party can be seat across a field without immediately causing a au 1 u ilaf inflation lAtion in land values for mil miles e s 1 around mr E S van koran karen has been appointed P superintendent of the idaho ube central in place lace of mr J hunter re sig signed ned mr edgar M has been a appointed par car accountant in place of of mr R C resigned headquarters boise city idaho engine no of the pennsylvania pulls pulla train no 19 the philadelphia express and carries pounds ot of steam the train ot of six alx cars leaves new york daily at 4 p in and maleo the run in oue one dour and ana anyiwo any fifty iwo two minae including three stops A report comes from omaha that H A johnson Job asOD assistant general freight rr elint agent of the union pacific Is to be transferred to san francisco to act as the g general abelt on the pacific coast mr johnson nas BBS been we gestand west stand aad la is now on his back to an endless railway train consisting ol of platform cars is to 10 be one of the ibe attract attractions lobs at the paris exhibition the train will run slowly enough to permit most people to step on alad off while it is in motion the motive power will be electricity the acquittal of Reeves and stout the chicago scalpers alpers sc who were charged with the forgery of railroad tickets basc bast resulted in the disintegration of the lucal local ticket brokers association cia tion it was attempted to reinstate reeves ana stout to full membership with the result referred to 4 on and after january I 1 the chicago kansas nebraska railroad will be known as the chicago rock island pacific the road was built under the former name but everybody knows it as a part of the rock island system and the management has decided to consolidate and operate allias all its lines under one name the total liabilities et the railroads of america are 1214 which in eludes capital stock funded and current debts etc the total assets which aich inel includes lades equipments cost ol of construction stocks bodeis beoris real estate cash etc are ex cess of assets asset over liabilities the other day an engine on the to ledo colu columbus b 1 and 6 nd southern I 1 railroad drew a kasae passenger r train from toledo to findlay ohio on fuel furnished by crude petroleum the trial was such a success that abet president brown an bounces that he will have all his bia en gines arranged for the use ol of oil and do dp away with co coa aing the anut annual melting of the western association of general passenger and ticket agents will be held at st louis louie on wednesday dec 19 some important subjects will be considered including the question of the issuance of all joint oin rate sheets quarterly kastead of monthly a matter brought up by the central traffic association the association will likewise consider the confidential memorandum and its use in making advertising contracts in view of the alarming extent of scalp tog on editorial mileage miledge some forma farm a agreement will be made if possible to increase measures tor for the mutual protection of et interested lines officers tor for the ensuing year will be elected at this meeting it is reported from omaha that CH mckibbin McKibb ln the general storekeeper who ties has been acting as purchasing hasina iriz agent for several weeks has returned d from boston with very little enczur argement mckibbin and manager hol hoi com comb bluda had a row over some difference of opinion iOB it is now stated that mr mckibbin is to retire on the instant aud and that he be will be a deeded as general awre keeper by a mr charles ot of the burlington assistant storekeeper stafford to la also likely to be supplanted Reddin reddington Bedding gron ron floice division store clerk of the union Pari pacific fic et at this point was relieved saturday by F L hunter the latter has been division store clerk at pocatello and lately at the omaha store and will make a good representative at this point mr Fiske goes IQ the wyoming division on the loffa instant to become assistant there was another wreck brelik on the joint track of the rock bock island and denver rio grande colorado on monday evening joseph berry and harry smith smithy the engineer and firemen ol of the rock bock I 1 island train that was wag in t the h e terrible disaster at hustede Hust eds when the collision occurred with the salt lake express were severely hurt in this accident aident and will be laid up for some aime from what can be learned of the particulars train let 10 a stone train on the rio grande drawn by alagine 54 was ordered to side track at littleton to alloy allow the rock island train to pass this g order was obeyed but through so fault toe the switch was left open when the rock bock island train came bowling along at the rate of 0 miles an hour hoar the en elneer did not see the open switch in ia time to stop the train and in consequence before there was any opportunity for the engineer slid and diceman areman to jump or in anyway save engine drawing the rock kock island had dashed into engine 54 of ei the riu biu grande train the wreck which this occasioned was a most serious one engines and 54 were totally mege abl edthe rock book island babra baff rasse car was stove in on one end and and very nearly turned up on end and two cars oi of tone stone were badly wrecked no D B R 0 employed emp loyes were inured the D A B R G brakeman who left left the switch open skipped out but as soon as the accident occurred and ins bas not yet beba found there is a well authenticated rumor in express circles says the dallas news flows that on tannery january I 1 theteka the texas 8 express com company will be absorbed by purchase by tae the adv pacific express company pa n ay iy which at present is operated overall the gould lines at present the texas covers very little territory in south texas and the wells welle fargo his has been spread ios out taking kioes away fro from the texas and the pacific aci lie the new deal will no doubt be better able to cope with the wells faro fargo company Com the texas express are mute when questioned about toe the purchase on the above I 1 an express agent remarked that the interests of the pacific express company and those of the goold gomel or mid soun pacific railway are identical and that of course coarse when mr gould goald assumes control of the cotton belt railroad Ball road the texas express company will retire from business on that road and be supplanted by the pacific express company the pacific I 1 company operates on the lines ot the 1 missouri pacific precisely as the adams express company does on the lines of the pennsylvania or the wells fargo companas Comp anys express on those of the southern pacific and when any of these railway systems ac quires control of new lines the partle lar express company operating in its interest follows it the express companies are not absorbing each other as rapidly as the newspaper correspondents would make it appear they simply tollow the extensions and ac of the railroads with which chic h they are doing business buil ness los LOB angeles dec 10 the tatter latter part of october tober last C CB B holmes representing a chicago syndicate came to los aggeler and par purchased chased the cable road system consisting of twelve miles of road for 2600 ow while here mr holmes wa was persuaded to take a trip over the el electric atric road and was so well satisfied t that ha t he began negotiations for its purchase which were today consummated the purchase price being the lines embrace eight miles of track besides five miles of unearned iran fran chisels 4 vice president and Gei general leral manager ho Holcomb amb and general passenger arient ent will reach salt lake to ht they have been over oter the union pacific system and are now eia ea route to omaha from the pacific coast the special object of the visit was to im prove the railway service on the me old reliable in the west it to la understood that general manager rol hoi comb will inaugurate of improvements as soon as he be fairly takes tabes hold of the rems reins in his new position mr Teb tibbetts betto oas has already made an enviable record in his present po posidio sitio tib for which he is eminently fitted by bis big energy and thorough business bus methods during daring the time he was in salt lake before his big promotion he made many warm friends who are pleased to note his successful career tacoma W T dec 10 A sad accident occurred about 5 8 this morning at puyallup nine miles from here in which mrs theodore B wilcox of portland was almost instantly killed mr and mrs wilcox arrived here from portland on train no 2 this morning and at took the train for seattle they were both in the sleeping car and the train had stopped at puyallup Po station and was taking on passengers and mail when train 18 an eastbound nd freight which followed ed the passenger came crashing into the rear of the sleeping car at fall speed mrs mra wilcox wile ox who was wag in the ladies toilet was Q the only passenger ger to in that portion of the car at the time tim her death was caused by terrible gerrib le bruises br aises mrs wilcox was 29 26 years ot of age ae she was married lour four years ago and leaves a son about three years old the engineer ot of the freight train trail joseph W doane who lives in toil this city was badly injured in lured miss mis jennio jennie leak leak of iab who was wag on the train jumped off and sprained sp raiDed her bar ankle with those exceptions no others were hurlbut hurt but the pass espre generally were badly shaken up the rho engine and tender of the freight train and the sleeping slee car were badly wrecked |
