Show MAY NOT BE PUT IN SOME departments THERE IS retrenchment v falling off in railroad business Is having its effect on employed Emp loyes questioned closely regarding persistent rumors of men being discharged or laid oft temporarily at tho railroad shops and round bouses master mechanic malone of the ori gon short line said there was really no foundation for these stories at present ho said necessary changes were being made as usual but no material had been made la the number of men employed when work became light in one department alie force was cut down to meet requirements and when work was heavy in another department the force was increased to meet cueli demands when freight and passenger traffic Is heavy and train crews are increased to handle the business about seventeen hundred engines are turned at the local shops every thirty days and the work embodies in this term turned requires a large dorco of men when traffic is light however and the number of train crews reduced the engines turned at this point Is much lighter and the force required for tn work is correspondingly reduced this condition obtains at present and while that force has been cut down to a great extent the number of men employed in the boiler room has been enlarged as work in that important department has been increased during the last thirty days and so it goes throughout the entire plant over which mr malone presides but all in all about the same number of men are employed and the payroll remains practically the same A new time card wl ll 11 go into effect on the rio grande arpad next sunday and no 11 will arrive from the south at 1125 a m and no 13 at 6 60 p m the trains will depart five minutes later than at present and whilo the change is trifling it behooves travelers to note the difference and to reach the union depot on time S G aayers who has been in charge of all work on the union pacific at rock springs under division genoer maitland has resigned his position and will go to kansas city to accept a position on one of the roads centering at that point trains no 10 and 6 from the west over the southern pacific were several hours late this morning the delay was caused on districts west of sparks T P coloman in charge of inspection and weighing at the freight depot in this city has recently invested largely in nevada mining properties and his desk at the freight office is literally packed with valuable oro samples and reports of essays assays on the same an admiring group 0 clerks now absorb their leisure time in inspecting the fabulously rich returns and in choosing various propositions in which to invest their aurelus aur plus capital H W leal of division engineer Malt lands office in this oty ia taking a deserved vacation at and will spend the next few weeks among old friends and relatives in the empire state B A yoder of the force of division engineer ranna of the ore gon short line has gone to cheyenne on a brief vacation and will be absent for a week or ten anys the dorco at the union passenger depot in this city was largely and enthusiastically represented at the recent nelson clifford matinee and tho widely different stories each told at homo regarding important duties requiring his attention at the office monday night are now being rehearsed with glee by those who witnessed the knockout knock out |