Show IN RAILWAY CIRCLES monster passenger er locomotives for the southern pacific great volume of grain to be handled the utah wyoming railroad pr project elect etc A railroad from truckee to lake lak e tahoe ie is one of the near future probabilities bili ties the distance ie is fifteen milea miles and the estimated coet cost lucky baldwin ie in a leader of the p project the rock island is now running solid trains from chicago through to denver colorado springe springs and pueblo via omaha and lincoln the southern pacific cc company ie a having some monster o 0 loco motives constructed for nse use on the through overland trains bet between oakland pier and truckee on the central pacific road they will be of the ten wheel compound pressure ikpe type with six drivers five feet and t three ree quarters in diameter they will carry pounds of steam at high pr pressure es and nd the compound cylinder wi will 11 euross have is a twenty four inch strike an additional mail car has been placed on the through mail train trains making three care on each train between cheyenne and ogden increase in the amount of mail carried has rendered the additional car necessary the union pacific will sell tickets to 0 o ogden and return september let and ad for one tare fare tor for the round trip this is in order to accommodate those who desire to witness the fight between george morrison Morr of ogden and jim williams of salt lake for 2750 which takes place at ogden september let great northern railway officials have been computing the volume of grain iraln to bo be handled and estimate that there will be an excess of 20 bushels over last year th this I 1 will make a total of bus bushel elp an order has been issued from great northern headquarters to perfect all equipment and cars care to handle bushels more than the road bandied handled last year the abat report that the tourist sleepers on the union pacific are to be abandoned is without foundation the baldwin locomotive works are to build for the new york lake like erie western five locomotives of the wootten wootton type with cylinders inches five pair of driving heels 60 inch diameter estimated weight working order pounds estimated weight 0 of tended tender boiler 76 inch diameter t er with tubes 2 inch diameter and twelve feet long firebox fire box eleven feet long by eight feet wide with combustion chamber three feet long flanges to be bg placed on the be first fourth and fifth pairs of driving wheels second and third thirl pairs to be plain the assessor of lender mader county nevada has sEs eased the central pacific railroad in his county at per mile for the main milli track and and per mile for the si side do track A rumor is in circulation but wl with th no authoritative confirmation that the burlington is behind the utah st wyoming railroad project it is also reported that surveyors are out between evanston and the utah line the klo rio grande western Is arranging for the cheapest excursion yet made from colorado mining towns to salt lake city and ogden the event may occur early in september A big delegation from leadville Ls adville will show up and inspect the resources of this territory the an superintendent of the union pacific force of machinery erectors has bee been in cheyenne making an estimate on the big fence that th the e railroad road company intend building around their right of way the fence vi will ill be a solid board with barb wire stretched along the tor top will ill bt be twelve feet high an and d a mile long ong without a break it is d designed as ignec as a protection to the companas comp anys property against stealing and is made necessary by the large amount of petty thieving continually going on the brass copper scrap iron and coal that is stolen from the yards every month counts up to a big siim sam and it is hoped that the fence will help put a stop to the loss lose 6 |