Show RAILROAD NOTES S C mcclung has been transferred from the salt lake union pacific office to ogdon the order of railroad conductors will elect officers for he ensuing year at their meeting tomorrow L Q bednark southern pacific operator left today for beaver dam als where he will visit relatives mr H B stewart of division no 71 brotherhood of railroad trainmen at oakland cal is in ogden on a trip for his health and the interest of the B of R T J C delmore of ogdon has been appointed chief dispatcher tor the southern pacific at carlin vice C kay who resumes his former position at wadsworth R S ruble traveling passenger agent of the union pacific who has been to kansas city and denver hav ing accompanied the grau special to those cities has returned efrom the trip T fitzgerald dispatcher in the ogden office of the southern pacific is laying oft on account of sickness and is relieved by T A mckinstry of carlin W E coman he newly appointed general agent of the oregon short line at salt lake 1 under the new combination policy will arrive in that city today he comes from portland J A aaron civil engineer for tha southern pacific left today tor colorado springs to bring back the body of his son who died there this morning the young man was civil ea elneer tor the D R G the authority to ische half rate tickets to clergymen which has heretofore been exercised by individual railroads has been delegated to the association tor all colorado common points and points west of aymen who aasi re such favors in future must apply to the association in denver only feel now remain of the gap on the coast route of the southern pacific between this city and san francisco yesterday the bridge builders completed their work at the great viaduct at lota and the track has been laid a mile north bringing the rails as tar as alcatraz bridge which alone remains unfinished of all the work along the line the san francisco call says chas M hays the new president of the southern pacific is to accompany alce president dent J 0 stubbs when he returns to this city from the east the latter pan ot the month at least ahat is the understanding among the officials of the company here H E huntington may also return at the same time he is now in new york where ho went last week ostensibly to dispose of the huntington estates southern pacific shares mr stubbs is abow in washington with W F herrin attending a meeting ot the interstate commerce commission which is to pass upon the case of the st louis merchants association against the southern pacific and santa fe roads both mr stubbs and mr hays were present at a meeting ot the western railroad presidents in new york last week and mr stubbs met the southern pacifica new president on that occasion tor the first time at this meeting a proposition to discontinue the practice ot issuing passes to employed emp loyes of railroad lines was discussed and a special committee was appointed to take the matter up with ail the eastern and southern lines and report some plan of action tor the year 1902 in the opinion of the conference so radical a change in old customs as is proposed cannot be made in less than a year |