Show RAILROAD NOTES tw 3 m pacific pay car la ex ioa arrive ln tomorrow J of the southern pacific dispatchers office in ogden left lor san francisco on a visit today Y loch ot the them pacific freight offices Is suffering from an attack of pneumonia anil was obliged to ault work last night the oregon short line will commence the construction of its connecting line from blackfoot to arco idaho within the next tour months al othe southern pacific ll office who has been off f on a leave of absence for the past ten days returned from a salt lake trip last night and resumed work today the idaho dally statesman has revived a story published in the standard about five months ago concerning a contemplated railroad from kelton utah through the lost river country in idaho work on the standard gauging of the branch of the oregon short line has been postponed until spring owing to the fact that the weather is too cold to handle on the montana points from where the rails are being shipped A southern pacific switch engine last night ran into an outward bound JL G W freight made up of empty coal cara just east of the R G W bridge the cars were derailed and badly damaged and the track was blockaded for some time assistant superintendent whitney of the union pacific passed through ogden this morning on his return home to laramie wyo from california where he had been called by the illness of bis father he says ahls fathers condition is much improved directors of the rock island road have finally decided on the extension of their lines to el paso texas BO as to connect with the southern pacific ac d town a short line from chicago to dixs angeles construction work ihas already begun it is announced today and will be pushed to completion with vigor president rapley of the santa fe speaking today of the reported acquisition by that road of the pecos valley and northwestern railroad said we have owned that road tor some time and have no intention as reported of extending it to albuquerque nor chave we the slightest desire to block any plans ot the rock island tor extending its system for new electric signals have been erected on the panhandle main line those signals are on iron masts are operated by a track circuit with storage batteries and were adopted otter they were given a crucial test they are considered the most perfect electric signals ever introduced and their work where they have been triad so tar has been highly satisfactory the old style electric signals ore being removed and forwarded to the scrap pile the national live stock has taken up before the senate committees a matter which is of utmost importance to utah cattle shippers this Is the freight rate on cadue from utah common points to the missouri river the car rate is now while the rate from here to denver Is the fight now on Is to chave the rate from here to denver reduced to about 75 and it the rate of to omaha must be maintained to insist that a larger portion of the whole be put on the eastern end of the haul mr monroe the traffic manager of the union pacific system has promised to take the matter up at the directors meeting in january and the chances are considered good for gaining the point the people around boise city idaho are very much interested in the building of the line north from nampa to emmet a distance of 29 miles colonel dewey of the idaho northern being at the head of the project the line is destined to tap the lumber region on the payette river near horseshoe bend and by the time it Is finished colonel dewey will hava about 65 milca in operation the trestle work Is nearly completed and the ties are on the ground but the laying of rails may not begin for some atme yet while colonel dewey maintains that he Is going after lumber the seems to be general in hat section of the state that he Is aiming tor butte at any rate the new line will be one of the most important of short line feeders tho pennsylvania railroad will experiment peri ment with locust ties they have ordered 1200 ties of locust wood tor the bedford division their object being to test the durability of this kind of wood it lias been known tor years that a locust fence post will last three k almea aa long as a post made from oak or abo locust tree matures rapidly and it it Is found that locust ties will last long enough to justify the expense vast tracts of barren mountain land may 18 planted with tho young trees to provide alea for the future tho ot tho big railroads realize that the oak forests will be denuded before ten years and that unless a steel ala can be provided to meet all the requirements the matter of obtaining timber for alea will be one of the most serious problems in speaking of thel recent appa 1 combination of the great northern with the union pacific and its cona eions president hill of the great northern says it is reciprocity pure r nd simple we allow the union pa to se to come into our territory business and in re cure competitive turn they have opened up their t t ase tor the sound lumber and shingles weave also reasoned that this ea 0 lumber a creating a demand or of inducing shingles will have the effect of a now lot 0 the opening up mills along the jine lt and capacity means greater producing ua the larger to on ton pacific from which the sound has hitherto been shut off its a simple business proposition on a large scale S V derrah formerly agent for the missouri pacific at salt lake has been appointed general freight agent of the rio grande to succeed S J henry who recently resigned the pacific Is building a spur about 1000 feet long and a siding 2000 feet long on ell hensens jensens Jen sens farm a short distance west of brigham city this will accommodate the increasing business from that section |