Show RAILROAD NOTES i GO W Pe akima general agent ol 01 the colorado midland at salt lake Is in ogden today A special train bearing tho actress maraih and kompany om pany la ex to pass through ogden westward bound about 9 p m today it is reported that four engineers of the salt lake invasion of the southern pacific ore to be temporarily transferred to the coast division one ani go from ogden and enree from the west end of talie division the santa fe has taken under ite wing the valley southeastern a line extending from amarito Ama riUo texas to ploos city N M a distance of miles the sanita fe baa toad control of the property tor some time and the acquisition ds in line with steps taken several months ago H U madge genera manager ot the santa fe system will be president of alio pecos valley and southeastern more than will be spent this year in improving the condition of the chicago great western road about of this amount will be used in reducing grades curve elimination sidetrack construction and bradge and in the neighborhood of will be spent in improving the local freight station and yard facilities interlocking crossings will bs established all along the line between chicago and at paul 23 in number evidence Is that the anti commission agreement on tickets signed by the railroad presidents of the united states canada and mexico is hot being fully adhered to one of abo roads has been detected selling tickets to ecal pere or through scalp ers from new orleans to st louis other evidences of irregularities are equal to paying commission on passenger tickets have been ed presents are being given to influence traffic suits of clothes fountain pens annual passes and in cue instance a for 32 worth of drugs represent the commissions paid by a western railroad to the ticket agent of an eastern line coupon ticket agents throughout the country have been advised to keep a list of all tickets sold over other lines and it is intimated that there might be a reimbursement some time for their services los babos was the scene of much excitement cit ement recently the trouble was caused by the southern pacific company discharging its white laborers who were employed as section men and filling their positions with japanese on the date in question as the white laborers finished their work they were notified by the section foreman ito call for their checks as their services were no longer needed when the men demanded an explanation they were told that the southern company had obtained a japanese to fall their places abl mada the white laborers angry and they told stories to the townspeople and a mass meeting was held and tha townspeople decided that the only way to get rid ct the japanese was to run them out of town A mob of about men marched to the japanese camp and ordered them to leavo town at once which they did without protests As they were leaving they were told that it they returned again they would be lynched denver railway men ara conjecturing what means the long absence in new york of president E T jeffery of behe denver and rio grande the general impression la that negotiations are on looking to the amalgamation of interests of several railways with which the denver and rio grande for several years has been on friendly terms it Is said ahe consolidation of two great systems like the union pacific and the southern pacific obliges i conr lines to operate in closer relations an opinion gaining ground la that gradually all the railways of the country will bo divided into groups having a general interest whose protection requires united action on business lines A rumor was current in denver that one cf the first orders under the new dispensation pensa tion will abolish southern pacific agencies east of omaha and will also wipe out the union pacific ngen clea on the western coast and in the northwestern territory if an order Is issued it will dispense with several hundred mien and will mark one of the most radical changes attempted by the railways tor years |