Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-02-08 | Page 6 | Railroad Notes Section

RAILROAD NOTES how will alie salt lake business mens committee explain to mr hood that they know more about alie conducting of his department than bo docot j A B carcy corcy has returned from san francisco and liia contract work in nevada sir stricter of the firm of io the well known railroad contractors of colorado ii in ogden looking over the ogden lucin railroad contracts the oregon short lino surveyors are again in the field working on the proposed leavington leamington Lea cutoff cut off A party is now at work in rush valley the southern pacific company will shortly place dining cars on all passenger trains thus doing away with the twenty minute stops at elko battle mountain and Ilum boldt house postal clerk say that the volume of mail being handled at the present timo is the heaviest ever known it is said that additional men will have to bo put to work on this division in order to handle the heavy in this respect alie removal of the entire stationery department of the oregon short line railway company from salt lake city to is significant in that it not only points to a gradual concentration of short line interests there but indicates clearly that the short line people recognize pocatello as one of the most important points on their system and bait lake as a way station new york feb 8 lord thurlow of england alio has been spending the last year in california in the interest of english investors investigating the best railroad route from eureka to redding and thence on to join the northern pacific has arrived here tin s road lie announces will soon be built the capital will be furnished half by english and half by american investors lord thurlqw spoke enthusiastically of the rich country which will be tapped by the new line but refused to say exactly what route it will follow