Show RAILROAD NOTES superintendent J g noble went west on an inspection trip thia morning it 8 ruble travelling tra velling passenger agent for alo union pacific has returned from a trip to omaha E L byron of toledo ohio was in tho city yesterday and cold three steam shovels to the utah construction company for a total cost of II 11 8 chapman chief electrician of ciarko for kilpatrick bros returned to his work today after ft week in ogden utah construction co checks anre be comin prominent in financial transactions in ogdan inquiry at the utah construction co this afternoon elicited the information that while it had been announced in salt lake that the bid companas comp anys on i the leavington leamington Lea cutoff cut off is the lowest no official announcement of awarding of contracts hag been made new york march 18 S prentice was today elected a director of the missouri pacific railway sir prentice is a son in law of J D rockefeller and is alio second representative in the missouri pacific directorate denver colo march 18 reports from the mountain towns indicate that tho storm of the last few days has abated and the prospect is for clear all mountain railroads have cleared their tracks of snow and trains are running on schedule time no loss of life or serious damage from tho storm has been reported denver colo march 18 the grievance committees from the iol railway conductors and the brotherhood of railway trainmen has concluded their meetings with the denver rio grando officials the employed emp loyes of the road had no important grievances to present to alie officers and the meeting was without incident A few technical matters were amicably adjusted and there was no controversy over any of the points at issue the question of the length of time that freight and passenger crews should bo employed without being paid for overtime was brought up and settled A sliding scale was agreed upon regulating the pay for overtime according to the different classes of work done |