Show RAILWAY RUMBLES Talk of Uniting the Santa Fc and Midland Notes The Den7er News of Sunday has this First VicePresident Smith of tho Santa Fe came up the Denver Rio Grande yesterday and stopped at Colorado Colo-rado Springs I was said yesterday in railway circles that his mission was to confer with the promoters of the Midland Mid-land road and that there is some truth in the statement that the Santa Fe and Midland are to join forces through Colorado Colo-rado to connect with the Santa Fes western outlet now being constructed to the Coast The Santa Fe people here have but little to say in relation to the extensions projected but say everything will be arranged and settled at the meet ing of the directors of the road at Topeka on Thursday next General Passenger Agent Hooper of the Denver Rio Grande yesterday received re-ceived from the editor of the West Cliff Tribune the pass which the pencilpusher had been carrying for a year I was done up in a sombre bordered case inscribed in-scribed In memoriam and bearing the following legendS legend-S K Hooper Esq You have sent for me and I have come I relinquish with reluctance and my feet ache as I pen these lines We dont blame you dear Hooper but do feel awfully unkind to those who not satisfied with getting it interstate have got it interus poor fellows fel-lows I pains us as well We will walkup adios walk-up and see you some day until then I Chief Clerk Lee of the general passenger passen-ger agents office of the Denver and Rio Grande left yesterday having resigned to take effect on May 1st Mr Lee will become general passenger agent of the Colorado Midland He will be succeeded by Mr Wadleigh formerly agent of the Denver and Rio Grande at Pueblo Mr Lee had been in the office of Colonel Hooper for some years and is one of the best known and most popular young railway rail-way men in the Vest His associates yesterday tendered him an autograph letter paying a high tribute to his ability and the high esteem with which he was held |