Show WAK OFFICE SHIPS TO HEAVY TRAFFIC IN WAR MATERIAL IS NOTED all material Is consigned to this point to the coast notwithstanding tho light freight reported on the various railroad lines centering in this city the government is a heavy shipper at this time and large quantities of varied military supplies are now rolling westward daily these are destined for troops located in the philippines hawaiian islands and at the various forts located on the pacific coast and consist of clothing blankets boots and shoes saddles harness rifles revolvers cannon equipment ammunition and commissary supplies of every imaginable character uncle sam is generous with his valiant defenders of the national ensign and there are few articles round in ane mammoth department emporiums of eastern cities that cannot be duplicated in the quartermaster and commissary stores of western military departments part ments of the regular army all of these supplies now being sent west are billed direct to ogdon and are received by quartermaster clerk L H humphreys who is permanently manent ly located in this city and then to their respective destinations ti where the supplies are in carload lots and sent to one ml iary depot the cars are sealed through and a new bill of lading sends them through to their proper destination among other freight sent west in this manner are heavy and tested armor plates ifor the new battleships now being constructed for the american navy on the pacina coast and a cursory glance at these ponderous slabs of steel leads one to believe they would prove invulnerable to even the heavy guns of the famed japanese fleet during the spanish american war quartermasters clerk was permanently located at ogden molook after these military supplies the work of receiving and these consignments consign ments was entrusted to william A mcgaw now cashier at the joint freight depot and the important task at that critical time kept mr going some the shipments at that time were very heavy and included everything from rapid firing guns down to government socks and every package parcel box and the like had to be rushed through quickly and accounted for without hesitation or delay the work aavo employment to quite a force of clerks under mr mcgaw and everything connected with the task went through without protest or criticism from the quartermasters department of the army after mr humphreys was selected by the government to look after ahls important work mr mcgaw was retired from military service and despotism and now confines his labors to distributing happiness and southern pacific currency where it will be appreciated and do the most good four passenger coaches loaded with soldiers for the philippines came in on the rio grande train from the bunth this morning and were sent to frisco over the southern pacific road the troops came from st louis and were delivered to the rio grande by the missouri pacific road superintendent manson is expected homo from a trip ofa inspection over the main line and various branches between ogdan and sparks the present inspecting tour has included near ly two thousand miles it is understood that a party of pullman car officials will visit ogdan during the present week to look after interests controlled by that corporation on different roads centering in this city superintendent whitney will leave this evening or tomorrow morning for a trip over the utah division and the various branches and districts of that line colonel edward chamberlain district passenger agent of the missouri pacific railroad came in from the east and af a day or two at ogden will journey on to the coast for a months recreation |