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Show DELAYED TRAINS JMtlWE HERE Between 10 and 11:30 o'clock last night six of the delayed train from San Francisco arrived In this city, bringing a host of passengers who have been held up on account of the disasters In Nevada and causing the railroad employes more real work ' than they Lave had since the beginning begin-ning of the trouble Southern Pacific officials said yesterday yes-terday afternoon that the only thing Keeping the loud from runulng all trains on schedule time viae the immense im-mense amount of freight tied up at different points, and which must be moved at once, and the iact that In some places the repairs to the bridges and ioad bed have not been made of a sufficiently permanent nature to allow al-low the usual speed schedules. Trains along all the portions of tho road damaged by the big Hoods are running on a special schedule of only twenty nillC3 an hour, but even at this rate the road is succeeding In getting all passengers through within a few hours of schedule time. The last I rain to be detoured on the Oregon Short Line arrived In thli city yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. After this hour all tralus run over the regular ro:id between Granger and McCammon, and otllcials who could be teeu yesterday afternoon claimed that the road is again in operation. .Most of ihe trouble, according to the railroad men, arose from ice jams In Ihe Hear river, which rose and flooded the track. In some instances carrying away parts of it. The bridge which was damaged was repaired in record timo by a large gang of construction and bridge men, and t lie company said last night that the road was again running on schedule time Traffic Traf-fic to this city was not affected through the Short Line troubles, as the main line between this city aud Pocatello and theucc noilh and w-st was not injured. |