Show RIO GRANGE BROUGHT AN ARMY OF MEN TO they worked all night and this morning bave the street car company a surprise wednesdays standard twenty third street between lincoln and wall presented a very busy shortly alter 11 last evening when a foice of rio orande section men arrived aej started to lay tracks across the street over the new right of way which has been d for their new yards the work was rushed in order that the ogden rapid transit company would bp compelled to erect and maintain tho railroad crossing AB announced in tarso columns before the ogden rapid transit company have tor the past lew dais had a force of men at work on an extension ot their line north 0 wall avenue and east on twenty thaid street and had at the clofie of the days work yesterday completed track laying on wall avenue and turned the corner ot awen ty third street one of alio llio rio grande officials realizing the importance of making and maintaining id crossings immediately wired the salt lake who in turn started a special train carrying about 75 laborers with instructions to lay a track across tho light of way on twenty third street and thereby save the heavy expense of the crossings shortly after 11 the army of men arrived on the ground with tools ties and rails and by the light of sev bial headlights removed from engines commenced work and at an early hour this morning had completed one of the tracks and pait lally completed the second track the transit officials were no titled and went to tho scene with a construction gang but were unable to do any thing as it was too late the railroad company had to cross tho right of way the matter was rested until this morning when a force of men were sent to place a line of track up to tho tracks of tho railroad company which was dono to prevent the laying of any more tracks the move was simply one nude in the direction of the lall road company compelling the transit company to erect and maintain which is no small expense 0 B fillson local agent for the rio grande western when seen by a reporter this morning stated that the company bad made the in order to save tho crossing expense and that tha gang now hero would lay tracks for the company across twenty first and twenty second general manager george H matson was approached pro ached on the subject and said that it was a scoop on them and that all that waa left for them to do was to go ahead and erect and maintain the crossings crossin gB perhaps the most exciting of all was early this morning when tho force of tho transit company arrived on the ground and started to lay steel to tho tracks which had been placed by tho rio grande it was a busy scene and for a tow moments it appeared that ft clash between tha two gangs would result at times one force would take bold of a rail only to bo prevented from laying it by the opposition the foremen held a conference and the rapid transit people gave way in order to avoid an open rupture |