Show Traffic Fast Nearing Normal on Lines Here Seven Switching S Crews s Attack Task of Clearing Out Accumulation of Freight in Salt Lake Yard Merchandise l Live Stock Moving loving S w WITH seven switching cre ere creWs s h handling capacity strings of freight cars in inV inthe V 1 the tho Oregon Short Line yards passenger traffic at nt norm normal l through freight ht trains moving over vcr the entire length of the divisions out of here and the lifting of or the tho embargo on connecting ra railroads by y the Short Line yesterday yesterday yes yes- CS the tile strike s situation which has been gripping the city for over a n week weck took look n a turn for the better hetter and railroad offic officials als say that normal conditions conditions conditions con con- together with the lifting of the embargo o on freight received a at the tile freight sheds from front merchants and manufacturers is only a n matter of a few days 5 5 L t S. S f cars n nv lovo in tho local yards since the start of the strike loaded with goods gools for or which the merchants of oC the tho city have hae been waiting for Cor days were sere mO moved d to tosi si sidings in 8 and spotted before tOo toe un Un- un- un loadIng loading platforms yesterday c b by th the I InoW now crews crew of ot switchmen hired b by the company to till fill tho thol places of or the I Continued on Page 1 z 1 TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN UTAH IMPROVING Continued from Page 1 workers who deserted their posts last week With the Ule spotting of these cars and their unloading st started railroad officials officials I say they thoy will Ill be bo In a a. position to accept freight ht shipments as 39 soon as I tho the cars become available for loading This means a saving of hundreds of or thousands of or dollars to this section of or the country according to the officials Tho Salt Lake Lako Route yesterday dispatched dispatched dispatched dis dis- dis- dis patched a n. through freight from here hore to Lyndyll the first freight train to leave here over o er the Salt Lake Route since sinco the walkout In tho Oregon Short Lino yards yesterday yes yes- five switching switching- crews crows were at work woric shunting freight cars about the yards spotting them to the manufacturing turing plants in the tho vicinity of or the theu railroad u ai yards and malting making up freights which have been heM held holdup up hero awaitIng awaiting await await- ing forwar forwarding to their destination Besides the regular coach switching crew made up of or officials of ot the tho compan company company com com- pan pany who have ha been making up tip the tho passenger er trains sinco the tho walkout a switching crow worked out of tho local local lo local lo- lo cal yards to Murray and Midvale and switched trains which havo have been holdup hold held holdup up at the smelters since sinco the tho yardmen deserted their posts Rc Regular ular switchIng switch switch- ing InS at industrial plants alongside the route was handled by this crew crow Main Line Ir Trains Train nI Mute Move Twelve through freight trains were moved between Pocatello an and Granger yesterday and thirteen through h freights between Huntington and Poca- Poca tello Besides railroad officials say all of ot the local freights scheduled to move over oer these routes were running running running run run- ning normally Two local freights were moved mo between be bo- tween Pocatello and Cache Cacho Junction and one ono from to Cacho Cache Junction These Thes three trains made re return return re- re turn trips over OYer tho the route A frel freight ht train mado made a trip from irom Cache Cacho Junction to Preston and return and another pas waa run between Malad ana and Bingham Three through freights were dispatched dispatched dispatched dis dis- dis- dis patched from hero here to Pocatello and two made tho trip from Crom Pocatello to Salt Sal t Lake Three live stock trains loaded to capacity set out for Pocatello from Glenns Glenn's s Ferry Perry yesterday morning and ono stock Block train was moved from Crom Acequia to Thirty five switchmen will be at nt work at tho the Oregon Short Line Lino yards hero here this morning according to an announcement announcement an announcement an- an made last night by officials officials of of- of ot the com company pan Coal Is Moved seven Forty cars of coal were h hauled out of of the tho district yesterday This according to railroad officials ia la nine cars cara over tho normal production Yardmen who deserted their posts r 7 last week and nd failed to heed the ultimatum ultimatum ultimatum ulti ulti- of or the Short Line calling upon them to report for tor duty Thursday or orto orto orto to consider themselves out of the tho service service ice ico of or the tho company compan will bo be rehired only as os beginners according to an announcement made at the tho offices of will bo be the company yesterday They required to pass the examination on the tho Book Boole of ot Rules and other regular requirements demanded by tho the company company company com com- pany of or new now Freight conductors and antI brakemen who had been hiding out since sinco the tho walkout out havo have reported for tor duty dut at their regular posts on the tho Short Line and the company compan Is no now experiencing experiencing- no difficulty in securing crows crews with which to man tho the freight trains made up in the local yards or which are I being transferred to tho the Short Line Lino from tho the connecting railroads More Moro than oo freight cars were moved on the tho main line out of or Salt Lake hake yesterday According to railroad officials tho the yards which had become blocked during the tho up tie will bo be I cleared of their loads within the next two vo days i Oil Caro Spotted Cars of 01 crude oil olt consigned to a I local oil refinery refiner which have havo been ly lying lying ly- ly I ing in tho the local yards since the walkout walkout walkout walk walk- out were switched Into the tho refinery sidetracks yesterday With these cars carson carson carson I on the tho company's sidetracks tho the danber danger danger dan dan- ger ber of ot a gasoline shortage e hare hart has been averted a say tho the officials of tho the company compan A train trait loaded with coal left Provo yesterday according to railroad officials officials oUi- oUi of or tho Oregon on Short Line Lino who have o agreed to accept coal shipments from Crom the tho Denver Rio TIlo Grande railroad as fast as that road can deliver er It at atthe atthe atthe the local transfer point Trains loaded with sheep will be moved from Crom Deeth Nov No Noon on the tho Western Western West West- ern Pacific railroad this morning according ac acv cording to officials of or the company compan here The trains will be bo transferred to 10 the tho Oregon Short Line Lino for forwarding forward forward- ing to their destination Officials of ot the tho Oregon Short Line stated last nl night ht that the road is prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to handle handlo 1000 cars eaTa of oC sheep transferred from Crom tho the winter range o to lambing quarters between now and May 1 Tho Tiro whole of or the sheep transfer transfer trans trans- fer for Cor the tho district cannot be bo completed completed com com- before MaJ- MaJ 15 la according to tho ho officials This mo may in some cases cause causo hardship on tho the but tho the walkout of ot tho the yardmen has made mado this condition unavoidable Arrangements are arc now being mao made by the railroad officials to handle tho the sheep shipments with all possible dIspatch dispatch dispatch dis dIs- patch in order to relieve tho the car short- short I ago aso which thc they say will occur ou on ac ac- ac I i I I I I count of ot the tho limited time which there I Is now left loft to move the sheep from the tho range to lambing lambin quarters before the thelam lam lambing inG begins Short Lino officials announced last night that all shipments of or sheep heep re received ro- ro in the tho local yards aros either cither from points along tho the company's route or from Crom connecting railroads will be bo handled In the tho Salt Lako Lake yards and I switched out of ot here her without any an loss of time This Is 15 made possible b by tho the showing made mado by tho the thirty five new of ot tho the company who are aro doIng do- do oIn o- o In lug Ing tho the switching In tho the yards Officials of ot tho the outlaw switchmen stated yesterday that no desertions had occurred from rom the ranks of the yardmen yardmen yard yard- men who left lert their posts No o new de developments de- de occurred yesterday at tho the meeting of ot tho the yardmen I Reports from the Oregon Short Line yards ards last night Indicated that thirty conductors and trainmen had reported for duty uty during the tho day to take their places on freight trains being made up hero here to points Officials oCI of oC tho company stated that men ha hanot had hadnot hadnot I not oven even been called for or service but buti had volunteered their services ser to man manI manthe manthe the tho trains W. W J. J Smith superintendent of ot the Salt Lake Lako Route announced announce last night that reports from Los Angeles indicate tho the yards ards there thero are arc being worked by men from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and ho stated that wires received received re re- by him showed that all trains passenger er and freight are aro moving out of or Los LOB Angeles elc under normal condi condl- |