Show SALT LAKE ROUTE RUSHING REPAIRS Word From Los Angeles Indi Indicates Indicates cates That Work Is Pro Progressing Progressing Progressing gressing Very Rapidly Advices received here from Los An Angeles Angeles Angeles geles are arc to the effect that rapid progress progress progress ress has been made In reconstructing the track of the Salt Lake Route through the washed out section in Ne Nevada Nevada Nevada vada and the announcement is made mad that the line hue will be open to through traffic on July 1 From the western end the track has been to a point beyond Gait Galt while tho 1 eastern con COJi construction Co force has reached and passed Caliente Details of a delayed shipment of or oranges oranges oranges anges som of which was consigned to Salt Lake which was left marooned aC at a Caliente on account of ot o the washouts in Meadow Valley wash Is told by A AL AL L 1 of San Bernardino who has just returned to that city after pack packing packIng packing ing the fruit Jn ln the midst of the Nevada desert Of his experience Mr Woodill Is quoted as saying On account of the washouts it took me eleven days to 10 get to k Salt Lake being sidetracked to Portland and de delayed laed on the way On arriving in Salt Lake I hired some packers from the thc commission houses had some paper wraps wraps cut from the tissue collected in stationery stores and then took my crew crey to Aoma From this point we I staged it to Caliente over the moun mountains mountains and arrived there late hate in the even evenIng 1 lag Ing I looked about for help and found a number of railroad men out of work I and engaged them to help in repacking the thirteen cars of fruit j Start St rt Work at SunUp I I was told that people were accustomed accustomed tomed to go to work at sunup and told I my men that 7 would be bo early enough From the position df Of Caliente in the mountains sunup means about in the morning and that had ta to togo tago tago go goThe The next morning we fixed up benches and an started the repacking As fast as the tho stuff was repacked It was started for the railroad I hired men with their teams to haul the stuff over the mountains and through the sand to Acoma and the grade was vas so great that the average load lead was only twenty seven boxes We Ve put a foot and a half of hay in the bottom of the wagons and packed the tho boxes on end with hay between them and hay and canvas canas cov coy covers covers ers era over the top This was to keep the fruit from freezing in going over the mountains the temperature being about 20 When it is considered that boxes went out It is seen that the job jab of hauling was not a small one The fruit v was as reloaded at Aroma Acoma in Pacific fruit express cars and sent gent nt to Salt Lake All Ail the stuff was marketed in that city Ogden and Butte and that at very good prices |