Show THE UNION PACIFIC SERVICE the condition of the union pacific railroad and all its branch line s in utah and over the oregon short line Is 13 something so serious that unless a remedy is found pretty soon it will bo be tho the duty of 0 the government to take charge of tho the road cho wrecks of the last two months have caused a loss of more than two million dollars besides the killing and mangling of people the full number of whom Is not known A gentleman who came up from provo tho the night before last says that the locomotive died twice on the road up and the train lost two hours timo time in making tho the journey A gentleman just from idaho informs us that ho he was delayed in a series of 0 wrecks in ono one of which a freight car jumped tile the trick track ono one wheel on the outside ran over the ties tor for a long distance aud and cut every ono one off as stick slick as ever a kelto cut ot off a piece of cli cheese cese the trainmen up there are resigning not daring to risk their lives in trying to run trains over that road the offic officers cis hero are arc helpless though thoroughly competent railroad men and though they will not talk it is in the air that tb ir every request for facilities to operate the lines of tho the road successfully receives the answer from boston that thoro there must bo be more retrenchment there has hardly been a repair mado on the oregon short line tor for three years past the life of a tie Is about tour four years after that it becomes unsafe on the oregon short lino tho the ties have been down six years and they are so permeated with dry rot that as a gentleman told us yesterday where round a wreck he saw chinese section hands trying to drive spikes cs in them one blow of tho the hammer would drive tho the spike clear out of sight arid and another thing the faith faithful fill workers on the road ano one after another have been fired out dismissed without ceremony without notice slid aud without excuse tho the faithful ul men who remain knowing that they are liable to receive the same suin at any moment have to a groat great extent lost their interest in trying to hare hara good gond service performed and they aro are looking out for situations on other roads by this we mean tho the working g forces of the road the men who run tho the trains and koep keep tho the road in such repair as they can it Is altogether shameful and tho the road Is swiftly getting such a reputation that men will avoid it unless forced by absolute necessity to go over some portion of its line it Is a matter so serious A that wo think the authorities at washington ought to bo be not noticed tiled in tho the hope that some pressure pros suro can be brought which will compel the directors of the road to change the present condition of things because now over miles and miles of 0 their road to get into one of their cars Is like getting into a deathtrap |