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Show I OLD RAILROAD MAN WEDDED SIXTY YEARS 1?. IL Pratt and Airs. Pratt celebrated celebrat-ed the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding day at Zinfandol. Sonoma county, Saturday, says the San Francisco Fran-cisco Chronicle, and a largo number of friends of the old railroad man wont to his country homo to givo their congratulations con-gratulations in person. There are few men whose name is so linked with western west-ern railroad work as that of IJ. II. i Pintt. lie rosined from the service of the Southern Pacific, some twenty odd years ago. and retired to his vino-yard, vino-yard, where ho now lives, cultivating the fruits of the earth ami striving to liKike those who are around him happy. "When Stanford, Limit ingl on.- Crocker ind Hopkins wore building tho old Central Cen-tral Pacific they required the services of a man at the front, as (ho Union Pacific and. the Central Pacific were to receive a bonus from the government of so much a mile, and I he Central Pacific Paci-fic was behind in the work. By unanimous unani-mous ehok'e Pratt was sent to Nevada nnd "Utah to hurry it along. lie gathered gath-ered up till the men and teams ho could secure, and the Union Pacific, no- e"sod him of stealing men and horses and a few other crimes. Then Pratt decided that, the Central Pacific ought 1 o fake a higher grade over the mountains, moun-tains, and began to construct, his road some feel above the Union Pacific grade. The dirt and rock had to go somewhere, so it was sent down on tho Union Pacific grade3 and not only was its track covered up. but the men working work-ing on it camo near to being buried alive. Pratt won. The Central Pacific was awarded tho longer mileage. Sir. Pratt is the only survivor of the old operating force. I PROBABLE HOLDUP STOPPED BY TELEGRAPH OPERATOR GRAND JUNCTION. Colo... May 25. A probable holdup of 'DcriveY & l?Io" Grande passenger train No 4., eastbound from Ogden to Denver, early this morning, morn-ing, was prevented by the, prompt action ac-tion of the telegraph operator- at Thompson's Springs. Utah. Overhearing a con versa j ion between suspicious-looking characters regarding gold shipments front Nevada, usually -sent to Lite Denver mint on No. 4, tho operator immediately telegraphed to Ifelper, Utah, where Sheriff Cook and Marshal Rogers of Carbon enmity nnd a hoavilv armed posse boarded the threatened threat-ened train. Train No. 4 was run through Thompson's Thomp-son's Springs t without stopping, but guards on train No. S, which followed immediately behind, and whicli stopped as usual, exchanged shots with a trump at Thompson s Springs. Throe boarded No. S at this point, but after seeing the guards left the (rain at the next station. sta-tion. No bullion Was carried by either train. Thomirson's Spring is in the heart of the Blue mountains, formerly frequented by "Butch" Cassidy and other outlaws, and has been the scene of man' holdups. |
