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Show THROUGH TRAINS GI HEjTJIIffll This Is Prediction of Assistant Superintendent Rowlands of Southern Pacific. FIRST TWO EASTB0UND DET0URED TRAINS ARRIVE Train No. 2 Changes Crews Close to Eighteen Times Between Be-tween Coast and Ogden. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, March 6." Through trains will probably be sent over the Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific by nest Sunday. " This statement, made Ibis afternoon by Assistant Superintendent Rowlands, is the most definite information yet given giv-en out by the officials of the Southern Pacific railroad since tho disastrous floods in the Humboldt valley. "Nevada, sp-cpt away miles of Toadbcd and snapped t.lio connecting link p the great transcontinental railroad lines of the Tlarriman svstcm. Superintendent C. Tdanson of the Southern Pacific, with General Manager W. II. .Bancroft and General Superintendent Superin-tendent J. SL Davis of the Oregon Short Line, arc at tho scene of the worst damage dam-age directing tho work of repair. Dctourcd Trains Ai'rivc. The first two cast bound trains of the Sou thorn Pacific dctourcd over the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line by way of Portland arrived ar-rived iu Ogden early this morning, a few hours after tho first westbound train sent over the same route, containing contain-ing the private cars of the White Sore baseball team of Chicago reached its destination iu San Francisco. Passengers Passen-gers of the dctourcd trains say that the damage to the Oregon Short Line iu the northwest has been considerable from the washouts which occurred almost al-most simultaneously with those on the Southern Pacific in "Nevada. Traffic, however, is being resumed on the Short Line and within the next twenty-four hours all the eleven trains between Portland and Ogden aro expected to ar-rivo ar-rivo in this city. At 8 o'clock this evening Southern Pacific train No. 2 of February 25 reached Ogden. This train has changed crews something less than eighteen times since it was first sent out from San FTancisco, and aflor reaching Battle Bat-tle Mountaiu, Nov., finding that . the damage from the floods prevented any further progress, went back lo California Cali-fornia to get another start ovnr the Shasja route a.nd then south to Ogdcu over the Oregon Short .Line. . - Betweeu 2 o 'clock and 7 n 'clock Monday Mon-day morning all the delaved dctourcd trains doubtless will reach Ogden over the Short Line. The damage to tho Southern Pacific Railroad cumpauy's Hue through Nevada is more especially confined to a stretch of seventeen miles between Palisade and Beowawe, whore bridges have been washed out and completely com-pletely lost in the turbulent waters, and the roadbed in some places entirely obliterated. ob-literated. Operating Stiib Trains. Stub trains now arc being operated from Ogden over the Soul hern Pacific for points in Nevada on tho east side of Jlie Hooded district, and similar trains are being run from tho western terniiuus to the western edge of the Humboldt valley for the convenience of Nevada Iravolorf. While there has beeu considerable complaint by delayed passengers, who demanded that they be giveu (tickets to Nevada points by way of Portland and San Francisco before the stub trains wore put in operation, and complaints com-plaints from delayed passengers bo-cause bo-cause they were required by tho railroad rail-road company to pay for their own meals in the dining cars, the railroad officials here say that everything possible pos-sible under the interstate commerce law is being dono for the care and safety safe-ty of tho marooned and delaved passengers. |