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Show PASSENGERS SAFE Ml COMFORTABLE Delayed Train Is at Kecks and lias Plenty of Foot! .and Fuel for AH. The stalled passenger train on the Salt Lake Iloute was located by the local officials of-ficials at 10 o'clock last night at. Ecclcs. six miles eust of Callente. all safe and sound, with plenty of food, water and fuel. Coal was running short, but there are plenty of ties which arc being used freely. Tho word was brought to Bajclay. six miles west of Acomr... Tuesday night by two ranchmen who had ridden from the delayed train to Barclay with the good ik-ws. So fur as known there has been no loss of human lifo along the road, either on the railroad or otherwise, al-thoui;h al-thoui;h it Is feared that the loas of lhc-stoelc lhc-stoelc wilt bo heavy. Superintendent II. T5. Van llouscn Is on the ground at .Barclay. Ihe present end of the line, and has personal charge ol evervthlng. keeping in close connection wllh" General IMahagcr "Wells in this fl'-y. Superintendent Van llousen is now sicouring the nearby country col tin:: tennis to send to ISccles so that tho de-la de-la w-d passengers may be brought on to Sail Lake as soon as possible. The ride, will be twenty-ono miles, and tho pas-iw-nsers are expected to arrive In Kar-eiay Kar-eiay y Friday, although it may take oiv dav more. It was reported late, lust night, that the wires were still down in both directions direc-tions from the scene of the flood and thai all reports by wire coming out of i.cis nsee.s could not be credlled. The Salt Lake Koute is innnir.g all its local (rains as usual, the only change being In the through trains. These have been laid off except one that leaver Salt Lake at 1J:50 p. m. dally and arrives at 0:10 a. m. daily, running as far aa Barclay, Bar-clay, tho present end of the line. Tho train carrfes standard sleepers and diner. Monday at I o'clock In the afternoon a messenger left Acoma horseback for a twenty-flve-mile ride to Callente. and was expected to return to Acoma and report re-port to Salt Lake by wire some timo Tuesday. ,but up to the time of closing the local offices nothing had been heard from him. The wires arc in such bad condition along the line that no news could be obtained that way. The situation, except concerning the train. Is unchanged, although Manager Wells expects news any hour- |