Show fri fAN SHOVEL AND ILL ILE DRIVER r OR O. O Se S. l. l DEPOT ie e Hundred nd iI Uve f ve Men Were Vere Vereion ion ou the Ike force orce at t Sf fion Site When M Was Ws Sf rf d Tod V Conn W WI I e f t o t o sounded the whistle of an Hn engine which hidden in jn a box car at the Oregon Short Line ot qt just as the town clock was as striking 8 S this morning minutes later with ith a rush of steam from fronI the engine fa a straining of strong chains a n huge steam shoveled shovel feed ed its Hs nose into the hard frozen ground and raised the first of earth for new ner union depot It t tas as the whistle hIe blew men and six teams corniced corn corn- iced the work of getting read ready the ground for the Son n of the new half half million passenger station JO 10 o'clock this morning pile driver No 1 commenced steady teady blows on oil the first one of the thirty-foot thirty piles on onIch Ich h the foundation tion is to rest b WORK WAS ON IN EARNEST FROM NOW THERE WILL VILL BE TUP UNTIL THE STATION IS rs BED D. D THERE WAS VAS A NOISE WOK REAL ACTIVE WORK ONE END OF TIlE THE YARD TO EVERY MAN HAD PLACE ACE AND KNEW EW WHAT WAS VAS EXPECTED or OF HIM THERE WAS NO RUNNING AROUND TO LEARN WHAT WAS TO BE DONE THOSE IN CHARGE GAVE THEIR ORDERS IN A QUIET VOICE AND THE MEN l WENT VENT AT THEIR TASKS WITH A WILL Even r two tn-o or three minutes tho tim bi big steam shovel dipped into the earth with wit iso ease and a ton Ion of dirt from irom its path At every stroke of nf t the e hu huge e hammer on Oll the steam pile driver n er tho big bis pilo pile sank ank deeper leeper and deeper into the earth At different I r parts arts of the yard rard between fifteen and twenty carpenters c engage engaged inI in in I erecting tool shops and other temporary temporary tempo tempo- I Tary buildings Every blow of the hammers f seemed to sy 1 We mean menu it I wo we mean it Even n the six ix teams to enter into tho the spirit s of tho the work which means so much for a greater great great- reat- reat er r Salt Lako Liko City To Increase Forces Before the end of the week k the tho second sec sec- ond end pile driver will bo be ready for work ork ud it is 15 IS likely that a second steam shove shovel will w be put to work before the end of another w week k We HWe have bao men meu at tt work this morning said taid ono of tho the men meu in charge chare This s is an increase of over fifty men since yesterday Con Continuing he Ie said Just as fast fat as we wo can an use me them additional men will be he put to work By the hc first of next week we e hope to have bave men at work ork In III every o case wo are aro I jiving giving ivin the preference to married men mon and arc employing none nono but white la la- la hor bor or About the Japs It was as noticed that there were twelve to o fifteen Japs at work on the rounds grounds ant and ind an explanation was asked for ir Tho The boss said that the Japs wore were not a apart L part of tho depot force but were a section gang that had been brought ht in iu oft off tho road to lay and ancI remove tracks being l better etter acquainted with that work than thau the wh white whito to men Tho They Thoy are not a part of our force and arid w will ll bo be k kept pt hero horo only lon long enough to lix fix up an the necessary tracks ex ex- the man in charge A f Aji visit ji t to the depot will certainly brin bring hope and cheer to tho the people of of this city Such activity has bar not been beon I seen in inthis this city for months |