Show Car Repairers on Gould Lines Are Jack of All Trades and Busy Men Early and often orten the tIt old sa saying lnA A jack jacl of or nil all trades t is master of none has been heen repeated to ll the youth and man ratan hut hill true as the tho saying may he be It docs does not fit tit around the car repairIng repairing repair repair- Ing nS shops shop of the Rio Ulo Grande Western rn or for that matter mailer an any other rail rail- road Down in the yards of the Gould lines between Fourth and Firth Fifth South street the Jack jock of all trades Is 13 Cl certainly r- r master mastel of or the tho car repairers repairer's trade anti and he Is one of the busiest Sacks Jacks In all busy Utah The The- Gould lutes lines in Salt Lake Laho have ha started In on iho several so miles of or bad order freight cars that have hn decorated the sidetracks between en Salt Lal Lake c and BIngham Junction for fora a a. year ear or more and these cars cai's arc nrc being knocked Into shape fo for foe service and turned over r to the thc operating operating- department department department de de- at a rate of about twenty a day Y In order t to cl clean an up this mess me the master mechanic Increased cd the force of car repairers from rom about GOmen 50 GO men to 75 5 last week and with an nn ample supply of lumber draw heads braces and truss Irons of all lions inns the yards 1119 are arc busier than the they have been heen for years ears Instead of or taking the cars as they come com an ha expert hns has he been m over o th the hundreds of cars and marked nil all of the H lighter ones that are only slightly damaged These are chained together and brought to lo the tho yards l where materials materials ma ma- In bountiful sUr supply JI are laid ell out t. t lU ht here the Jack of all an trades gets busy husy Jack must be be first of all a carpenter Next ext a wrecker and the I third requirement of importance Is that h he be a fair machinist t. t As s a a. carpenter carpenter car car- penter the thc dainty and dextrous cabinet maker maler will not do do for Jack will have hav some Rome real hea heavy manual labor to perform before he ho can tear tearaway tearaway away the timbers from the smashed hed end of of a box car and make makl ready for forthe forthe forthe the const construction work Most of th the boll bal orders orders' o 11 PIS are plain box cars car of tho old stylo that have ha been in niall wrecks fit They e come out g generally en rall minus a draw head and with the woodwork of one or both hath ends smashed in and doors hanging b by one roller r Occasionally there Is Js a n. car In good condition except for the loss oCa of oC ofa ofa a draw head which ma may he be found inside In InIde Inside In- In side Ide the car and a few big bolts and two blocks of wood are all the materials materials ma ma- necessary to produce n a serviceable service service- able abb car Then again there is il nn an oc occasional occasional oc- oc car that hn has to be ho rebuilt from front the trucks truck up It would take an accountant and anI an I experienced car repairer a few fe feda da days to make male a reasonable estimate of tho the amount of mone money that thaL has been lost Jost through h idle equipment in Salt Lake Lako during the Ia last t t twelve months month Say 00 Idle ea cars costing each idle I for lor a 11 year car because cause the they need slight ht repairs Th There le i is the interest if t of nn for a n year Add 1 it to this this is th the II rental of cars from other lines and the statistician might only have o a start In hl his working problem Ju Just t how soon the thu present force of car repairers will catch up with their work and thus work a part of their number out of or a job no one ono in author author- authority It ity Is prepared d to e estimate The rhe hon handling of freight ht trains over o Soldier Summit smashes a Cl few more moreen every o enda da day and ordinary wear war and tear fuin- fuin urn urn- a 0 regular supply of or bad had order cars barring accidents At the local Rio Hlo Grande shops the machinists ts are rushing work on a hea heavy y engine engin to handle the beet ct crop on the Sa Sanpete valley road A large largo traffic In beets Is expected alon along this little road which In the last year eHr has been heen acquired by hy the Rio Grande Western and Is now being operated l as a branch The Tae 11 Sanpete road has Its Us own supply of freight cars carB but should these prove Inadequate to handle handle- the beet crop the local yards will bo he called on un for Rio Grande frol freight hl cats care I |