Ogden Sun | 1905-10-31 | Page 6 | Railroading in and out of Ogden

IN AND OUT from fridays standard the sixteenth annual report of the board of directors of the wabash railway company covering abe opera bione tione of the road during the fiscal year ending june 30 1903 has been made public the report states that while showing a large increase in drogs grogs earnings I it also chows an increase in operating ex fenaes of or a decrease in net earnings at but an analysis of the extraordinary expenditures tures charged direct to operating expenses nill fully explain the decrease an especially designed hospital car of the southern pacific mention of which appeared in this paper two weeks ago Is now on exhibition at the rock island station in chicago it contains an operating room equipped with all appliances such as can be found in the most modern hospital the car Is equipped with a dietary kitchen to be used when the car is leased for the transportation of an invalid another novel feature Is the arrangement of the berths when no in use these berths are sunk into the floor leaving the entire floor apace in the main section of the car free with movable chairs for seats each berth has a regular spring and mattress like an ordinary bed and can be raised or lowered to any convenient height from the floor to permit an attending nurse or doctor to get at the patient easily A steel car loaded on illinois central flat car and consigned to the west shore railway company nt san has been received from the union pacific from st louis the calhas been refused by the southern pacific company on account of being too high to pass the bridges viaducts and snow sheds between ogden and san francisco aco H malson general manager of the rapid transit company made a trip to the yards to see it the car could be used in ogden and it Is not unlikely that the car will be sold to the local people at a sacrifice section gangs are at work in the local yards replacing worn out ties for new ones the entire track leading from the southern pacific main tracks to those of the union pacific across twenty fourth street crossing are receiving repairs where needed and the gauge of the track Is being placed to standard width where it has gotten out ot position