Show railroading IN AND OUT OF from tuesdays ird II 11 D baugh dining car inspector 0 the pacific hotel company has return od from a trip east C ira tuttle assistant general freight agent of the oregon short ling at salt lake is in town if rumors afloat la railroad circles prove truc the car recently allt at pocatello idaho and which Is nc w be ing used by the inspection party will undoubtedly be cast asido or mado into a flat car it is stated by trainmen that the party leaving monday morning were obliged to vacate the car and return to the other cars of the train as it was almost impossible to remain in the car owing to the cold weather the car has rock to it when a train is making more than twenty per hour the inspection party were placed on a schedule out of ogden which it they made would average fifty miles per hour between stops and the car was placed on tha bead end of the train in order that tho officials might be able to see all that was going on at promontory point on the cutoff the wind became so strong that all were obliged to vacate the car and return to the more corn fordable for table cars in the rear when the car made its initial trip to ogden trainmen who examined it stated that in their opinion the car would not prove a success on trips of this kind and that even in summer weather ac would be found impossible to stay in the car at a speed over twenty five miles per hour which Is freight almo over the road the inspection party are expected to arrive tomorrow shortly after noon and will inspect all of the harraman Harrl man property at and will then go east an addition Is being made to tha building used by the engine brewa a a wash room in the local freight yards the increase of crews mad it too crowded for tha employed empl who are provided with lockers in which to leave their grips and oil cans tha addition which means another room will also be equipped with lockers and a desk where the engineers can corn pile their reports on the completion 0 a trip another lot of acox cars has been ordered by the nevada northern rail road from the southern pacific corn pany at ogden tho new road will have a total of ten box ten flat and ten coal cars the cars are being placed in first class condition at tha local car shops and are being re stenciled after which they will bo delivered to the nevada northern railway at cobre nevada owing to the lack of cattle cars several of the double deck stock used in handling sheep have been brought to ogden and will have th partition taken out and be placed la service as cattle cars fifty cars have already been received and more arg expected A plaster carls cast was made in tha freight yards today to ascertain the brake shoes on dining car were receiving the most wear tho car was taken through the yards the cast applied in place of the choa and showed that in the center tha brake shoe received about one eighth of an inch more wear than at either end which it not detected would give trouble when the air was applied with the train running at full speed the vanderbilt corrugated corri gated fire boi which has been tested on the union pacific railroad several times without success is to be given another test by the southern pacific company ona of the largo freight engines is to ba equipped with the fire box and with some minor improvements which have been added since tha last test it is thought he officials that ahr same will give better results the improvement over the other fire box Is mostly in the fact that no stay bolta are used in connection the result of the test will be watched with interest by railroad men A mexican met with an accident as logan utah this morning and had hla left leg so badly mashed that it ia thought amputation will be necessary the injured man passed brough on the cache valley train this morning en route to the oregon short lino hospital at salt lake city the headquarters of barkow broth ars who place news agents on all ore gon short line and union pacific trains has been moved from salt lako to ogden the headquarters for this agency was moved io salt lake troia ogden about ten years ago and haa been located at the former place up to the present time th ey have a store room on lower twenty street and intend to move all of thole stock to aliis city 1 |