Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-24 | Page 2 | Railroading in and out of Ogden

railroading IN AND OUT OF A B mosley traveling passenger agent for the harraman Harrl man lines has returned from a trip to california the ruah of freight business is somewhat crippling the motive power of tho union and southern pacific and it is almost impossible to keep the trains moving in and oufa of ogden without more or less delay trains are held as long as twenty four hours tor power at ogden and many of them even longer tho cause of athla shortage Is stated by officials aa being heavy presa of business and the demand is simply afoo great to supply engines arrive in ogden and are turned noack with trains whon they should be placed in tho shop and necessary repairs made employed Emp loyes of the southern pacific are being mad a happy today by tho arrival of the pay checks chidi are being distributed at tho local offices the inspection party arrived at ogden yesterday noon and after a short stop of ten minutes started south to lake which Is the last point to be visited by the party in a speech at an industrial dinner in cheyenne senator P B warren declared it was time tor the colorado southern railroad to extend its alno through wyoming to montana or can ada and that if it did not intend to do so the states of wyoming and colorado would buy up the road and build the extension themselves articles of incorporation wore filed by tho portland oregon seacoast railroad Bail road company which proposes to build a network of roads through the northwestern counties of oregon besides a line to follow tho seacoast from portland to eureka cal where it will join the atchison Atch isoo topeka and santa fe the road from cureka according to the articles of incorporation will take a southwesterly course to the mouth of the river where it will turn southward another line is projected to take a westerly course from portland to tillamook and thence southward to from this line a branch will b constructed northward from a point in the neha lem valley to astoria it Is the intention to connect by a belt line the two main linea enter portland from different directions the chicago alton and several western roads are suffering from the