Show OF from tuesdays standard the denver rio grande freight yards at grand junction are filled with a weeks accumulation of freight despite the companas comp anys efforts to koep consignments consign ments in motion there arc at tho present time carloads ol 01 stuff in the yards at that point waiting movement towards the west the company is making strenuous efforts to clear the congested yards and toward end Is borrowing engines and equipment from connecting lines from other points throughout the state come similar reports showing that tho freight business being done by local railroad companies 13 the heaviest for many years some idea can be obtained of the rush now on when it is learned that between help er and ogden there are engines in constant use construction supplies are being shipped to the various camps on the line of the western pacific dally five email engines are now en route from davenport la these will be used in lia materials to the camps over a narrow gauge track which will be laid for that purpose word comes that the pipe line being from skull valley to the camps on the desert is well under way when the limited to be run between chicago and los angeles is put into commission no 1 will leave salt lake at 1201 a m no 1 is the westbound train to los angeles this change will giro theatrical troupes an opportunity of leaving salt lake after a closing performance aad arriving in los angeles in time to give a matinee it so desired A troupe closing its engagement in salt lake saturday night will arrive in loa angeles monday morning in time for art aften aon performance J H young in charge of the local train agents tor the southern pacific company made a trip to salt lake for the purpose of investigating the scalp ticket matter and to ascertain the truth of the report that the representative of the western passenger association had stated that an injunction would be placed against brokers selling the scalp tickets he states that as far as ho was able to determine there was absolutely nothing to the report from the investigations which have so far been made by brokers and others it would appear that there was nothing to the report that an injunction had been issued so the brokers wih continue to do business as in the past about four inches of snow is reported to have fallen along the una of the southern pacific from auburn california to montello yesterday fred W Hamn glon the well known passenger conductor of the southern pacific and thos hulmston recently employed by the union pacific have accepted positions with the nevea northern railroad company and for cobre nevada on no 5 yesterday overland limited train no 1 tho past two days has carried one extra compartment car which was placed on the train for the accommodation of the large number of sporting men who are going from the race tracks in the east to those in california for the winter months the travel has been heavy in tills direction A detachment of men and ono officer went west on southern pacific no 3 to san francis co from norfolk W va effective at once cais on trains nos 3 4 5 and 6 of tha southern pacific will be heated with steam instead of by the baker heaters as in the past all passenger engines have been equipped with steam heat and the orders have been is ivied to use steam heat at once D S dark operator for alie southern pacific company at Slon tello nevada has been relieved by W S fronk and will come to ogden to rest up as he has been in ill health for some time four train loads of race horse belonging to J C haggan are en from san francisco to new york two trains should arrive about midnight tonight and two more about midnight tomorrow night the trains are being handled as specials and re making passenger time E C peerman a passenger brakeman for the southern pacific out of ogden accompanied by his wife leanee tomorrow for an extended visit with relative in the east it B porter division storekeeper tor the southern pacific company at ogden left on no 5 for sparks and atna where he will superintend the moving of the store room stock from to sparks carpenter foremans Forema nR E and his eting of carpenters are making repairs to several of abo companas comp anys buildings in the freight yards they have abeen engaged in erecting the new air shaft over the blacksmith shop at the shops the announcement several da s ago to the effect that the accounting of the salt lake division of the southern pacific and as far east as green river on the union pacific would be liand led by C J auditor tor the oreon short line at salt lake city has met alth much favorable comment among he members of the clerical forces in the railroad offices at ogden and the that they hope to sea this change effected the reason given by the clerks is that it means one official will be reported to instead of three as heretofore when the accounts of the oregon short line southern pacific and union pacific were reported to the auditors at san francisco omaha and salt lake it is thought that the now system will greatly decrease the amount ot work in the local offices the change is re ported to take effect the ot the year there was an increase in freight traffic during the past on an of forty trains per lav have havn and forba rii from ahe local yards the traffic at athla time 1 the usual and cattle movement it Is stated that the orange traffic from northern california Is very heavy year alve car ot refrigerator goods consisting mo atly of and apples passed during ehg past twenty four hours thirty inq crews are now on the roster runn iii out of ogden vest and east |