| Show Finger Kept On Tramp Car Though Miles Aw Away ay GET fEn tt ET IT ROLLING o Is the motto which guides t Ogden 0 produce brokers broker and dealers dealer when the market In tho the cast Is I steady and the th demand strong Jf Just Ju t bow how tr tte system system works so a broker e C n a practically keep hi his finger on th flu carload though It may n bo bl a thou and or more miles awa away lr H d di II a Standard ExamIner re- re re reporter porter curious and ho he started a av aV aT v alting tour of ot dealers and rail rail rail- mid Car lot shippers shipper sena ena en irs 18 rs of or produce Irons from their load lont load load-ln log tn to a pont poInt far tar distant distante e C r-n r n fl though they haven't any anI t l for or It there ther at the time time V W 1 i II It l going In the tho direction o 0 i a i ai UI they ma may find in m kt Kt for or It at a 11 closer point u Tw TIl ir r enabled to divert It from fromI t I our ourse with tho ha assistance of ef efIn ofIn In Ie l 1 ite y smooth running rail rail- rail riad rall rind read y tom t ma They Th y may In fact div dh I i 11 LI half hir a dozen times time Such c irs In tb tb- tb Jargon of the th railroad ar am tramp cars car T Tl I 1 wires Ires embargo I i t clerks checkers checker swit men and conductors a ar e all Ill Tm ot the system which directs th thi mo nio nt mf nt m-nt o ot of these tins tin's cars rr f I r SUED D AUE 11 1 i r- r number tho the Initials ol DI hl tb hi o i o Ing railroad and nd the Ct cf of the load are ar flashed ih h id via telegraph raph wire to sue sue- uc-c uc c ling hog ln witching points All th h dt dp df Us lis ot or freight trains are knO 1 n 0 is s consist lists The Tho re reves mr ves ives the th list from the Ule c g s a out Into th the yard ith meets meet th arriving freight train and ch checks ov r l the Ur numbers arid and mi t cJ It 11 there thure I la is a disagreement b tn i a u consist list and the numb rs ma und and Initials initial on the car cart c tl t t tI rl t ph wire wires are utilized In tra nil 1 th tin error 1 TV eo en train trains leave leav the th yards the Ci Kr hr Its 1 I also supposed suppo ed to go goO goo O o I r th tb numbers and initials fo for forC forc c with ith records furnished him Th Tit switchmen are ar also gJ gi n n fl numbers and initials ot of cars in trains being bring made mado up In dd ton Cite t le conductor L is given givena ivena a r ord of ot his train and request request- requested td ed d to ck ch-ck up The switchman a and th tb checker may hav have in In- In InI I crIed ted n car Into a train by ml- ml ml tICk Should such a car go co est esst- esst east w w ird rd d Ogden Ofden before betor eforo the con con- conductor con conductor ductor I ks his train the th error would be soon toon dIscovered The would then thea wire the Ogden yard ard office from froni Gateway and they th v would Inform him bins what to do with It it It It would IUt likely ly be bit t C out at the th next switching point But Dul Id Idi m one on may believe belies dost do st ui h it c cm m rs 8 go so astray wIUs Ith both hman and checker at his hista tae ta Av Averting delays delay Is I a matter of gr it t concern In the shippIng of ruit An additional day on the therond rood rond may mean waste Many ears cars carswill will III b is tagged to facilitate its 11 BPI so pi d S h Rii carire car Wire ire passing or 1 If i i i d time tim of o a car so ao ti 1 rid d i d would bo be b wired to its II- point of di iii d On tho the following day the time it passed a junction point would agaIn acain be bo wired Ired to hr he- hed di d point and Ln per per per- per's II s 's a on r 1 t i succeeding da day The agent at Et Its destination g s In torn torn-Is with the tho consIgnee notifying him of the th location of the car DETAILS Tho Thu em t Clerks clerk clerk arc are en- en Car en-Car gag d ii in c ring for the o 0 cart car Th jumbo clerk clerks a keep a record ot 01 all Incoming and cut cut- cut going cars pissing through their r 5 ip p 1 th ie yards Iuds In In the th Jumbo bo s Shippers Shipper are e especially anxious to K mc- mcp p the t f refrigerator CArs car unmet v known as reefe reefers too mo toolie lie In tn that they are ro charged r on the tr cars care for lor time tim do- do de hived on thir account Ice Ic is isu Isu isu u d in tn tb thO reefers during durine thet the t I mm r time to keep fresh fruits rom om charcoal an aI tok us d ii during h lo winter winte to toc k c p p produce I from dealers usually EhI Intran n I good on tho the s orage orar In III tran nt it r i- i nn th the market Is isam ano at am los loii 10 el e t l Ogden Ogdon de dealers lers bu buy po itOM tors dUt dil ng eg BC the th fall falls fallt s a on ion them until the mark t es When ben a Tea Tea- reao sor rea-sor so o ibl hT pr is 8 found they'll re- re Jo- Jo Jod IDd reID rc-lo- d tb-rn tb for perhaps a Kansas C CS y yo mark mirK t t Assuming that the foot Black pot POI itc i y re bought In Black foot we tind fidd that the transit tran It rate lud bc b 2 cent centi per pOIn fool BlaCkfoot to Ogden den From Bla BlaCk BlaCk- k- k foot to Kanso h City would 1 cost ost c 6 0 nta rT pr pounds pound The Th r I l liven is Iven I en the th privilege un- un d und un-d h h h and ond transit rate to ship hs h's goods from to 10 Kan Kansas d City after storIng foith the dIfference between the Ir 28 2834 2 cents cent paid for tor hero her the Iho 2 U cents through h rate rat from Blackfoot to City Arriving In the 1 U there ther Is a great treat variety of to bo ba reached nt at lIy the same sante amo cost COPt A bill of lading with Ith sIght draft at- at attached attached at attached brings brines the modern checkerboard checkerboard game came to a conclusion 00 |
