Show WHY RIO GRANDE WAITED pathetic finish of a glorious evening caused by energetic dispatcher the deseret news tells how tho fight fans got home as follows thare Is grief deep abiding grief in the passenger offices of the rio grande this it all camo about through the miscarriage of last nights prizefight prize fight train arrangements all went merry as a summers outing until the fight was over going up to ogden it was announced the train would leave the junction city 30 minutes after the fight at the ringside the limit was placed at 40 minutes so right after clifford flopper an insensible man to tho mat a grand rush for the depot was on after everybody had scrambled for seats and made themselves comfortable for a run expected to be a race with tho oregon short line special standing on the next track a certain fat little gentleman came through the cars shouting this train will not leave until 1201 at first there wag a murmur of disapproval at the atari homeward delayed an hour but the 1 l crowd went back uptown gloo natured during the hour it is estimated nothing short of TOO was dropped in the junction city by the crowd from sail lake and a lurid time was had by all present why the delay hart been called was a mystery and some per sons insinuated all sorts of things but the truth of the matter was this abst bupt supt apperson traveling passenger agents prank groesbeck harry gushing and will howe were on the train to see that things moved as per advertised schedule and on the first few laps they moved even better than schedule the trip being made in record time the competing headlight come into eight ten minutes later the other train rolled into the depot this was lovely and there wa a general the engineer and fireman were serenaded in their cabs and then given a rousing ovation with a whole flock of bigora mr apperson iras supposedly charge daf faires daredevil dare devil george sitting in the cab pulled back hl s throttle wide open when air apperson gave the signal in salt lake city for the start north and that throttle was open to stay there until mr apperson gave a signal to do something else but while the ight was on the chief dispatcher in the salt lake offices became imbued with the idea he was in full charge so upon the time consumed by past tights in ogden sent out the word up and down the line that the special would leave ogdan for salt lake at one minute past midnight then he opened the main line to every freight trail between this city and ogden oh it was immense this thing 0 running a railroad system but covering the line with freight trains ill mr chief dispatcher did oh no not he he was a busy boss he wired the foreman of the round house at ogden to put old wide roans engine tn the round house and ease her up her place and crews place to be taken by another engine and different crew and had been aside for the run both ways so at leaving time the special waa minus an engine and crew more reason for delay by this almo mr apperson assistant superintendent and apparently assistant to his chief dispatcher eav something going wrong and or dered no out of the roundhouse round houBe her fires had loen all pulled ao new steam had to be built up I 1 A bunton of the passenger offices RI this city was in salt lake but told him all was not 0 K 37 miles to tho ninth ho came down town aej upon learning awful truth telephoned the car barns and explain ly his predicament asked abo corn puny to a half a doxon oc more carn at tho depot about 1 the compan did amy kindly anil alie day vine saved had U not beba for the car company nearly 1000 fight fans would have trudged homo ward at 1 or would have had to let loose somo of nelson money for a cab ride |