Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-08-11 | Page 6 | More Crews Now at Work

MORE CREWS NOW AT WORK AND MORE MEN EMPLOYED IN THE SHOPS I 1 business on the railroads marks the return of prosperity many switching crews 0 the freight traffic on harriman harri man lines converging in this city is Inc increasing reab dally daily and the volume of business now being handled very nearly approaches pro aches the heavy rush of last fall four additional freight crews have been added to the regular gular list of em aloyes on the utah division of the union pacific during the last week and today another freight crew was added to regular runners on the salt lake division all of the freight crews are making good mileage and putting in all the time possible under the federal law regulating the hours houn of service of all trainmen in the ogden yards ten switch engines and crews are kept busy receiving and sending out trains in every direction and it Is estimated that nearly one thousand freight cars are handled daily by local yard crews while the fruit shipments from call fornia points are especially heavy the freight traffic west is equally good and increasing right along as the season advances in the ogden shop plant everything ts is literally humming at this time and every department is running to tho the limit while a small force to is employed in several of the departments at night while there Is no particular shortage of men in the city plant under master alaster At mechanic echante NI malone cialone any first class railroad machinist out of employment or in search of work can now secure a job if his record warrants recognition and his bis habits are what they should be all in all an era of prosperity is ia sweeping over the harriman and other lines centering at ogden and the em aloyes are not the least of those enjoying the benefits of such a condition train no 3 0 on the rio grande road due at ogden at this rL morning orning was wae six or seven hours late and two carloads of sailors scheduled to leave over the southern pacific for the coast were held here until this afternoon thea jackles putting in their leisure time amid the attractions of ogden canyon