Show r SANTA FES GREAT RUN On Stock IraliiH resell Itnh to SI1 Htntri Ito llntiiioul Inca ihriiii Ilr n nn I i ilit lines nn In tt esoa 1117 1177 II leilhi fault na1 ln n Mnn Ie lrruU the free il Hr in n Im hl < > mnl IRJNM ItT It-T i trini iliHnn ol freight and pn c err > tar he network uf rail no iritir > lni the country Ii a stud nt > i i > i II i pi 1 < ii are contlnualty rld Itd 1 rte hrtnciveo in and a th A n oath mil I > ear go on new t mi i ir hniiiiihi Into viigue thaI nr in Imp > t UK nt m the old iron R nliiNil of lath rxpeilenre le I evolved new thought and new Idea that ate put In I lone nil tending toe hetlermrnt nl the irtlir In all its particular brim be The n i milI n railway derived tr m nn line I e freight and pan > ruucr tram Each ot thee depart mi Hi ha i pbrre all its own no far c rib nk I i nriniint and method ued In li ilhllni up I the hale There I a TIM 1 i 011 briwi vii All the emplnyie In Ibr MO > li parmeiit In a butlnrt I s i and iRllilin u I not afleried unlll Ih lutlnr nf ihr two department I i in ioc ilnr fnr the lIt lime In the t edit cl the irufhi manner All below him dont care a continental about the I worrlmcnt and truallon ol Ihe other it 1 < not th > Juto long a Ihlr aide i nl the huilnrn continue In make thai ahuu fig Imllcalltr of good manage mint mid Inc reaed earning all i I well I truth tl m They hate trouble ot their nw n and are not borrowing any llul i the trifllc manager who directly super abet both the Irelght and passenger butlnet Is I equally Interested on hnih aides lie labor JIII a arduouilt fort for-t me stile a Ihe oilier There are two other department that al 1 > n enter very largely Into the affttr of a rOhll Ie I 1 the motive I power and the traniparta t I Ion though for brevitty and convcn fence I will merge Ihe Iwn Into one knnitn a Ihe operating department The traffic people get the Imtlneti but the operating people hnve much lo do In + the holding ot II It It I the prntlncent the litter to lee that II It t handled peed fly infely and In a style that will appeal ap-peal to the traveling and shipping public loitrongly lien a repetition ol Ihc but tneti It I a logical result Paucngcr train equipment mint be good and keep pace with Ihe time In Improvement Ihe while freight equipment mutt be main tatted In the titme ratio Nor It I lids alt Poiieiicd with good and up to dale rolling stock It It I Jut at necessary to lute and to keep up I a claw of good engines to get Ihe business over the road Again the rails and ltd mutt be ill there and In such nirlace and al I llgnment at will give a roadbed and track calculated for speed and lately Add to thus R class ol good men all around and the line to equipped will get their share ol business at well it lake care of II Dliclpllne It I one of the cardinal point In good railroading and It belt Inculcated and maintained by a how 01 firmness meaning In itself and yet withal devoid of ofliclouiren that goes to alenlate good will Hlttnry cache that today at well at In the past the greatest railway men carry them 11 lees near to and In the heard the army of men under them Splendid discipline can And It belt maintained when there It behind It nil a bond unity and good fellowship between off err and employed Snow me an ofll cer who will not greet any one of hit employed with a ptcaunt mlle or a nod upon the street and I will thaw a you an officer hated by the men under hIm Think you those men will render the licit service possible to the road when their superior I It I arrogant and overbearing P Well hardly Public optnlongoci with the employed lIch 1 I Instance and we can all of ut dlicern what that meant In any business To continue on theie lines on which an much can be laid would be a dlgreitlcn from the main and I will proceed to write of freight traffic Illustrative 01 present day methods It may not be wholly imfnitructlte to those engaged In traffic affair at what I thai chront cle from personal observation and direct knowledge Inculcated through training will be given fairly and Impartially Im-partially IRCPAHISO rim A MOCK RUN Three weeks ago the writer finished Irilnlng for a tock run that wa del lined to make a good run Ironi Pleasant Valley Junction Utah to Kansas Clly a distance 1177 mile via the Rio Grande Western Colorado Midland and Santa Fe Such a trip U I replete with everything not found upon a passenger run when the preu It I aboard chronicle peed and lenlee There are no such good times aboard the dock train There is I no free dining car free Pullman tree cigars and free Ice water none ol these ilngit Hut there li or tho other ham a chance to do the Dr Tanner act and drink In great moulhfult of air tadened with country duct and the aroma Ivcn o such occasion the while R train 01 lock It I being whirled onward mar let Preston Nutter our Utah cattle fog had two trains ol cattle to go Iron Pleasant Valley to the Manse Cly market and R pedal run wes to be given them There were twentyfour earn of cattle and five of sheep We pleased mil 01 rleasant VRllev al Ivan A m on SaturdRv morning with 19 car In the train for a run nl 18 mite down he mounlnln to Uelper where II would he tttt into two train foe the run to rand Junction Aboard were Trainmaster Train-master King who had hnn on the round looking after the loading nrl no Intended In ee that the Rio Grande VeMrrn tot them out ol the ulalu In good l chap A D IhidnRl who RIng R-Ing through to turn them over to hit house In Kansas City the Sleeel Sand era company Messrs Otborne Knight and Lahrr all nf Irovo who were round with prod 1 pnleaand I the fete Inuntaln Newspaper Unlm man We rapped down the mountain In one hour amt five minute and could un down swifter had the man hd It > m roll hat hr wa R little tlmlil Ilic brake were mil ndjiulrd at line lime he even qllntI for the boy In help hole theme hut with old lllll MMiIrr and n vend even out nn lop It dMl nutlrr bout the sir hand heal e would let him down Just R well At Helper thirty minute wa u + nl ctililnn In Iwn rhoInll wan ear and engines dul Ise I lir kr and dollnr out enough 111 all for the boa In run Vm 177 mile acre theieeert and It rid nl a lot nf foreign rats foreign ear waxnl going to he lad with car lubricant that could bled bl-ed and theo mkr the oil report how up at the mil nf the month M Itll a m nur second stock eaten lulled out flflv live mlnMle aheRd of wilt No i plnlCr and Ixtlh mince mil order In run ahead nl her mill overtaken And the would never hour overtaken lit lint for two reason via A terrible storm had the night before felt eeral Ahulo on he I desert and we 110 crasvl over theta and gen we were troubled wllh the itocknnn drpalrhint botct In robe Instances stops bad to be made lo cool off or repack re-pack them and In other a new brute was needed All the ame the 177 mile tea run In even hour hoInll up 25f mile per hour which all told may ie I rated at a mot excellent run The Western hit good track good motive < werI It not afraid to turn Vm and doe turn cm Train Matter ling wired Grand Junction to have contracts all filled out In advance and did all pot Ible to get the clock over the road The only crltlclim that could bo offered I the scant uieof oil In vogue If for Inn car are neglected the abuse soon prradi to home equipment and then wherein It the boasted economy OVkR TUB COLORADO MIDLAND Midland train and engine crew were all In readiness for ut and the yard crew were reasonably twill In changing way car Hut the car repalrcn weMI I mutt say that those people are evl dently supreme In killing lime They ooked over the train and put In one ran They gated at the tm between heals that were at numerous na the oil Loxes and withal evidenced a ililrc lo be at long at potilble about their work to they were we were an hour and fifty mlniitei Grind Junction Now he icventj icvcn mill ot line between Giand Junction and New Cattle It I operated oper-ated by the Kin Grande Junction Hallway Hall-way company In name and the Colorado Midland and Denver C Rio Grande road both lute their Identity when trlllnJ Itt New Cattle though ownIng own-Ing It jointly It would be In order for them In fnreclmc their Interests In view I of experience We tinted out at R mmlle gall and all teemed fair and All hut alail The diipalcher loon cave It to has In the ncekwe were lour hour and fifty minute going hit sevenly seven mile At one place alone lie put us on the tiding for filly min ales Dot at nil thing have an ending we did at tail leave him and got onto the Midland proper Then we flewi butt but-t Aipenjurctlon wellwegot It again There wan a palace horse ctr to be put on and It tonic filly mlniitet lo change way cart engines and totwllch out1 the carol horn Had the horse been got out and thrown onto a way car all In readiness for our arrival a top of len minute would have had as on our way rejoicing Leaving there we made a moiteicellent run to Arkn June tlonthere the change In crews w md In ten mlnuletand we were awRy Down through that valley we were turning a forty mile clip but from tome Clue our helper engine were not ready Intake In-take ut up Ilucna Villa Hilt We tar tied there twenty inlnutet awaiting them and then were oft All through the famed South Park Valley we made a great run For one stretch we made tidy miles an hour At Colorado City we again fell Into the hand of the Ihll lillnct car repairer and were to hours making the tranifer to the Santa Ko at Colorado Spring three mile beyond I will here lay that one pair 01 wheel had to be put In but at they were an outside pair an hour at the outside should have sufficed for the whole bull nee Superintendent Dyer of the Santa Ke was up I from Pueblo and went I over to Colorado City to hurry them up ai If crew had been called and walling for more than an hour The run Iron Grand Junction to Colorado Spring took a little over ilxtccn hours wnen It I hould have been made In much let I They have the track the engine and the men to do It with and the governIng govern-Ing power thould go alter Ihe cauteof de lay whenever iii I net done I umltiUml hat on the dv following ann her run of ocV bt our time tine hour and thirty minute end no pedal effort hid bn mete either All thai in I needed over there Ic more acute discipline dtTRtirrd to the end nl R hrp tick n t nil else lhat is nrcdfil will cone ate wtth eew and gentlfting rr ni t Iwllrv ha In thus offering erhl tnt nl i > r in > ntelhniU and la > Ivlpllnr n > ill l > fuinil boh the hlp pine nn I rnitwn t people will he ln fled a the farmer are alwavn 1 Intent on luring ark i m the road R short R time II teaibtr and the latter are trlvlnu to cut roe tint > all that la consistent l with oRfrlr unit good lodgment to the end that the mav meilt Irirlr hare n < the hlllr From Colorado iprlnll down tll tlirhln to 4 K mile wllli a alight downgrade down-grade all the WR > and one engine twiing them along al n forn mile gall When within fight of Inchln we got n delay ucli R Ii liable In run nn an any mul At ant time 11e headed In on R tiding and one tone box I ear WR IhcrIt proved R ouree ol tumble and delay W < i there met twit train and when they patird we tried n back nut The grade wt tnn heavy We tried In lack nut soil rnnldnl Nothing remained hut In catch and run emend with h then we loi ton much time and eonlinl make If I ahead nf I the pa enfer That coot un flfli minuteMen minute-Men AID HRTn AT rVRHLll Chief lludnalliMrecleii that the cat cie I should have twenty hniirt lee and 1 rest Rt the Iuoblo ilnck yard and hey dial The gang went out In the yard to nelt l In Ihe unloading but not L NsI I rightly conjectured a terrlhtr rAIn star rna rloir at hand and toot nn door In celling up I In the Southern Intel where I ace t high and 1 dry the Lute tier gang wa gelling inch a drenching a none nl them ever did be nir Such ho I the U e nf R tlnckman Ve eanined at she Southern Intel I the gratce part nf twenty four hour and were a well ruled up as the cattle that had nut AAY uneven Slorioo worth hay A Royal It mine hnt and pro rlelnr hare and he It 1 royal mt nature as well ai by name lie tea a new taper minand knew the anxtetloof tuch a life for fifteen year lie ha been Mayor 01 the City and alas a member of the legislature lie Is I R genial gen eman and the patron of the Southern ettlfy In number at to Ihe excellence 01 lit table surroundings |