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Show flREiUIS UP Snowsheds Burned and California Cali-fornia G. 0. P. Delegates Being Delayed With no chance for a detour to other roads, castbound Southern Pacific Pa-cific trains are being hold up. between Truckee and Blue Canyon by a fire which is reported to have destroyed 1500 feet of snowsheds near Summit In tho Sierra Nevada mountains. Second section of train No. 2, carrying car-rying 150 delegates and members of tho Republican party to Chicago, to attend tho national convention, Is being be-ing delayed and is scheduled to arrive ar-rive in Ogden tomorrow morning at - o'clock. Trains No. 2 and 10 are behind the fire, It is stated, and will be delayed from 10 to H hours, according to Information' received here. It is reported re-ported that tho fire has ceased burning burn-ing and that track is now being cleared ot debris. Indications are that the Republican delegates will arrive in Chicago late Saturday night. |