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Show with hay between them and hay and canvas covers over the top This was to kep the fruit from freezing la go-Ing go-Ing over the mountains, the temperature tempera-ture being about 20. When It Is considered con-sidered that 4.000 boxi-B went out It Is seen that the Job of hauling was not a small one. "The fruit was reloaded at Acoma In Pacific fruit express cars and sent to Salt I-ake. All the stuff was marketed mar-keted In that City. Ogden, Pucatello and Butte, and that at very good prices." SALT LAKE ROUTE! RUSHING REPAIRS Salt LaVe. April 10. Advices received re-ceived here from Los Angeles are to the effect that rapid process has been made In reconstructinc the trade of the Salt Lake Route through the washed out section In Nevada and the announcement Is made that the line will be open to through traffic on July 1. From tho western end the track has been re-laid re-laid lo a point beyond Gait, while the eastern construction force has reached and passod Callente. Deudls of a delayed shipment of oranges, some of which was consign-d consign-d to Salt Lake, which was left marooned ma-rooned at Callente on account of the washouts In Meadow Valley wash. Is told by A. I. Woodhlll of San Bernardino, Ber-nardino, who has Just returned to that city after packing the fruit In the midst of the Nevada desert. Of his experience, Mr. Woodhlll is quoted quot-ed as saying: "On account of the washouts it took me eleven days to get to Salt f-ke, being fldetrackod to Portland and delayed on the way. On arriving In Salt Iake I hired some packers from tho commission houses, had some paper wraps cut from the tissue collected In stationery' stores, and then took my crew to Acoma. From, this point we staged It to Callento over the mountains and arrived there late In tho evening. I looked about I for help and fonnd a number of railroad rail-road men out of work and engaged tbem to help In repacking the thirteen thir-teen cars of fruit Start Work at "Sun-Up." "I was told that people were accustomed ac-customed to go to work at sun up nd told my men that 7 o'clock would bo soon enough. From the position of Calient In tb mountains sua-up meaus about 9:30 In tho morning, and that had to go. "The next morning we fixed up benches and started the repacking. As fast as the stuff was repacked it was started for the railroad. I hired men with their teams to haul the stuff over tho mountains and through the sand to Acoma, and the grade was so great that the average load was only twenty-seven boxes. We put a foot and a half of hay In the bottom of tbo wagons and pscked the boxes on nd |
