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Show 'last op flood trains arrive Passengers Had Been on the Road Since February 25, Covering the Distance from San Francisco to Ogden Eight Detoured , Trains Came in During the Morning Vote of Thanks Tendered Railroad Officials. "En Route East, Via Fortland, Train No in. "We, the undersigned passeugern on train No. 10. which left San Francisco on February 2S, wish to eNpre.-s our thanks and appreciation to the officials offi-cials of the Southern raeiric compauy and the Pullman company fur the kind and courteous' treatment accorded accord-ed us by ofllclali of the companies and tho trainmen upon the train Wo want to particularly thank the rull-man rull-man conductors and the porters of the several cars who have done every-thing every-thing !u their power to make the cars In which we made our homes for more than a week. During our delayed de-layed trip splendid meals were served us gratis In the dining car, under Conductor Con-ductor Howard, who was with us for the entire trip. ThanklDg you .inl your employes again for the splendid treatment, wo are, very sincerely ours." Then follows the names of nboiu seventy passengera and the names of the cars they were In. Those from Ogden were in the car '"Gerard," In which there were thirteen, passengers. Passengers Sent East. Shortly alter the arrival of the trrlns Inm the north, the delayei passengers for the east were- sent cast ou Unl.n Pacific trains. Ity three o'clock this afternoon the rallorad jcrds were clear of delayed trains. Trains for the west to be detoured by the way of Fortland leave Ogden en schedules that are n'.iout the same as thoe of the old westbound trains over the Southern I'aclflc's main line. I'nlil the Southern Pacific officials have every assurance that the main line will be ready fm- traffic, perhaps next Sunday night, all through train.; will continue to be detoured by 'the way of Portland. While the officials still maintain that the damage In Palisade canyon will be repaired to such an extent by Sunday nlgbt as to permit the passage pass-age of tralas, the statement lias been made to this paper by a brakeman, Eight detoured trains. Including the last of the. Southern Pacific ll'd trains, reached Ogden at 10:10 this morning. Passengers on these trains Inn left Sau l'r.inciio jm e;n'y is l'tli.j-rv 2, i-r'n.' ta ':ic v'iii and had got as Tar oust as Dv.llo Mountain, when break., m th main line prevented further progress. After being held at Uattlc Mountain four days, they were rctuwied to Sacramento, Sac-ramento, detoured to Portland, i-nd flnullv, after 11 davs. hae completed a Journey that, by direct route, has heretofore consumed less than 2S hour?. The Southern Pacific officials still maintain that the damuge to tho line in Palisade canyon, Nevada, will be sufficiently repaired to allow- of the I passage of trains by Sunday evening ! next. j After being on the road between Ogden and San Francisco for eight diys, the seven passenger trains that I were, held a. Hattle Mountain, Neva-I Neva-I da. on the west side of the Soul hem ! Pacific washouts and later detoured j h way of Portland, Oregon, arrived in Ogden thia morning between the hours of 1 a m. and lu:40 a m In ( urtdltion to the carrying of the standard stand-ard Pullman.?. In which many of the passengers had made their home since February 2.".th, the tialns carried car-ried a great au'ount of surplus equipment, equip-ment, which had been picked up along the line nnd Is to be used by the liar-rlman liar-rlman lines In and out of Ogden. Tho trains ihiil arr'ved this morning morn-ing carried manv jolly and good- J r.niuicd yet tired travelers, who for a week have been the guests of the Harrlman railroads in California. Ne vada, Oregon. Idaho and I rah. When their trains arrived in Ogden they we ro Informed that they would have about an hour or two here, an I they gi us-pod the oppoiti.nlty of getting out lor a stroll on paved streets, which proxed a novelty as compared with the sagebrush Hats of Nevada and the lava beds of Idaho, In the places where thev have been detained on account ac-count of floods. until recently employed upon the. Western Pacific line near Palisade, that, in bis Judgment, based on the conditions as he saw theni. It will be ten oi.s before the damage can bo r paired and possibly longer than that. May Be a Long Walt. The laying olf of eight train crews em pi ov eel by the Southern Pacific up-the up-the districts between Ogden and Car-lin Car-lin for an Indefinite period leads to the belief that the damage In Palisade Pali-sade can von is so great that even tho iT.llrond officials who are on the ground cannot estimate the loss or tho time it will take to repair It. I'ntil traffic Is opcne.1 the rallroa l officials will remain upon the ground. General Manager Calvin and Superintendent Superin-tendent Manson are mi tho eist side, of the damage! district and Vice Piesldent and General Manager Ban croft of the Oregon Short Line and Assistant Superintendent Pltzgeral I are mi the west side of the flooded district. ; . I ' Pacsengere Pleased. I Tim passengers on the teveral de- j ; toured trnlns nrrlvlng in Ogelc-n today were unanimous In their praise of the treatment accorded them bv the railroad rail-road officials and Pullman and dining car employes during their eventful trip. On each of tho trains resolutions resolu-tions of thanks we-e drawn up and signed and sent to the head offices of the Pullman company and the Harrl-nnn Harrl-nnn lines In Chicaco, as well as to the officials of the Salt. Lake division, of the Southern Pacific company ai Og.len ;md Salt l-ike City. The passengers on the last delayed and detoured train, which arrived at 10: i), and the passengers of which have been on the road for eight and i nine dais, drew n;) the following letter let-ter copies of which will b? sent to W. H. Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Like. I .. S Hungri'ord. gen oral superintendent of the Pullman companv at Chicago, and other railroad rail-road officials at Ogden and Chicago. |