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Show ."rn i y uniformed depot attendants, txpert dispatchers and high-salaried' chiefs and subs. It would lie Imp:)-Mble Imp:)-Mble for a freight train to be delaycl such a ler;th of time. That the d.-l.i d.-l.i always happens in the Ogdco yards at the crossing of our lino proves conclusively that the director il maintenance and operations of I tins great system In Chicago has fallen fal-len down considerably, when one of his through freight trains Is delayed ;n the greatest Junction point In th. -vest one hour and thirty-five mirv I ftfP. j ! "Of course I will not submit to ,'Uiy Mich toy railroad methods, ani the matter will bo taken Into the ; courts today, with the Idea of aecur- ' ing a temporary Injunction against the Union Pacific for wilfully nnJ ; maliciously blocking the crossinc.' , BAMBERGER TO FIGHT THEJJ. P. When W. M JeCfers, superintendent superintend-ent of the Union Pacific, was nccn tins morning by a Standard reporter anj asked regarding the charge of Simon Bamberger, tuat the L'nlon Pacific Pa-cific Is attempting to dtiay traffic of the Salt Lake and Og.ien lino, he smiled and refused to lake the matter in a serious light. "It's a joke," he said. "Mr Bamberger Bam-berger must have u brain storai If he thinks that wo would Intent io..'-i.lly io..'-i.lly Interfere v. 1th bis traffic. He knew when ho crossed ojr line.-! ,.t grade that his cars would soiiieliOib i bve to whit for the crosrint'. The Burnbei'ger line crosses our tra.ki just at the end of the l'nlon Pacific yards and every long ircight that pulls In has t stop with 111 tall over tb electric road until It gits a slg-nr.l slg-nr.l of right of way. Too Incident v.hlch Bambcij?r refers lo la hi.' present kick oecuircd Wednesday ben one of our freights had a ear derailed which caused ns to hold the evessing for about an hour. It could not be helped we had to get the ear i.n the track before we could pull oft the crossing. "If the Bamberger crossing were , half mile larther south there would never be any delay to his trains because be-cause of an obstructed cro-sslng, but the proximity of the crossing to the heaj of our yards Is what causes occasional annoyance. . "I do not believe that Mr. Bamberger Bamber-ger Intends to start any suits against the Union Pacific for the best he could get would be the worst of It, His. overhead crossing will be completed com-pleted In about thirty days and that will prevent any interference with his schedule by our trains. 1 really do not believe that there is anything In hie supposed threat of suit for hi knows as well as we do that we have never Intentionally interfcrred with hi trains " The fght being waged by the Hani-i.1 Hani-i.1 an lines against the Lagoon Route reached ;in acute siage Thursday, and the matter will be takpn Into the courts at once. Ever since the I.a-T;oon I.a-T;oon Route built Into Ogden, that Hon of the passenger traffic, and it lias naturally Interfered with tho Oregon Ore-gon Short JJne, which has heretofore hereto-fore had the larger percentage of passenger traffic between the two cities. Until such time as the steam road can finish Its double track and place In service its motor car6, the Iagoon electric will be able to hold Ito posltlou, and this fact Is the cause of many petty annoyances suffered by the Bamberger line, according to officials of that line. Three times on Thursday great freight trains blocked the crossing of the Union Pacific and Lagoon Route tracks, and in the evening thl ibiay to the electric cars on either :ide of a freight train was one hour and thirty-five minutes President Bamberger of the Salt Lake & Ogden said Thursday evening: even-ing: "From an operating standpoint there Is absolutely no excuse for a freight train beiug delayed such a length of time, and well-versed rail road operatives the world over would show that In a terminal like Ogden. with sidings, switches, dozens of extra ex-tra engines, wrecking crew, band- |