| Show THE FREIGHT BLOCKADE I 1 4 of the central to raille 4 the traffie v from time ito time items have ap in these columns conce ruing he t b is been termed ai gantic freight blockade it bad been in 0 wit y worthy of that f eat 1 it as been a condition I 1 11 ings of such magnitude that railroad men have stood appalled at the state of affa I 1 I 1 i I 1 which confronted them the bl 1 ado has consisted of inability on the L of the central ay I 1 1 E t pany to receive and transport the immense amount of freight which has been brought to this city by the un don and denver RIO grande bajwa s this blockage began about four we almost eve ry sidetrack on the union between ogden and omaha contained I 1 a many freight cars and ono i week ago there were and ha been for some time as many as cars of freight in the ogden yard alone waiting to be taken west the breight contained in these card comprises ev Mr which Is transported and 0 varies froma a box of matches to a beam engine 4 about a week ago the central pa cefic borrowed from the union pacific seven engines and ae now expecting I 1 to get five more these locomotives I 1 are aeed to help reduce the blockade during the past areek froin four to six freight trains have been taken out of ogden daily by the central pacific the blockade has tham been reduced it great deal but it Js abated on good all aam loaded cars between ogden and the k alvr to be taken wag by a I 1 p I 1 I 1 I 1 allisse ss I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 central pacific there are cars of california freight in ogden A official of the central ram I 1 w 1 w ho was consulted by a reporter ol 01 wit STANDARD yesterday spoke as follows concerning the blockade bloc kado there are many reasons for the blockade which is being experienced on our road ili tile first place there has never in the history of the road haps been so birge an amount of owr rai glit to be transported over it during ilia winter as there has been th is season the rush was of course unexpected and were therefore not in a pos i tion to maet it secondly tile cold weather has AT interfered with the running of tri V tile deep snow has t ervid to kill engines while working ard water it tile tanks along the road has frozen many cities dependent upon us for coald arrived at a period when fuel was nee a d we re com polled to I 1 ti ti acht braffe and furnish it to item everything is being done to clear tho blockade and a week or two hence wi I 1 I 1 witness the of this aim the lockade has been felt far and near extending its influence to other roads and inaldo itself a source of considerable |
