Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-24 | Page 6 | Railroad Notes Section

I 1 RAILROAD NOTES it is stated that the southern pacific company will put greek laborers at work ballasting the track in tho enow sheds in the sierras the oregon short line has 1500 men four gleam shovels and teams at work on tho leavington leamington Lea cutoff which will be a part of tho main line to log angeles the southern company will make a special one way rate to eano and return during the july carnival in that town half rate tickets will be sold from all stations between wells and colfax cal tho southern pacific officials have no lined assistant master mechanic L S pratt that the wadworth shops were awarded first place in neatness and general good condition after their last annual inspection of the entire system headmaster J griblin was awarded the medal for having his roadbed in the best condition of any division on the system in addition to the work already under way president E II 11 of the southern pacific has given orders that miles of track west of el PASO is to bo 80 pound raila additional miles of track thoroughly ballested ballasted bal lasted and new bics tics put in on the lines east of el paso miles will he with 80 pound mils miles and new ties aped tho double track from burlingame Hur lingame to san jose a distance of miles is to be without delay and before the end of the year lau miles of the central pacific will have been in utah and nevada the train was composed of a baggage ear containing the electric light machine southern pacific special car special 01 a southern pacific dining car pullman compartment car texas chicago alton special car U P special car arden and general superintendent in calvins four spot the train was electric lighted throughout and all the cars in tho train were the very latest patterns of gliding palaces the train contained a large number of high officials of the various lines of the Harri inan system besides a party of prominent english capitalists among the railroad men were president imarri man general manager II 11 K of the southern president and general manager A L mohler of the 0 R N and general superintendent J P obrien and superintendent of motive power J F graham of the same line president burt of the union pacific and president S M felton of the chicago alton railroad i the chicago alton special car was occupied by mrs E II 11 Itar riman and her i daughter and was switched here into a special train on the 0 S L as stated I 1