The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-06
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
The Golden Gate Special Will
Reach Ogden at $50.
HOW HE MISSED A FORTUNE,
An Offer for the Street Railway
Southern Pacific snOwsheds Re-
buiit-A Puzzled Conductor.

The Golden Gate Oriental Limited)
special will arrive in Ogden at 3 90 this
afternoon. A HERALD representative is
on BOARD.
j. X. BUCHANAN, general passenger
and freight agent of the Fremont, Elk
horn and Missouri Valley Railway, is in
Salt Lake.
The first consignment Of CONSOLE
dated engines for use on the heavy
grades of the Central Pacific and Cali
fornia and Oregon roads are on their
way west. They are OF the heaviest
type made and have an immense haul
ing power. There are two 12-wheel
engines, similar to those aboVe-named.
in use on the Tehachapi pass, where
the grade is 116 feet to the mile.
MAJOR Wilkes was seen yesterday in
reference to his proposed electric rail-
way. He had hopes of becoming pos
sessed of some information for the press
within few days. To a HERALD re-
porter, he stated that he had made an
offer through Superintendent Arnold,
to pur h.ss the Salt Lake City Street
Railway Company, mules and all, and
| pay therefor the sum of 100000. It is
understood the company place the
property at $250,000.
He MISSED FORTUNE,
Dan LeVan, while strolling down the
railroad track from Nampa, Idaho, for
recreation discovered a broken rail.
He hurried back and informed the sec
ton men of the discovery, aud the
break was repaired long before any train
approached, and the passengers were
Whirled over the spot, knowing moth
ing OF what had happened. And now
Sevan is the maddest man in Idaho,
and his heat is called forth by the reg
mark of friend: "Why, man, had
you remained at the scene of danger and
tagged the train, you would have re-
celYed shower of gold from the pas
sengers and life passes from the COM
pany."
SOUTHERN PACIFIC sNowsHEDs REBUILT.
The Southern Pacific Company has
rebuilt the entire line of snoWsheds de-
stroyed last summer on the Sierra west
ern slope. Next spring the company
will substitute corrugated iron for
covering the framework in place of pine
boards. This will prevent any further
loss or delay by fires as the framework
will never ignite from clnders from
passing locomotives. A test of the new
rotary shovel snow ploWs, brought
from the east last summer, will be made
of the route across the Sierra during
the winter. THESE plows are said never
to become ch0ked, but bore their WaY
through q snoTbanK with wonderful
speed, shooting the snow over the
sides of the track through large pipes.
They may do good service in q bank of
snow three Or tour feet in depth, but it
is doubtful if they can clear the track
of banks of snow from fifteen to twenty
feet high-Which is about the AVERAGE
depth of those On the line of the
Central Pacific in mid Winter-requir-
ing the old style monster plows, fifteen
feet in hight, propelled by a dozen 60
ton locomotives down grade to burroW
way through.
GOOD SUGGESTION.
The Railway Age remarks; "a recent
fatal and costly collision on one OF our
best managed roads is attributed to the
fact that the conductor read his time
card wrong and understood the meet
ing place 10 be at the station nearest to
the one designated in the order. On q
closely printed time card such mis-
take is by no means difficult to make
and some sympathy should be felt for
the unfortunate conductor, while at
the same time all train men should be
impressed with the vast Importance of
absolute exactness in their residing of
rules and time cards, and superintend-
ents should endeavor to remove as
soon as possible any occasion for such
errors by having their time cards dis
tinctly printed. and ruled"
PUZZLED CONDUCTOR.
There was puzzled conductor and
brakeman on a Burlington train the
other day, says an exchange. The
brakeman discovered a pug dog in care
of lady in the frst-class coach, aud
told her that it would have to go into
the baggage car. She objected and he
went for the conductor, but when they
returned there was no dog in sight.
They made thorough search for the
canine, and the lady politely stepped
into the aisle to accommodate them.
but they were unable to locate it aDdf
returned discomftted. When all Was
quiet, the lady drew the dog from her
''improver" where it had rested peace
fully in the shadow of her cloak, while
the railway men were making their IN
availing search
NOTICE.
On and after December 5th, 1888, IN
til further notice trains between Bing-
ham Junction and Wasatch will run on
Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays
only. J. II. bennett,
G. f. & P. A
BEST and cheapest. Elite Restaurant,
opp. Walker House. Day and night.
HOLIDAY presents cheap and in pro-
fusion at CARL G. AMUssEN's.
BOYS and Childs' Overcoats, stylish
and cheap, at F. Auerbach's & Bros
Mammoth Establishment.
TICKETS from Europe to Salt Lake
City only $54. Round trip tickets only
$120. Secure your tickets at once from
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