Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-04-04
TINE RAILROAD PEOPLE,
They Are Dolng the Beat That They Can,
USder the Circunstauces.

Uader the Circumstances.
G. H. Hill, Travelling Passenger
Agent Of the Union Pacific Railway
Company, came in to-day and will
renaia until Tomorrow. Mr.. Hill has
been travelling almost continuously
since the 6rst of January, and has
about completed his 6rst trip over the
system. In future he will probably
be able to get around once = month
or so.
Mr.. Hill has been railrosding for
over lG yesrs, but be says that the
past winter has, by long odds, been
the worst on the trans continental lines
that anybody remembers. On one
trip he was tlockaded II days 1t
LaGrande, Oregon, with 800 OF 900
people. Going On to the DAles he was
detained q week by landslide,
although the company put to work
every man that it could secure ut
$3.50 per day aud board. Finally, q
boat was secured, aud the gers
transferred beyond the slide.
His experience. however. was not
nearly so bad as that of conductor
on the Seattle, Lake Shore and East
ecn Railway who came into Spokane
Falls about two weeks ago and wrote
on the train register the following:
1.-TWO months and ~ days late"
Being asked why the mail service
was not more satisfactory, Mr.. Hill
answered substantially a. follows:
"Being in the passenger department
l cannot, of course, speak authorita-
lively. But must say that l know
that every possible effort is put forth
1 by the company to put the mail
1 through on time. If you consider
that every time that the mail, for
either Portland or San Francisco, is
an houror over late in arriving at our
terminal station, the company is CON-
PEELED to pay heavy forfeit, you will
understand that we do all thai we pos
sibly can to run OH schedule time.
But, you see, that train crosses the
continent, and the time which it does
make is really wonderful, especially
when the season aud the condition Of
the roads is considered"
1The forfeit exac,ed when the train
is late one hour or over is $500. This
the TINES learned from the Postal
Inspectors, who were here some time
ago.-ED1T.
"But how do you account for our
failure to get our mail regularly here
To day, for instance, we got no Salt
Lake Tribune, nor other Eastern
newspaper; yesterday we got three
days issues of the Tribune, and for
two or three days before we got none
at ALP"
"That, presume, is not the fault
of the railroad people, as they never
fail to forward all the mails as rapidly
as possible. To be sure, it occasion.
ally happens that the mail train is late
getting into Shoshone, and that the
Wood River train is compelled to
come without the Eastern mail. You
see, we think it best to forward the
passengers, express and what mail We
have, and have the train get here or
time, than to keep all waiting anc
have the train reach here late in thu
afternoon. But l doubt If two sue
cessivs days mails are ever delayed.
1t is evident, from the above, thai
! the railway company is not to blame
for the failure to forward Easter
newspapers, the past few days; ane
> that the blame must lie with some o
: the employees of the railway mail ser
y vice on some other than the Woo
Q River line.