Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-23
AT THE TRAIN,
The 'Record-Union" Man Leads in the
Race.

The "RecOrd-U UniOn'' Man Leads in the
Race.
TowLEs, January ODD. = The RECORD
UNION reporter was the first newspaper
man to reach the scene of the imprisoned
East-bound overland above Shady Run.
The trip from Alta to Towles was made on
special provision train, and from there to
Shady Run, distance of five miles, the Jour
ney was made on the trail with binding
snow storm prevailing all the time. Over a
hundred men, some carrying provisions on
their back and the others shovels, made a
trail on the snow which covered the track
from five to twelve feet throughout the dis
tance.
The scene at Shady Run was an exceed
ingly wintry one. and to see the snow
bound train was real curiosity.
Those who have not been here cannot
imagine such picture as the imprisoned
overland presents, with the snow on top of
the cars to depth of several feet icicles
hanging down along the sides of the win
dows, and big bank of snow piled up
against the side of the train as high up as
the window-sills.
Steam was up in all the engines.
Some few hundred shovelers were on the
ground, some working and others MUNICH
ing the food which they had stored in their
pockets.
Peering through the window your cor
respondent saw crowd of passengers ap-
parently enjoying themselves immensely.
Some were playing poker and some
whist, while others were either eating,
reading or singing songs.
People who imagine that these snow
bound travellers are dull and impatient
ought to take a trip to the scene and view
their merry countenances and witness
their iollity.
The Boston Howard Athen@um theat-
rical troupe are on board and are the life
of the whole train-load.
Every evening for the past week they
have given entertainments in one of the
cars, to the great amusement of all, and
this aft ernoon they gave special matinee
in honor of the arrival of your correspond
ent.
Conroy and Fox, the celebrated Irish
comedians of the troupe, together with
Brunin, Shepard, Dutch Daley, and an
excellent yiolinist of the company, did the
entertaining and kept the whole car in
roars of laughter.
Conroy sang parody written lately by
himself and Fox, dilating on the "Resur-
rection of McGinty," and the whole audi
ence went wild.
Daley gave limitations on the concertina
of the growing OF Shady Run rooster, and
also the music of the Shady Run orches-
ira. which is said to consist of a trombone
and piccolo.
Food is plentiful and of the very best
quality.
Supplies are being sent up continually.
The rotary plow is in the ''cut," about
half mile above Shady Run, and is off
the track. 1t is expected down in few
hours.
Being the first visitor to the scene, your
correspondent departed for Towles with
bundle of letters written by anxious passen-
gers.
Following is full list of those on the
train: H. NJ. Jordan, of San Francisco; NJ
Mcmahon, San Francisco; G. H. Robbins,
representing John Wyeth g. Bro, Philadel-
phia; DIR. E. P. Shepard, San Francisco;
Sol. Rausseau, San Francisco; N. Nelson,
N. G. Ackerman, San Francisco; J. N.
Pierce, Idaho; ]. Thomas and wife, Vir-
ginia City; A. V. Bradley, Reno; j. N.
Shannon, representing NJ. Armour & Co.,
San Francisco; E. E. Stockwell, San Fran
cisco; J. A. Reynolds, Rochester; E. ].
Isham, San Francisco; James P. Smith,
San Francisco; 81. ]. Hull, Seattle; E. Fol-
ger, Oakland; L. Bacon, Boston; Mrs.
Cole Savage, San Francisco; S. E. Jackman
and wife, Have-hill, Mass; Thos. Price and
daughters, San Francisco; D. Cosner, New
York; E. Gottschalk and wife, San Fran
cisco; T. s. McInerny, San Francisco; Thos.
L. Delile, San Francisco; conductor John
Condor; brakemen A. L. Harrington; en-
gineers D. 2. Hackett; J. W. Wright and
L. G. Jeardeau; fremen Ed Hodgkinson,
W. Brenton and H. Wohlforth; postal
clerks J. n. Merrill. A. T. Sullivan, II. A.
Swaney, a. w. Madden and Charles A.
Peyser.
1t stormed all day in the vicinity of the
imprisoned train.
1t was necessary for your correspondent
to leave the train early in order to get
back to the Towles telegraph Office.