The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-10-09

gwen incm. lhCrc were fwCrtN.fuur
car. ct cattle and five of sheep We
/ pulled 0ut of Pleasant Valley %, 1880
%. m. on SATURDAY. morning with 90 car.
I foo the train for rom of iS mile, down
. fhc mountain 90 Helper where b. would
. H. cove into 'vu train. Tor 'hc run 'o
. Grand Junction Aboard were Train.
master King who haI been on the
ground looking after thc loading. arl
who intended 90 see that the Rio Grlu1e
I Ng'eru got them ou' of the state ir
good shape, a y. Iluinall who wa.
going through FOO turn them over TO OH,
house To- Kansas CRY, 'hc Sicgcl Sand.
TO-, company; Mcs,rs Osborne. Knight.
. and La-hrr. a'lo f Provo, who were
around with "prod poles " and the lni,r.
Mountain Newspaper Union man. We
/ dropped down the mountain iu one hour
and five minutes. and could run down
sNii'"r bad The man ahead "lc' EN- roll. 20
huI hc wac little umid- the brakes
were mot adjusted -a' one time be even
/ '.guaa'rd' Tor the BOYS 10 help hole
them hu' with old Biu M,hlcr and q
good crew out ON top. g. did't matter
/ about 'hr alr, hand brake. would let
/ him down just as we'll AZ Helper
/ '.'r'r minute. was used cutting in two
I rh .rs'ns vav cars and cngincs, adjust.
/ irr brake. and dolin. on enough 'l OH
i'r 'He bo>c. 'o run 'rm ~ miles acros.
'hr lrs.r. and get rid Of o. Tor OF foreign
Ira-s s foreign car wasn't going 20 hc
icl with any lubricant that could be-
saved. and ihu. make the "ou report"
show up ~ the end ot the month.
AtitiS,a M. our second stock extra
pulled out fitv.dyc minute. ahead Of
swift No passenger and both extras
had orders 10 run ahead ~ her unit
ovcriatcn. And she would never have
| ovcriakcn Ms hut for two reasons, viz
a terrible storm had the night before
left several washout. on the desert. and
We rad 20 crawl over them, and again
We were troubled with the siockman's
dcspair-"hot boxes. In some Instances
stops had TO be made 10 cool of or re-.
pack them, and In others a new brace
was needed. All the same, the ~ miles
was run In seven hours, sho~lng up
| 7SH miles per hour, which all told may
be rated as a most excellent run. The
Western has good track. good motive
I powers not afraid to turn 'em" and
does turn en-. Train Master King
wired Grand Junction to have contracts
all filled out In advance, and did all pos.
sible to get the stock over the road. The
only criticism that could be offered il
the seant use OF oil In vogue. II for.
eisn cars are neglected, the abuse soon
spreads to home equipment, and then
wherein IL the boosted economy
OVER TuE COLORADO MIDLAND.
Midland train and engine crews were
all In readiness for US, and the yard
crew we're reasonably swift in changing
way cars. But the car repairers.-w.e.l.li
must say tina, those people are evl.
IDENTIFY supreme In killing time. They
looked over the trains and put In one
brass They gazcd at the stars between
heats that were rs numerous ~ the oil
boxes, and withal evidenced desire to
be as long as possible about their work
so they were-we were an hour and
fifty minutes at Grand Junction. Now
the seven,y.seven miles OF line between
Grand Junction and New Castle Is oper.
ated by the Rio Grande Junction Rail.
way company In name, and the Colorado
Midland and Denver & Rio Grande
roads both lose their Identity when
striking Il AT New Castle, though own.
ing Il jointly. II would be In order for
them to foreclosc their interests, In view
of our experience. We started on: at a
I4.mile gait. and all seemed fair aud
easy hut alasl The dispatcher soon
gave It to Gus IN the neck"--we were
four hours and fifty minutes going his
seventy.seven miles. At one place alone
he put us on the siding for fifty min.
u,es But as all things have an ending,
we ulu NJ luhl ltuNt Hlllt anu gov pnto
the Midland proper. Then we flew; but
at Aspen Juretion-well, we got II again
There was palace horse.car to he put
on. and II took fifty minutes to change
way cars, engines and to "swileh outp
the car OF horses. Had the horses been
got out and thrown onto way car all In
readiness for our arrival, stop OF ten
minutes would have had us on our way
rejoicing. Leaving there we made a
most excellent run to Arkansas Juno.
ton, there the change In crews was made
In ten minutes and we were away. Down
through that valley we were turning al
forty mile clip, but from some cause
our "helper" engines were not ready to
take US up Buena Vista Hill. We tar,
rled there twenty minutes awaiting them
and then were of. All through the
famed South Park Valley we made q
great run. For one stretch we made
sixty miles an hour. At Colorado City
we again fell into the hands OF the Phil
istines fear repairers) and were two
hours making the transfer to the SAINTS
Fe at Colorado Springs, three miles
beyond. | will here say that one pair Of