Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-10
ENDEAVORER TRAINS.
About %. 900 PtOpls Tran, I'D
From Ogden 10 San Francisco.
WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR DELAY.
Probably the Mos Remarkable
Ache vtmrnt in Railroad lrafl9
on Record.


Endeavor trains at Oakland this after.
noon, there was completed one OF the
most remarkable movements. perhaps,
ever accomplished on single track
line as difficult to operate as that oil
the Central Pacific.
Nearly $4,000 people were trans
ferred from OgdeD to San Francisco, q
distance OF over 800 miles with but
comparatively slight delay, and with
out solitary accident TO mar the pro-
gress Of the Cbristisn hest.
General Mansger Ktutschnitt OF
tue Southern Pacific company has
furnished the following details Of how
the Cbrietinn En- iesv0r traffic was
handled:
The mo vement OF excursionists was
firstfelt On July /, when the reg ular
overland trains delivered by the I'm.
ion Pacific and Rio Grsnde Western
at Osueu were run In several actions.
Theses carried the ADVANCE guard OF
tina N vement, the main army OF
which reacneu the Central Pacific
lines on the evening OF July I.h,
pouring through In an almost unin-
corrupted etIeam until the evening OF
July S.h. Including regular trains,
there were moved out OF Ogden from
the lst to The h, "a trai 8, OF which
SO were specisls or sections Of the reg
ulnr trains; the total number Of cars
moved was S3S, or an average OF near
~ u cars per rain; the total number
OF passengers 800, or $40 per train.
The distance from Ogden to Ban
Francisco is S33 miles, over the fret
part OF the railroad the trains had to
be lifted n total height OF 9.a39 feet or
nearly two miles vertically, aud with.
In q distance OF Ill miles. mad to be
dropped down mountain grade with
a vertical ali OF 1000 feet, or nearly a
mile aud nalf.
The questio OF obtaining sufficient
water for the locomotives gave the
fflcere more concern than any other
question connected with the move
ment, but when 1t ia considered that
for almost the entire disttnce across
Utah and Nevada the country ia prac.
t1calIy q desert, the difficulty will be
bettsr Understood. Many OF the
water Stations are supplied by gravity
iiues from springs In the m1 antaint;
extra wstchmen vera detailed to 90 10
the heads Of these lines to prevenI
leaves, chips or distinctions OF any
character from getting into the pipes
At the ststiol where the water was
procured from streams, eprings or
wells, extra bumpers we're put on with
4 etructions 10 keep The pumps golng
night AMI day. AT some stations
where the supply obtained from
springs and wells was short, water
cara moved from other parts OF the
line, were stationed to increase the
supply, the water being hauled from
such stations up ana down the line
VIII ere the supply was ample.
The most serious problem, after
that OF watering the locomotives, was
that of feeding the people. but the
railroad officials ARA Dgsd with citizens
at Terrace, Eiko, Csriin, HumbSIIt,
Battle Mountain, Wadsworth,
Truckee, Summit, Blue Canon ana
Auburn TO furnish lunches outside of
the regular eating houses. The COM
psny's carpenter forces were detailed
TO erect long counters or tables in the
open air, Rt which the meals could be
dispensed.
Up to q time within ten days OF the
4ih OF July 1t was thought that the
regular locomotives OF the Central
Pacific would be- able to handle all OF
the trains ffsred, but, as the An ap-
pr0aohed and reports were received
from the East OF the magnitude OF the
movement 1t WAS determined to pre-
pare for movement larger than the
company was warranted In expecting
from any OF the reports received.
Ten locomotives were leased,
and q sufficient number were taken
from other divisions OF the system 10
concentrate thirty locomotives and
crews In Ogden on the morning OF
July Ain. Six locomotives and crews
were concentrated ut each terminal
west Of Osden at the same time,
90 that. as the procession OF
the locomotives were cut of Ruo
attached, whilst the crews OF the
the necessary rest and noufishment
As soon rs they had done this the re.
lisved locomotives were started east-
ward light to take their places again
among those aws!ting Incoming trains
at Oguen.
Tue arrangements were 20 perfectly
maize that there would have been no
difficulty in handling so per cent more
uaiBs than the company received.
The first train came through without
patronizing the eating stations to any
extent, but the last once awaited them.
selves of the facilities Cffered, and their
slower movement can DO attributed al.
mtsl wholly to the delay IN feeding
the large crowns.
II was fret Intended 10 keep the
trains thirty minutes in time apart.
but, In reviewing the plaus offereu by
the officers to move these trains, the
time limit was overfuled and Q space
limit substituted. An order was issued
blocking the Central Pacific
road absolutely at 1901 q. m.
of July 4lh, and iorbiddiDg
ny operator clearing his ssmiphore
8 ignal TO allow train TO pass his
o flee until he had received word from
the next telegraph station west OF him
that the lsst train in advances HAD
passed him and left the track clear.
The entire traffic was handed with
out the plinhtsst accident, although
some OF the last trains were delayed
about five hours at Truckee through q
fire that was discovered at about $3.50
d. m. OF the 9th In the snow shed wesi
OF Truckes in Coij Sire am canyon.
The Off cers immsdi lately In charge
OF the movement were Mr.. Fillmore,
head OF the transportation department