The San Francisco call., 1897-07-05
COMING BY THE
BLOCK SYSTEM
Eleven Special Trains Start
From Ogden Half an
Hour Apart.
About 5000 Pieces Of Baggage
in the Office Here for
Endeavorers.
The City Rapidly Filling Up With
People Who Have Bought Cheap
Tickets.

Only a comparatively few Endeavorers
arrived here yesterday, but there were
great many others who took advantage OF
the low railroad rates to come here. Mr.
Richardson of the Southern Pacific gave
the story of the situation after spending
a good deal of time downtown at the tel
egraph office. He said:
Train 4, due here this morning from
Ogden, was four hours Iate. 1t came in
three sections. No. 3 due from Ogden
this afternoon, was IN two sections and
six hours late. Train f. out OF Ogden this
morning. is in three sections and is due
here at 10: 15 in the morning. 1t left there
late There are thirty-three cars in 1t.
THE train arriving from Portland to-
night had but one section. A great deal
of the Portland travel is reaching here by
steamer. The Los Angeles train this
morning was only the ordinary one. and
the one from there in the morning is
light, consisting of but seven cars. The
Southern Pacific overland to-day only
had two extra cars.
This afternoon train No. lefts Ogden
three hours and twenty-five minutes late.
1t consisted of twelve cars. The next
special was at 80 P. NJ, and consisted OF
ten cars.
There are TO be others at 8, 8, 9:30 IL
and IL 80 P. NJ. respectively. There will
also be three or four sections OF No. 4, due
to leave Ogden at LAO A. NJ. A total in all
of ten or eleven trans left the aforesaid
place to-day and tonight. They were
started half hour apart and will be run
on the block system, in order to avoid &C.
cideni.
"A special train arriving via the Santa
Fe Pacific came IN al 4:15 P. NJ. 1t had ten
cars. To-nights train over our road, due
here al s :45 Is in two sections and is FIVE
and hall 10 six hours late"
There was an attempt to wreck the
special, which left Ogden westbound Fri
day at 1876 P. NJ at a point four or five
miles east of White Plains, New, about 5
clock Saturday afternoon. Word of II
was received by the Southern Pacific yes
terday. A tramp placed three ties on the
track. The special came along, saw the
obstruction and removed il. The Tram D.
whose name was given as L. Monroe was
captured and taken to Wadsworth, where
he was lodged in jail. The train dispatch
er there wired Master of Transportation
Richardson that the prisoner seemed a
little cranky.
The baggage depot of the Southern Pa
ciric at the foot Of Market street is stacked
with baggage belonging to the Christian
Endeavorers. There are about 5000 trunks
and other kinds of baggage there. A
great deal has also been delivered through
out the City. What is here is merely a
fragment of what is to come. The bag
gage of fifty or sixty special trains so it is
estimated, is yet to arrive. The baggage
rooms are to be kept open day and night.
Complaints were made at the hotels
yesterday that so much confusion existed
that baggage could not readily be OBJ
tanned. 1t was charged that the moving
of the baggage department at this time
from the north to the south end of the big
depot was in measure the cause OF the
trouble.
In order to ascertain the facts a visit
was made to the new baggage department
last night Considering that only the ad-
vance guard of the army of visitors is
here the quantity of undelivered baggage
is immense.
John L. Carothers. general baggage
agent OF the Southern Pacific, made clear
explanation of the situation. He said !:
"rhe passengers arriving here last night
and to-day are not Christian Endeavorers.
but travellers who took advant age of the
cheap rate. In sending baggage out of
Chicago and Kansas City it was all han
oled together. The unorganized touris Is
who do not belong to the Christian En-
deavor came right through without stop
ping in Colorado or Utah ana much of
their baggage may be on the srecial
trains On the other hand, no doubt.
many OF the trunks now here belong to
the Endeavorers who stopped along the
route and will arrive here Tuesday or
Wednesday.
You can see for yourself" said Mr..
Carothers, what our system is. No. we
do not range the pieces in the numerical
order of the checks, but we set apart a
section OF the floor for each days arrival,
and We keep foreign ana local baggage
separate. Here, for example. the trunks
In this row arrived on July and the
pieces in the next row on the 4th. The
change in the location of the baggage de.
partment is well understood. We sim plv
changed from the north 20 the south end
of the building. We keep a record of every
piece OF baggage that arrives. We enter
the number and name of the railroad COM
pany issuing the check and also the date
For instance, il tourist comes and saws
that he holds Chicago and Burlin gton
check we run over our list and can see al
glance If his trunk las arrived. Nodoub,
lie accidents on the Northwestern and the
Nandalla delayed many pieces"
Regular train No. of the Southern Pa
clhc arrived in three sections Yesterday.
The train was several hours late The
train LETT Ogden with 700 pieces of bag.
gage, but car containing 300 pieces was
cut out on account eff a hot box
Some OF the tourists that came in Satur-
day night started at once for the interio,
and Portland without waiting for the ar.
rival OF their trunks. When tbey return
they will pick up their trunks or have
them sent to some other destination.