The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-26
RAILROADING OF ANCIENT
AND fIODERN BRANDS
Stories Of the Growth Of Great Industry From Sn.
Beginnings.

was gone" There We're tv-.,..-
cars Of cattle in the train. eight
Higher Speed Attainab,s
Today a speed Of sixty miles
iiot. IS no uncommon pe-f1rma~rs PEI
limited trains, and to Nh Win
bursts OF speed the iron bo~s. -'o5r
forced without increased 6srr.--..I al be
and property is a matter f1T S1 10 70 lie
ton. -'' specgla.
Almost equally aa wor5z--..-
Veiopment and progress is ~ al &c,
equipment Of the great r1szs Car
more particularly the vehicles l.. Al5.
Tor the transportation AMI -,--slte-eI
passengers. Palatial trains NY,
order Of the day and the Que M ,ls
next! naturally prOpOunds i--s,s ~ ~ --.
ever, the modern traffic official NV
restless being and constantly -.
new schemes to allure travel ana
vertiss his line. anu a-.
Possibly before long. Wa nav d..
tnat the limited trains of s1r-s an an
line have attached to them \ AS -4S.
car, containing firSt-c'ass r~,h,-.1''
with acoustic couplings 10 ca0y-s,- ~
music 10 the cars ahead. AMI -brS -. ne
mora enjoyment to the c0nr,~- - a-l
passengers While the band 49, NE
While to the ordinary express +-. y-
Which affords sufficient eleggr-a 50 80
piebean traveller, may De- aE5a+ - --
further adjunctS of comfort ana - -
slty, a steam laundry and d nest -
partment- Gun
In striking contrast with NOD
elegance and luXuriOuSDpS. r,-s-
first train on the Mohawk Varsl- W. ,-s
road in 1881. The vehicles -sss-- s.
an omnibus, with seats for arTt- - q.
passengers on the inside and So n
reservation on the outside. at aarL "a
of the coach. for the fellow win E-:
feet. D--
That inventive minds are active and
often generous in giving traffic o+7..---
pointers IS shown in q CO-ruunf,s+.--
Mr.. w. II. HurlbUrt. the general ns-
Senger agent Of the Oregon RaiIwsZ, 4
Navigation at Portland recer-Iv p,
ceived. The writer asked how \.
would consider a new wrinkle. add
ing if compartment in one of the aIz.
CANT coaches Of the Portland spaaTr
We're prepared for him, he would Ia
glad to operate a pantOrium 50 ma
passengers could have fashions crsass
restored to their trousers before lear.
ing the train and female travellers sur-
piled with safety pins.
To. which AIr. H. is said to have r.
piled:
While. as a rule, nothing is 50 pro-a
to take the crease out Of a mans psr-,
and bring out new wrinkles as long
and continuous travel, still. the Po--.
land special is making such excellent
time, that passengers usually reach
their destination before their trous--s
Ia I1d oh
Safety has always been the watch
word Of the Oregon Railway & Navi-
cation, even down to that little. br-
useful pin you mention. Our coz
ductOrS are supplied with a useful liz
tie receptacle, called a housewife. fu-i
with thread, needles, buttons and pi-s
| ready for any emergency"
Demand for Good Men.
The rapid growth of our railway Svs-
| TENS has created a demand for mn
Of unusual discernment, of quick. true
and decisive judgment. Rare ability IS
! required in supervising the numerous
! departments and more particularly IN
| handling the operatives. In no depart
ment is this more so than in -E5
! operating department OF a railway sys-
TEN and the executive head must be
| man Of great penetration and fine dis
elimination, even 10 handling The
| smallest detail. Something which vii
| perhaps demonstrate this ia found u
| the case Of a lady telegraph operate
/ once employed by the Oregon Short
/ Line, and who left the key Of hsr H.
! strument open for an hour, rendering
/ the line for the time useless.
| Her explanation was that large
humble bee tried TO sting her AMI
/ chased her out of the Office. The Of
/ fetal in POcatellO, to whom she Vas
| subordinate, having no precedents %
I go by, submitted her case to one Of t15
heads Of the telegraph department i
/ this city, asking what penalty should
! be imposed. Her record for formE
good service was something 10 be col
| siGered, and the Salt Lake official per
haps realized that like himself she had
| in the service of the Short Line grown
/ older and not as good looking as form
| eTly; 50 he wrote the chief al P1cats--
/ IF this was q gentleman bundle pee
/ Cache valley, with an opportunity ~
1 observation beforehand I am sure d
/ would not have chased Miss --- ml,-
/ less stung her had she remained al A~
post Of duty. For the gOQl or l-7
I L
| some point where association win ,-
| Snake River mosquito may -5acl 47
| to hold in contempt large 1a-d-lrdi7l
! intruders from BumbIebRei9m-
In several respects our railroads q, az
still operated on first principles ".
are still found riding over Two Ld--e
| Although the two rail track dates %
to a colliery in England and the !e-
| 1872.
] Periodically, inventors have prop
] to dispense with one Of the r.
/ BoyntOn proposed bowling US ac
| the continent with incredu-ous -
on a single rail, in a vehicle s-taTu
! by d trolley device overhead II
/ thought this was easy. In Iac c. -
! claimed it was like rolling Q o.
| across the floor. HOWey6r. the BOZ,
Bicycle railway is little known ol VS.
| Of Coney Island, where IL IS one o.
attractions. s
Steam is still the motive r'"9. 80
| electricity, although promising d s.-
time to supeTsede it, has u1- thI ~
! been successfully harness. 70 .: h
/ business of long lines S1"l.L III -
accomplished, the evolution OF Jls '@-
I road would be SeemiuslT e.Is PR