The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-27

I TARRlMAN danced. With a mere
suggestion Of smile on his usu-
ally immobfe face. he did a High
land hing. while the band played yam
kee Doodle"
This was a feature Of the formal
opening yesterday of the Ogden-Luciu
cut-om-the browning achievement Of
improvements aggregating S134 600 900
on the lines under his control The man
VINO raised the money to acquire this
vast system. and then to carry out these
{ stupe1dous improvements. captain Of
, industry king of finance" usually
calm and impressive, for moment re-
S'axed his dignity and thus gave vent
10 his feelings.
The little episode was not witnessed
10y the crowd. TO took place at Midlalze.
There the only ceremonies Of the occa-
sion-if such they could be called
were held. Everybody who had come
% pit on the trains got out. looked around
and stood I'm a big group to have their
PICTURES taken. Fosters Military band
of Ogden played before and afterward
AS The people began to scatter for their
trains. the band struck up series Of
patriotic airs. Mr.. Hartman had just
entered the observation car at the rear
Of his train when the strains Of yam
Aee Doodle were heard.
Hartman in High Spirits.
with his hands. and then the lively air,
together with his own buoyant feelings
proved too much to resist In the CEN
Ter Of the group of prominent railroad
yuen who had come to inspect the work.
ne began 10 shuttle his feet and then to
Kick out in the nacvep2ents of the High
land fling. with an the abandon of a
"kltie' who hears the shrill notes of
The bagpipe. Another dignihed railroad
man faced him and Joined I'm the dance
, They kept IL up until the band stopped
playing. Then they gravely sat down.
Men who have known r.. IT. Hartman
Tor years say they never heard of his
: relaxing his dignity 50 much. tt was
just a little touch of the human that
. they enjoyed.
Railroad men representing over
81 200. 000 900 in capital and more than
10000 miles of road, besides other in
vited guests. took the initial trip of i'm
spection yesterday over one of the most
remarkable pieces of rOadbed. present
ing some Of the greatest of engineer
ing problems, known 70 the world
Their Impressions may be gagged from
an incident that took place i'm the OBJ
Eervation car, where they were grouped
as the train passed over a section Of
completed treste. miles out i'm the lake
Burt Clapped His Hands.
President Horace G.. Burt of the I'm
Son Pacific. one of the leading railroad
q
began to- clap his hands as the level,
finely built stretch Of track, rOadbed
and trestle was being reeled off in the
rear of the train. Practically every
= railroad man i'm the car Joined I'm the
hearty applause. while Julius krCtt-
Echnitt, assistant to the president and
William Hood. chief engineer of the
4 Southern Pacific, smiled their appTc-
citation OF the compliment
= Mr.. Hood started his railroad career
1867. helping To complete the last span
. i'm the bridge OF steel across the CONT
uCnt Yesterday, as he sat amid this
group of experts of the rail and heard
their complimentary comments on the
engineering work they were watching,
was the browning day of his life Mr.
Hood. 70 has long been understood has
looked upon the Ogden-Lucin cutoff
as the monument he is erecting TO him
self as an engineer.
Opinions Of Railroad Men.
u The railroad men who inspected the
work yesterday were Chary about eX-
pressing themselves for publication but
these opinions were CLEANED from them:
That the cutoff is one OF the most
remarkable pieces of engineering ever
undertaken.
That eventually it VIII be "a success
although much remains to be done
That the SaEgiuC OF the track in
the roadbed is not ready for regular
travel. but that persistence I'm the pres
cat course OF dumping I'm 10000 tons Of
rock day must iu time be effective.
Although the official figures MS TO cost
eare SfoQ0.0o &c was learned that 5000
300 has already been spent on the cut
or. and that the engineers figure "a
stotal Of $4,000 00o and perhaps S1to00,-
O0e viii bs necessary
Just before his train pulled out from
AL fr r1faf. dom
Hartman announced To The Herald
that regular trains would be running
over the new line by Jan. I.
Twin YOU make a statement repre-
FeutiuE yOur views. at the close of tho
tripo" ne was asked
Work Accomplished.
"WeIL" ne replied eve have seen the
important part Of the work of which
los miles out OF 3l5 are completed. This
3l5 miles takes the place OF 500 miles.
. and is all entirely new road. I'm this
work we have reduced grades and have
kfakeu ont curvature representing near
pIy eleven complete circles.
Trains viii be running regularly
. about Jan. 7. There win be no new
schedules and consequently no reduc-
ton in time until spring. but the trains
viii be able to run with greater resu-
= larity
The trip was made yesterday by
about eco persons. including the rail-
road officials. leading citizens of ogden.
newspaper men and few ether invited
quests. The three special trains left
ogden at a. IN. Ine principal stop
was at Midlaze. situated as its name
signifies. and 274 miles from ogden.
at ID a. m. After stopping 20 make a
careful inspection OF the roadbed and
10 pose Tor their pictures, the crowd