, 1903-02-18
WHEELS
BEGINNING TO TURN AGAIN ON
THE WYOMING DIVISION OF
THE UNION PACIFIC.
Dozen Passenger Trains Pass
Through Laramie Today, from
Either Direction, and Believed
Line Can Be Kept Open-Trains
Held On the Desert All Night.

The embargo laid by Jack Frost on
the traffic Of the Union Pacific is be
ing gradually lifted, due to the heroic
efforts of the officials of the road and
a modification of Mr.. Frost's weather
orders, and it is believed that in a day
Or two the Wyoming division will be
in thorough running shape again. Dur.
ing the twelve hours ending at moor
today no less than a dozen passenger
trains passed this station, and while
some trains are still behind time, they
are running, and will arrive in the
course Of time.
Trains from the east. over the Ne
braska division, were held at Cheyenne
last night. They came owe the hill
this morning, in sections, experiencing
little difficulty in reaching this city.
None Of them, however, had any Kan
sas business, the Kansas connections
being still further delayed beyond Den
yer.
The trains from the west Jared
worse. Among those to arrive during
the forenoon were some that should
have come Monday night and Tuesday
morning. They were late in leaving
Odgen, it may be said to the credit of
the Wyoming division, but 1t may also
be added that they did not gain any
time after reaching this state. They
were held at Wilcox for several hours
last night, waiting for the opening Of
the line from Lookout. Two snowplows
were at work there, and they succeed
ed in cutting their way through thR
drifts, but as soo as they had gon1
through, and before the waiting pas
senger train could make the run, the
wind would drive the soft snow into
the cuts again and the rotaries would
have to do it all over. However, the
wind fell and the trains managed to
get through.
The experiences Of the passengers
were varied, as viewed by the optimist
or the pessimist. One little lady,
whose face would shame the full moon
Ia autumn for roundnssS ana BffgaV
ness, said, she had passed . most en-
joyable night. She could see across
the snow covered plain and make out
forms Of the wolves and coyotes which
prowled about the train, maintaining
a respectful distance from the muzzles
of the pocket pistols the men Of the
party sometimes pointed in their dir
ection and fred of. She said she
thought no murder had been commit
ted, as the gentlemen were not good
marksmen as q rule, and mistook the
distance of the object fired at. She
had a well filled lunch basket, which
helped out.
A middle aged travelling man. on the
other hand, could hardly wait the ar
rival of his train at Omaha until he
could consult a lawyer and begin &C.
tion for damages against the railroad
company. making the Lord . party
defendant II need be, for his long de-
tention in the wilds of Wyoming. mo
wonder the state goes republican" he
said. "a democrat would leave the
bloomin' plains and seek some warmer
place."
The trains crowded In soma in.
stances and in others the number Of
passengers was quite limited. Train
No. 101, which arrived from the east al
9 o'clock, consisted Of three mail cars
and two baggage cars, n Of the
latter a Cheyenne car from the
Overland Limited. 1t had two engines.
but had experienced no difficulty In
crossing the crest at Sherman. 1t was
sent west at 10 o'clock.
The dispatchers had a tangle last
night in keeping the numbers Of the
trains so they and the trainmen could
tell one from the other. ut is such .
night as last" said one Of them, that
. dispatcher realizes that tho salary
Of J.. Pierpont Morgan Is small as COM
pared with what a mountain train dis
patcher should get fer his services.
He doesn't get what he's worth by 70
eral hundred thousand dollars"
No effort was made last night on the
Wyoming division to nov freight
trains. and there was q congestion in
some Of the yards. However, It ID be-
lieved there will be . resumption Of
business all over the division during
the next few hours. With the passen-
ger trains out Of the way, and the snow
plows OF the track, freight will begin
to move.
Railroad men with one voice pro.
nouncs It one Of the worst storms
they have sssa for years. Added Ia
the dsep SNOW and the drifting winds
was the btttsr cold and the inability
70 kssp IL line open In places. the
SNOW drifting in - fast - II was dul
ct. Decdoa men have Jared badly
helag.ksi& out oag hours.
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