Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-12


A., ,ownsite-at present occupied by
livestock
The reputation at this time Is what
4. termed In political parlance floating
n,e For the greater part this popula-
.Ia,, aoats in on the train, floats In
warm bottled beer and graders whisky
,orn few brief hours as long as funds
lola out and then noats down the
Meadow Valley wash into the various
GRADING camps that have been estab-
iished Here the effects OF strong bev-
erages are oblterated by strenuous
treatment The man on the grade be-
comes man once more,
n NAV be n libel to speak thus OF him
Cor the greater percentage of the la
horers are honest, sober, Woodworking
men. The bOisterous, drunken fellows
make themselves so prominent, how
nver that the stranger Is apt to make
ihe mistake and class them under the
one heading
STRENUOUS EXPERIENCES.
To the man tired Of the stereotyped
humdrum routine OF the civilization Of
the clty-oue seeking new experience
"A trip down to Calientes In the labor
ers car is calculated 10 be amusing,
instructive and strenuous for the entire
20 hours that the train is under way.
The man on the grade Is recruited
largely from among the husky young
fellows who live IN country settlements
and are tired of the pastoral pursuits
Of hoeing bects and pitching hay, This
class Is essentially one desired by all
contractors. When an order is put In
for say, 1900 men, and work has to be
rushed, there Ia no time to pick and
choose and the result is that q cosmo-
rolltah conglomeration OF ltinerants is
landed eventually on the grade.
MEN NEEDED IN A HURRY.
Today there is a call for men to build
the main line Of the San Pedro, Los An,
geles & Salt Lake railroad through To
the coast. The men are needed in
hurry and the labor agents in Ogden,
Salt Lake, Denver and elsewhere are
sending them to the front. They get 81
O head for every live man they deliver,
consequently they do not enquire into
q mans record II he be strong and
his record. II he be strong and
down, When he gets there, II he does
not like his job he can walk back, He
generally stays, because there Ia no
bubble about Il at all; the food man
Gets at a grading camp Is first class In
evory respect. lie cannot get much TO
drink neither can he spend his sub
stance in riotous living The oonse-
quence is that he can save at least half
he earns, When he feels opulence and
lassitude overtaking him he quits,
shoulders his blanket and strikes out
for another place
THREE CLASSES OF LABoRERs.
There are three classes of men who
work on the grade--the man who has
enlisted TO stay till the lust shovelfil OF
dirt has been thrown and who sends
nome to his family all he can spare out
or MS earnings, the man with the mood
LOT laoor and companionshlp for the
TINE being, and the man, who for rea-
sons he Keeps hid In his own breast.
deems 1t best to drop out of view and
lose his identity among the laborers in
ahisolated grading camp, The two last
named classes are always moving on.
Thus 1t Is that the call for 2. 900 men To
work ON the Salt Lake Route VIII mean
mat there will IN all be about 5000 dis
periods.
A TYPICAL AGGREGATION.
a few days ago there was shipped a
typical aggregation OF prospective
graders transfers, rock men ana
muckers. The gang. nearly 100 strong,
was recruited In Ogden, on CONNER
oal street and along Second South.
The car containing this galaxy OF talen,
was coupled at the rear of the train
next to the sleeper. On the front plat
form was stationed husky fellow
whose duty 1t was to see that no one
fell or the train and that none was
delivered In an unusually damaged con-
dion.
VERY DEMoNSTRATIVB.
This peacemaker In the employ of the
labor agent had no slnecure. One gem
tleman, whose face was pitted with
shamrooks, wanted to take on the
whole carload singly and collectively:
another, with the abandon Of drunken
man, complacently thrust his feet
through the window, glass and all, and
settled down for a sn0oze, still another
drew criticism by blatantly asserting
that he was the only true-booded tour
lst among them. and he would thank
tnat - 49, -, ETC., repeat, II he
would climb out of his seat and make
room for gentleman who worked on
grade when he was eating pap. The
familiarity on the part OF all was re-
freshlng They discussed the railroad
situation throughout the country; they
called James ]. Hill, Il. II. Hartman,
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