The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
CARRY SUPPLIES
FREE TO FRISCO
Railroads Assisting Well in
Getting Food to Famished In
habitantS of Golden Gate.
SEVERAL CARS FROM UTAH
PROVISION TRAINS BEING RUN
ON PASSENGER SCHEDULE.

Local railroad officials say all roads are
carrying supplies for the sufferers in San
Francisco free. Baggage cars and even
passenger coaches are utilized to carry
packages and provisions to connecting
points with the Southern Pacific
Utah is responding to the call for aid
from the destroyed city The Oregon
Short Line. Southern Pacific Rio Grande.
Northern Pacific and Salt Lake Route are
bringing supplies from all territories in
the intermountain region. The first car
load to leave Salt Lake was a carload of
flour contributed by the associated mill
ers and dealers of this city. This car
left yesterday. Following that consign-
ment numerous others have beeD hurr1a5
from ogden toward San Francisco. Mes
sageS received from the east and points
In the middle west announce that trains
toward the coast. Before midnight to-
night 200 cars and probably more will
Rave passed through Ogden on their way
10 the IRE swept city by the bay. These
trains are loaded with all sorts of sun
plies. food stuffs, bedding, stoves cooking
utensile, tents and anything and every
thing which are needed at once i'm the az
fected district in and about San Fran
cisco.
Train From Ogden.
The EIks and Commercial club of Salt
Lake are gathering supplies and these
will be carried to the sufferers as raDfdlv
as assembled ogden is preparing to send
train load of provisions. Cache valley
IS arranging to donate an immense GUAM
tity of supplies. Up until midnight last
night eight cars of provisions and supplies
had left Ogden These cars and all others
are being moved between the devastated
city and Ogden on passenger service time
Special trains are made up and attached
to speedy engines and placed under ex-
cellent crews whenever warranted. When
but one or two cars are ready to be sent
these are attached to regular passenger
trains. Small packages are carried on
passenger and mail trains. Everything
which can be of use or in any way con-
tribute to the relief of the homeless peO-
pie of the bay city and neiGhboring towns
is accepted by the railroads and carried
Two. trains including nearly 100 cars
were made uD in Denver yesterday. Two
sections of one train having in it thirty
cars left that city last night ard will be
hurried rs rapidly as possible to San
Francisco A second train which will
contains fifty cars Another special train
left Ogden this morning al 4:30 O'Clock
This carried supplies contributed from To-
vegetables and canned goods tents and
bedding are included in large quantities in
thSe cODSgnmentS.
Supplies From Denver.
The thirty cars which left Denver last
light were loaded with potatoes cameo
SOUOS. salt meats. flour, bedding tents
stoves and cooking utensils, beSiaes large
amounts of other supplies in instant de-
mand in San Francisco. Philadelphia and
other far eastern cities contributed much
OF this Three cars baggage, were for
WarGed from Denver Thursday These
we're loaded with government store SUD-
plies. one car was filled with bedding and
groceries. This was from Omaha An
other from Cheyenne was filled with gov
eminent tents and the third from the city
of Denver. itself. held bedding and addf-
tional food stuffs. The consignments for
yesterday which will reach Ogden within
A few hours on their way 10 the coast
will fill another hundred ears and more
Fifty cars were scheduled to move from
Denver this morning. These are loaded
with generous quantities of needed sup
plies. Greeley. Neb.. contributed ten car
leads of potatoes, LuceTne, Neb.. six car
loads of potatoes, Greeley. Colo. two car
loads of flour, Fort Collins one carload of
flour. Omaha four carloads loaded with
beans. rice. canned goods of all kinds
condensed soups and coffee. and che car
load of government tents South Omaha
one carload of salt meats. Denver fifteen
carloads of mixed provisions. Fort Riley
Kan, three carloads of government tents
The Nebraska National Guard has for
warded its tents to Denver in a special
train. One carload Of crackers consigned
originally to the National Biscuit company
in San Francisco from Ogden will be dis
tributed to the sufferers in Oakland and
San Francisco. Numerous other cOnsiGn-
ments billed to business houses in either
cities have been diverted and ordered di- /
vided where most needed. All local rail- |
road officials desire many possible |
to know that supplies and provisions will !
be carried free of charge to San Francisco |
and other burnt out districts.