Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-22
TROUBLE, AND
more TROUBLE ] |:
Rio Grande is Having Hard Time
And Experiencing Many
Misfortunes.
TRAVELLERS ARE DIsGUsTED
East and West Bound Traffic Par
ulyzcd by Accidents, Large aud
Small--Ineidcn,s Plentiful.

Half the troubles being experienced
by the Rio Grande through lack OF mo-
tiso power, equipment and other things
started for Salt Lake from Denver tho
first Of the week are Just arriving and
what they say regarding the service or
rather lack OF service would not look
we'll i'll print An arrival this morning
was j. *. Harrnser of Kansas City,
Mo Mir. Harringer Is good nature it
self, ordinarily, but mention the Rio
Cir;nide and there's u Jekyl- Hyde trans
formation. Why I almost gave UP
i,ppeSof getting into Salt Lake finally"
he said angrily. 81 asked the porter.
honestly, do you have any Idea that
we will reach the City of the Saints
THIS week. His response was good
Why Boss, you oughtn't to be kick
ing; We'Sc got to be thankful we're on
the rails. The fellow was right for
the remainder of the journey was
punctuated by wrecks and long stops.
One section bumped into the one ahead
T. in Colorado, smashing the rear end OF
the observation car; two engines got
all tungied up near Helper and there
We're places where the ground was
like a sponge. over these stretches
we barely creeped ana the reason was
apparent to all. The motion of the train
WIS similar to that Of d steamship
Stories galore are there which bear
out The tale told by the Missourlan. y
Utah sheepman loaded sheep in Utah,
Oct 10, and q wire to business associ-
ates in this city was received last night.
OH bp ms
stock man and his shipment had at last
reached Denver.
SWITCH ENGINE UTILIZED.
Another report from a mining Office
III this city has 1t that the RIO Grandc
had to press d thigh line switch CHI.
yno into use to bring a through pas
scnger train over the Bingham stretch
of main line.
The past few weeks have been dis
astrous history for the Rio Giande.
Many accidents have come to light de-
spite the efforts TO keep them from tho
public. Tho more serious affairs be-
gan Oct. IA by a collision between two
freight trains In Jordan Narrows. TWU
We're killed and three injured in this
he;td-on. The report of the investiga-
ton is being awaited with interest.
Supt. Stenger gave out an interview,
which was termed n report" but the
full and official findings have not been
made public yet
"A freight cur getting off the track on
the ifiain line tied up traffic 10 hours
just few days before. Through trains
We're standing on both sides of the de-
rallied Car and passengers who finally
arrived here from the east say the
waiting trains could have been
sent back in both directions.
thus eliminating much unnecessary
delay. A number of the passengers
held up were local railroad boys and
they say the work of putting the car
back on the tracks seemed an almost
insurmountable task owing to an APP
parent absence of any foreman or sup
efvisor.
The body of Engineer Lofts, killed
in the Jordan Narrows wreck laid
under tons Of coal for 80 hours and
was not found until searching parties
of train employees went out The sur
rounding country was being searched
by those who believed Lofts had es-
capped death and wandered away In
delirium. But his body was found
within few feet IF tho tracks. Two
engineers found the body after the
railroad company had announced its
belief that LOFTS must have wandered
away.
a freight wreck at the first of the
Is hours. 1t was explained that trains
We're late because of storms"
The climax was reached yesterday
when passengers. due here Tuesday
noon reached tho city at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning. Three engines
died or fell down" while trying
to bring No 8 west.