Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-03
Railroad Comes in for a Few
Choice Phrases from
Angry Passengers.
STRANDED AND HUNGRY.
Those Who Couldn't Pay. stayed
Hungry Unless They Could
Borrow Money.

shortly after the Denver & Rio
Grande train pulled into salt Lake last
night some IS hours late. there was
an indignation meeting Of nearly
score of enraged passengers The Cul-
len hotel was the scene of their "mu-
tual condemnation society" and tho
maledlctions ana imprccatlons hurled
al the railroad were enough TO wreck
the system.
The curses used by the stock villain
ln one Of Lincoln j. s." latest. were as
the hubDling Of an innocent child conn
pared To anathemas hlling the air I'm the
lobby There was another Indignation
meeting this morning and the complain
ants were, Il anything. hotter" than
ever, despite square meal and a good
nights rest II was all brought about
because Of the treatment the train crew
served the passengers during the lie up
near Green River
The statement was made in a morn
ing paper that during the tle-np. the
railroad company opened It's dining
cars and fed the hungry without
charge. This is emphaticany denied.
with vitriohc embellishments. by many
OF the Passengers. chief among them
were Fred J. Blomberg. a banker and
mead or an investment company in
spokane. and lsidor Gross. "a mercan-
tile man Of Canton. Miss
Mr. Blomoerg. who Is registered at
the Cullen, said:
NOT A KICKER. But
u am not the man 10 kick against
conditions that cannot be helped, but
want 10 go on record as saying that
INC treatment accorded the passengers
on the Denver q Rio Grandc during
the tie-up near Green River was most
outrageous. We were tied up for rs
hours ana for 10 or ~ of those hours
we were at dismal swamp where
thousands OF mosquitoes got what we
ala not gtt-sOmething TO eat
The statement that the dining cars
were onened to the passengers and that
they were fed without charge is a
falsehOod
NO one was served who didn't have
the money TO pay Tor the food and even
men who were responsible business
men had their checks refused / saw
two women whom / knew were hungry
asked them why they didn't go to
the dinner and get something 10 cat
They replied that the steward refused
10 serve them unless they paid They
had no money and ] loaned them $40
This may sound strange. but ] tell
you that passengers soaked their
watches, pins and anything OF value 10
borrow money with which 10 purchase
food, After keeping US IN a swampy.
Sinking place for hours we were
dumpipg back to Green River. ] heard
tho dining car man say he would not
feed anybody unless the pay was
forthcoming For a long time we were
without water; not n drop on the car,
and that's the sort Of treatment we
got Is Il not so Mr.. Crosse"
VEHEMENTLY CORROBoRATED
When the question was asked Mr.
Gross he corrobordted the statement
and then began to talk about the az
fair but he choked with anger. splut-
tered few choice compliments" and
rushed from the hotel
MIR Blomberg and Mr. Gross were
members of committee delegated by
the other passengers 90 see the rail-
way officials this morning
we found" said Mn. Blomberc.
that the man 10 properly receive the
complaint was out Of town. We saw
passenger agent down TO the office
and an We got from him was: We'll,
that's too bad it's deplorablc
II said, we knew that before we
came here