The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-03
FLOOD VICTIMS
ARE INDIGNANT
Not True, They Say, That the
Railroad Gave Free
Meals.
DELAYS ARE TIRES0ME
HARDSHIP OF MANY WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.

Passengers arriving in Salt Lake at
midnight last night on the first trains
through the most recent washouts on
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad had
interesting stories to tell of their tx
perienCes ana, in some instances, their
sufferings of the last few DAYS George
Y. Hanson, president of the local svpO-
graphical union, and H. Q. w. Smith,
another member of the union, held the
record for delays, having been two
weeks on the way from Denver to SAT-
Lake, with a little time for sightseeing
and fishing.
We left Denver two weeks ago and
stopped for a side trip up Pixies Peak.
Then we were caught i'm the first wash
out in Royal Gorge said Mr.. Han
son. Our next experience was the
200 miles around TO the south over the
narrow gauge line. and on that tIip
we lived for fifty hours on peanuts and
popcorn. We put I'm a rev days fishing
along the Gunnison river, and boarded
the train again headed towards salt
Lake
Free Meals?
Il was interested i'm reading the
newspaper reports that the passengers
were fed by the railroad company DUR
ing their wait. 1t is a fact that one
man ate lunch in the dining car and
refused TO pay for it, and then he could
set nothing more until strangers had
gwen him money enough to pay Tor the
meal he had already eaten That was
as near as anyone came to getting free
meals during the delay of two days be
tween Green River and WoOdside.
I'VE reached WoOdside Tuesday
morning and tied up there for a day.
while there nearly everything i'm the
little settlement was eaten up by pas
sengers who could not afford to pay
dining car prices and then the train
was taken back to Green River. where
better accommodations were to be
found. After remaining there all day
an order was received to feed those
without money, but this did not come
until s o'clock at night. and before
breakfast time in the morning the train
pulled out for Woodside again. Only a
few knew that this order had been sent
md no one was able to take advantage
of it,
Baseball Breaks Monotony.
Yesterday at Green River there
were eight trains tied up. There was
? party of men of the United States
navy bound for Mare Island on one of
the trains and a series of baseball
games was arranged. The tars played
was game between the men from the
battleship Tennessee ana the battleship
Vest Virginia, and for a final. a game
between the naval boys Rud the Green
River team was played. resulting i'm
score of 10 to Il in favor of the sailors
The Green River Commercial club
opened its quarters for ii dance last
night and most of the tourists made the
most of it. The reports that the pas
sengeTs were fed by the railroad were
amusing to some of US who could raise
money at Green River TO pay for what
we got, but those who had no money
and went hungry could see uo fun I'm
the situation. The passengers made mp
purses for some of the women and
children, who otherwise would have
had nothing ar I'll To eat. As for the
dining car service. some of the con-
ductOrs lacked common courtesy. and
the check of one OF the weairhiest
sheepmen Of Utah was turned down I'm
q dlScOUTteOus manner