Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-08
officials Expect That the End OF
The Week Will See End
OF Trouble.
uFl leIoUS SERVICE ON TRAIN.
,,..,oo A. II. woolley Conducts sun
d,y worship on Delayed Train
Along Columbia River.

t between ogden and san iran
'- ,y saturday at the latest and
~, with good fortune the track might
H. ,soaired by Friday night.
n ras also announced that under
lent prospects the dctouring r
''' ,-.rs between ogden and san
GO via Portland viii end Thurs
'l a, ,5e general Offices Of the South
~. pacific and oregon short Line IN
I'd. ,Itv all reports received this
.,,, were OF a -hecring nature
so,1 situation affecting the short
IN. has lost It's arprehonsive fear and
-rs,,ob because " the soft s'ssy'
nod In several stretches, passing
....,. are run under a SLOW order All
..,n. are running through. From re-
-. ,.,eiyed there seems to be httle
5,or,r Of further damage along the
Short Line. ..,-
a. tbs southern Pacific the track
.e.ete5 by the floods at different sec
,,,,s i'm a distance OF close to $50 miles
,.. he., repalred. with the excepto"
~ pulsade canyon. Several hundred
,....-,r. oith the work being directed
~. s.,,ral chiefs OF the railroad stat
-. ,,orzine from each end OF the gap
,tr,rgb the canyon, and reports re-
..lysd AT the local offices today stated
,., there remained less than two mites
.,..k TO be repaired.
WORK NEARLY DONE.
Except for the unforeseen all repairs
,,,gId be completed, at least sum
rsrtlv 20 permit the safe handllhs 81
,r,lne by Friday night or SATURDAY
=. fr,r this Information that the
..s,-uent h. made by officials that by
lIrr-dsv night there VIII be no fur-
Inn necessity Tor the detouring OF
trains
an 1910 O'Clock today the eighth de-
toured train from san Francisco ar
nyed in ogden. on some Of the trains
arriving through the carly morning
were passengers for salt Lake, VINO
had left san Francisco as early as
Feb 5 They had travelled as far
ts Battle Mountain. where they were
blocked by the floods. and compelled
TO complete their Journey TO Salt Lake
by returning 90 Sacramento, then tray
cling up the coast 90 Portland, across
Oregon and Idaho, being on the cars
20 days making trip that commonly
requires about % hours.
40 the p0stofIiCe three wagonlOacs ot
san Francisco mail were received this
morning. taxing the efforts OF the en-
tire department in It's distribution. The
receipts Included the mails dispatched
from san Francisco up 10 March 2.
Mail from Ely was also received this
morning the FIRST I'm nearly a week. Tho
disability of the Nevada Northern on
account OF floods cut Ely of from con-
recuon with the main line OF the
Southern Pacific for the greater part
OF last week
un the eight trains arriving this
morning from san Francisco by way OF
Portland, were "a number Of Salt LAX
ors. Those returning have interesting
stories t9 tel Of their unique trip.
That boa spite of the Inconvenience
Which were necessarily unavoidable,
ihH passengers euioved the roundabout
journey and found much amusement
ln the tedious hours, Is manifested I'm
ne laughing way GA which stories Of
The t'p are told.
HOLD RELIGIOUS SERVICES
on ono Of the trains. which left
san Francisco Friday morning and ar
rived DO ogden this morning. religious
services were held. with Bishop a. H.
W1ollpy presiding Sunday morning
Mhlle me train was running through
lhe grandeur Of the scenic Columbia
river 90 oregon. The same night q
concert at which little 6-year-old Myrn
hlWater daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
henry j. Bywater, made the hit Of the
evening. was conducted In the observa-
uon ear while the train sped through
lle sand dunes Of eastern oregon, ami
monday night. when Shoshone had
Oeen passed, the concert was repeated.
Amous the passengers on this train
Mas Judge O, r. McCutcheOn OF Idaho
faIs a member Of the Idaho state SEN
Sle IN 1907 now representative In the
lower house Of the state Legislature.
gnu also member OF the board Of
regents Ol tho Idaho state university.
speaking of tho trip which occupied
over four days he said.
nave travelled a good bit, but never
went through similar experience.
what impressed me most. though. was
ln. manner in which the passengers on
0l uan accepted the situation and
ile jolly way iu which they made the
best of h. Another thing that couldn't
ut passed without notice was the man
h'i ln which the railroad officials aud
employees cared for as. Everything that
COULD Doe thought Of for our comfort
uHIef the conditions was done. con-
uul'or~. brakemen. pOrters and dining
''i walters, In fact every employo
t'ening 90 have that one idea upper-
most or course there were incouVcn-
-'ures. yet there was always the pre-.
Ealng feeling that the company was
u'lhg It's utmost for the benefit Of the
passengers, and there was no fault 10
be found OF expressed.
We really had "a Jolly time OF a.
suhday morning. after we left Port
lth', and while we were running
,hroush the Columbia river gorge. We
Ie'd religious services. Bishop A a.
Mooley was the principal speaker Miss
austin a daughter or Hon. George
austin, read the chapter Lesson and
ge'nan commercial man read the
Lords PRAYER Ia his native tongue
sunday night we had "a concert Mrs
Rose foote ~ Evanston. Wyo. was
me director general and the evening
went by quickly in songs. story telling
tnl recitatlons Little Miss Bvwatcr
vas big feature In her recitation
=, Lest night we held another concert
ne Pullman car porters and dining car
non taking clever part with al
eNat was done for our comfort we had
Z Jolly trip over 900 or 5000 miles 10
tlL 10 Ogden frDua Gan Urvar.lsa,