Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 1, numbers 1 through 10

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I INTERVIEH: Jose Medel Page 11 Greeks and Italians on Fourth and Fifth West, have a little trouble, sometimes a little fights, there used to be saloons there both sides of streets restaurants. VM: Who owned these saloons and restaurants? JM: The Greeks and Italian~ there was one Mexican or two, two Mexican~ the rest Italians and Greeks. VM: What do you remember about the Woods Cross Section here? How is it changed? JM: Oh, a lot a change, they used to only have three miles, six men, three miles of track we would keep it in good conditions, clean and clean all the weeds and now they have seven and a half and three men. So a lot of difference. When I first came over here, oh you don't want to talk about that? We have cows on both sides of track all along the three miles, a lot of ________ a lot of grasp and a few horses they used them to plow, horses and plows, but most of them cows you, see cows all over along the railroad. VM: How has the working conditions changed? JM: Oh there's better conditions now. I get more pay. VM: You didn't have much security before did you? JM: No. VM: Tell me about the, like putting in ties, tell me how they used to work that, as a worker, I mean. JM: You wauna put in twenty ties, need two mens, twenty to two men and