The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-15
RATTLE OF THE RAILS.
A Big Rush to Garfield Beach
On Sunday.
A BIG WESTERN EXCURSION .
Reduced Excursion Rates to Manti
tho Present Week-The Temple
Dedication

Three hundred people visited Garfield
Beach on Sunday afternoon, and Of
these between eighty and ninety en-
tered the water the temperature of both
water aud air being decidedly agreeable.
A special train, to accommodate the
large party of excursionists who arrived
from tire west Sunday morning was
also run out later in the day, returning
to the city at about 8 pm.
THaE AHUEDRED xcur. Jnists, en- route
home from the west, spent Sunday III
Salt Lake, about 100 of them putting
up at the While House. They were
accompanied as far as Salt Lake by
Frank w. Smith, travelling agent for
the Burlington s. Missouri, win head
quarters at Los Angeles.
w. 8. SULLIVAN, who has entirely re
covered from his recent illness, will
rustle this season, as of Yore, jin the in
terests of the Utah & Nevada and Gar
field Beach. I. h. Lewis will represent
the road and the resort, also, as travel
ing agent.
EXECUTION TICKETS from Salt Lake to
Chester aud re Urn via Nephi, will be
sold Oh Friday, Saturday and Sun
day mkt These reduced rates
are made on account of the dedication
OF the Manti Temple, which occurs on
| Monday, and the tickets will be good
until the end Of May. The distance
from Chester to Mantl Is about sIxtl on
miles, and arrangements are now max
ing looking TO providing cheap transfer
| by teams. PrUportioDate rates will be
given from all intermediate stations.
From present indications there will be
heavy attendance at Mani. Presi-
| dent Cannon says there is some confu
| sion existing in the mil ds Of The people
over the matter of recommends, not
withstanding the plain instructions
given in President Woo lruffs letter.
| All who attend will secure their recon-
| mends from the bishops of their re
spective wards, and not from this Prasi-
dents Of stakes, and all will do well to
secure themselves lodging places early,
as the accommodation of Mani are
quite limited.
IT. IS rumoreG that ct mGeting Of
the Denver & Rio Graude railroad di-
rectors. to be held in few weeks, mat
tiers pertaining to extensions in New
Mexico will be fully considered. A
gentleman who IS familiar with the
plans of the Texas q PacIfi3, says as
soon as that road is r3orgsuizsd they
will build to southern California, but
refuses TO say which direction they will
taKe. If the Texas & Pacific want to
build to southern California, and they
aggrieve the delay caused by wrecks,
etc that prevents it. SDpposiog they
take three men from the Atlantic 81
Pacific, Messrs Dodge, Daily and Moi
fatt, and instinct tells us they will get
there twice as quicB. -ET.
TIE GENERAL passenger agent of
new road recently sent out an an
nouncement of its opening to ticket
sellers throughout the country. append
ing the significant sentences: Are you
with US? Let not thy left hand know
what thv right han0 doeth." Some of
the envious competitors of the new line
say that these mysterious expressions
Intimate the payment of commissions
contrary to agreement, but the burden
of proof will devolve upon those making
the charge. Certainly the mere asking
of question followed by a scriptural
quotation is not in itself wrong or even
0rsma tdcie evidence of attempt to
bribe; but it is at least an ingenious
means of attracting the attention and
awakening the interests of the party
addressed.