, 1889-04-23
GATE SPECIAL.
The Union Paciic's Queen of the
Road May be Abandoned.
A Pretty Plain Statement About
Extension Building.
A Batch of Fresh and Interesting
Railway Notes.
IT MAY GO.

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1t is highly probable that the weekly
trips of the Union Pacifc's Golden Gate
special, the finest railway train in the
world. will be discontinued upon the re-
sumption of double passenger service west
of Cheyenne. This will be May 5.
The Golden Gate special, the Queen OF
the Road, makes a trip per week between
Omaha and San Francisco, at a rate of
speed equalled only upon extraordinary
occasions. The five vestibule cars are the
finest ever built in the Pullman shops.
They are lighted by electricity, steam
heated and properly ventilated. The
sleepers are richly upholstered, the dining
cars splendidly furnished and all elabor-
ately decorated. There is a bath room
and barber shop aboard. Every courtesy
is shown patrons, and a trip on the train
is Just us comfortable and enjoyable as
railway travelling can be made,
Superintendent Barr last evening said
that the abandonment of the train had
not yet been definitely decided upon, but
he seemed to believe that the gilt edged
service would cease. 1t is all the work of
the Central Pacific, which corporation has
objected to tho train from the first. The
officials fatty refuse to give the Union
Pacific the benefit of double service west
of Ogden unless the Golden Gate IS
taken off. There is scarcely an alternative
for the Overland route as they must have
the use of two daily trains beyond their
western terminal to handle the heavy
passenger traffic.
The Union Pacific is vigorously pro-
testing against the arbitrary stand taken
by the Central Pacific, and will spare no
effort to retain the train. There is"
says an official, "a good return on the
money invested, and a residue over run
ming expenses is constantly accumulating.
Then the train is the best advertisement
the company ever had. 1t is talked of
all over the United States and is the sub
iect of much newspaper comment. For
some reason it is always referred to as the
Union Paciic's train, and the Central
Pacific doesn't like this. Another strong
argument against Abandonment is that
rival roads will declare hat the scheme
was a failure. whereas it was an unquali-
fed success from the first.
WHY WORK STOPPED.
1t is given out here that extension CON
struction was stopped simply because
there was no funds to prosecute the work
any furthur. You cannot build without
money and you cannot make money unless
you carry freight" was the statement
made by a high authority yesterday.
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Superintendent Barr yesterday returned
from the east. His family will be here
about the first.
Seven carloads OF Leland Stan ford's
horses, consigned to New York were
transferred from the Union Pacific to the
Cheyenne & Burlington here yesterday.
They we're in charge of Chas. Marvin.
Two gangs of twenty men each yester-
day commenced replacing old rails with
heavy steel ones between Green River
and Evanston.
The Golden Gate Special passed east
on time last night with forty-seyen passen-
gers.
Two orange specials passed east
over the Union Pacific last night.
A carload of Hambetonian colts bred
in Colorado was hauled west yesterday,
The animals 90 to Montpelier, Idaho.