The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-13

Today's trains over the Union Pacific
and Rio Grande Western will bring ii
the first big delegations of teachers
who have been attending the n. E. A
convention at Denver.
Mr. Heintz, of the Western, yester-
day received a telegram from General
Passenger Agent Wadleigh, stating
that already over 500 tickets had been
sold. with a probability that from 75I
20 1,OO) would be sold by July Il; that
the special tram left Denver yester-
day morning and would arrive here
at $50 Sunday morning with from 200
10 500 passengers.
This train Will come on from Grand
Junction in three sections, and among
the prominent educators are: Presi-
dent n. c. Dougherty, of Illinois, eX-
President y. Murray Butler, of New
<&NOrk; President c. c. Rounds, State
y Normal school, Plymouth, n. H; w.
ii. Maxwell, superintendent Of schools,
Brooklyn; II. S. Tarben president
elect of the council; Hon. w. j. Block,
state superintendent of schools of Cal
1fornia; Hon. Henry Sabin, state super
1ntendent of schools of Iowa, and wife
Charles II. Kise, president of public
schools of California; a. J. Cheney
e~-AA WIZ al <AS6LlS 7. ana y.
nerrlam, publishers Webster's diction-
airy; J. a. Green and wife, general
manager OF the American Book COM
&pany, New York; Hon. S. A Hooper
#nd wife, Milwaukee; h. o. Vaille and
fanny, editor and proprietor of the
1ntelhsencer, Chicago; W. H. Maddox
and wife, and many others
On receipt of this intelligence Mr.
Helntz at once conferred with Secre-
tary Colborn, of the chamber of COM
merce, as TO the advisability o. having
a committee at the depots to meet the
incoming trains. But when it was con-
sidered that something like a thousand
strangers would arrive at about the
same time. it was seen that a com
mlttee would be of little assistance,
acting officially.
THE chamber Of commerce." said
Secretary Colborn to a Herald reporter.
realizes that the large number of Wis
1tors renders it practically impossible
TO make any effect towards a formal
entertainment on such short notice.
Dut suggests that these are visitors
who viii have much to say. about Salt
Lake on their return to their homes,
and the better the impression made
upon them, the more favorable will be
their reports. The chamber informally
suggests that if every citizen will feel
that the pride of the city is at stake
anu carry the impression TO all visitors
he meets that Salt Lake is compliment
ted by their presence and will take
pains to give them any information
desired and show the very best side
of[the host, the result will be that the
Iteople viii enjoy their visit and carry
klEay good impression. 1t must not
-, forgotten that we are coming in
FSntact with the best people in America,
aIld any indifference or GOODNESS would
lbs all the moro ma f-lCP6 -
At the Union Pacific offices the same
encouraging reports were received.
The roSd expects TO bling out about
500 teachers, and the first regular
party is made UP OF delegates from the
southern states, in charge of Newton
Haight.
These visitors will all go to Saltair
and Garfield, and the balance of the
time will be put in in visiting points
of interest about the city.
The Union Pacificis working up a
big excursion to the Yellowstone, leav-
ing here Monday, and many Of the
teachers have already secured tickets.