The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25

| Colonel n. W. Clayton, general man
ager of the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
and SaNair Beach. returned from Chi
cago yesterday morning, after trans
acting business in that city and other
eastern points in the interest of his
company. The colonel was found by
The Herald reporter in his usual af-
fable and accommodating mood. APP
preached on the subject of the negOtia-
tons which have been hanging fire SO
long between the Saltair company and
the Oregon Short Line, Colonel Clayton
said that no business on that partic-
ular issue had been transacted yet, al
though it is well known that indie
pendent arrangements of the SaItair
management have been post poned for
weeks, awaiting some definite answer
from the Short Line people. The
proposition is the sale of the Garfield
Beach line, known as the Utah & Ne
vada, to the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
road. Colonel Clayton met the Short
Line officials in Chicago and was at
that time requested to make his propo-
Sbtion, but he declined on the grounds
that he was not at that time author
lied to continue negotiations. The
impression is that THE proposed deal
has fallen through and especially
since the lease of Garfield Beach for
the season has already been made to
]. w. Markell announcement of
which has been made in The Herald.
The Salt Lake & Los Angeles has
about completed the preparations for
its season. General Manager Clayton
gave an order at the st. Charles car
works, Missouri, for four special
coaches to be added to the present
ready for the big crush at the jubilee.
They are eight feet longer than the
standard Pullman coach and are fin
iShed with a new design of seats,
adapted to the comfort and repoSe of
the passengers. Besides this feature a
basket rack extending from end to end
of the coach on both sides is a great
Improvement over the old method Of
separate racks for respective seats.
The windows will be so arranged that
plenty of air may be obtained and yet
absolutely prevent the possibility OF
any child falling through the aper-
lures while a train is in motion. II is
confidently expected by the manage
menIt that the new rolling stock will
become exceedingly popular this sum-
mer, as they are elegant types of the
improved modern railway coach.
NEW ATTRACTIONS.
q IN chicago colonel Clayton and Vim
ton S. Hardy, excursion agent of the
line, engaged two startling novelties in
the way of attractions for the jubilee
and the TranS-M Mississippi congress
dates. They are Achille Philicn, whose
act has made him a sensation in the
east. Philion stands upon p
ball 3S inches in diameter and
propels the sphere up the cir
cular incline of tower 40 feet
in height, and when at the summit be-
gins to cross wire cable several hun
dred feet long suspended from the per-
forming platform at the lake to the
pavilion This is done at every after
noon performance. In the evening he
descends the tower on the ball amid a
shower of pyrotechnics. The other card
is furnished by Kearney P. Speedy
who will dive $50 feet from a tower into
in a box eight feet long. four feet wide
and containing three feet Of water.
Speedy explains the seeming impossi-
bility of this daring feat by the state
ment that he can lessen his speed
while in the air by twisting his neck
so that the falling human body be-
comes horizontal and a movement of
the hands, like a birds wings, helping
to impede the velocity of the fall.
When near the tank he twists his neck
a gain. striking the water vertically,
and then by another twist Swimming
the shallow pool so that he does not
penetrate into it more than one foot
and a half.