The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-29
Reduction Of Four Hours to the
Coast.
A NEW OVERLAND FLYER
THIRD TRAIN ADDED TO TRANS
CONTINENTAL SERVICE.
Important Decision Reached at the
Conference of officials Yesterday
Whole Time Reduction Made By
the Southern Pacific-New Train
Will Be Fine One.

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AS fine and as speedy train as any
in the transcontinental service will be
/ placed in operation over the Chicago
s. Northwestern, Union Pacific, South
! ern Pacific route on Oct. is. 1t Will
| be a limited first-class passenger, car
rying no local mail, and will make the
run between Chicago and San Fran
| cisco in seventy-two hours, cutting of
| just four hours from the schedule OF
the present Overland limited. The en-
| tire reduction in time will be made on
| the Southern Pacific END of the haul,
! which has heretofore not contributed
| its share to the fast service. This new
train will enable passengers to leave
J San Francisco at a. m. and arrive IN
| Ogden at 2:15, mountain time, the fol-
! lowing day, reaching Salt Lake about
3:45 p. M, instead of 1885 as at present.
1t is understood that third train will
also be put on by the Rio Grande
Western to make connection with, this
new Overland Flyer
This decision was reached at an eX-
tended conference of the high officials
Of the three roads, held at the Ogden
union depot yesterday. 1T is reported
that the conference was very much in
the nature of love FEAST and the
Southern Pacific showed a spirit to
enter into an agreement to improve its
schedule. s 5>
Held Two Sessions.
Two sessions were held by the Off
Gals. The morning conference was de-
voted to the consideration Of the run
ming time from San Francisco to Chi
cago IN all its details, and at the after
noon session the schedule was taken
up and formulated. 'Ehe new train will
leave Chicago at $3.50 p. M. and Will ar
rive at San Francisco at 5:15 p. m. the
third day, and returning this train Will
leave San Francisco at s a. m. and ar
rive at Chicago at $3.50 a. m. the third
day. !. y .s~;
This new: train goes on as an addition
to the present regular service between
San Francisco and Chicago. There Will
be six of these trains of the latest and
handsonest construction. 1t will con-
sist of Pullman sleepers, buffet, smok-
ing and dining cars. The train that
leaves Chicago at $50 p. m. will arrive
ateOgden at p. m. the second day,
and the train that leaves San Fran
cisco at s a. m. will arrive at Ogden at
LIS D. m. the next dav.
Saves Four Hours.
A gain of nearly four hours will be
secured to the, travelling public by the
addition of this train. AS stated above,
the time, that is saved is to be. made
upby the Southern Pacific. This means
that the time between Ogden and San
Francisco by taking this new train will
be- shortened nearly four hours, and
vice versa, a person leaving San Fran
cisco on the new train will reach. Ogden
four hours sooner than heretofore. The
idea of this new train is to, give the
frst-class through passengers a. better
schedule than4they have. had up to this
time The time at which the train viii
arrive in4San francisco, 5:15 p. M, will
enable the passengers to get across to
the city in time for dinner.
It is underAtood that the entrance of
the Santa Fg into San Francisco. with
the prospect of superior train service
uver that line, had much TO do with
the decision to improve the service over
the Ogden route. The heavy volume of
passenger traffic over this latter route
compelled the Inauguration of third
train in order to cut down the running
time. A-gA
A New Schedule.
The putting on of this third train will
doubtless cause a. change in the pres
ent schedule of the Rio Grande West
ern, which is a competitor with the
Union Pacific for the tourist business
llldL tOIuSSgONtT luG oOulnEINs =.
Under the schedule that will go into
effect, the eastbound train will arrive
at Ogden at Els p. m. Allowing for the
difference in time and the time con-
sumed in transferring passengers, If the
Rio GranCle Western puts on a train to
meet this connection twill reach Salt
Lake about 3:45 p.5 M. This train of
the Western would also make. connec-
ton with the westbound train from
,f<,1l off dan
p. M
A Better Service
In speaking of the third train, Mr..
Lomax said that the traffic had become
SO heavy on through passenger bust
ness between Chicago and San Fran
cisco that the present trains could not
meet the demands made upon them,
and that in consequence it had been
decided to put on a third train. This
train, he stated was for the purpose of
giving to the public a fast schedule and
a better service than they had ever yet
enjoyed. Itsis to be al model train in
all respects and equipped with every
possible convenience and luxury that is I
known to modern railroad service.
The officials at the conference We're:
Union Pacific-E. Buckingham. super I
of Transportation; E. j.. Lo-
max, general passenger and ticket
agent; e. Dickinson general manager.
Chicago & Northwestern ohm NJ.
general manager. and W. B. u
Kniskerns general passenger and ticket
agent. "a
Southern Pacifie-J. c. Stubs, third
vice president: j. Kruttsehnitt, fourth
vice president and general manager; T.
III, Goodman, general passenger agent,
and J. "A. Fillmore, general superin-
tendent.