The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-09
PREPARING FOR
EPNORTH LEAGUERS
Fifty Special Trains Over the
Western.
70 STAY. SEVERAL DAYS
ARRIVAL AMI DEPARTURE OF
DELEGATIONS.

From the outlook at present, the Rio
,.rande lines VIII handle at least fifty
sDacisI trains during the EpwOrth
1aaeue rush. which begins today. The
7aaguers themselves VIII not arrive in
any great numbers before Saturday,
Int hundreds of people who take ad-
vantage Of the low rates viii be com
fug in every day this week. Train No.
( from the east this morning viii be
ran i'm five sections, so heavy is the adj
vance travel Passenger traffic viii be
0uita as heavy FOR the next three or
four DAYS. vet it viii be but the begin
ming of the rush.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Heintz has arranged to haV bulletins
uosted at the Rio Grande ticket Office
on the DOOly block corner, announcing
the time of the departure Of each train
from Grand Junction. This is for the
qccOmmOdE ton of local people inter-
ested. Mr.. HeintZ is in receipt of a
schedule showing what time special
trains should arrive in Salt Lake, and
designating twenty three Of the fifty
trains but it cannot be relied on alb
solutely. as there Will doubtless BE-
many delays and changes incidental to
the heavy business.
Train Schedule.
According to this schedule, however,
the trains viii move as follows;
Thursday. July l1-FrOm New York,
train at noon; stay twenty four hours.
Friday-FrO-n Philadelphia 1.-TWO
trains forty minutes apart 2. m;
depart Monday.
aturday-FrOm Chicago 1.-TWO trains)
et a. m; from New York, 9 p. m;
from New Jersey, 10 p. m; from In
diana, 1880 %. m, from Topeka, kan,
il a. m: from Denver, 12;15 o. m;
from Milwaukee, $3.50 a. m; all depart
ing Monday.
Sunday-From Philadelphia, $50 a.
H.. $50 a. M, $40 a. m. and $3.50 a. m;
frCm Boston. $3.50 a. m; from St. Louis.
ll.I0 a. m. from New York, II 80 a. m,
1850 a. M. from Chicago. 8 a. m; from
Ohio, a. m, all depart Monday except
Chicago. Denver, Milwaukee and Ohio
specials. which leave same evening of
arrival
Already Mr.. Heintz has word of sew
enty special car parties coming, which
means ten additional trains, and count
ing the number of sections in which
regular trains viii be run, it is easy
% see that the number of trains han
died Will be fifty or more.
officials Are Busy.
The busiest men in town are S1perin-
t=ndent WeIby and Mr.. Heintz. Every
piece or passenger equipment owned by
the company must be pressed into ser
vice to handle the crowd. Passenger
agents viii be sent to Grand Junction
T. conduct the specials to Salt Lake.
The trainmaster viii have his hands
fun with three or four trains running
a haH-hour apart, and specials all over
the line. Great care viii be exercised
to bring the eXcursionists safely into
Salt Lake. The Rio Grande Western
mas handled crowds as large as this
one on other occasions with credit to
the road and viii without doubt do So
IN this occasion.
The sale of tickets for San Francis
a., where the bis convention takes
place begun Saturday in Salt Lake and
continued yesterday. Not more than
100 tickets have been sold so far. bur
the indications are that d large delega-
ton viii so from here.