The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-27
Rig EDITORIAL EXCURSION
REACHES SALT LAKE.
Party Being Entertained by Union Pacific viii
Spend Today Here.

The newspaper special that has beer
m the line of the Union Pacific in
wyoming since Wednesday morning
reached salt Lake last event
Today the visitors viii be given a
tsHv-ho ride about The city and a re-
rital in the tabernacle.
Thursday night the train was side
tracked at Spring Valley. q neU Union
Pacific coal camp. which mas been de-
valoped on the Aspen cut-On.
Friday morning the special was run
% the east portal of the great tunnel.
Here the entire party was loaded into
the dinky cars used in the cOnstruc-
ton work, ana, ChdpeTOneu by w. II.
Eupatrick, one of the firm of con-
tractors, and the engineer in charge Of
The work. were taken into the breast
of The tunnel, a distance OF 5000 feet.
Upon coming out most of the party
walked or were taken in carriages over
she mountain a distance Of a mile and
q half TO the west portal # the tunnel
while the special train was backed
around via Piedmont hill, on the old
line. travelling some fifty miles to reach
the same place.
The trip into the bore of the tunnel
was again repeated OF tie west end.
About 600 feet of work remains between
the east and the west workings before
daylight can shine through.
Reception at Evanston.
At Evanston a short stop was made
and a delicious punch served from
bowl presided over by Colonel Frank
Foot. Matt Daugherty Of Nebraska,
who is operating in Uinta county, made
d short talk. telling of its wonderful
oil possibilities. When he finished an
impTomPtC talkfsst followed. i. A.
Slack of Cheyenne, *. c. Kerr of Salt
Lake. Herb George Of Denver, George
Caldwell of Denver and @. A. II. Wolfe
OF Lincoln were ne participants.
While passing through Weber canyon
in the afternoon the members of the
party expressed their appreciation of
The many kindneSses extended by the
Union Pacific by adopting appropriate
resolutions which had been previously
prepared by a committee. Mr.. George
Of Denver presided and called upon Mr..
Mccullough of Omaha. chairman of
the committee, To read the resolutions
which were,
Resolutions of Thanks.
To f. L. Lomax. W. L. Park, A Darlow
and +. r. Griffin,
The undersigned. who have for the last
four days enjoyed the conSiderate and
h1sJiLable care YOU have bestowed UPON
us, desire TO thus express our deep sense
of appreciation OF your efforts to minis
Ter 90 our comfort and to secure our pres
emit pleasure. IL is rare. indeed, that hosts
$50 mindful OF the welfare of their guests
are encountered in these days of fierce
competition, and we hasten to COnEraJ-
uiate YOU on the community of interest
You have established among us, many of
whom have met for the first time. and
between ourselves and yourselves 1t is
eur earnest wish that your way Of life
Uay never be less pleasant than has been
OTIS under your ccre, and our trust is
that your road through time into eternity
will be ike that of the Union Pacific
through AyOmIug-One of large tangents,
easy curves and light gradients.
To Mr. Alfred DaTlOw, under whose di-
recuon the excursion was conducted, We
desire 10 especially express cur sincere /
feeling # obligation for the many acts
ui WaJchIul courtesy and unOstentatious
Kindness which have contributed in 80
great measure 90 the enjoyment of the
trip
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted. and loud calls for Mr.. Lomax
brought forth a neat speech from that
gentleman. He said that while he ap-
preclated the kind expressions con-
tanned in the resolutions he was sure
the pleasure had all been on the part
OF the Union Pacific, which was only
TOO glad TO extend the cOUrtesies-
Mr.. Griffin was called upon and said