The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-27
HARTMAN B5PEGS ROAD
ACROSS GREAT SALT LAKE
Continued From Page ID

--tAtlaA IT AIlAl akt II.
Isrium' remarked Passenger Traffic
-i"ilaB ger mccormick, although Moth
-i5 mas been decided about it,"
dsl pooms of piles. boarding houses
s,dnalng on stills IN the water. gangs
on laoorers, the stern-wheeI steamer
oHo "a tug used i'm the construction
work pile drivers and ballast cars and
ever the trestle work showing by its
uRhness that it was unfinished passed
Ghe train
There is fifty feet of water under
mere, remarked Chief Engineer Hood.
what VIII YOU do with an this work
~ the lake dries up?" asked Mr. Har-
imam. with q touch Of righteousness
PRESENTLY the permanent trestle was
reached The space between the ties
was hlled with gravel A railing was
otoHg each side Broad ard solid
stretched the rOadbed as caught i'm the
vista from the rear of the moving train.
ne experienced eyes of the railroad
men caught the fine points of the con-
hlrucuon, and they burst into applause.
Stop at Nidlake.
At the siding of MidIake. 374 miles
from ogden, 1914 miles from the west
hhore of the PrOmOntory and 1O1 miles
rom Westside on, the far shore of the
lake, the principal stop was made Be
meath was the solid roadbed that had
caused so much admiration. while the
lestle at this point was broad enough
10 allow a large crowd-much larger
lfdn the one present-to assemble.
Mr.. Hartman got out. followed by
Lne others. While waiting fO- the sec
ond and third trains TO come out. ne
walked 10 the edge. hung ON to post
and gazed through his gold-rimmed
glasses abstractedly out over the water.
Their he picked up a pebble threw It
out and watched IL splash with appar-
emily as much interest as if NE had been
q small boy again instead of captain
OF Industry or king of finance" He
walked down to the section house
Which stood ont on the piles. and then
wandered back again, for some time
alCnc
AS this quiet modestly- dressed man
In a short overcoat and soft felt hat
walked slowly along the edge of the
nestle, while he might have been read /
iiy taken FOR one of the keen railroad Z
men who had gathered. there was moth 1
ing 90 distinguish him as one of the
three or four greatest of all i'm the-I
United states
Saw Last Spike Driven.
Some OF the others came up and en-
gagged him I'm conversation. The sec
oud and third sections came up. In
the Ogden contingent was Lorin Farr. /
4 u was present when Governor Lee /
'hrj Stanford drove the spike that
marked the completion of the Pacific /
railroads. he remarked. 'and I am /
proud to be here now. I have been a !
crcntiersman all my life until I came |
90 this country, and now I am willing /
10 let my boys keep ahead of the rail-
roads. although I am a pretty young /
man FOR my age
Mr. Hartman stood cut almost alone. !
Cne OF the photographers present asked I
him 90 stand still until his picture could /
Ee taken. But he turned and walked /
back to the crowd.
Come and gee in this. .Kruttschuitt /
and the rest of you, he said. 81 don't
want To have my picture taken alone. !
Unknown Co Mr.. Hartman, however.
several snapshots had been taken of /
him for The Herald.
The crowd lined 40 for pictures. There /
was no other ceremony. except for the 4
playing of the band. no golden spike /
was driven With his usual distastc /
FOR display of any kind Mr. Hartman /
had asked that an such things be cut /
out Midlake was reached at II a. IN. {
4tltcr a short stay the crowds climbed /
ON their trains again The dancing in /
cident i'm which Mr. Hartman figured /
occurred just before the train pulled .
out.
Start For Home. I
Lakeside. on the west shore. as miles 1
AAtlN D-Atll was Iedtutu AT noon All /
or "a short stop for water. the first two /
F9ctions pulled out westward. The To- /
cal contingent. with few of the rail- /
road men IN the third section. waited 4
FOR a time az Lakeside. which Is an /
other construction camp. At the board /
ing house. pie sandwiches and coffee I
were handed out. and the trip back !
started shortly before I o'clock. Cm-
b~ia. the other end Of the CUTOFF was /
55S miles farther west, but an the lake ]
work had been viewed.
a telegram was sent to ogden to- have /
all in readiness TO give the visitors "a I
taste of the famous hospitality of the ,
Wober clue. For some reason, the dis /
patch did not reach Ogden until long
after the party had reached there.
which was 3 p. m. However. the Weber /
club members proved equal to the emer- /
Eency, and the Informal entertainment /
there ended the TEXTURES of the day.
Hartman at Elko.