The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-13

pleased when they learned that the
programme had been modified TO suiS
the change in the hour of arrival. The
cool Utah breezes. following the warm
experience of the previous day on the
Nevada desert made everybody happy
and the passengers proceeded to adjust
themselves comfortably in the cars. The
general impression conveyed BY their
attitude was that things were coming
along all right with the hour of arrival
at Salt Lake a matter Of mere detail
and not of pressing Importance
IT'S this way" explained one of the
pilgrims this delay is rather pleasing
to me. 1t. gives US an opportunity 10
see a good stretch Of country that 9TH
erwise would be missed, so there is no
kick"
The long stretch of uuoccupied coun-
try that was passed in the forenoon
made the change to the green and fer
tile Salt Lake valley all the more i'm
pressive when il was at length reached
The lake was SDied out Immediately
after the train emerged from the gTea
Stockton cut Most OF the passengers
had never seen the lake before. and the
information bureau" represented ~
the salt BakeTs on board, was Kept
busy from that time on.
The signs of mining activity that were
observed during the forenoon aroused
much interest on the train. Many of
| the Los Angeles men have mining in
/ teresJs in California and they Piled the
! information bureau with questions
! concerning the Utah mines The ap-
I proximate locations Of the leading
! can1ps Of the OGuiTrh range were
/ pointed out and the guides Tetailed
/ what inforrna ton they had concerning
( the more important properties The =
I suit If IT all WAS an expressed regret
/ hv many visitors that time would not
/ permit them to make trips to Tiutic.
/ Nercur- Park city Ophir. Sunshine
and other districts, as well as to
Bingham. but they took comfort from.
I promises of wonderful things to he
SHOWN them At Bingham and at the
smelterS in the valley
Doinqs on the Train.
The cooler atmosphere induced the
Staid business men who Travelled on the
second section to lar Loose" as one -
them expressed it after conducting
/ themselves demuTely all through Cali
fOrnia and Nevada. The "doinss be
gan along about Oasis. and were in
augurated by a patriotic GRAFTON by
Colonel E X Green who deals III
! windmiIIS. ''hot-air mills" as envious
Jim Irving put it after the coloneTs
speech ended. The speech was greeted
by prolonged applause, which the cOur-
teouS colonel acknowledged by deliver
ing another grafton More OratiOns fol-
lowed and the observation car. which
/ was the scene of greatest activity, was
soon filed to its capacity An arena
was arranged in the middle of the car
and the situation resolved itself into
a case of tell a story, sing a song
dance a step or jump off the train
The festivities continued with consider
able vigor until the Great Salt lake
/ came into view.
On the back platform during the fore
noon J. R Black. Jim" Irving. Tom
Hampton, W. w Pedder. F. P Chat
fee and others fOregatheTed- One OF
the Salt I.akers was backed into 2
corner and his stock Of Utah facts sub
jected to a severe test. Irving IS ar
assayer. and he demanded information
as to certain sulphides, carbonates
! etc Black was anxious to know what
! brick cost per 900 in Salt Lake, what
was the demand for Office buildings
was stone used much in construction
etc. Pedder. Chaffee and the other:
had heard of various subdivisions anc
corner lots. and the others had gath
cred a miscellaneous collection of facts
regarding Salt Lake realty that they
intended to look into There Is every
reason to believe the town is to b'
given a close overhauling this week
oId-Tine "reminiscences.
Presently a tall, slender old man
whose agility as he mounted the quart
rail of the observation car made sOm'
of the youths appear very old indeed
joired the back platform squad III
gazed earnestly at the adjacent noun
tainS for some time
Did You ever happen to near Ct jim
Street he asked the Salt Lake man.