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

The Salt Laker had not
NO. I suppose not. He died before
your time I guess
Following another pause and another
long look at the mountains came
Where do the Antelope springs lie
from here2'
The salt Laker CHANGED to know this
and indicated
yes. that's right. We'll, then. the
town of Provo must be right over that
way
It was.
Il thought so I was there with
Street in 81"
II. Kincaid who with Street stretched
100 miles Of telegraph wire from Salt Lake
10 RUBY valley in 81 They were at
Camp Floyd when the great magazine
explosion that was an incident Of the
visit Of JOhnston's army took place Mr..
Kincaid recalled that q contracting firm
graph poles. but the company was saved
from emba Trassmeut by Brigham Young.
who assumed the contract and delivered
the poles. After the line was completed
Mr.. Kincaid lived IN Nevs da for several
years and then moved to Los Angeles.
which he has seen grow from = town Of
S.eeo 70 its present proportions during
his thirty-thTee years Of residence there.
And We stiu think it's rather new
Mr.. kincaid SAYS 1T hasn't begun to
get its growth"
6iQ insurance GdFFieO.
Some Of the insurance ''sharps'' got into
a taikfest during the forenoon and tho
question Of how much insurance was car
Tied on the second section came up
ct There's enough to make several acct
dent companies hit the sky # this train
should happen 10 so off tho track and
kill every man on board declared one
of them. This led to a discussion a. to
how much Insurance there was and \
! canvass Of the train was begun. The
result showed that scarcely man on the
) train carried less than S1e.e49 life insur-
ance- II was further developed that al
most every passenger had taken out a
that il the accident mentioned had really
! taken place the insurance companies
/ stood 20 iosc a lump sum that would run
high into the millions. some estimates
/ placing il as high As $4,000 90 The
/ train bore a number Of Los Angeles mil
] ionaIres. most Of whom CarrZ enormous
! life insurance policies.
J Following the result cf this investiga-
/ ton. somebody suggested a canvass to
! show how much wealth was represented
/ on the train. but nobody cared TO under
| take this investigation, although al
( agreed it would be interesting
GourIey is Kept Busy.
The busiest man on the second section
1 chamber Of commerce. who was in charge
/ Of the train He was on the jump every
I minute OF the day.
! recurring question everywhere. and every
! thing that came up. 1t seemed. had to be
Z referred to Gourley- Through Il all Mr..
GoUTley wore patient smile, turning
polite ear to every body, from dining car
I walters to millionaires- His heat was
limited only by the length and width Of
the train II Is doubtful if he sat down
once between Milford and Salt Lake YET
he finished strong His parting adnoni-
ton was for all who got into trouble to
I hunt him up at his headquarters In the
Salt Lake Commercial club
Another busy map was Trainmaster A
w Smith Of the Salt Lake Route He
| was with the second section al the way
/ and did not sleep between Las Vegas and
1 Salt Lake He was constantly lombard
! ed with questions as to the time Of the
/ train. and always came back with &
| pleasant answer. Between stations he
/ did his share in entertaining the passen-
gers, and, as hna4 arbiter Of the tech
/ meal questions connected with the road.
! was appealed to dozens Of times
| Superintendent Twining Of the Pullman
| company called a two hours nap In the
observation car his nights sleep. He
rode the first section from Moapa 10
Caliente got that one off in good shape
1 and then settled down to wait for the
t-second When this one. with eight sleep
| ers and an observation car belonging to
| his company. rolled in he searched It
from end 10 end. supervised the Icing OF
the cars. rounded up all the employees 10
1eErn If everything was all right. and
was busily engaged in his inspection
| long after the train had pulled out for
Salt Lake. He was up again at day
break and remained on duty until Salt
Lake was reached. His reward lay in
the fact that not a solitary Kick was
registered on the Pullman service
The railroaders and the committeeman
were not permitted to mouopOlize the
duty of entertaining the visitors All
along the lire IN Utah the train was rec
ognized as part of the Los Angeles ex-
cursiOn and hearty greetings were waved
and shouted by men. women and chill
dren as the special swept by