The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-23
RECORD TRAIN
OF OLD FOLKS
Leaves Over the Oregon Short Line
For Brigham City.
ANNUAL. EXCURSION HELD
AGED ONES ARE OBJECTS OF
MANY ATTENTIONS.
ANNUAL. EXCURSION HE'LL

"OId Folks day" 1905, will-psss into
the history of Utah as the most sue
CessfUl on record in point. Of numbers.
To convey this host from salt Lake TO
brigham City twenty cars were re-
quired. 1t was the largest single pas
senger train that has ever been run
over the Oregon Short Line There
have been excursion parties, madeup Of
two or more sections. the combined cars
being more than twenty, but yester-
days party, travelling ss a solid special
establishes a record in local railroad
ing It was estimated at first that sew
enteen cars would be sufficient. but
when the officials saw the crowd filing
all the available space around the de-
pot as early as o'clock yesterday
morning they wisely decided to put on
three extras 1t was we'll that they did
for every seat was occupied and the
members of the Ia beTnaCle choir and
the aides had to stand up throughout
the outgoing and the incoming trips.
Help Old People Aboard.
At the depot a committee Of fully fifty
young men helped the old people up the
steps Of the ears as fast as they ar
rived. and once inside there were young
women to see that they were comfort
4 bly, seated. Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent d. :. Spencer was on hand
bright and early to see that the rail-
road arrangements moved with the pre-
CisiOn Of clock work, and with him were
Division Superintendent HulikeT, As
Sistant Superintendent H. J. Roth and
Special Agent Joseph Jones. Travelling
passenger Agent HI Dunn had charge
Of the train. with ". L. Thompson as
conductor and MessTs- Vance and Hag-
geTley as engineers.
1t was s o'clock to the dot when the
two locomotives began to move. and
as the long train gained momentum,
passing through the city, it was greet
ed by cheers from hundreds of persons
who lined the sidewalks.
Once clear of the city the work Of
furtheTing the comfort Of the old peO-
pie was begun. Word was carried along
that many of them had come from
their homes without having had break
fast. and in a jiffy young women and
young men were passing lemonade and
cake from seat TO seat. each getting
his or her supply from the cOmmissaTy
car which was under supervision of s
T. Ball. He had under him as a vol
unteer staff Miss Ethel Ball. Mrs. An
ME Groesbeck, Mrs. C R. Savage. Mrs
George Margetts and Mrs. William
Naylor, while @. r. Savage. who had
general charge of the excursion, was
Watchful to see that the staff did not
cut the cake into too small pieces.
Bishop William b Preston and Apos-
tie RudgeT ClawsOn went along to rep
resent the Mormon church. and they
had pleasant greetings for everyone on
board After the bodily comforts of the
guests had been satisfied the church
choir visited each car and sang two
verses from the Continental Chorus"
composed on the occasion of the join
ing of the Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific railroads.
Number Beats All Records.
While the singing was in progress
the railroad officials were making a
census of the train and later an
uounced that there were 114S persons
on board. figure that exceeds those
of all previous years since the annual
outing was first begun, thirty years
ago.
In order that there might be no pos
sibility of an accident happening to
any one who might be moving through
the aisles of the cars. the railroad Of
firialS gave directions that the speed
should be limited 10 twenty miles an
hour. As a result, il was $50 a. m.
when the train reached Ogden. where
II was met by committee from Brig
ham City. consisting Of President o. N
StOhl and Mrs Stohl, Nr- and Mrs. L.
g Hoist and Mr. and Mrs. Nels Jen-
son
It was nearly II O'Clock when the
train came to a standstHl i'm Brigham
City. and then followed the task Of
getting the old folks off the cars and
into the carriages awaiting them
There we're at least 200 vehicles assem-
bed in the vicinity Of the station. and
ON a little hillOCk to one side was the
Brigham military band. which blew
mighty blast Of welcome while the Wis
itOrs were debaTking from the train.
Aid Is Given the Aged.
Nearly all the able bodied male resi-
dents Of the town were on hand to neIn
the young men Of salt Lake get the old
folks into the conveyances. In. some
instances where the old person was
helpless, he or she was lifted tenderIy
into the seat and made as comfort bIa
n possible for the drive to the taber-
nacIe grounds The latter are about 2
mile and a half from the station and
most of the carriages had TO make sew
eral trips i'm order to bring everybody
up from the railway.
The tabernacle was rapidly fuingwhen
the announcement was made there
would be no exercises until after the
dinner. which was to he served in the
grove adjoining the school house across