Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-19
Los Angeles Train is Speeding
Through the Country Break.
ing All Records.
FLIES PAST THE OVERLAND.
Makes Stop of Ten Minutes at Green
River and Then Continues on
Its Journey West.
Especial to the "News.n)

NSpecldl TO the News. }
Evanston, Wyo., Dec. 19--On the
train nearing the Utah line on time
to the dot, the initial train Of the new
Chicago-L Los Angeles limited service.
pulled into Green River this morning,
when the Short Line operating depart
ment took UP the task OF keeping up
the record into Salt Lake, where the
san Pedro road Will take a hand
Among the Salt Lakers on board are:
Senator Reed Smoot, Robert Claiming,
Gen. supt. Buckingham, Gen. Passen-
ger Agent Burnley. Division Supt. Hill
llker, and the News Herald and
Tribune representatives., who were
given warm Welcome by Gen, Pas
senger Agent Lomax ana Alfred
Darlow of the Union Pacific. and 2S
representative newspaper men travel
ing In a special car.
The new train is a beauty, consisting
of seven electric lighted, modern cars,
which are the acme OF Pullman work.
This is just one in eight trains re-
CURED for the new service and costs
nearly a million dollars.
SENATOR SHOOTS STORY.
Senator smoot, who received cor
dial greeting among the newspaper
men, made great hit, comparing pres
ent conditions 10 the days when his
father and mother traversed the same
route In wagons. The recital was
highly appreciated, because during the
telling OF the story the limited was
covering 1893 miles between Grand Is
land and North Platte IN 1876 minutes.
The run across Wyoming was great
Success, the Limited being welcomed at
way stations by residents. In every
case stations were passed from one to
four minutes ahead of schedule.
DAILY SHEET PRINTED.
In addition TO the News bulletin SER
vice issued from the printing press in
the dynamo car three times daily the
newspaper crowd published an OPPOSE
ton sheet named the Los Angeles Lin
Tied Daily with a coyote bearing the
motto. Howl damn you, howl" No
paper In the world today numbers such
an aggregation Of hlgh-prlced writer's
as are included on the staff
The leading story OF the morning Is.
sue bears the flash head, Carnival OF
Vice. Gambling Den Defies the Law and
Graft and Corruption Stalk in our
Midst" r. II. Little just back from
the orient. where he was twice made a
prisoner by the Russians and japanese
is the subject OF a cartoon by the New
York World man, depicting Little be-
ing hung fer spy from a lamp post.
He has a lead editorial on "The Insid-
ious Highball," while the city items hit
everybody. The advertising agent os
the Union Pacific comes IN for no.
tice as follows: IA club foot Is some
thing a man cannot help, but Darlows
beard Is his own fault w. J. Davis
of Chicago. husband Of Jessie Bartlett
Davis, is on the train, and was not
overlooked
GOOD STORY TELLERs.
The day passed very pleasantly
swapping "reminiscences and there were
enough good stories on tap to supply
all the magazines in the country. Be-
tween gaps In the converse ton compn-
ments were handed out to the railroad
officials on the new train appointments
So happy are the boys that Dorrcnce Of
New York sent off long dispatch to
his paper, emitting to address 1t.
The crew on the initial train out Of
Green River consists OF c. II. Pierson.
Livingston and Day. brake
men; j. NJ. Shepherd, electrician.
The newspaper men will go through
to Los Angeles and will there |
be entertained by the Los Angeles
Z
the San Pedro road and by numerous
other concerns. The itinerary includes +.
a visit to the summit of Mt. Love, and !
a trip to the Catalina Islands and Wis |
i TO the marine gardens In glass bot !
tom boats. Returning from the Cata- |
lnas automobile trips will be made I
through the orange groves, and visits .
will be paid to Pasadena, Monrovia,
San Gabriel Mission and Baldwin's (
ranch,
En- route home stops will be made az |
Salt Lake and other points Of interest |
where automobile and tally-ho rides |
will he given the newspaper men.
II will be a memorable trip, especial |
~ for the eastern writer's, many Of !
whom have never seen the west and IL 1
many wonders.
PARTY PERSONNEL.
New York--Lesles Weekly II. f. !
3eardsley; New York Tribune, Jas. +. |
Dorrance: New York Times, NJ. S. |
schuyler; Pittsburg Dispatch, John |
)'Donnell; Pittsburg Leader j. NJ. |
Iaselett; Pittsburg Telegraph and Ga
.ette, Theodore Boice; indianapolis |
star, II. f. Guthrie Chicago American, |
". s. Brons; Chicago Railway Age. |
:. w. Lane; Chicago Railway and En-
cheering Review. W. II. Camp; Chica-
70 Special Correspondent, II, p. Little;
Cleveland Plain Dealer. a. Il, Mckee;
Cincinnati Times-Star, n. Strauss:
Tribune, j. NJ. Arnold st, |
Paul Dispatch, j. Hawks; Des Moines
Register and Leader, Gardiner Cowles;
Kansas City Star. j. NJ. Steele; Omaha
World Herald and Press Bureau. 7. II.
Porter; Denver Post, w. A. Parrish;
Denver News, A. u. Mayheld Denver
Times. G. II. Poole; Chicago Associated
Press, A. c. Thomas Chicago Associat-
a Press. Melville c. Stone; Cincinnati,
,cripps McRae, IL, Brown; Cheyenne
Press Bureau. G. S. Walker; Omaha,
Special Correspondent n. A. Huse. The
,arty Is accompanied by l.. l.. Lomax.
GENERAL passenger agent, and Alfred
barlow. advance agent OF the Union
Pacific.
The salt Lake papers are represented
Is follows. Herald, Joel Priest: T'ri-
,une, A. T. Phillips; Deseret News,
George T.. Carpenter. The train IL due
n salt Lake at 4:O5 y, m,
ny Associated Press
Green River, Wyo., Dec i9.--The new
.os Angeles limited flyer broke an
egular train records In its run last
light across Wyoming and at Hanna
,assed the Overland train, hitherto the
astest transcontinental train. In spite
I two hours handicap out OF Chica-
%. The train will arrive at Salt Lake
I o'clock. The limited has thus far
'een unrivaled for speed excepting by
he Alice Roosevelt special. A stop OF
0 minutes was made at Green River
his morning and the passengers threw
now balls. A heavy snos vas falling
It Green River.