Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-29
RAILROAD ROW"
IS NOW NO MORE
West Second South Deserted
For Choice Quarters On
Main Street.
CHANGES IN DooLY BLOCK
Utah Fuel Company On Ground Floor
In Old Rio Grandc Offices Pend
ing Completion of New Home.

What has been proud to exist under
the title of Railroad Row" for ten
years win tomorrow be thing OF his
tory. Vans are now carrying the be-
longings OF the Rio Grande's freight
Offices down to the Judge Railroad Ex-
change building and this afternoon
will see the Burlington, Illinois Central
and Midland offices moved. The Erie.
Rock Island and Santa Fe viii follow
and as offices are cleaned up In the new
quarters other railroads viii move. The
Utah Fuel company Is moving It's audi
tors department down into the corner
offices OF the Dooly building. formerly
occupied by the Rio Grande passenger
Offices These quarters are only tempo
Tary as IL Is expected the Western Pa
cific, Utah Fuel and Wasatch store
companies will be able to move into
their new quarters ON the seventh floor
OF the Judge building within 80 days
QUARTERS FOR THEM ALI.
The Rio Grande's passenger offices in
the new building We're the first thrown
open for business. The freight depart
ment follows tomorrow. To the south
of the Rio Grande will be located the
Burlington, and to the east in Third
South street, VIII be the Illinois Central
and Midland. On the east side OF the
Vestibule opening into Third South of-
ices have been leased by the Rock Is
land. The Santa Fe, Erie and other
roads will share space on the second
lioor.
Every large city has RAILROAD
Row" II 1t is n railroad city of any
consequence. Birds of feather
hocklng together" as the old saying
goes. Is exemplihed with railroads for
various Offices win usually be found
congregated within a small circle This
Is largely because of the exchange OF
business which is necessary. For
instance, a passenger buying tickets
east over the Rio Grande or Harri-
man lines must take some other line
when he gets to Denver or Omaha, or
some other junction point Numerous
routes are offered him; he can take
the Burlington, Rock Island, Colorado
Midland from Grand Junction or
other lines. If he's going west, south
or north, the same thing Is true. So
railroad offices get close together so
through" passengers can be fixed up
with their transportation by simply
going from one door to another
IN FREIGHT CIRCLES.
The same thing Is true of a man
shipping freight To reach far off
niarts he must patronize several roads;
one viii carry his consignment to Dem
Yer, perhaps, then another road takes It
on TO the Missouri river and II the
consignment goes still further east,
another road win take the car or ship
ment ut Chicago or some other point.
This is the whyfore OF Railroad
Row"
Salt Lakes RAILROAD Row" was
started by the Rio Grande ticket Off
ces ten years ago. one by one various
other Offices We're established In this
city and they began TO open around
the corner of West Temple and Second
South street Until the Opening of
the Judge building IT was possible to
stand on this corner and be surround
ed entirely by railroad offices. on the
southwest corner We're the Rio Grande
ticket and freight offices and the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Iron Mountain
freight Offices; above them in the Doc
ly block the Santa F'e, Pennsylvania,
and offices OF other roads; on the north
west corner of the intersection are still
the Rock Island Frisco and Chicago.
Milwaukee and st, Paul offices; on the
northeast corner are the New York
Central, Erie, Wabash. and to the east
of the same side Of the street are the
Colorado Southern and Chicago Il
Northwestern. on the southwestern
corner are the burlington, Illinois Gem
trail Nickel Plate and Colorado Mid
land, and on Second South and Main
street are the down town Hartman
ticket offices. In the Herald building
north of the corner of Main and Sec
ond South streets are the Salt Lake
Route offices, stu further up Main
street but within throwing distance
is the Great Western offices, The West
ern Pacific offices are now Just above
The Herald building. OF course the
general Hartman Offices occupy the
"News" building. These and the Salt
Lake Route Offices which are quartered
in o. building erected by Senator w. A.
Clark, president of the Salt Lake
Route. will not move 10 the Railroad
exchange Outside of these two sys-
TENS, nearly every other represented
I'm this city viii be tenants of the
InSgaa hutlding