The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13
TO Open FREIGHT
TRAFFIC DEC. |.

The Western Pacific special train
winch passed through Winnemucca
tuesday morning, scheduled to arrive
IN Salt Lake Thursday, reached iss
destination a day ahead of time.
Thursday mornings Herald Republi-
can contains the following interviews
with members of the party:
I'VE shall open freight traffic Dec.
or day or two thereafter said
Mr.. Levey. Passenger traffic will
be postponed for awhile. We shall
probably begin carrying some passen.
gers about January l, but the through
passenger trains may not be put ON un
til April.
Although we found the Western
Pacific in splendid shape, there are al
ways number of problems to be solv.
ed In opening new road and we be-
lieve they will be best solved by run
ming freight trains until we see what
time they make and what if any diff
culties they encounter.
"We made our trip very leisurely
and found that the eitire road is at
this moment ready to take trains from
here to San Francisco. We have SUBJ
mitted our tariffs to the interstate
commerce commission and will have
everything in readiness to accept
freight for Pacific coast points De-
cember /. OF course we shall continue
to run the mixed trains from here to
Elko as we have been doing until the
through trains are put on.
"While there are a number of ap-
pointments to be made they will be
announced from our general Offices in
the Mills building in San Francisco.
We shall not make any appointments
while we are here. We leave Thursday
afternoon for San Francisco
Mr.. Schlacks said that the trip over
the road was a revelation to him. He
believes that some of the most at
ltractive scenery in the west is on the
Western Pacific. This, with the low
grades insuring fast time and the
magnificent equipment which has been
ordered, will make the line one of the
most popular in the United States.
Mr.. Schlacks said that during the en-
tire trip the party lived in his private
ear and stopped wherever they wanted
to inspect anything, consequently the
trip took almost a week.
While neither of the two high OH
eials of the Western Pacific would say
40. Il became known yesterday that
the Denver & Rio Grande and the
Western Pacific will establish big
shops and roundhouses here. Salt
Lake win be the biggest division point
on the two roads and work for the
Denver & Rio Grande that is now be-
ing done at Ogden will be done in Salt
Lake. IT is understood that the Dem
vey and Rir Grande's line from here
10 Ogden will be regarded as a branch
line. and of course all the traffic pos
sible will be diverted from it. Ar
rangements have already been MADE
with Pacific steamship companies 10
bring Seattle passengers to San iran
cisco and route them over the western
Pacific and Rio Grande instead OF
sending them out on the Oregon Short
Line to Ogden, which is the present
practice.
This is one of the reasons why the
Western Pacific does not want to open
messenger traffic in the beginning OF
the winter. Denver & Rio Grande con-
rect;ons are bound to be late during
tho winter and no matter how prompt
the Western Pacific was, the trains
would be reported hours and days late
getting into San Francisco. Also the
Denver & Rio Grande needs all It's
eouipment during the winter and the
new equipment for the Western Pacihc
will not be ready before spring BE-
fore returning to San Francisco
Messrs. Schlacks and Levey Will IN
snect the new depot and look over
sites for the big shops which are to De
erected here in the near future.
The private ear containing the
wostern Pacific officials passed west