The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-01
SALT LAKE ROUTE
-FOUR YEARS OLD
"ShOrt Line Between Salt Lake
and Los Angeles" Celebrates
Birthday.
LARGE IMPROVEMENTS
MADE SINCE OPENING
Passenger Service Greatly I'M
proved and Rates Materially
Reduced.

Four years ago today the first rcgu-
lar through train from Salt Lake City
70 Los Angeles over the San Pedro,
familiarly known as the Salt Lake
Route, left this city At $40 p. IN. Four
years ago next Monday, at $50 a. m.
the first through train arrived in this
city from Los Angeles. thus establish
ing the long desired through connection
between the City of the Saints and the
City of the Angels.
Since that time the road has steadily
improved its roadbcd, It's trains. and
the general service. The disastrous
floods of 1906, which washed out the
line in Meadow Valley wash, called for
the expenditure of more than million
Of dollars, but the result has been 10
strengthen that part To an extent which
prevents any further recurrence of
trouble of this character.
Since the opening OF the Salt Lake
Route the Phoebe branch has been con
structed, thereby stimulating that camp
into new activity and making IT pos
siblc for it in the future to resume its
Importance as mining center of thirty
Years ago.
Branch Line to Newhouse.
A branch line has beon constructed
10 Newhouse, Utah, where in the heart
Of tracklcss desert has been erected.
by Samuel Ncwhousc and associates,
in the Cactus properties ono of the
greatest mining plants in the west,
resorts of Garfield and Black Rock.
where our grandfathcrs used to disport,
have arisen concentrators, mills and
smeltcrs. which are among the largest
and finest of their kind in the world.
At Tooele, which for more than half
century has been placid little vii.
lage. not connected with the outside
world except by stage, has suddenly dc
vcloped 2 bustling, thriving city, with
forecast Of still greater industrial de-
vclopment along the same lines rs Gar
field, At Las Vegas, New, one of the
finest ice plants in the west has Just
been completed. and hero will be iced
many carloads of fruit and vegetables
shipped over the Salt Lake Route from
southern California. At this same point
hundreds Of workmen are engaged IN
erecting "A 100000 shop plant for the
Salt Lake Route. which will be one of
the best and most modern in the entire
country.
Train Service Improved,
From Las Vegas. Senator Clark and
associates have built splendid branch
line To the Bullfrog and Goldfeld dis
trjcts, nearly 200 miles into the world 5
rcasure house In southern California,
Industries have been started along the
Ngils of the Salt Lake Route, while its
,Jasserger trains TO many resort and
pleasure spots have been vastly in
creased in number and also in point
of excellence.
At Salt Lake City. the Salt Lake
Route is doing its portion of the work
in building magnificent union passen
ger and freight terminal which at the
present time sees twenty passenger
trains arrive and depart daily.
When the Salt Lake Route was first
opened there was operated on the whole
line twenty-five passenger trains. To
day there arc operated on the entire
system fifty passenger trains daily. The
Salt Lake Route has greatly reduced
the rate between this city and the
coast. During the coming summer there
will be numerous dates on which ex-
cursioD rates of $50 for tho round trip
between Salt Lake City and Los An
geles will be in effect and during the
whole of the summer months a special
rate of $40 for the round trip will he
in effect. This is $40 less than the
regular rate, which is $50