The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-23
WESTERN PACIFIC
IS PERFECT HOST
Entertains City Officials of Salt
Lake in Special to Great
Salt Beds.
GUESTS EXTEND THANKS
To PRESIDENT JEFFERl
Dining Car is DelmOnicO's III
Dry Dead Sea and Center
of Attraction.

Pulled bv engine No, - the compli'
mentary City officials special over the
Western Pacific left the Denver and
Rio Graudc station in Salt Lake for the
great salt bed near Wcndovcr prompt
w at $50 o'clock Friday. morning. On
board as the personal guests of Presl-
dent +. r. JelTery were Mayor Brans-
ford. ali the members of the city coun.
ell with two exceptions, prominent rail
road men. many ladies, newspapemen
and others.
The party was in charge of Col. !. y.
Benton, general manager of the Denver
and Rio Grande in Utah; :. Y. Derrah,
general freight and passenger agent ol
the Western Pacific and General Super
inlendcnt j. G. Daley. The tram con
sisted Of one baggage car. one coach,
three standard Pullmans and the most
Important car of all, the diner.
Every possible courtesy was extended
by tho railroad officials to their guests;
Cigars. incidental refreshments OF all
kinds. and one of the best dinners ever
served on rails in Utah we're set forth
with liberal hand. Money was no
good on board il WAS Western Paci-
fic treat and "A great one II was.
Not the slightest thing happened to
mar the pleasure Of the day, Many
amusing things occurred, especially
when y. i. Davis, president of the Sail
Lake city council. calmly assumed
charge of WoudoVer politics and pre-
sentcd the office of MAYOR Of thai place
10 Manor Bransford The mayor prompt
lv accepted the offer, and with 1t a
wooden key 10 the town. made from the
top Of cracker box by DR.. j. T.
CTltchlOw,
Party Telcgraphs Congratulations
The following telegram was sent to
President Jcfcry:
Wcndovcr Special Train. October %, Salt
Lake To NcudOVcr.
r. 4. Jeffery. president OF tho West
cD Pacific. l?5 Broadway. New York
. Clty-Mcmhcrs of the city Council and
city officials and wives OF salt Lake CITY,
are thoroughly enjoying your "ourtesics,
for which We express our sincere apprc
riation. We congratulate You as Ir"si p
dent. YOUR company. and salt Lake Guy
on your saGacity and enterprise in add -
ing 10 the material benefits oi the intcr-
mountain country this great trausconti-
Mental railroad system, which ~" con-
slider superb i'm physical condition and
J. :. ERANSFORD. Mayor
~ J.. DAVIS.
President OF CITY Comet
The service and the rOadbcd fully
deserve the wire. The roadbcd across
tho great salt plain runs for forty-two
miles without a curve and IS sand 10
bc the longest piece Of straight track
ON the Pacific slope. II is as level as
a billiard table, and 50 well balluSted
and adjusted that there was no undue
lar or SWAY TO the train whatever. II
i considered one Of the finest pieces
of engineering skill i'm American rail
road construction. as II rests on what
is practically 4 sea OF brine.
The salt is so hard on The surface
that crowbar has little effect on n
aud il must lac blasted ont 10 make
holes for The telegraph poles; yet IN II
n pilc of railroad ties have sunk and
have been blown for miles about Tho
dried sea bv the wind during the pas
two years; not over the salt hu'
through il few inches day. WatcI
| j. found at a depth of four inches al
II Though the salt is a cystaIizcd mas
from three 10 fifteen feet thick AN,
rovcrs IN area thirty.tivc hy eigh
miles. II is 9S per cent pure, ard gilt
tcrs like snow.
Over this world : wonder are lai,
ciahty.fivc.pound rails, 5000 fir tie
III to the mile, aud 1000 cubic yards o
gravel 90 the mile. Two stations stan'
IL Ike Arctic caches amid the pola
d wastcs-Ssldme, where pictures wer
taken, aud Arinoso.
4 WeDdover Is lust on the western edg
of The beds, l2O miles from Salt Lake
and is the gateway TO the Deep Crccl
} mining district 30 miles 10 the south
into which, Western Pacific official
say. line Will soon bc built II is cX
Z pccIcd that railroad will make thi
mining section rs great rs is Park Git
or Tintic Fifteen miles go the north
west Of Wcndovcr is the Silver Islau
mining region, one Of the most promi,
sl ing in the state
Broke All Records
u Those ON board amused thcm>clyc