The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-07
CROWD
OF ELKS LEAVE
FOR SOUTHLAND
Eight Hundred Gay Excursion
lists Speeding Toward Los
Angeles on Salt Lake Route.
LAST SECTION LEAVES
ON STROKE OF TWELVE
THREE SPECIAL TRAINS FILLED
AND REGULAR TAKES CARE
or THE OVERFLOW.

Somewhere down the line Of the salt
Lake route this morning three heavily
loaded ana handsomely equipped trains
are speeding toward the land of sun
shine and orange blossoms, carrying SEQ
happy. care-free, pleasure-seeking per-
sons on the biggest and grandest Elks'
excursion ever run out of salt Lake
City. With every detail Of the exCur-
sion carefully arranged, with no COM
forts or conveniences possible to secure
forgotten. with a large committee OF
Eiks appointed to look after and super
intend every detail of the trip, with the
most experienced servants in the EN-
ploy of the road on duty in the lux
urious Puilmans, and with a number Of
officials Of the road crescent to see that
every passenger is well cared for and
relieved of every wOTry and anxiety
usually incident to such trips, the 1909
excursion of the Elks from Salt Lake
City TO Los Angeles IS certain to be the
banner excursion event I'm the history
Of the r. p. o. L. of Utah
Every plan made for the starting Of
the excursion train was carried out to
the minUtest detail. Everything moved
with the precision of clOckwOrk. There
was no confusion OF hustle, no percept-
ibIe worry or haste. The three trains.
were placed on adjoining tracks at the
depot before o'clock At the depot
the eNcurs. on committee Of Elks met
the excursionists as they arrived and
directed them to the cars, where. under
the direction of Pullman Superintend-
ent II. 5. Twining, extra Pullman con-
ductOrs directed the passengers to their
respective touches, and an army OF
Pullman porters relieved the travellers
1arF- E4- I'D ND tel
them to their sections Every passen-
ger was directed to his or her place on
the train as fast as they arrived. Extra
Pullman conductors were on duty, and
when the trains pulled out there were
two conductors ON each train and sew
erai extra porters. Besides the excur-
sionists a great many friends gathered
at the depot last night to see them on.
To Absent Brothers.
Just at II O'Clock. the mystic hour Of
Elkdcm, the Eiks, prepared for the OC-
casiOn. solemnly drank the customary
toast ITO our absent brothers" Then
the word WsE given. the bell rang, the
engine Kissed and, umid the cheers OF
the spectators. mingled with the fare
well shouts of the excursionists. the
first section of the big excursion pulled
out of the yards to the main line and
on toward California, Thirty minutes
later there were more cheers and wav-
ings of hankerchiefs and hats and the
second section steamed on fits way. The
third and last section left at just mid
night
At 4.40 yesterday afternoon train No.
81 started from salt Lake with three
extra cars. two standard sleepers and
a chair car. and was taken over the
Provo district. picking Up excursion
lists from Utah county points. These
cars were filled and Sidetracked at
Lynn Junction. to be picked up by The
third section of the regular excursion
train late last night G.. II. Cutting.
city passenger agent in Salt Lake for
the Salt Lake route. accompanied the
three extra cars taken out yesterday
afternoon and continued on last night
from Lynn Junction in charge of the
third section Of the excursion train.
How Trains Were Made Up.
The first section OF tine excursion
train was under the personal charge Of
Kenneth c. Kerr. district passenger
agent This car carries Exalted Ruler
A. J. Davis Of the local lodge of Elks
ana other lodge officers and their fam
flies. The section 5 made w Of one
baggage car. one chair car nine stand
ard sieepers and two diners, and is
hauled by two large passenger engines
On this section the two diners are made
up in the middle of the train, with
kitchen ends of the diners end 70 end.
This is Tor the purpose Of allowing an
escape Uf smoke and OdOTs from tire
kitchen at one point. and the windows
will be so arranged that the ventilation
viii prevent any annoyance To the pas
sengers.
The second section was made up iden-
tically the same as the first section. Tt
pulled out just thirty minutes behind
the first section. and was in charge Of
f. =. Erwin. travelling passenger agent
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