The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-23
Old Folks of Salt Lake Giyer
Their Annual Outing
Excursion.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED ARE
MADE HAPPY FOR A DAY
Visit Great Smelling Plant and
Are Entertained by Good
People Of Tooele.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
TOOELE, June 22.-Fifteen hundred
and sixty people, aged people they were,
but happy as children, sat down to q
magnificent banquet in the grove in
front of the meeting house in Tooele on
Wednesday They were guests of the
Salt Lake Route, of the good people OF
Tooele county. OF the number who sat
down to this feast, two were past the
age Of 95 years. They were James
Leach, who resides at 720 South Fifth
East street, and Isaac L. Manning, who
resides Mt $50 East Seventh South street,
Salt Lake City; twenty-five others had
passed the ninetieth milestone in their
mated by, white badge; 250 others had
passed the four score mark and they
wore blue badge; 1850 had crossed the
three score and ten years originally al
lotted to man, and they were decorated
with u red ribbon. Others at the table
were under tho age Of 70. One guest.
Thomas Hindermarsh, was a veteran of
the Crlmean war. He resides at 1929
Milton avenue, Salt Lake.
Entire World Represented.
Every nationality of the white race
nao represented tC lDe tHple1 as was inc
African and the Hawaiian. 1t was a
gathering Of old people such as could
be seen, nowhere else on earth. for no
where else is there such an organization
as the old folks have in Utah.
- These, aged people were taken to
Tooele in two special trains over the
Salt Lake Route. 1t was the thirty
fifth annual outing of the old folks Of
Salt Lake. The coaches which carried
these old folks were furnished by the
railroads centeripg in Salt Lake City.
the Salt Lake Route furnishing the mo.
tive power. Twentyfour cars were re.
quired to carry the guests.
Two Sections Are Run.
The first section of ten cars WINS
drawn by engine 1909, with Horace
Smith at the throttle and l.. P. Furlon.
fireman, while Frank Ford was the con.
ductor, with II c. Macklin and D. X.
Rawlns as brakemen. Assistant Gen
eral Superintendent George H. Smith
of the Salt Lake Route accompanied
this section,
The second section of fourteen ears
was drawn by engine 1903 with Link
Adams as the driver, R. l.. Baxter fire.
man, and George Roberts as brakeman,
Clarence II. Cutting, city passenger
agent of the Salt Lake Route. accom-
panied this train. AT Tooele engine of
neer Henry 0 'Donnel and Fireman J.
c. Burke was attached TO the train to
help 1t up the grade to the plant of the
international smelter
In Charge Of Committee.
The outing was under the direction
OF a general committee composed Of
twenty-five persons as follows:
c. w. Niblcy, chairman, and wife.
William Eddington and wife.
William Barton and Wife
Andrew Jensen and wife
Hiram Groesbeck and wife.
Heber c. Iyerson and wife.
B F. Grant and wife.
Joshua A. Bean and wife.
George b. Margetts and wife.
G. l.. Savage and wife.
John Mcdonald. Sr., and wife,
In addition to this committee there
was assigned to each car three persons,
two ladies and one gentleman to look
after the wants of the old folks Three
trained nurses also accompanied the
train and @ physician was also on board
There was also commissary car which
was in charge of s. F. Ball, who has
accompanied the old folks on their out
lngs for several years.
High Ecclesiasts in Party.
Occupying one of the cars in the
first section were Apostles Francis NJ.
Lyman, Charles w. Penrose, George +.
John Henry Smith, Presiding
Bishop Charles w, Nibley, w. B. Bar
ton, statistician Of the bishops office.
At Tooele Governor Spry and Apostle
old folks choir of twentyfour persons
were on the first section of the train
under the direction of Leader Butler,
who has accompanied the old folks on
their outings for nineteen years, and E.
H. Peirce, who has also accompanied
The excursion for twenty-one years.
When e. T. city was reached Bishop
J. NJ. Yates, with SIX old people who
had passed the 70 mark, Joined the
party,
When Tooele depot was reached a
of Tooele citizens met the
specials and one member was assigned
10 each car TO explain to the occupants
md point out the various points Of in
,erest on the way TO and at the big
'melting plant, which was to be the first
stop of the party.
Feasted on Train
On the way to Tooele the old folks
we're served with lemonade and cake
rom the commissary car, 1t might
DC said In this connection that the
quests had good appetitcs, for to make
he cakes which were served them re-
luired 500 pounds of sugar, 250 pounds
If butter, 1000 eggs, besides the flour,
MY oOVo ,cnioho "oie use" AL innhiuH
he lemonade.
Who Originated Outing.
Thirty-fve years ago today the first
or outing for tho old people
# Salt Lake county was given. Tho
dea originated with Bishop Edward
Iunter, c. r. Savage and George God
lard They selected June % as the
ate for holding the outing or annual
EXCURSION for the reason that it was
he birthday anniversary of Bishop
Iuntcr, who WAS the third presiding
bishop of the church. Today was tho
18th anniversary of his birth
Heretofore the annual excursion in
Hnu4,x,ol on D,.o TLr,a