The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-26
GREAT CARNIVAL
IS BEING PLANNED
Mammoth Celebration to Com
memorate Opening of West
ern Pacific and Station.
WIZARDS WARDS MAY AID
THEIR UNIQUE JoYFEsT LIKELY
TO BE HELD ON SAME DATES.

The big celebration to commemorate
the completion of the Western Pacific
railroad and the new Denver & Rio
Grande union depot, which was
launched at the meeting of the Salt
Lake Real Estate association Wednes-
day at the Commercial club, is assum-
ing definite shape. The special commit
tee, which was appointed to arrange for
the affair, met yesterday at the office
of the Houston Real Estate Investment
company and decided on some of the
general features of the celebration.
1t is planned to make this the biggest
celebration of the year. The commit
tee will seek to enlist the aid of the
Commercial club and the Utah Manu-
facturers' association in the celebration,
and will ask these organizations to APP
point committees of five members each
to confer with the Real Estate associa-
TONS committee of five. The sentiment
expressed was that the celebration
should extend G r a period of two or
three days, prelOfably the latter.
Wizards Yards to Aid.
The general features decided on so
far include a big banquet at the Com
mereial club and outing AT Saltair, and
big industrial parade. On the pro-
gram, too, viii be speeches, music and
fireworks galore.
Wards of the Wizard OF the Wasatch
Will be asked to join with the members
of the committee in making the affair
one Of the bigg, t ever held in the
state. If it is possible the Wizard s
Wards will be induced to hold their an
nual carnival at this time. Some OF the
Wards have expressed themselves as
being in favor of the plan, and if their
influence counts for much, the Wards
will hold their carnival on the dates Of
the railroad celebration.
The completion of a new line of rail-
road into any city means that hundreds
and thousands of men will be given en-
plOyment, for the greater part men,
bers of unions, and to give the unions a
chance to show their appreciation of the
entrance into this city of the Western
Pacific they will be asked to contribute
their Xid toward making the great in
dustrial parade huge success.
Low Rates for Visitors.
The celebration will be broad in its
scope, and California, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Nevada and Colorado citi-
zens will be invited to join with the cit
liens OF Salt Lake in the big railroad
carnival Special trains viii be run
from ali these states, and special rates
VIII De III effect II mas already D6eD
arranged TO run q special train, carry
ing one hundred representative citizens
from San Francisco. As that city is
the western terminus Of the road, it is
likely that the interest there in the Salt
Lake celebration will be keen.
The Real Estate association commit
tee consists OF E. ]. HUFF, w. ]. Leaker,
R. Z. Baird A. z. II. Peterson and Ed
ward NJ. Ashton. George NJ. Cannon,
president of the association, met with
the committee yesterday.
1t IS probable, according to the best
adviccs Obtainable, that the Western
Pacific viii be opened to regular pas
senger traffic some time in June, and
that the new Gould passenger depot will
be ready for business prior to that time
but the celebration of the two events
will be held together. An opinion was
advanced by one member of the COM
mittee that shortly after July would
be a good time for the celebration.