The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-24
GREAT CELEBRATION
NOW BEING PLANNED
In Honor of Opening of Western
Pacific for Passenger
Traffic.
REALTY ASSOCIATION
HAS MATTER IN CHARGE
Report Upon the Boulevard
Proposition Is Made by
Committee.

Plans for Il great celebration OF the
opening of the Western Pacific railroad
for passenger traffic between Salt Lake
and San Francisco were put under
way "Wednesday by the Salt Lake Real
Estate association. A committee OF hve
members of the association was APP
pointed to formulate these plans, ana
the committee was instructed TO report
AT the next regular meeting of the as.
sociation. This committee consists oi
+ "A Huff. W. j. Lcakcr. \. T.. II. Peter
son.NR. f. Baird and Edward Ashton,
The members Of the ASSOCIATION regard
the opening of the Western Pacifc rali-
road and the opening OF the new union
passenger station of the Gould lines as
a matter of vast importance to the com
mercial and business interests of the
city and state, and it is probable that
the plans will call for an elaborate cele-
bration of the event. This committee
will call on s. V. Derrah, local repre-,
sentative of the Western Pacific, aud
present the matter 10 him immediately
Mr.. Derrah said Wednesday that the
matter would be referred TO the general
offices of inc company at San Francisco,
and any part which the railroad might
take in the celebration would he de
cided by #. NJ. Schumacher, vIce-presi-
dent in charge Of traffic.
Getting Into Shape.
Mr. Derrah says that the road Will
probably be ready 10 start through pas.
scnger seEvice between Salt Lake and
San Francisco during the FIRST or second
week of June The Salt Lake passenger
station. which Will be used jointly by
the Denver & Rio Grande and the West
ern Pacific, is rapidly nearing compile.
ton, and it will probably be opened at
least thirty DAYS before through pas
senger service is started on the Western
Pacific.
+. NJ Daley, local superintendent of
the Denver 4 Rio Grande. has charge or
the arrangement of the passenger sta
ment of Offices and the division of
space between the Denver \ Rio Grandc
and the Western Pacific have not been
completed
In speaking of the attitude of the as
sociation regarding the desirability of
celebrating the opening Of the roal, one
real estate man said The opening OF
great transcontincntal railroad is a
matter of vast Importance to Salt Lake,
and all of the west, for that matter,
and We believe She event should be cele
hratcd IN proper manner, The compile
tidn of the Western Pacific railroad
was not even marked by formal
announcement on the part of the rail
road that its line had been connected
from Salt Lake TO San Francisco, and
the first word of the beginning Of
freight service came in dispatch from
Chicago.
Keeping 1t Dark.
- Locally, it seemed as though the
builders of the Western Pacific acted as
though they had done something 10 be
ashamed of in completing the building
of their road, for, instead OF heralding
the fact abroad, they quietly made up
trainload Of freight in Salt Lake one
night and sent it out for San Francisco.
and Chicago knew about il before Salt
Lake did. -
report on the boulevard question
was made to the association which GOV.
cred the action of the city council
IN requesting the city engineer to
furnish an estimate OF the probable cost
Of completing the boulevard through the
Fort Douglas military reservation. The
committee reported that the members of
the city council were apparently in IA
vor of building the boulevard i'm.
mediately, the only drawback being 2
question Of available funds