Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-01
CONNECTING UP
THE LAST LINK
Schedule for New Gould Trans
continental Line Being Ar
ranged Here Today.
MANY OFFICIALS PRESENT.
One Train n Day Each Way VIII be
Placed In Service to Begin Win,
To he Increased Later.

The connecting up OF the last link In
the Gould transcontinental railway sys-
TEN is being accomplished In Salt Lake
city today. and the installation OF
through passenger service on the West
ern Pacific Is now a practical reality.
The schedules OF the new road are
being figured out today by the heads
OF the Western Pacific railway and
the Denver d Rio Grande railroad. the
salt Lake connection Of the Western.
Representing the Western Pacific in the
conference OF railroad men are Vice
President and General Manager G. NJ
Levey Passenger Traffic Manager r.
l.. Lomax and Asst. General Freight
Agent s. V. Derrah for the Denver *
Rio Grande are present Vice President
and General Manager Horace w.
Clarke, Asst General Manager w. 3.
Martin, General supt j. c. Daley and
Col. /. A. Benton, general agent Of the
passenger department The conference
is being held in the offices of Mr. Der
rah and MIR Benton in the Judge build
ing.
Ror the present only one train each
way a day will be placed i'm service on
the Western Pacific, this. however, 70
be increased just as soon as the traitir
requirements of the road may demand
The through train will be composed OF
all that is latest in the way OF passen'
ger equipment, and first class service,
over what Is probably the best equipped
and best built road In the country VIII
be feature.
TRAIN FOR THE WEST
The first train out Of salt Lake over
the Western Pacific for san Francis
co will leave this city on Monday. Aug
ust %, at 2.20 pm, about 20 minutes
after the arrival Of Denver RIO
Grande train No. from Denver. the
time on this latter train Will be short
ened up a little, so that II viii arrive
at . O'Clock in place Of 2.15 as at pres
ont The train viii arrive In San Fran
cisco about O'Clock on the morning of
the second day out, giving quick serN-
ice through and arriving at the cali
fornia metropolis at a convenient time
in the morning. The eastbound train
from san Francisco viii arrive In salt
Lake al 7:40 o'clock in the morning.
we shall not place any fast limited
train In service on the Western Pacific
to begin with" said Passenger Traffic
Manager I.OmaN this morning. we
want TO try the line out and find out
what kind OF service IL Will give US
In so or 80 days or just as soon as we
thoroughly know the road ourselves We
may put on some limited trains, es-
pecially II the traffic justihes such ac-
ton We shall be content for the pres
ent with making perhaps a little bet
ter than ordinary time, combined with
good service, which will be increased
as circumstances and traffic seem 10
warrant. one thing OF which the people
70 Salt Lake may be assured. they Will
have a coast service for which they
need not wire TO Chicago or New York
days ahead for reservations The trains
viii be here and the reservations may
be made right here"
General Manager H. w Clarke has a
large share OF the responsibility Of
making the connections for the West
ern Pacific trains In this city. as all
trains out Of here for the coast are de-
pendent upon service from Denver on
the Rio Grande. THE eWstern Pacific
can have any service il wants" said
General Manager Clarke this morning
we are here to make the time card
and will bend all our arrangements ac-
cordingly"
LOCAL ORGANIZATION
Further than the appointment OF s.
V. Derrah AS assistant general freight
a gent OF the entire Western Pacific
road no announcement as to the or
OF the local end OF the |
Western Pacific has been made. Mr..
LomaX said that owing to the press Of |
other business the matter had not been |
definitely decided upon as yet. We |
shall make the announcement Of the |
local organization in "a few days" said |
MIR. LomaX, "just as soon as we get |
the preliminary arrangements for the |
OF the train service at |
tended to-" During the early stages /
II the operation Of freight and local |
passenger service over the Western /
Pacific Mr.. Derah was named as gen
aral freight and passenger agent OF the /
EASTERN division OF the road. extending /
from salt Lake 10 Wnnemucca. I'm /
Nevada. Upon the installation OF
through service, however. Mr.. Derrah
Sas named as assistant general freight
agent OF the entire road, and he now
'istant general freight agent Of the
Denver q Rio Grande.
DEPOT OPENS AUG. Is.
Everything is in readiness 20 open
no new Gould union station on Aug.
Is. when trains on the Denver & Rio
5rande viii be run in and out Of the
Jew passenger terminal. with the in
Of through service on the
Western Pacific on AUG. p, both ends
" the depot will be in use and the
building will be in complete operation.
VENDING STARTS FOR
LOUISVILLE TUESDAY