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 I'm service To Begin Win,
70 be Increased Later.

The connecting up OF the last link. In
the Gould transcontinental railway sys-
TEN is being accomplished in Salt Lake
city today, ana the installation OF
through passenger service on the West
ern Pacific Is now practical reality
The schedules OF the new road are
being figured out today By the heads
or the Western Pacific railway and
the Denver Il 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 C. NJ
Levey. Passenger Traffic Manager L.
L. Lomax and Asst General Freight
Agent S. V. Derrah for the Denver x
Rio Grande are present Vice President
and General Manager Horace w.
Clarke, Asst General Manager W. 8.
Martin, General Supt. j, G. Daley and
Col l. 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 win be placed in service on
the Western Pacific. this, however. 70
be increased Just as soon as the trafflr
requirements OF the road may demand
The through train VIII 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 22 at $50 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 little, 80 that Il win arrive
at o'clock in place Of 2.15 as at pres
ent. The train viii arrive In san Fran
cisco about o'clock on the morning of
the second day out, giving quick serv-
ice through and arriving at the CALI
fornia metropolis at convenient time
in the morning The eastbound train
from san Francisco will arrive I'm salt
Lake at 7:4O o'clock in the morning.
1--WE shall not place any fast limited
train in service on the Western Pacific
TO begin with" said Passenger Traffic
Manager lsbfldN NnlS OlbiUlnks W.
want 10 try the line out and find out
what kind OF service II will give us.
In so or 30 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
"a a
warrant. one thing Of which the people
70 salt Lake may be assured they viii
have a coast service FOR which they
need not wire to Chicago or New York
days ahead for reservations The trains
will be here. and the reservations may
be made right here"
General Manager II. W Clarke has q
large share OF the responsibility of
making the connections for the West
ern Pacinc trains I'm 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 ID wants" said
General Manager Clarke this morning.
we are here to make the time card
and will bend all our arrangements ac-
LOCAL ORGANIZATION
Further than the appointment OF s. |
'. Deffah as assistant general freight |
agent Of the entire Western Pacific |
road. no announcement as to the or |
yanization OF the local end of the |
Western Pacific has been made MT |
-omaX said that owing TO the press of |
lther business the matter had not been |
definitely decided upon as yet. I'VE |
hail make the announcement Of the |
ocal organization IN few days" said |
Mr.. LomaN. Just as soon as We get |
he preliminary arrangements for the |
of the train service at
ended to-" During the early stages |
II the operation of freight and local |
"a ssenger service over the Western |
Pacific. Mr. Derah was named as gen
raj freight and passenger agent Of the
astern division Of the road. extending
rom salt Lake to Wnnemucca, in
Nevada. Upon the installation OF
through service. however. Mr.. Derrah |
vas named as assistant general freight
gent OF the entire road. and he now
loids that title as well as that Of as
istant general freight agent OF the
Denver q Rio Grande.
DEPOT OPENS AUG. Is.
Everything Is In readiness 20 open
he new Gould union station on Aug. |
3. when trains on the Denver & Rio
irande viii be run In and out OF the
ew passenger terminal With the in
uguration OF through service on the
Western Pacific on Aug. %, both ends
( the depot viii be In use and the
uilding will be in complete operation