The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-18
GET ACQUA|NT TED
IS THE INTENT
Special Trains Will Carry the
Leading Officials of the Short
Line Over Large Territory.
FIRST TRAIN WILL LEAVE
SALT LAKE CITY TONIGHT
Idea Originated by Vice Presl-
dent Bancroft: Other Trips
viii Follow This.

UNIQUE and progressive is the plan
adopted bv Vice President and General
Manager W. II. Bancroft of the Oregon
Short Line TO bring the official headS
of the various departments into even
closer touch than they now are WIN
the subordinate employees, the patrons
Of the road and the public generaiiS
So that the ultimate result may pe
mutual benefit and a deeper ,apprecla
tion of cxistino problems and necess''
tics
Tonight at 10 clock an Oregon
Short Line special. TO be known as the
"'Get Acquainted special. leaves !he
Short Line depot, with the following
officials on board. f c. Manson, gen
eral superintendent: {. j. McNltt'
auditor; r. y Plaistcd. assistant gen
rral freight agent; d. ). Spencer, AS
sistant general passenger agent; u. n
Smith. assistant general attorney ~ ~
II McNitt, freight claim agent; +. w.
Gentsch, superintendent dining cars
and hotels: w. II. Armstrong. superin-
tcndent Montana division; john NC
I.oughlin, division engineer, Montana
division; 7. L.. Priest, industrial agent;
j. NJ. Post, stenographer: j. a. Foley
commercial agent, Illinois Central; j.
w. Rogers. superintendent American
Express company.
Itinerary Of Journey,
The first stop of this new Get
Acquainted - special will be made Al
clock Wednesday morning at Ash
ton, Ida, and after n visit OF TWO
hours al this point the train VIII pro
cecd to St Anthony, RexbuTg, higpY'
Shelley. Idaho Falls, stops being made
at each place The party will remain
nj Idaho Falls Wednesday night, and
will she next dav visit Mackay, Arco,
Aberdeen. Pingree. Biackfoot and
snond Thursday night at Pocatello.
Friday the officials will be visitors IN
Diamondvillc and kemmerer. Wyo.
?iso CokeviIIe: then back 10 Montleler'
Bancroft and McCammon. returning to
Sa Lake Saturday morning:
Next week d similar train VIII be
made no. perhaps with a slightly diff
fcreni personnel. to 90 to other points,
aud this rlan will be followed until all
cf the cities and principal towns on the
entire svsfcm hive been visited by the
heads o.. the various departments in a
body
Forn Closer Relations.
Assistant General Passenger Agen!
y. =. Spencer explained that the pur-
ose of Mr Bancroft s idea was to
bring the railroad people and the com
munities in closer touch-to establish
more intimate relation than even
now existed between them. "The off
Gals can thus become more tamIIla
with the needs and requirements OF
each rommunity.' he explained.
While Mr. Bancroft originated the
idea and fully intended TO accompany
the party on the first trip of the spe-
cial he was prevented from doing
so by an urgent message which called
him last night to San Francisco,
where he goes on official business, ac-
com anied BY General Passenger Agent
H. r.. BuTley and Assistant General
MANAGER +. Fl. knickerbocker.
That the trip will be productive of
beneficial and tangible results in the
near future is not doubted by any OF
the officials who have considered the
project.