The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-21
BUSH IS EXAMPLE
OF STRENUOUS LIFE
Head of Rio Grande Puts in
Busy Day; Other Off
Gals Here.
MAKE TRIP TO BINGHAM
Railroad Chief viii Today
Visit Ogden and Then
Proceed Eastward.
MAKE TRIP TO BINGHAM

The programme followed out by the
Gould officials Yesterday in this vicin-
Ity is evidence enough to convince any
unbclievcr that the new president OF
the Denver s. Rio Grande, Benjamin i.
Bush, will Let no grass grow under his
feet. At about 10 o clock yesterday
forenoon Mr. Bush and Charles III.
Schlncks, vice president of the Denver
& Rio Grandc and the Western Pacific,
were in the office of w. II. Bancroft,
vice president and general manager Of
the Oregon Short Line, where they
made friendly cali OF about half an
hour. The shops and yarGs of the
Gould system here were then visited,
and at about ] clock the officials
started to Bingham.
w. :. Martin, assistant general man
agcr Of the Denver & Rio Grande, said
last night that only hurried trip was
made, the object being to get general
idea of the condition of the road, "We
left Salt Lake City at about ] clock, -
he said, "and went to Bingham over
the Denver & Rio Grande, then over
the Bingham G. Garfield to Garfield
and from there to this city on the
Denver & Rio Grande by way Of Welby
and Midvale.
Busy Every Minute.
"Wc enjoyed the trip as VIC have
enjoyed all Of the time that we have
spent here, despite the fact that we
have been on the move most of the
time. Tomorrow we will go to Ogden
and then will leave for Grand juno
ton, Mr.. Schlacks, | understand, will
Ip9Nn For bIG hp1 lnn in J'ran
cisco tomorrow, There is nothing to
say about the improvements except
that those needed will be made. When
we return to headquarters there will
be general summing up of the in.
formation gathered, and then we will
be In position to announce our
plans" "
Four of the higher traffic officials of
the Missouri Pacific arrived in this
city at about midnight Friday night,
so that there was an unusually large
number of Gould officials at the Hotel
Utah Yesterday morning. These traf-
fic officials are i. NJ johnson, vice
president in charge Of traffic Of the
Pacific and Iron Mountain;
c. l.. Stone, passenger traffic manager
for the two roads; j. n Citizens, gen
eral freight agent for the two roads,
and X. M, Wharry, general freight
agent for the Missouri Pacific. Mrs.
Johnson is accompanying her hus-
band.
Not in Bush Party.
eve have nothing to do with the
trip taken by Mr.. Bush and his par
tv.' said Mr., Citizens last night. "We
are on business trip. all Of lis trav-
cling in private car, entertained
my associates of the traffic department
at luncheon ut the Commercial club
TODAY. In addition TO our party we
had at the luncheon Of J, j. Kavanaugh,
agent of our roads here;
5. H. Love, commercial agent for the
Il. G. M. l., and w. S. Mccarthy COM
mercial agent for the Salt Lake Hard.
ware company.
Business is the object of our visit
and we will go from here to Los An
geles over the Salt Lake route, then
TO San Francisco and from there we
will return TO Salt Lake City over the |
Western Pacific in about two weeks
The special car left over the Salt |
Lake route for Los Angeles at mid
night last night.