Show A model railroad build ec one of the constant attra attractions eions to jubilee uslice visitors at salt lake city was 1 l the th handsome new building on west temple street now being erected by the oregon short line railroad as a 4 home borne for their general offices cei the structure is conceded by all to be the I 1 model railroad building of the west to conduct the business of a great road like the oregon short line with 4 its ti isoo 1500 miles of tracks requires a host bost of 0 departments each with its chief his assistants and scores of clerks and accountants coun tants none kono of these have been overlooked in this model building the structure was erected from plans drawn by the engineering department of the road and each clerk was coun ted fed 6 and a place made for him in the proper place that he might perform his duties with the least amount of necessary labor and surrounded by conveniences that would conduce to his greatest comfort forty large and airy office rooms are required to house all these employees the busiest and most visited of these departments is that of passenger traffic presided over by general passenger agent burley who in the four months tince since the segregation of the road from the union raci pacific fic has made for himself stlla a reputation that stamps him as one of the best passenger men in the country I 1 the passenger department is making an enviable record as being unsurpassed 4 by any western road in n point of comfort and quick time with its connections the short line has recently reduced the time between denver and portland and the sound about twelve hours in view of the heavy travel toward the klondyke gold fields of alaska reached only from this section bythe ly the short line this improvement has been doubly appreciated the system is to bo be extended by line hoe to the rich deep creek country in nevada which will eventually reach the coast at los angeles plans have already been prepared and are now being reviewed by the eastern officers ind and directors of the company and work will commence very soon |