Show Ill RAILWAY CIRCLES The Immense Increase in Salt Lake Freight Business lUG LUMBER BILL ROLLING IN The Ore hhipmcnts Jncreaslnpr bliccial to Park City Personal and General Points The growth of a city may safely be measured by the increase in the amount of freight handled han-dled by the railways running into it That the amount of freight hauled by the various roads running into Salt Lake has increased beyond all expectation may be evidenced by a visit to either of the depots within our limits A few days since we gave a brief sketch of the scenes of activity in and around the Rio Grande Western depot and a visit to the extensive exten-sive yards of the Union Pacific yesterday revealed fmtftrOen frter1 vealed a similar state of affairs Almost every inch of track was crowded with loaded cars there being barely room left for switching and the other necessary movements of the various trains the freight houses and platforms plat-forms are filled to overflowing and the delivery of goods is seriously hampered because of the fact that sufficient space is not to be had by which the goods might be handled properly Our yards are rather extensive said an old employee to THE HERALD yesterday in fact they now extend from North Salt Lake to Huslers mill What we badly need is what we are promised two big commodious freight houses one for the incoming the other for the outgoing freight We are also badly cramped for office room the quarters that were ample when first erected now prove altogether inadequate for our wants With modern facilities U3 per cent more freight could be handled with greater ease than our present volume is now What has neon the increase this yearS Vell that could not be given at a moments notice but it has been enormous and there is a perceptible increase almost daily At the present rate of increase the proportions by the end of the year will be simply astounding What have formed the principal shipments of late tcI do not know that there is any specialty The increase has been more of an allround nature I na-ture A notable feature just now however is I the immense amount of lumber coming in A turn through the yards confirmed the last statement There were at least rfl cars on the il tracks some filled and others partially unloaded un-loaded |