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Show liiiuiy j:.ii!iJM.s. The Concert at the Beach Last Night It Will be a Semi-Weekly Attraction. BEIEF BOTES FE0M THE ROAD Traffio Manager Mellin on the Union Pa-cifio Pa-cifio Prosperity Eailroadi in Colorado Minor Notes. Passenger Agent Eccles of the Union Pacific, and Signor Campobello have arranged for a second concert at Gar-lield Gar-lield beach on Saturday night. The success of last night's veu-ture veu-ture has also decided Mr. Eccles to make these concerts tho attraction at the beach twice every week on Wednesday and Saturday nights. The programme for Saturday night has not yet been completed, but most of the performers have been secured. Among them will be Mme. Alberta Rowe, soprano; Miss Jennie Haw-ley, Haw-ley, contralto; Professor Krause, pianist; Signor Campobello and other talent. The Utah Nevada. Speaking of the proposed widening widen-ing of the gauge of the Utah & Nevada, Ne-vada, noticed in yesterday's Times, Engineer nnd Roadmaster Nicker-son Nicker-son said today that it was more tlmn probable that a third rail would be laid as far as Garfield within the next year, and that the lake trains would I then be run out of the Union Pacilic depot. Narrow gauge trains will, however, continue to bu run to Tooele and Stockton, and the Saltair branch will probably remain re-main narrow gauge. The business of the line from Garlicld to Stockton, he said, would not warrant a change of gauge. It is at tho same time out of the route of the proposed extension to the Deep Creek mining region in Nevada, Ne-vada, which will bo a broad gaugo from the start. It Wat A Grand Suerem. The grand concert at Garfield beach last night was a success in every way. The evening was cool and dolightful and the salt breeze wafted in from the lake was as pleasant as could have been desired. About 8000 people attended the concert nnd every available inch of space on the pavillion was occupied. It was charmingly decorated with colored liglits and Chinese lanterns. The concert lasted about an hour. The first number on the programme was a selection by the quintette club and it was followed by a violin solo, "Faust Fautasie," by W. E. Wiehe, which was enthusiastically received. Signor Campobello's rich baritone was never heard to better advantage than last night. "The Village Blacksmith" Black-smith" was his first selection and it was greeted by round after round of applause. ap-plause. Ilis second song, the Toreador song from Carmen, was received with tho same marks of favor. Prof. Krause's f iano solo loft nothing to be desired, t was rendered In a most artistic manner. man-ner. A second violin solo by Prof. Weihe was so loudly applauded that he was compelled to acknowledge it by rendering another selection, In all its part in the programme, the Quintette club did itself proud, and added to its already brilliant local reputation. The concort was but tho first of a series of similar entertainments, and General Passonger Agent Eccles of the Union Pacific deserves great credit for his enterprise in planning and carrying out the idea. There is no doubt that all the succeeding ones will be equally successful. suc-cessful. The Imperial Mandolin orchestra played soveral enjoyable selections, and tho efforts of the performers were warmly applauded. Union Pacific Prospects General Traffic Manager Mellen of the Union Pacific, in a recent interview inter-view says tho prospects of tho Union Pacific in Texas, in connection with the Donver, Texas & Fort Worth road, are very encouraging, and that tho Oregon Railway & Navigation linos will have a large business, as the crops in Washington Washing-ton nnd Oregon now harvested are abundant. Ho says the prospect is poor for a eoru crop in Kansas and Nebraska., Ne-braska., and speaks In gloomy terms of the immediate future for the new states of Tdaho, Wyoming and Montana. The purchase of the St. Louis & San Francisco road by the Atchison, be considers con-siders a very wise move, aud says the silver legislation will be Tery beneficial to tho territory covered by the Union Pacific, Knllroails in Colorado. Colorado railroads this season are very prosperous, and in some cases the earnings are calculated to Tie nearly 100 per cent more than those of last year. In faot, all of them havo had all of tho trallio they could handle since last spring. Tho Colorado Midland's earnings earn-ings are computed to be nearly 75 per cent innrn than last season, the Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth's as much or more than that amonnt, while the Kio Grande. Uuion Pacific, Santa Ye and Burlington & Missouri's are fully 100 per cent. The Rio Grande hasdeclared a dividend while expending a vast sum for extensions and improvements. Railway Notes. Herbert Smith has beeu appointed assistant general freight agent of tho Union Pacific at Denver vice Fred Wild, jr., promoted. The Alpine tunnel on the South Park railroad in Colorado has been closed and will never again open its doors to locomotives as it has long been considered consid-ered unsafe. Because of a misunderstanding in regard re-gard to the time of the return train, a number of the firemen came back from Provo last night over the Rio Grando Western. |