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Show THE OllU-.lt WAV, There was little alarm folt at the announcement yesterday that the Union Pacilic headquarters and shops were to be transferred from this city to Ogden. The information came through channels chan-nels so obscure and through a paper so unreliable that the people instinctively discredited it. Now it turns out that so far from re- moving any part of tho Union Pacific business from Salt Lake, the contrary is intended. To use Superintendent Bancroft's own words: "l deilre to Riiy to the committee that we have about mada arraneiimnts, which will be consummated In a few days, to ru i all i f our passenuer trains solid from (Ireen Kiver. j Wyoming, to Salt, I.ako direct, without! channuig cars at Harden, as Is done at pres -nt This will make Salt Lake the terminus i f the main line, Instead of Ond n. as at present We are alfo makine arranuemeuts, which we hope to have complete 1 soon, to run all of our northern trains solid to Silt Like direct, without .'banKlng car, makine; this the terminus ter-minus for the Utah Northern." Thus it will be seen that instead of detracting from our importance as a principal point of the Union Pacific railroad it is to bo increased bv the practical location of the terminus in this city. Mr. Bancroft is the best railroad operator in the United States. It was for this reason that he w:is appointed to his present oflico. If he cannot regulate the traffic of the road to the best advantage of the company, and if he cannot ensore the greatest speed, regularity and safety of tho trains, no man can. And with his experienced eye he is quick to preceive that Salt Lake city is the one place in his division from which to manage the line with the utmost efficiency and economy. Zion is still headquarters. |