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Show J "THE RAI'-rtOAO HtCOrlD. i Til. I. 1. lut Alall Cro on. - Tin R.U. TV. .lti.ion. 'J lit) fa -t uikI! on t!ie Union Pacific: is likened unto a cyo'one trying to gut out of the way of a thunderbolt. 'J ho schedule tlrna must 1) made despite gratia, curves, snow-sheds, tunnels and bridges. Xwo mad curs, a storage carj a coaeh for a few passengers and a big locomotive .n;:ko tip the fast mail. On leaving Omaha lifly tons of mail matter confront, the six clerks, who j work like Turks to distribute it by tho time (Jheyonuo is reached. Two clerks work the mail from Cheyenne Chey-enne to ().; -Ion. Tho crew of tho latter town make nix ro'.itnl trips a month Ti.O'iU miles a year. The r'.'itry business, tuo, occupies u (treat deal of I ho elor.s' attention. From Omaha the load consists of 1'ortv thioii'rh registered regis-tered pouches tor .Salt Lake, U,;deu uud various other towns. Tlio H, ii. W. l.ttonmuB. )nvr.ews. Whatever may bo tlio present intentions inten-tions of the. Kio (irando Western in re. gaid to an extension to tho 1'aeilie coast, it is very evident that the company com-pany propose to run branches to nil possible productive points in Utah, which are or can be made tributary to their line. The contract for the 'J intic extension which, leaves the main line at Spring i!le, liity miie.s east of Salt Lake, lms been let, ami will add ono hundred miles to its operating system by tho 1st. of December. Other extensions to prominent mining points are either hy in' constructed, or are in contemplation, contempla-tion, and in a few years tho Kin (Irando Wr-lorn Kysteni will l e. the controlling factor in the carrying trade of I 'tali, and aid eorre-pomlnyly in the developing develop-ing of tho natural resources of thai territory. liAitronrt Itf pjild. The arrival of tho H. (i. W. construction construc-tion train at Salina ye-terday afternoon was cheered by a crowd of 'peuple. Standard kUuye cars are expected to bo running to that point bv tiio middle of J":y' ' I |