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Show I IN RAILWAY CIRCLES, i i Nat Brigham' s Account of the Trip to Chicago. SOME C00D NEWS FOR BINGHAM. An Kxtension of the Union Pacific to be Ituilt to the Old Reliable Carup General otes. Chicago, Til., May 25. Eoitor Times: The initial trip of the' "Rio Grande Western Chicago Limited" was a fflorious success from start to fiuish. No breaks, BO delays, no vexations. It was a matter of pride with the Salt Lake City Presa representatives representa-tives that it was a L'tah excursion, and that press reporters from various towns and cities along- the route displayed a keen interest in-terest in all that pertained to the condition and welfare of Ut;ih tirst of all giving the credit to the officials of the Rio (irande Western Tor the ihaittruratkm of the schedule by means of which Salt Lake City merchants re enabled to leave home at the seasonable hour of VtlS p. in. and reach Chicago at the seasonable and reasonable hour of 9:15 on the third morning just the hour for the transaction of business. Central Utah and Colorado are thus brought 'ii hours nearer the east than formerly over the same route. Tourists from San Francisco for the first time are enabled en-abled without loss of time to escape the desert trip between Ogden and Cheyennt, I viewing instead the charming scenery of the Rio Grande Western and the Colorado Midland. For the first time the California merchant has an advantage to come through Salt Lake. General Manager Welby accompanied the train as far as Newcastle. General Passenger Pas-senger Agent Bennett as far as Colorado Springs, and Station Agent Riley as far as Kansas City. The active management of the train devolved upon Assistant General Manager Smith of the Rio Grande Western and General Passenger Agent Lee of the Colorado Midland. They were royal hosts, fiewspaper men along the line Hocked to the train and were unstinted in their praises, both concerning the courtesies extended and the completeness and smoothness which characterized the details of the entire trip. From Salt Lake City to Chicago the newspaper news-paper fraternity displayed the keenest interest in-terest and activity in sounding the praises of the "flyer.'' They came in swarms. The Salt Lake contingent included Nat M. Brigham, Brig-ham, The Times; D. C. Dunbar, Htrrid; George C. Lambert, Demret Sam: R. J. Jes-aup, Jes-aup, Trihune; E. G. Woolley. jr., Ogden Standrurl ; VV. O, Edwards, western corre-epondent corre-epondent eastern press. The other newspaper news-paper men accompanying the train along the route were: John M. Whitton, Herald-DemtKrmt, Lead-ville, Lead-ville, Col.: C. O. Finch, Hepttblirtm, Denver; ill .1. Matthews, xVcto, Denver; A. 3. Wil-aon, Wil-aon, Denver; David Elliot. Telegraph, Colorado Springs; W. P. New-hard, Herald-Democrat, Herald-Democrat, Leadville, Col.; Edwin Price, y, urn, Grand Junction, Col.; David Fownes, Vsir, Aspen, Col. ; W. E. Rhode, Uniim Era, Aspen, Col.; J. M. llourey, Tiin.s, Aspen, Col. E. E. Merritt, -Sun, Aspen, Col.; Walter L. Wilder, Gazette, Colorado Springs; Henry 1). Nunn, Western Knifwiy, Denver; W. A. Loc, Clipper, Hutchinson, Kan.: John Sponster, New, Hutchinson, Kan. ; M. E. Kane, Xews, Hutchinson, Kan.; Warren Foster, Alliance Gazette, Hutchinson, Kan. ; Miss Nellie Fisher, Republican, Newton, Kan.; W. J. Allen, Hejitiblican, Newton, Kan.; C. L.Hand, JKaiixan, Newton, Kan.; C. V. Eskridges, Re. pubh'ean, Emporia, Kau. ; George M. Payne, Star, Kansas City; Frank A Marshal.ouriki, Kansas City: F."L. Vandergrift, Star, Kansas Kan-sas City; and representatives of Topeka and Lawrence daily press. At Topeka, Georye F. Nicholson, general passenger atrent of the Atchison, Topeka .t Santa Fe, and A. P. Tanner, assistant freight agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ee, joined the party. At Colorado Springs, Colonel Bob Inser-oll, Inser-oll, together with his wife and daughter, took the train for Topeka, where he lectured last night. Of course the colonel must see the reporters and the reporters must see the colonel. On the invitation of Messrs. Smith and Lee, the colonel came into the president's presi-dent's car and we were in turn presented, and, although somewhat fatigued by travel and lecturing, still the colonel lapsed at once into that off-hand manner of his which is his and his alone. He touched on topics I religious and political. The former the U world knows by heart ; the latter, as bearing ' on the conventions soon to convene, were briarht and raey and intensely interesting. He exposed himself very freely on present and prospective candidates more freel3-than freel3-than he should it seemed to me. But he charged us to tell no man, and we have not. The genial colonel chatted with us for fully four hours. No wonder the reporters like him. He likes them. He treats them courteously, cour-teously, and it is a jrood stroke of policy. The colonel inquired about Judge Goodwin and Colonel Hyde. In Chicago we were met by Mr. Packard ice-president of the Chicago Press club, who welcomed us in the name of the club and invited us to a bo ntiful lunch at their headquarters, Opie Reed presided. In the afternoon, nnder t lie iruidance of the press club, we visited the World's fair grounds. N t. M. Bricham. GOOD NEWS FOR BINGHAM. An Kxtension of tne Union Pacific to be Muilt There Railway Notes. The Tnuss announced the presence in this city a few days ago of E. C. Smeed, chief engh?.'er of the Union Pacific. With him were H. F. and Aaron Guthridge. surveyors in 1 1 is department. As Smeed very frequently frequent-ly comes to Salt Lake, the statistic collectors collect-ors on the ancient histories printed on West Temple street did not think it worth their vtiile to see either he or his companions, and in lieu of looking for a piece of news in his direction went into a state of clairvoyance clairvoy-ance and dreamed of interview ing murderers murder-ers not yet in custody. In fact, as TiiK Times g'oes to press today, one of the vigilant and efficient is now in the trance room collecting a lot of statements from the eminent Mr. Tascott. But to resume. Last year a preliminary Purvey was made from the main line of the the Union Pacific south f the city to Bingham. At the time this survey was made it was the good fortune of The Times to be the first to announce it, and this paper takes great pleasure in informing the Salt Lake public that the Union Pacific system is going to push an extension from a point north of Sandy to Bingham canyon and divide di-vide the traffic with the Kio (irande Western. It is for that purpose Mr. Smeed and associates asso-ciates visited Salt Lake and Bingham. An official of the company informed The Times last night of this condition of affairs, and asserted to a certainty that work would begin in a very short time. This information will circulate in Bingham this afternoon, and the inhabitants of that lively camp will go to bed rejoicing. The morning papers will print it tomorrow or Jeny it because of inability to obtain the facts. Railway Notes. President Clark of the Union Pacific loft Omaha mi Thursday morning for a western trip. S. H. Babcock has gone to Chicago to attend at-tend the meeting of the Western Traffic association. as-sociation. Corinne baa been made a common freight point by the Southern Pacific and gets the fame rates as Ogdeu. W. G. Sharp, superintendent of the Kio Grande Western coal mines at Schofield, was In Denver cn Thursday. The. press representatives who made the ! run to Chicago, on the fast train recently, j were given a royal welcome in Chicago. The Press club of the Windy City entertained the visitors at an elaborate banquet at which i speeches were made aud a good time gener- j ally was had. Under the caption of "Utah to Chicajro," the Denver AVtw says: The circular of the Rio Grande Western, calling attention to its special train from l'tah to the national democratic dem-ocratic convention, is attracting favorable j comment wherever it is seen. It is printed 1 in colors and in a highly poetical vein. Tlie j first page is resplendent in tho following 1 language: "From the mountains and the valleys ol the pleasant land of Utah will the ! mighty Tusearoras take the war trail of the j Kio Grande Western railway iif tltelr journey toward the rising sun. about the l&th day of j the moon of strawberries to join the grand : council of the tribe and mingle In the war I dance of the nations in the wigwam of Chi- I NgO by the big sea water." j |