Show CHANGE GAUGE TODAY Last Narrow Train eaves l Park City L I CI I THEN RAILS WILL MOVE New Broad Gauge and Tunnel Will be Operated Tomorrow Morning History of tho Utah Central nnd How it Camo into the Hands of the Rio Grande Western Man Killed in Shaft at Sherman HillWatch Question Will be Amicably Settled Railroad Notes When the Utah Central train No It 1 leaves Park City this afternoon it will be the last nunowgtiugc train over the road Immediately after its passage pas-sage the line will be changed to broad gauge and tomorrow morning the trains will run over the now line and through tho tunnel Thus another narrowgauge line will pass away leaving only the Garfleld beach branch asrepresentative of a once popular style of railroad General Superintendent Welby Chief Engineer Yard and Roadmoslcr Groves went up the line yesterday to see that everything is in readiness All the narrowgauge equipment will be brought out ahead of the passenger train today and stored here The passenger pas-senger ars are on broadgauge trucks to be used until the Silver King Limited Lim-ited goes In service The Utah Central was a consolidation I of the Utah Western Salt Lake Eastern and Salt Lake Fort Douglas j It was chartered April 1S90 succeeding to the rights and franchises of those little roads John W Young had built them and organized the row company his purpose being to build to Colorado via Vasatch county and the reservations I reserva-tions The name Utah Central was given It as the original Utah Central had been absorbed by the Union Pacific I Pa-cific This caused considerable trouble trou-ble and mistakes I On November 27 1893 the road was placed In the hands of receivers and on February 12 1894 the issue of 8100 000 of receivers certificates was authorized author-ized the amount to bo expended on various improvements But owing chleny to the fact that the Union Pa ePic at that time controlled Park City traffic and the Rio Grande Western could not interchange with the Central Cen-tral thc little road had a hard timekeeping I keeping up I In Jung 1S97 the road was sold at foreclosure at the city and county building Representatives of the bondholders bond-holders a local syndicate and the Rio Grande Western were Ion hand to bid In I tho property and Frank Pierce after running the bids far above the upset price made a Air Untermeyer of New York take it at a figure 100000 more than ho would have had to pay had ho understood the situation better The Rio Grande Western immediately look the matter up wllh the New York purchasers and secured all the Utah Central stock leased the road and guaranteed the 5550000 4 per cent twentyyear gold bonds An additional addition-al 100000 In bonds was reserved In the treasury for future betterment The Western began to operate the properly on June 1 1S9S and Immediately Immedi-ately the little road began to lift lib head It secured many freight contracts con-tracts and by putting on separate passenger trains and other improve meats earned enough to show what it was capable of doing Tho announcement was made last fall that the road would be broadgauged and the tunnel bored at Altus This will be completed this afternoon |