Show ALTON LOOKING WEST Follows Lead of Other Lines i With Through Cars SALT LAKE MECCA FOR ROADS Lake and Other Attractions too Vnlu ablo to bo Overlooked Alton in with Kansas Pacific Stilwolls Road Seems Assured Pact licw Bugfbcar Arises In New York to I Worry Freight MenBrond Gauging Gaug-ing of Utah Central Postponed for a Short Time Railroad Notes I That Salt Lake 5a the Mecca Cor Western railroads no longer seems doubtful The Chicago Alton Is the latest system to cast Its eye toward the selling sun spurred on probably by the activity displayed by 1 the Hock Island and the Burlington which two roads make a great v < > rtfslng display = of their Salt Lake through sleepers The Illinois Central has also arranged for a through sleeper to San Francisco via Salt Lake It Is to run In connection connec-tion with the Rock Island Rio Grande and Southern Pacific w Ut stopover II privileges In Salt Lake City The company has arranged to Include the j lake In Its advertisements all of which j will be another advantage to Salt Lake The Altons scheme Is Ja direct line With The Tribunes article the other day on the coming Kansas Pacific Improvement The Alton will put on another fast train from Chicago and St Louis to Kansas City to connect there with the Kansas division of the Union Pacific for Denver and Salt Lake Through sleepers will be 1 < put on for Denver and another is to be called I the Salt Lake sleeper The latter j however will run through to Portland and Salt Lake Is Included owing to its rUtractivo force In this way the Alton i fan In Chicago and St Louis territory I work up a nice passenger business for I Denver Salt Lake and Portland with all their attractions as drawing cards I and at the same time the Union Pa cifics main line trafllc via Omaha will i not he disturbed The Kansas division will be improved for fast time and the line given every opportunity to work Its up own earn I lags and the prediction that It will Bhowsuch Increase as has not been dreamed of |