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Show I' I Western Pacific to Operate I . , II1 1 Through Passenger Trains I ''' if to the Coast. -1 " ; j I 14 ft UNION DEPOT OPENS !' FEW WEEKS EARLIER 'i j jljj Through Train Arrangements 11 ! jj and Trackage Rights Now j ; -h Being Fully Perfected. t'l nil Aumist 1 Is (ho date officially pet for I H ft ' th opening of tlic Western Pacific. ' i Freight traffic is now helnr handled with ; i K dispatch, less than four days being- re- I m I I quired for the run between Salt Lake 1 , ; I and San Francisco. By July 15. how- ' ' I ' S1 ever, the track will be In shape for pas- f. songcr service and two trains each way I ,' daily will be put inlo effect on August 1 ', Jif . All equipment has been promised prior H. ; j to that date, and the new union station jl 1 will bo occupied by the Rio Grande some J1 ( : '''L time before tho opening, f-, M The trains of the Rio Grande will como ,. (" H IjjJ Into Fourth West at Ninth South and I' h VS leave It lust above First South, curv-i curv-i .i j F & inS Into the present main line In Slxtn ', i i M West, and thence to Ogdon. The Weai- ' r-jifj cm Pacific will use tho samo curve from ' V m Fourth West, but at Sixth West It will i'rS -fi ;iiG continue due west on the present main UK line. 1 JUfff All affairs of the Salt Lake union de- A i m pot and railroad will bo bundled by tho n, RIo Grande. The Western Pacific will ' ;. officially have no part of the operation, J ; !,i but It will run Its own trains with Its f ; , 5 I'i own crews into the station. The man- 1 .,) ! ;Jt agement will bo vested In tho present f jU'f ! operating force of the Wo Grande. How- j) .'. )! . J ever, as a mere matter of record, half , 1 d f C the 'stock of the new company Is vested .! Jr In the Western Pacific. ! f f The question of local train service to t x V Garfield and Grants has not been detcr- ' H v. t' mined as yet. but ns soon as the through ,'i , j J ft trains are In operation this matter will it' ii' ' f receive consideration. ft -Jt ; i Tho matter of through cars with the 'H .i Rio Grande Is also yet to be considered. L ,J k- It Is said Hint the Burlington through ? l jl It cars from Chicago will rim over th" ,jt y l I ) Western Pacific, and In llou of train N'o. V f i ' 1 5 to Ogdon an elegant limited will run 1 ift 'ill through. |