Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-17 | Page 2 | U. P. President Visits Salt Lake

1 SL Visitor I I v 1 5 i 52 o- o i 5 i c ck k CARL R. R GRAY UI u. Pi P. PRESIDENT SAlT lA LAKE f fT East T Taking ing E Enthusiastic Inter Interest st in Dam Carl Gray Says You Xou would hot expect the average average aver iet age easterner to take Lake lake laken an n U tic Interest r st In in th Boulder Boulder dan dam projeCt t said Carl Cali It R R.- R. Gra Gray president of at the Union Pacific s system stem who arrived in Ip Salt I Lake k from Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles goles Wron Wednesday and nd yet l every evry move nove- nove in the big undertaking is followed fol- fol owed lowed lowed closely This Is because the huge proportions proportions lons of ot the enterprise appeal to tot t the he e American as as a a. a class The dam dams damIs Is s really a s symbol of the the west west its Its romance romance and vastness Mr Gm said construction of the Union Pacific branch railroad from froma a point near near Las Ve Vegas s to the HI ih- ih yards ards about seven miles nines from rom the damsite would comm commence as 50 soon on as as' as it Is announced is by- by bythe the government that work Is Isto to st start rt on the dam He was was va-s va accompanied by Frank W. W Robinson vice president In n charge of traffic and J. J L. L Ha Haugh ugh and E E. E. E Adams the later lat lat- t- t tr er two to being assistants to th the pros pros- ident dent 4 B Both h Mr Gr Gray Cray a and d Mr Robinson commented upon the Increase in the amount of passenger r travel Into the thew w west vest St this season The Increase has not nat been due e solely to the number of f conventions on the coast this sea season eason n but is noticeable also also In the amount mount ot of tourist travel Mr RobInson Robinson Rob Rob- Inson pointed d out th that t unfavorable or ble Weather conditions during the spring throughout the midwest and east cast were er reflected ted Immediately tel in an anIn Jn- Jn cr rease e In train travel tro to the west B Being ln in the passenger ass n er end d of or railroading Mr Robinson centered hIs ils comment on n passenger travel to the he west Southern Utah Neva Nevada Newala a and nd northern Arizona a a. general territory tapped by the Union Pacific Pa Pa- elfie Is presenting n a L very er int Interesting resting new ew field for for- forthe the tourist from the ast east The north rim of ot the Gr Grand nd c canyon Zion National park vanous various van van- varl- varl ous us canyons cs caves and archeological discoveries s in that general genera territory are r re attracting tm travelers travelers-In yel rs in gr greater atei- atei n umbers mb rs v I