Show Rail Veteran Recalls Days 0 Of Stage Stage- StageCoach Coach I Reminiscences of stage coach days and pony express riders were recited Sunday by Charles Thomas Husbands veteran of the Union Pacific as he celebrated his fifth eighty birthday anniversary and his sixtieth wedding anniversary sary at his home North Fifth West street Ive y s. s wy seen great changes in Salt Lake since I Iw w 1860 he said In those days we to stand at atthe the Main corner Street and Third South Street looking for fora a cloud the mouth of canyon that would Iler- Iler e aId the approach of pony nony I express riders y x lir Husbands prior to his mar mar- C. C T. T Husbands h hauled au e d stone that was used ip in construction of the Salt Lake theatre During his early manhood Mr 11 Husbands engaged in hauling supplies to Salt Lake Lale from Rawlins Wyo yo before the Union Pacific railroad had been I constructed In those days predictions were made that Salt Lake would have at least inhabitants Nobody believed it it though he said I am the oldest pensioner o of tile the Union Pacific he said I was placed upon the pension list In 1909 after continuous service that started start start- ell ed in 1869 and I have been drawing drawIng draw draw- Ing my pension steadily steadily- for the last twenty years ears Railroading runs In the family he said All of my sons either are or have been locomotive engineers A. A C. C Husbands my my youngest Is Isan Isan an engineer at Rock Springs W Wyo o C. C M. M is an engineer at Milford Bert is an engineer in Salt Lake Lalie and Jack who is in Los Angeles used to be an engineer but is in the oil business now |