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Show "LliiiTCD" IS v UP TO SCHEDULE . . . i Kev Trdi Di:e to Ar-iiveiaScit Ar-iiveiaScit Lake This Afternoon. . GREEN RIVES, Wyo., Dec. 19. The new Los Angeles Limited flyer broke all regular train records in its run last night across Wyoming, and at Harna passed the Overland train, hitherto the fastest transcontinental train, in spite of a two hours' handicap handi-cap out of Chicago; The train will arrive ar-rive at Salt Lake- st 4 o'clock. The limited" has thus far been unrivaled for speed, excepting by the Alice j Roosevelt special. ' " ' "Los Angeles Limited arrived Green River 8:55 this morning, changed engines en-gines and crew and left a. m. on time to the second, All on board well fed, happy and healthy." . This was the word received from General Gen-eral Manager Bancroft shortly after, tile Limited had passed Green River and commenced Its run within territory controlled from the Salt Lake offices of the Union Pacific . If it keeps up the splendid record already al-ready made on Its maiden trip across the Western half of the continent It -will arrive In Salt Lake this afternoon at 4:05. " A "wait qf ten minutes for the changing of crews and engines and the last third of the run will have commenced com-menced with every berth taken. In eddltlon to the regular passengers who have purchased berths at Chicago and other points along' the. route there are a' score of newspaper 'men from New York and other cities,, guests of E. L. Lomax, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific. Here they will be Joined by T. C. Peck, assistant general passenger agent of the Salt Lake Route, il C. Fennessy. superintendent of dining din-ing service, and W. R. Wallace, chief electrician, who villi continue back to Los Angeles'. JCenneth C. Kerr, traveling trav-eling passenger agent of the road, has . been Invited by Mr. Lomax to Join his party of newspaper men at this point and accompany them to their destination. destina-tion. All reservations from this point were sold last night except one or two upper berths. |