Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-27 | Page 7 | Old Depots a Disgrace

" ' ' ' " . w' ' ' t . ; i. . J'i.wV .1- O. v RcbtlvccfAiralCciTcy Is Surprised at Salt Laic's Staticns. . Amonfcr the arrival at tha Kenyoa yeterday v.aa Adelbert M. Dewey, special agent of the U. S. Department, of Labor, who la of the eatae family aa -the "hero of Manila bay." Mr. Dewey Is returning eaat from Tacoma, where Kb contracted to pur-chaae pur-chaae one. of tha finest hotels In the city. . - About four years ago he spent several months In Salt Lake, compiling statistics statis-tics for the Government. Strange to say, that which Impressed him most on his return waa the fact that tha same depots that were In use here at the time of his former visit 1 still rreet the visitor with their dilapidated, dilapi-dated, relic-of-bygone-days appearance. appear-ance. "I notice many Improvements about the city," he said, "but waa greatly surprised when I alighted from the train to see the old ramshackle buildings build-ings that rnlght well have been considered consid-ered a disgrace to this city ten years ago still doing duty as depots. "I undersepod when here before that they were to be replaced by a beautiful union depot building that would Impress Im-press a visitor on his arrival with the fact that a modern city has been reached. Aa it Is, a person might think he waa alighting at some little country town that bad outlived Its progress."