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Show WESTERN PACIFIC JUST A YEAR OLD The first anniversary of the openlna of passenger bualneaa on the Western Pacific Pa-cific will be celebrated by officers of thai road tomorrow. While the local officiate of the road have planned no apeelal program. It Is the Intention of a number of them to meet at lunch eome time tomorrow. Over In San Franrleco a rather more preten-tloua preten-tloua celebration will be held. While the road was not really opened for passenger business until August 12. 1910. the first passenger train over the road left Salt Labs City at 7 O'clock on the morning of August 10. carrying forty representatives of the leading newspapers) of I'tah. Colorado, Nevada and California. Cali-fornia. The special was In charge of E. t Lemsx, passenger traffic manager of the road, and an all daylight run waa made to San Francisco with receptlone at every town along the route. On August f 2 regular pessenger tralna were put In service with one trsln a day In each dl-i dl-i eet Ion Within the year thla service has been Increased to two trains a day he-tween he-tween Salt I-ake City and San Francisco and a number of additional tralna between be-tween California towns, with the promise that within a few monthe another through train will be added to the serv-- serv-- ' " |