Show THE SCENIC LIMITED PROVES PROVE GRAND SUCCESS fast train between denver and salt lake has been inaugurated by rio grande western salt lale lake city monday june 4 1906 will be a date chronicled in utah history of much import that being the day upon which the first limited train ever run between denver and salt lake city reached the city by abs tbs th great salt lake the rio grandes scenic limited reaching salt lake city at 8 a in on scheduled time having on board major S ac K hooper and other officials and a delegation of colorado and utah newspaper men nho aho made the trip as the guests of the denver rio grande railway corn pany this palatial annihilator of time between denver and salt lake was in charge of major S K hooper who completed the trip to salt lake frank A wadleigh elgh general passenger agent who came with the crowd as tar far as glenwood and then went back to denver J M smith di superintendent for the pull man company and T A dempsey sul BU of dining car service for the rio grande and the guests besides the guests there was a splendid complement of passengers from the minute the train pulled out on the dot of 8 the new schedule eche dula worked to a charm palmer lake colorado springs pu ablo and calida salida found the train arriving just a safe shade ahead of time the long pull up to malta the lead ville junction point was waa made as smoothly as it if it were level road and from there down the western slope was easy sledding the trial trip proved that the twenty four hour bour run will be a simple matter un under der anything like ordinary conill condl tlona eions and will leave ample provI for or re covelly of time in case of acel dental dela a one of the ceremonies of the trip was the opening of the logbook of the scenic limited a beautifully bound volume in which a record of the first journey Is to be duly inscribed the newspaper paper contingent made the first contribution to the book in the form of a letter to major hooper in doted by 11 8 rogers of denver and ani amended ended by various others the newspaper men will be talking for dome time about the wonders of that hat train and of the ride through the chies one might almost thinie to hear bear thorn them tell about it that there reier ney was wan in all the world so BO fine a train or such splendid scenery and utahna will hardly contradict the ai bertion immediately upon their arrival in salt lake city the visitors were taken in n charge by colonel I 1 A benton gen er eral a agent of the passenger departs depart merit ment of the rio grande roads in this territory and representatives of th the press club of salt lake this superb train service abed by the rio grando grande will prove ot incalculable benefit to utah the latest bit of original advertising of utah and its resources put out by the rio grande western la Is a superbly illustrated booklet written by edward P colborn and issued by tits the ger department of 0 the denver rio grande railroad entitled A glimpse of utah its resources attractions and natural wonders it la Is in fart a brief history of the state from the time of its settlement by the followers of brigham young up too to the present time with a brilliant pen and photographic portrayal of its ita industries its principal points of interest Inte reet and every day life in this favored state this publication will doubtless be of la last t ing benefit to utah and reflects graft great 9 credit upon the enterprise of the R rid grande western officials |