Show salt lake route is now official name the sin san pe iro I 1 0 angeles silt salt lake railroad ib is to be hemmed in I 1 onor of one of the two mo mot t important cities n the line ba a the management mam mani gement it has been official ly designated as the bait salt like lake route for years piat U 11 e road has been designate 1 as the salt lal iler e R ute by the passenger traffic department and arid it nas at the suggestion of T C peck ger get eral passenger pas benger igent that the name has I 1 een a I 1 sted ba b the m ina gement of the roa I 1 the old name is to be dropped entirely ano salt lake route is t 11 J appear at it the ahe head of all company stationary by many mani persons particularly throughout the east the roa I 1 is gen orally known as the san pedr traffic officials officio ils argue that san pedro as is one of the smaller thins on the line and therefore the name asap plied to the road is insignificant while salt lake is one of the two most important tans the eastern terminus of the line and the town is entitled to such rec igmati in and the publicity that bould follow ani way bait halt lake I 1 is fir more distinctive then there la is another reason tor for the change ot of name in which the traffic department is vitally interest ed in the east the tike tand bill it g clerks are in pretty much of a rush all the time titue san pedro I 1 os angeles salt like lake requires quite a fe deft strokes of the pen and the clerks are inclined to take ill the short cuts po poa sible one of the best bet known hort cuts is to use the mi im bials instead of the names as ire quenta ii possible S P L A A 8 S L makes rather an awkward bunch ot of letters to string tring out with a pen that is it g ovet overtime time 0 o the clerks fell into the habit of ell elian in mating the lat la t four letters in rout ing by nim of the salt lake take route leaving just the S 8 P As a result a great deal ot of the business busine o is said to ha have e I 1 teen een di arte i 1 f from rom the salt lake R ute to the southern pacific in other mat me ine s the passengers have hae gone over one nad riad and the baggage oer the other and e without end re bulted by ensing the old name from all the guides and stationary and substituting the name salt I 1 ake R ute instead it is hope I 1 by the of the roid that a gi great eat deil ded of the con fusion vill ft ill be eliminated after properly holding all the stationary tation ary the officials of the corn com wish to have everybody call the road by the new name just to start the thing off right they are especially desirous of having the residents of utah forget the san pedro los angeles bait salt lak lake railroad and always remember to all call the loid zoid the salt lake route tribune |