| Show HUNS MST I 1 all records are beaten between sacramento and denver nine hours ahead ct ot and anti running faster than paca ena r the first fruit train over oer the western pacific from sacramento to chicago arrived in denver deaver Sati saturday irda night beating all fast freight records record between t een sacramento Sic und and denver dem er the time made b th the train etrain is rt girded b railroad men inen as ar at epoch making event among competing raids ro id 4 sas sa s the herald republican of sunday the train consisting of forti four cars left sacramento I 1 it wednes daylight day right manned by the pick of train areia 3 and the best ti igmos 4 the big train sped across the sierras and over the utah desert detert arriving in salt lake city at 12 40 1 p ni friday A stop of half an hour ns wade made here to ice the cars and change engine engines then the train ith a fresh cre cran N as turned boyc over r to t the denver and rio drande ami tand 1 for colorado about the ti time me the train left sic another ti tz am ain of about an aquil number of cars of fruit left over oer the southern pacific this fact gave rise to a report that a race was on bet between eon the southern paci pacific fl c and the western pacific this however is denied at the general offices of the oregon short line from the office of the general R manager of the latter road t was ascertained that no orders had been issued to exceed schedule time on any of the fruit trains between sparks and ogden while freight rates are the same on both roads there is a sharp competition for fruit business iut ut of the sacramento valley the al a 1 vantage seems to hinge on ott the time between sacramento and chicago time is everything to the fruit shipper |
