Show THE SCENIC LIMITED PROVES GRAND SUCCESS fast train between denver and sal lake has been inaugurated by rio grande western salt lake city monday june 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 the great salt lake the rio grande s scenic limited reaching salt lake city at 8 a m on scheduled time having on board major S hooper and other officials and a delegation of colorado and utah newspaper men who made the trip as the guests of the denver rio grande railway corn pany this palatial annihilator of time be tween denver and salt lake was in charge of major S hooper who completed the trip to salt lake frank A wadleigh assistant general passenger agent who came with the bowd as far as glenwood and then went back to denver J M superintendent for the pull man company and A dempsey su perin of dining car service tor the rio grande and the guests be lides the guests there was a splendid complement ot passengers from the minute the train pulled out on the dot of 8 the new schedule worked to a charm palmer lake colorado springs pu abio and calida salida found the train arav ing just a safe shade ahead of time the long pull up to malta the lead junction point was made smoothly as if it were level road and from there down the western slope atvas easy sledding the trial trip proved that the our hour run will be a simple matter under anything like ordinary condl lions and will leave ample provision tor recovery of time in case of ace fiestal delays one of the ceremonies of the trip tyas the opening of the logbook of the scenic limited a beautifully bound volume in which a record of the first lourney is to be duly inscribed the newspaper contingent made the contribution to the book in the torm of a letter to major hooper in bulted by H S rogers of denver and amended ty various othera the newspaper men will be talking for some time about the wonders of that train and of the ride through the one might almost think to hear them tell about it that there was in all the world so alne a train or such splendid scenery and utahna will hardly contradict the as bertion immediately upon their arrival in aa 1 lake city the visitors were taken in charge by colonel I 1 A benton gen eral agent of the passenger depart ment of the rio grande roads in this territory and representatives of the frees club of salt lake this superb train service inaus ir abed by the rio grande will prove ol 01 incalculable benefit to ufah the latest bit of original advertising af utah and its resources put out by he rio grande western is a superbly illustrated booklet written by edward F colborn and issued by the ger department of the denver rio grande railroad entitled A glimpse ol 01 utah its resources attractions and natural wonders it is in fact brief history of the state from the time of its settlement by the followers of bangham young up to the present time with a brilliant pen and photographic portrayal of its industries its principal points of interest and every lay life in this favored state this publication will doubtless doubt lebS be of last ang benefit to utah and reflects great credit upon the enterprise of the rio brande western officials |