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Show j GOLD MEDAL A WARD V The Salt Lake Route-Union Pacific building at K the Panama-California exposition at San Diego Hi has been awarded a gold medal for the unique H features of their building and the attractive dis- H plays therein. H The structure is known as the Salt Lake K Route-Union Pacific building, and was erected for H: the purpose of serving as an international trans- H portation center and to provide information to world travelers and comfort to exposition visitors. visit-ors. The building contains rest room for ladies and children, with maid in attendance, information informa-tion bureau and telephone booths, smoking room for gentlemen and other accommodations. At either end of the main reception room large painted maps of the Salt Lake Route and Yellowstone Yellow-stone National park are shown on the walls with the exact topography of the country tributary. The entire front of the building is of glass transparencies trans-parencies showing the natural resources of the country traversed by the Salt Lake Route and Union Pacific System. This is said to be the first building of its kind ever erected at any exposition for a publicity exhibit. The special rest room provided for the entertainment of visiting railroad men is one of the prominent features. At the close of the exposition the building will probably be donated for use of the exposition park officials. |