Show NE ERA OPENED V FOR UTAH REALM REAt Resources of Mountain Land Shown to Wondering Eyes of World BIG MISSION OF RIO GRANDE I Pioneer Il n. n Hallway 11 3 Let Lai March of Progress c t 1 and Growth Grouth of or Jibing Cities The Tho era cra of ho tho Iron horse seems really to have havo begun bee in hi earnest over here lucre between the mountain ran ranges cs Railroads oas are reaching out into all the country around about Salt Lake and under their civilizing cl influences the country around about Salt Lake pioneer dreamed It ever could couill What wonderful changes have ha been wrought b by time the railroads in tho the mountain mountain moun moun- tain taht within the thc last two decades It seems but yesterday that the Denver C Rio Illo Grande treat eret timidly with its narrow gauge out rout Denver Den Deu- vet vcr towards Pueblo What hat a wonder It was to us then with lien with its playthings of engines and cars Am Arts then later lall how wo sou gloried in its coura courage c when It plunged ell Into Ino the 10 de depths of oC the Royal noal Gor Gorge e and emerged at Lead while JIll among the thc Clouds Was as there ever anywhere another such a restless bu busy bravo blavo little railroad 1 as that pioneer Rio Grande It wiggled wh Into er e every canyon canyon canyon can can- yon with a 1 carn camp in Iii it it worl worked ell around mountains crossed mountains crossed on stilts stills over chasms chasm and anil clin clinging ln for dear life to the thc peaks its brave little trains swept along awa away up under beetling crags that catch the first splinter of sunshine where on only I the gre grey of or the dawn is stealing Mealing to the thc plains below It made a a. city of oC Denver D by y opening to her trade ratio all her rIch o-ll o near and remote remote and and then wi wt wim a world beyond to conquer dou lell led and twisted itself over the bac bone bonc of the continent and before t tie Ie world worl 1 was half haIr awake to the wont wo ml 1 r 0 of tho achievement ha lunch 1 c l I. I Utah through her hel Castle Gates an be beside side time the Great Greal Salt SnIt Lake Boom l' l time tile ni Big Uig ll West cit t. t And AmI all the while In print and picture with songs song in way yme me and I prose Major ose in-ose Major Hooper the tho inevitable and his passenger pa department were t-were were giving gl out to la all tho time world t the e glories glor glor- glories lor ies les of oC the mountains and anti the tory lor of their heir treasures With Uh the broadening of or its t tributary country into a Ion arcs region of oC pm pI production luelon and population the population the road bt bl la in a gauge g-auge and equipment I 1 today It t ranks among the great S sy systems tens lems of oC our OUI countr country f When wo we think of or all aU the tine Rio Hio Grande has done one toward the ii Ing ng of ld an na 1 H ll yonder j w o Is It that w we we e arc atc are prou proud of it it fl ti lW r fc- fc I joke jolce when hen the forces behind it begin the forging of or the last link needed to tomake tomake make it part of or a railroad chain reaching from ocean to ocen This last link the link tho Western Pacific Is is already well Veil under way and with I in three years ears will be in full operation from Salt to San Francisco In- In will be the value of or Its Influences In the development of or the great gnat re region lon that lies Hes to the west Under its spur Nevada will quicken Into Inlo a life far stronger than that lint of oC her b bygone one days And this time It will be bo lasting lIng for tor the fifteen hundred millions taken fort forty years ago irum rom her mines arc are as nothing to the treasure treas treas- treasure ure yet undisturbed in it her hills The road will reach old camps and bring many man new ones Into c. c existence It will mal make o possible the tho shipment of oC ores w which need but choo cheap transportation to lo bo Lo fortune makers and makers and all nil In all all all- It will work worl wonders all over Nevada An And SnIt Salt Lake what Labe-what what will be bc her profit t That too is incalculable With Witha a producing Nevada e added to her do tie- dominion minion with competition to ta and from irom tho the coast with an endless stream of or human and freight meeting freight meeting and antI pa passing ing hero every 11 day a and with all of the oter things material which always happen halpen to stimulate a n city when great railroads conspire to make it a center will center will not Salt Lake realize her cyer every dream of future greatness Salt Lakes Lake's Great Future It seems certain that she will and that thai a city here herc of tremendous Importance Im In- is iR fully aRS' aRS assured Already the thc arc are at work worl to bring li Ing this result about The Initial arrangements for the new nosy road have been made and out of oC the time ml mists t of or uncertainty uncertainly spears In outline the splendid proportions of the time great glent union station which the time Western estern Pacific Pa Pa- cHic end th the Rio Grande pro are 1 to build at Third South and amI Third Thirll West cat streets rooms t now mints about read ready for this thi improvement to bogin begin tad and with spring wo we ma may expect It It fh The Tho proportions and cost o of the line structure are arc guarded 1 s secrets but the time writer has hag received hints enough from headquarters headquarters head head- quarters to convince con him that when whets all nil IH is done the Rio Itlo Grande Western Pacific station on Third South street will JJ be bo a thing of or beauty an and 1 a joy em cr With ith a grand entrance from rent Third South street and massive masonry masonry ma nm- two or more morl high extending extend l ing i for about half haIr a square from the center north and south fouth the whole holo surmounted stir sur mounted with a tower tuwer of strength all and amid beauty beauty beauty- the station cannot fall fail to please Within the writer niter is told will I be placed o er every thing for Cor the convenience convenIence convenience conven conven- and comfort of passengers and awl the facilitation of business s all to illustrate illustrate illus illus- the most modern methods of construct construction bit and amid nr-an nr arrangement arm r. r The site sito for the station measures 1452 feet In length by Cl In width width width- and Is considered ideal All hall hail to the tho Rio Grande and the Western Pacific May Alay Ia thc they live lon lonan long an and prosper |