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Show H RAILROAD OFFICIALS H VISIT CEDAR. H Tho railroad officinla of the Union H Pacific railroad, including W. S. Bnti- H scngcr, paBHcngor rnffic manager; 1 A. L. Craig, general pnBscnger H agent; J. A. Reeves, general freight H agent, all of Omaha, Neb.; Eyre H Powell, publicity man; Lawrence H Mcrringcr, manager of tho Salt Laku H Transportation company; Major B Wesley E. King, Mrs. Armstrong, H wifo of the general construction cn- H ginccr for tho U. P., and others, ar- H ' rived in Cedar from the north last H week and were joined hero by Ilcbcr H J.vGrnnt, president of the L. D, S. H ! church; Prcs. Antono Ivins. Apos- H tie G. A. Smith, President II. W. H Lunt, Randall L. Jones and other B prominent men of Cedar and the fl party went on to Zion nnyon and tho H Grand canyon. Leaving President B ' Grant's party at tho rim of the B Grand canyon, the railroad men B went to Dryco and to Panguitch, H whera they wcro entertained by the H ctiumbcr of commerce of that city. B From Panguitch tlicy went to Paro- B wan and wcro banqueted there on H ," Saturday evening. H Early Sunday morning, tho visl- H ton), together with several car loads H of Parowan people, ibft for a tour H of Cedar Breaks via Parowan can- H yon. After spending the greater part B l of tho day viewing the magnificent H scenery, they returned to Parowan, H tho visitors coming on to Cedar H ' whero they stopped for u short time H beforo going on to Lund and back to H Salt Lako City. M W. S. Bassenger or tho party, ex- H pressed himself as hopeful that Utah H would wako up to tho opportunities H presented by tho scenic region of H Southern Utah and by united action H ! on the part of the people would soon H mako it accessible to a large tourist H traffic. Mr. Bassenger said that con- M nccting roads, linking the galaxy of fl attractions, aro tho prime requisites B and 'in order for the Union Pacific M , '" system to do for this country what H it has done for tho Yellowstone and M , other scenic places of national fame, H it must know that the tourists it H sends here can be conducted safely, H quickly and comfortably from the H i rullroad at Lund to the various H points of interest. H Tho railroad party made tho trip H for investigation purposes and tho H survey made included special investi- H , gation of tho connecting roads as H they now stand, necessary improvc- H ments and tho possibilities of new H road construction that would ma- H tcrially reduce tho distance of a loop trip between the four points of at- traction. This, it i3 declared, will bo necessary beforo largo exploitation H of the country can be made and n M big flow of traffic directed this way. |