| Show THE JUNCTION e promised fat train passes on Tiffie coams ainer ib first th both fadl Canal Court ivins Ii ins ii letl TRIP OF THE FAST mill oia bew aorl to igdon in ac hours anil 12 minutes tha first through fast mail train ora new yorla to san francisco wed through ogden yesterday lorning at a m twenty two boutes lae this is aa event of great internet to ie and especially so to the aties of the chait in this age of electricity and steam e have become eo accustomed to hie invents ans that have made ravel a pleasure and have brought us ito such close communication ith oar distant neighbors that it is to reainza that it is a little nore than twenty years since the last pike wa driven on the union pacific the seaboard sea board cities 0 the ast with this cintr county and the seaboard sea board cities of I 1 ha pa itic thirty years ago bo united states nail was carried across alm plum ud over the mountains to the coast ay carriers once a week and one pouch w as to tike care ol 01 mail matter for the coast it taking weeks to make the trip now ii tokea four large cars each day containing tons of matar to carry the mail to and from the and instead of taking weeks to make the trip it is carried through from the atlantic to the pacific coast in lisa than soar days aid a half A party on a epenial to green left the ogden union depot at 1023 sunday morning in the luxurious private car of J V parker attached to the second section of train no 2 the party on board as the guests ot the union pacific railway consisted of the following gentlemen geo II 11 durbrow THE J H anderaon and J A buttle salt lake deseret news R J jessup sail lake C S nica Is salt lite stines K G salt lake herald A U ojen dily commer cial ahe train was very heavy consisting of fourteen car and it lost eighteen minutes between ogden and evanston Eva neton mr foote the union pacific anent at joined tha pirty at eliat pla e and accompanied them to green river l evanston Ev auston the rain lost nine minutes more green kiver at p m just one hour behind Ech edole time the eagerly looked for mail train came panting into green kiver at p m ten minutes late the party baring reached their destination ti bat ten minutes ahead on its arrival mr clarence broan general advertising abent of the union pacific came into mr ParL erB cerand gave all a very ordial inai ution to join his arty the baat mail left new york at 9 p m thursday Thu the reaching chicago at a m on friday tile train on leaving chicago carried the following named officials and of the presa flar alexander G ant assistant to general superintendent bill headquarters at captain J E white superintendent railway mail service headquarters at chicago jno M assistant postmaster at chicago berneat lambert new york tribune F U daneka new york world U R waddell chicago in ur ocean chicago tribune and E G seamour mour chicago herald at amaba general manager E E dickinson general advertising agent clarence and K J clancy of the omaha bee joined the merry party the train left omaha at p m saturday at denver the party was joined by frank arkins ot the denver A eim aud robert baue gaue of the denver the was made quick and without daisy after l aaning cheyenne when a loss of twenty minutes occurred by burning out the boxing on one of the wheels of the tender the presented a biebe as it came into green river all the cars were new and handsomely painted in a rich dark olive green on the sides was the union pacific shield tn red white aad blue and juat below ahe boora the words the fast mail in handsome gilt loiters at green river the tram waa divided in two sections one going over the oregon short line to portland and the other direct to ban the san francisco section consisted of two mail cars one express one dining one pullman sleeper and the luxurious private car of president dewitt of the chicado and wee tern occupied by the official and press representatives by gome error the train started oat from green river after connecting the veiling car without the official car and the mistaken aa not noticed until they had run out about two miles it was just p m when the train lett jdeen river conductor wolcott in charge ani engick r dowries at the throttle fifty two minutes calp the run from there to ogden a distance of one hundred and eighty eight miles wai made in exactly five hours making an average of nearly thirty seven and a half milea an hour on leaving green river the from ogden and salt lake joined the party in the official car and were introduced trod by mr brown to all present and the of the evening nai ebent in convert alien what the lans 0 the pai ty opre for the balance of the trip waa informed that on reaching san the party would proba bably spend to daya in that city one day in portland oregon on the baet mall via the oregon bhart line TUB ia indebted to mr J V parker aad mr 0 A henry for the courteny cour tery of an invitation to ita representative to take this ap and for favors extended oti the journey on reaching ogden the tru n re thirty minute during which baggage and engine were changed frank houston with his faithful scat showed bis eagerness to start on the journey while conductor peter Put irson teok ci arge of the train when the signal was given houston threw the throttle wide open and before alie twenty fourth street croe aing was reached ho was gaid to bu going at the arte rte 0 thirty boiles roiles an hour there here made only two stops on the whole division to wells one in takina off the helper at promontory and the other changing at terrace houston made lie distance over thit hilly coun ry at the rate of thirty one an hour she fah into eilo ELKO nev nov IS aca first fast mail on the union pa ciao reached her on lime noth withstanding extraordinary laet time from council to aden the rua wai ehlt any difficulty thirteen tons of mail were on board the limited a omaha and no withstanding the numero oa amount ot mail matter it was h roughly worked up and ready for ita several distribution before green was reached the junction where the fat fa t mail reporters from the california fast mail it n time press KOT 18 alie limite baet mail pulled out of ceven minutes late bod at gumboldt nev a point 1390 miles west 0 the train arrived on time reaching here at in the aero oon |
