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Show -oo , , oeen fast mm i 1 j Shor - man pacific 1 1 tribu j M( Salt Lake, Jan. 29. As a result of ?8ed a speed war between the Burlington- ?We Union Pacific-Southern Pacific combi- 06611 nation and the Santa Fe route, for tute mail contracts between New York City and Pacific coast points, mail Pl from New York now reaches the Pa- ; rjlljy clflc coast about twenty-four hours i Uf ahead of the old schedule and the Har- i rlman line retains its contract for car- i rying the fast malls. I Salt Lake and other western cities ft are benefited by the new schedule. V This announcement was made here If i yesterday by the officials of tho rail- f way mail service and the local postof- 7 fice officials. f Tho decision of the government to f- JJ111 J route the through mails over the Har- rlman system between the Atlantic L wnlcl seaboard and the Pacific; coast, W i through Chicago, Omaha and Ogden, JJJJP was made after two weeks of trial J fCn service, which was found to be such j comic an improvement that the service was . i d ordered to be made permanent. r f?1 1 |