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Show FAST TIME OF FRl)JT TRAINS Salt lake's boastful attitude In the matter lof fruit K ran sportat lorn and the sensational assertion that the Western Pacific is transporting California Cali-fornia fruit to Salt Lake a number of hours quicker than the Southern Pacific is able, to do so to Ogden, proves somewhat hollow when the true facts in tho case are understood under-stood The fast time claimed for the "fruit extras" over the Western Pacllfc was made during the past few days when tho road was entirely free of traffic from one end to the other. Moreover the "trains" referred to prove to have been no more than two or three cars loaded with fruit. These, attached to a fast engine with a clear roadbed, devoid of traffic of any description and free from signals sig-nals or restrictions of any kind regarding re-garding speed and schedule, fcould easily make time. Next month, when the road Is formally for-mally turned over to traffic, th "fruit extras" will be fewer In number num-ber and they will probably be found puttering along between water tankrt and way stations as sane and sensible freight trains should do. |