[PRCo] Re: Salt Lake City TRAX

Kenneth Josephson kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Sat Jul 27 10:08:45 EDT 2002


Glad you made it home safe and sound, Fred. It was a fun sixty hours. I wish I
had that sort of pull within the Church hierarchy, but to be truthful, we'd
probably have to rely on Tracie's charm to get up there. Tithing helps get you
into the Temple, but I as far as the Joseph Smith Building (formerly Hotel
Utah), well, I suppose you'd have to know somebody.

Met Mac Sebree Saturday afternoon at the University line terminal. I mentioned
you were in town earlier, but had departed for points east. He was disappointed
to have missed you and asked that I pass along his regards.

For Bob Rathke, Trolley Sqaure is alive and well. The stop on the University
line is named "Trolley."

And yes, the former "trolley park" Lagoon is also still with us. Sort of kin to
Kennywood. How's that for getting back on topic, Derrick? :-)

K.

Fred Schneider wrote:

> Great place.  And glad you Ken) accompanied me a week ago.  One of the best
> pictures will be the cars coming up hill on the university line with all of
> downtown layed out behind the artic.  As I told Ken, I once bribed a bellhop
> in the Hotel Utah to lead me up to a fire escape from which I could
> photograph the Mormon Temple across the street.  Now that the LDS owns the
> building, I wonder if it would be possible to get up to an open window in
> the southwest corner to photofraph both a TRAX train and the Mormon Temple
> in one picture.  I guess Ken is the one who could talk his way into an LDS
> building.  (Do they only let those who tithe into that building, Ken?)
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