The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-05

w hat L am driving at is InlS
| The Central Pacific is surveying
and as is generally understood, &C
ltually grading from Wells, around
1.-THE other side of the lake, towards
Salt Lake City. Mind you this Wells
lis not Humboldt Wells, but the
| Wells just beyond the PromortOry.,
lNow isn't it just possible that
1.-THE Denver and Rio Grande and the
Central Pacific have joined hands
to fight the Union Pacific, which Is
lighting both so vigorously? Why
might not that third rail, which is
to be laid, be kindly put down for
the use of the Central Pacific?
We are told that the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy is headed
this way. Surprising it is a fact
and facts have transpired which
oEce seemed more unllkely-that
the C. b. and O., against which it is
alleged that the U. p. has discrim-
mated, and the d. and R. G. are
working together. tld
But leaving the Denver and Rio
Grande cut of the question, there is
still another opening. There are
now three parties surveying between
Wagener's brewery and the Park.
While it may be that .. 2. men are
there at work, it does not seem
rational to make such a supposition
because, by bringing freight to Salt
Lake City 0iG the Park, it cuts off a
good deal of its own individual road
and would materially injure the
Utah Central, in which it holds a
considerable interest. Now, what /
want to know is: why is it imprOb-
able that the G. b. and @. engineers
are at work in Emigration Canyon,
since if they build to this city, they
could connect with the G. p, which
iS also coming to this city and thus
the one road, uniting interests with
the other, as against their rival the
u. p, would have an outlet to the
west and the other to the east. Be
sides these advantages there is an
other. The G. B. and @. would also
reach into the Coalville coal fields,
and would thus supply the G. 2. the
former road would also pass through
the extensive Wyoming timber
lands, and could secure an easy grade |
to Denver by traversing but $50
miles, having almost strait route |
and thus saving vast distance be-
tween this city and Denver as COM
pared with any other route between |
these two points.
Or l should like to know if there |
would be anything unreasonable in
that the Central Pacific |
itself had laid out a plan to come
around the south side of the lake,
through Salt Lake City, and then go
easttO Denver by the route already
where it could secure an
advantageous outlet east which
would enable it to hit its rival, the
D. p, back a blow for starting the
Granger and Baker City or Oregon
branch?
l have said nothing about the
Denver and Rio Grande building
rom this city by the direct route
ust mentioned to Denver, nor about
he Utah Eastern coming to this
,ity, though neither is an unreason-
able supposition.
What 1 really do want to know
:hough, is if any supposition con-
lected with railroads in the present
lay of railroad fight-so far as Utah
S concerned-can be termed I'M
reasonable, except that some one
will get seriously hurt in a few
yearS? I think not.
l am satisfied, however, that Utah
will soon be relieved from her rail-
Dad bondage; and while she will
suffer from the crash which will
'ollow the breaking of the railroad
boom now running the country, she
will rapidly recover, and, like fell
ow after terrible seasickness, feel
| deuced sight better for it in the
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