The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-06

General Manager Dodge of the Ric
| Grande Western in conversation with a
Netrs reporter yesterday said that tracklay,
ing on the new standard gauge line, which
commenced this week, was progressing
rapidly, and it is expected that fourteen
miles will be laid by this evening 1t is
expected that at least five miles per day of
new track will be laid from now on until
the gauge is all widened. The new rolling
stock has been ordered and will commence
to arrive by the middle of September, when
the line between Salt Lake City and Ogden
will be operated as a standard gauge line
How about your connection with the
Midland. VIII it be ready in time:'' asked
the reporter.
''Well, hardly; though that is something
we know nothing about. The line from
Glenwood Springs to Grand Junction will,
we expect, be constructed Jointly by the
Rio Grande and Midland, and understand
that they are simply waiting to complete
financial arrangements before proceeding
with the work. The Rio Grande Western
offered TO assist in the construction of this
joint line, but the other lines preferred to
do 1t themselves. and we decided to let
them, as we prefer to keep in our own ter
ritory."
Suppose they fail to build the road!"
Then we will build it ourselves, as we
must have standard gauge outlet to the
A,6ast. But have no doubt but that they
will build it."
"Doyou think there win be much rail
road construction in Utah next year,"
SIT is too early TO say yet. The Rio
Grande Western is preparing to construct
a number of branch lines as feeders and
there is some talk of other lines but it is
hard to say just yet how much will be
done. "-Denucr NetrS.
The Salt Lake & Sioux City Strikes Snag.
A special from Sioux city says: ''The
Pacific Short line, which has been actively
engaged all summer in getting the first sec
ton of one hundred miles of its new trans
continental line in readiness for the iron,
has run against snag 1t has the rolling |
stock for construction work all ready and |
has graded its line up to the right of way |
of the Chicago & Northwestern at the Ne |
braska end of the Missouri river bridge |
The charter for the bridge was secured |
from Congress in 1876 by private corpora
ton and two years ago turned over to the |
Northwestern company, under contract to |
build the bridge under the charter, which
stipulates that all roads shall have free &C
cess to and the use ofthe bridge by payinga
reasonable toll With this understanding
the ShortIdne graded its tracks to a connec-
ton, and then the Northwestern showed its |
band by saying that the Short Line could
hse the bridge for reasonable rent, but
could not the approaches, which are two
miles long on each end. II is a puzzle to
those who thought the charter broad enough
TO admit all the roads that would ever be
built tcIioux City, but good legal minds
say the Northwestern position is tenable,
and unless the Short Line can make salts
factory arrangements with the Northwest l
ern it cannot get to ia bridge. 1t is this {
e.. !. |
on the Short Line and putting ]
off the letting Of additional contracts that !
we're promised some weeks ago. Congress
will be appealed TO for relief"