The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

build into Tlntic, which is proving to be
wonderful camp. They are also going to
run narrow gauge road into the Sanpete
country. These two branches will be val
liable feeders
'sWhat else will the Rio Grande Western
probably undertake."
81 presume they will have their hands
full to complete what they have already
undertaken.
1.-THE Salt Lake resort business is too
valuable to be neglected long and it is only
reasonable to expect the Rio Grande West
ern to open up some new resort on the lake
early next season.
1.-THE combined brains of the Rock
Island, Burlington, Midland, d. s. r. G.
and r. G. w. will certainly not be SO blind
to their own interests as not to encourage
to the fullest extent the development of
summer resort schemes on Great Salt
lake,
''How about the Santa Fe.''
"The Santa F'e is out in the cold, so far
as any active part in the new through
route is concerned. Having a transconti-
mental line of its own the middle route
is, of course, not giving additional facilities
to the Santa t'e For the present, there
fore, the Santa-Fe is a side issue so far as
TdltFOdu uoFSiOplIleuI III u JILL Is CONCSfueu
Some combination. in California may have
to be made between the Union Pacific and
the Santa Fe when the former gets well
along through the southern deserts, in
which case the Santa E'e would form the
western end of the new Union Pacific's
southwestern transcontinental line, OPP
posed to the Southern Pacific's central or
southern divisions"
'How about the Milwaukee & ST. Paul?n
oil off M
it is reported have tied up with the Pacific
Short Line, which has been getting money
from some new source recently.
s'Salt Lake can not of course expect any
thing from the Milwaukee 81 st. Paul I'M
less the Pacific Short Line rumor proves
truen
"What is new about the Pacific Short
Line!n
Haven't heard anything recently except
report about surveys in Colorado and also
about an examination of the route from
| Evanston to Salt Lake. This would give
them good cut off and bring them through
country rich for them in all classes Of
traffic. ltwould mean much for Salt Lake.
1.-THE trouble with this route has been
the report that a line could not be built
] with less than 3 per cent grade while the
| Lost Creek and Weber canon line it is
claimed can be constructed with less than
a 2 per cent grade The Pacific Short Line
has paid out goodsdeal of money during
the past few years for work in Western
Wyoming and in Utah. 1t is more than
likely that the Pacific Short Line will yet
do something important in Utah during
! 1S90''
''What about John w. Young's roads?"
1.-The Utah Central system now has the
line in operation to Park city, and after a
/ few feet of grade has been reduced from
6 per cent to or 80, the line will be in
fair shape for mountain road. The Bot
Line is a good thing for Salt Lake and
will be found very convenient as our man
ufacturing interests increase. The line on
Fourth West and Ninth North has been
graded to the lake, and enough rails are now
in Salt Lake to complete this road to
Jeremy's and Saltair. This will open up two
new bathing resorts and give another route
for the Park city salt business. As
the Utah Central is graded to Gar
field and surveyed to Grantsville
it is possible that this line may
prove to be the long -hoped-for Deep Greek
line.
at is believed that John W. Young has
been successful in his trip to England, and
if he has secured, say $500, 900, and believes
in the Deep Creek country, 1t is reasonable
TO expect his road to go in that direction.
"What about the Wyoming, Salt Lake &
California;"
''This road, planned to run from Evans
ton, Wyo., to Deep Greek, New, would
prove to be a valuable cross-cut line. II
Extended to a junction with the Contra
Pacific at or about Wells it would certainly
be the key to the situation and settle for
ever the supremacy of Salt Lake city as
the railroad centre of the inter-mountar
region. 1t is understood that about $40, 600
in cash has been paid out for surveys
right of way and grades and that a goot
lNr oh l1o
expended it is not likely that the promoter:
will give up their scheme without a grea
effort
, SIS the Utah, Nevada &California alive?'
ayes, and considerable work has beer
: done. Some valuable property is heli
south, and so much work has already beer
done that important developments may b,
expected from this scheme before man!
months
evil not this road help Provo NOR,
than Salt Lake,"
mo; Provo is taken as the initial poin
} now merely as a matter of convenience
} Salt Lake is the metropolis, and all road
/ will come here unless our own people ar
{ so stupid as to discourage new enterprise
} as they show up"
: s'How ABOUT the Deep creek"
at is a daisy and one of these days Sal
| | Lake city will regret the mistake if step
are not taken to control this business an
2 make the Deep Creek country entirely dc
/ pendent upon Salt Lake city. If the Den
e yer g. Rio Grande should build out ther
g and haul the ore through Salt Lake city
f Denver, ii would be business on their par
probably, and Salt Lake would derive but
, small portion of the advantage which W
q would receive if a line should be built an
Y controlled by and for Salt Lake city,
o What is the trouble and why is the lin
q not built il the country is as good as it
1 cracked up to be?'
). 1.-The trouble is that there is not enoug
d definite information available about tn
d country. Railroads have to be carefl
/ about building into mining countries.
J. seems that the mineral in the districts W
refer 20 in the Deep Creek country is NJ
s in sight or surveyors would go to locate
e road, and would show up inside camps.'
e individuals there are-scores of the
II who scour the country, but nobody has
v yet collected the evidence sufficient to pr,
/ sent it in tangible and satisfactory shape
IS would be money well spent if $4,000 coul
n be raised and one half spent to get da
V about the mineral resources of this pa
It tIcular region and the other half to adve
tise the scheme for a railroad and intere
h capitalists"
e "Why don't the rich men take hold Of it
n ''They are too busy"
How Mexican Onyx is Mined.
"a Mexican onyx is form of stalagmit
SIC 5aolorc oIa form cd " oyidpc of m of