Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-04
WORKMAN BACK.
SAYS THAT A ROAD TO SALT LAKE
WILL SOON BE BUILT.
The Representative of the Terminal Road
Returns From Long Trip-The Rail
road Situation About Salt Lake-Na-
bobs Uneasy.

Ex-Mayor Workman returned from a
visit to Salt Lake city, where he went to
advance the idea of building railroad
from that place to connect with the Ter
minal. Mr.. Workman left here about a
month ago and went to st. Louis, where
he saw the capitalists who are interested
in the Terminal road. He then went
to Salt Lake and took trip d.wn into
Southern Utah, distance from Salt
Lake of 800 miles, via the Milford line
of the Union Pacific, and after leaving
Milford he went some distance further
on by wagon. Returning to Salt Lake
he came here over the Santa Fe, reach
ing that road via La Junta, in Colorado,
point 600 miles east of Salt Lake, this
being one of the two routes there are to
get here from Salt Lake; the other over
the Central Pacific to Sacramento, about
the same distance out of the direct line.
In speaking about the railroad situa-
ton about Salt Lake Mr.. Workman said:
cat present there are two separate lines
running on either side of the Wasatch
mountains from Salt Lake into southern
Utah. These lines are the Union Pa
cific, running on the west slope of the
mountaina q distance of 225 miles to
Milford. A year ago the Union Pacific
had 140 miles more OF railroad graded to
Phoebe, further south, and had the ties
and track on the ground, with actually
fifteen milesof steel track partially laid.
When the Adams management went
out of the road the succeeding admins
tration ordered it discontinued, and the
track was torn up and everything hauled
away. The Union Pacific had two sur
veys to Los Angeles, one via Phoebe, the
other via st. George. 1t had selected
the former route and had commenced to
build part of the road, as have said.
1.-The other road leaving Salt Lake for
the south is the Rio Grande Western,
which goes 165 miles on the east slope
of the mountains to Salina. 1t has con-
tracted to build 28 miles further to
Marysvale, which will be started early
in the year.
"With one OF these roads the eastern
capitalists who are to build this road
will probably contract, using their line
from its stopping point in the south to
Salt Lake. When one is in Salt Lake he
has choice of three lines east to go
over. There are the Union Pacific, the
Denver and Rio Grande and the Rio
Grand western.
'sThe road on the east slope, if con-
nected with, will trend fifty miles or so
further on down and strike through the
Wasatch mountains at Rush valley pass,
get into the valley on the opposite side
and come through St. George, a Mormon
town, very thrifty, of about 5000 inhab-
itants.
(Which ever road is taken the objec-
tive point in California will be Ludlow,
station on the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad about seventy-fve miles east OF
Barstow; from thence the trains on the
new road will come into Los Angeles"
Mr.. Workman also stated that towards
the last of this month President Palmer,
Vice-president Peabody, and General
Manager Dodge of the Denver and Rio
Grande road would be in the city ready
to talk business. That the connecting
lines wouldlbe built and that soon, Mr..
Workman is positive.