The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-03
IN RAIL WAY CIRCLES
The Denver, Apex & Western to
Come to Salt Lake.
THE D. & r. G. is BEHIND 1T.
Surveyors in Wyoming -Superintenden Cal
vert's Success-General News Of the
Wheel and Rail.

The cat is out of the bag at last and this
time there is no doubt about it. A super
fetal glance at the franchise of the Denver,
Apex 81 Western road, recently granted by
the aldermen and supervisors and signed
by Mayor Packard on Thursday, proves
beyond all doubt that there is no suburban
or street line in the matter at all. There
is not single street mentioned, with the
exception Of West Thirteenth avenue and
that is the street by which the new road
will enter the city and join the Denver g.
Rio Grande tracks, following them into the
union depot The franchise grants them
the privilege of using steam power, build
ing single or double track for the pur-
pose OF operating passenger or freight
traffic, building telegraph and telephone
lines, IN fact, all the accessories of the
ordinary trunk line The bond to be put
up is only $4,000, whereas every city
street line has had to put up $4,000
BOND, which proves that the council and
authorities well know how solid the
enterprise is and what great financial back
ing there is behind it, The company have
been keeping very quiet about the project,
but the presence of Senator Tabor at the
last meeting of the board of aldermen and
the evident satisfaction displayed at the
manner in which the undsputed bill was
run through, gave the little secret away to
| great extent.
THROUGH To LEADvILLE.
The Denver, Apex s. Western is going
to Leadville, and the last word of the title
only hints at the future possibilities of a
snort line to Salt Lake. Such title would
not nave been given to a road which was
Just sauntering out to aresort at Look o Ut
mountain, and no further. There are at
| least three surveys already completed be-
tween this city and the big mining camp,
ana practicable grades have been secured
! by the thirteen different surveying parties
who have been out at work during the
past SIX months, all of which were com
posed OF Rlo Grande engineers
Inc Denver q Rio Grande is stated by
inside authority to be at the back of the
whole thing. Mr.. Otto Mears expressed il
exactly a few weeks ago when he told q
Nelcs reporter in answer to the query
whether the Denver & Rio Grande and
Denver, Apex 81 Western was identical
that it was easier for a small concern ts
get franchise than for big corporation
BUILDING WITHOUT DELAY.
The road must be commenced inside o.
the city limits within six months. A bridge
will be thrown across the Platte at thu
foot of West Thirteenth avenue, and thu
ROAD VIII then run through Barnum, ira
Verslng level country, and with stead,
grade going over Clear creek, instead
OF through it. An immense advantage will
be gained by this route, and it is stated
that IN this way az per cent. grade viii
easily accomplish the work, even if it coulc
not be reduced to u. This would, O
course, mean large increase in the cost o
construction.
However that may be, the fact is forcefu
that Denver is to have another through line
first to Leadville and then to the west
with all the innumberable benefits to be de
rived from such a scheme. The Denver
Apex and Western folk are to be congratu
lated upon the effective manner in whicl
they have started out.-DenUer News.