Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-22
THE RAILROADS.
MORE TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED
SALT LAKE ROAD.
various Plane for Its Organization Pre-
posed-Mr. Trask's Letter on the
Subject, With Some Good
Suggestions-Notes.

The interest in the building of road
to Salt Lake city is growing all the time
and as result the HERALD is the recip'
lent of numberlees letters on the cub.
iect. So tar only two definite plans have
been advanced.
MIR. James Campbell's is the simplest
and most direct. He states that all he
asks of Los Angeles is the organization
OF company composed of reliable, well
known citizens, who will subscribe $780,
600 for the preliminary work,
and to show the local interest in the
matter. This being done, he will be
able to dispose of enough securities OF
the company to build the road. He
stands ready, he Gays, to prove his
statements, and satisfy anyone of his
capacity to carry out the enterprise.
Mr.. Tom Taylor, formerly of Salt
Lake, has recently come forward with
another plan, which is for Los Angeles
people to subscribe 100000 towards
the scheme, and in return, he will see
that the road is built and give sub.
scribers stock in his coal and iron
mines, which he says are very valuable.
The HERALD will give further details of
Mr.. Taylor's plan at another time.
The following letter from Civil En-
gineer Thomas j. Rask, which enclosed
map of line projected by him, con
tains some excel lent suggestions:
From recent publications in the
Los Angeles newspapers, it is encourag-
ing to learn that interest in the construc-
tion of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad is awakened along the whole
line, and it is to be hoped that the peo-
pie in Los Angeles will take lively
interest in it and do all they can to Sc
cure another independent railroad from
the east and passing through the coal
and mineral regions of Utah and Nevada.
When they realize the incalculable ben
eft such road will be for Southern
California, the city of Los Angeles and
everyone individually, they will surely
not be backward in helping this impor-
tant project. That the Los Angeles and
Salt Lake railroad will be an enterprise
in which capitalists can invest theil
money without any risk there can be nc
question. The road will pass through a
country where large and good coal fields
can be found; where there are noun
tains of nearly pure iron and an abund-
ance OF rich silver mines. plenty of salt,
sulphur and many other valuable arti-
cles. 1t can be readily understood that
well-conducted road from Los Angeles
to Salt Lake can handle all of the above
mentioned articles, together with mer.
chandise of all kinds-fruit and cattle,
beside the passenger traffic-and at a
much lower rate than any other road
reducing the freight rates, and thereby
increasing the feasibility of establishing
manufactures of all descriptions in Los
Angeles.
To reach this end we must bear in
mind that the road should be con-
structed by the shortest possible route
to avoid hauling freight and empty cars
over unnecessary distances, which for.
ever will be drainage on the earnings
This will be transcontinental road
and it would be a bad policy to destroy
the beneficial effects of short road by
constructing longer one only to pick
up few pounds of freight here and
there, and hauling the bulk of the
freight over extra distances. l have
carefully examined and fully studied
the country between San Gabriel valley
and the Mojave desert and find that
direct route through Pasadena, the
lower part of the Arroyo Seco canon
the Tejunga valley, through Santa Clars
canon and northeasterly over the Mo
jave desert to Harper station on the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad, would bt
the most desirable route through Cali
fornia, and will be about 40 miles
shorter than by any of the two existing
roads. By careful development and
judicial location of the line the worl
will be light. and the cost of construc
ton comparatively small. The roaC
will in no place be exposed to washouts
and no expensive bridges will be nee
essary.
F. B. Henderson, chief clerk in Gen
eral Manager Wade's Office, returned
yesterday from recreation trip tt
Santa Catalina. His associate, Mr.
Bleekman, states that Mr.. Henderson
weighed 113 pounds when he wen
away but now only scales 1922 pounds
as he shaved during his absence.
The Terminal company, it is stated
will soon commence the construction O.
branch to Hueneme. This was de
cided on during General Manager Bur
nett's recent eastern visit.
Agents report west-bound passengel
traffic as unusually large for this time
OF year.
Several garrison officers have been ar
rested at Buenos Ayres for conspiracy
against the government.