The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-31
Strong Symptoms OF Designs on
tho Deep Greek Country.
THE SURFACE INDICATIONS.
Traffic Manager Monroe and Mr. Eccles
in Conference.
pTr. Monroe Says the Deep Creek Coun-
try Is Rich, and a Road VIII Be
Built s.Some Day''-RaI-
way Notes.

For the first time IN many years the
question OF building a road into the Deep
Greek country is seriously agitating the
heads of the high officials of the Union
Pacific.
Several things have come TO the surface
within the last few weeks that point very
conclusively to an organized movement
on the part Of the Union Pacific to head
off any rival company that may under
take to construct road to the west. The
Union Pacific is in position that it
must either retrogTade or progress. The
agitation for a road to the rich mining
camps in this section has gone beyond its
control, and Messrs. Clark and Dickinson
are aware that unless the Union
Pacific builds this year, some other
company will. 1t has already
lost its prestage OF having the
only bathing resort on the Great Salt
lake had it gone ahead and built
hotel at Garfield Beach, as it should have
done years ago, it is quite probable that
the Saltair pavilion would have never
been built. Now, the Union Pacific is
not only confronted with 8 rival in the
bathing business that must seriously cut
into the earnings of Garfield Beach. but
il has a rival broad-gauge railroad,
equipped with steel rails, and rolling
stock of the best modern make. Should
the Salt Lake & Los Angeles company ex-
tend its line into the Deep Creek country,
the Utah 81 Nevada gauge would cut a
still more pitiable and helpless spectacle
and the qestion is now whether the Union
Pacific viii abandon the field or change
the Utah a Nevada into standard gauge
and extend it into the Deep Greek
country.
CLARK FAvoRs TT.
S. III. III. Clark has always favored the
western extension and had he had his way
the road would have been built years ago.
Now that he is again established as the
supreme head of the Union Pacific, it is
quite probable that he will revive his old
plans and devise means to start in for an
aggressive western movement.
STATISTICS on THE TRAFFIC.
THE HERALD has already appraised its
readers of S. w. Eccles' calling for state
ment5 from representative mining men in
the various Deep Creek camps, for
the purpose of securing statistics
to submit to President Clark
and General Manager Dickinson
and also of the fact that party of sur
yeyoTs, said to be sent out by Union Pa
cific officials, who are now working their
way westward into the Deep creek
country
J. A. Monroe, the general traffic agent
of the road, arrived in the city yesterday /,
and he was closeted until late hour last
nisnt with Mr., Eccles at the Hotel
Templeton. At this meeting, it is said
that Mr.. Eccles submitted all the figures
ne had secured as to the amount Of
freight the mining camps could probably
furnish TO a railroad built into that coun-
try. MIR. Monroe's services were neces-
sary, as he could easily forecast an esti-
mate of probable earnings based on tn c
mileage and tonnage. 1t is also quite
likely that Mr.. Monroe viii make out g
tariff schedule which Mr.. Eccles can use
in securing contracts from the mine
owners, thus securing for the Union Pa
cific the bulk of the business should an
opposition road be built.
MR.. MONROE TALKS.
After two efforts to reach Mr.. Monroe,
a HERALD reporter was accorded an
interview, but not until late hour last
evening
MIR. Monroe was in very cheerful
frame OF mind, and at once began talking
about his trip TO Spokane, where he had
a long interview with representatives OF
the Great Northern, at which meeting the
threatened war in rates was al amicably
settled.
Eyes / always stop al your city when
diplomat in his most suave and compli-
mentary manner
sit is intimated that your visit to this
city is for the purpose OF formulating q
schedule OF rates for the proposed road to
Deep Creek?D said the reporter.
1T VIII be time enough to get out a
tariff schedule after the track has been
laid, said Mr.. Monroe.
ssThe Deep Greek country continued
Mr.. Monroe j. his most general and
evasive manner lis said to be very rich,
and some day q railroad will no doubt be
built there.
Mr.. Monroe has been absent from his
home at Omaha for more than a month /.
and he is anxious to return as soon as
possible But he has business here OF
such urgent ana pressing Importance that
it will take him until Saturday to COM
plete it.
Those who are familiar with the rapid
itv of Nh Monroe in dealing with traffic
figures can realize the amount of business
he will transact in the twenty four hours
he is to remain in the city.