The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-02-25
NO ASSISTANCE, NO RAILROAD,
What Must Be Done to Secure
a Line to Salt Lake.
The Situation Outlined by a Man
Who Is Informed.
A Review of What Has Been Done in
Salt Lake, and a Statement OF
What Should Be Done In
Los Angeles.

Mr.. @. o. Whittemore, of the Salt
Lake chamber of commerce committee
on railways, is in the city and yesterday
made the following statement about the
much-talked-of railroad to Salt Lake
City from this point:
'Mr. Whittemore, you have now de-
voted your spare time for the past two
5 months to investigating the Los Angeles
end of the Salt Lake and Los Angeles
railway proposition; would you kindly
give the HERALD readers statement OF
the condition of affairs in reference to
that proposed railway as you have found
them, and also the present status of
the project at the Salt Lake end of the
liner"
The gentleman replied: 81 am deeply
interested in this enterprise and will
gladly furnish the people of Los Angeles
with any information I may possess in
regard to the same, hoping thereby to
aid this great project by creating re-
newed interest in it.
'First IS to the situation in Salt Lake
City. There are four strong railway
corporations in existence in Salt Lake
city that have hopes of ultimately reach
ing the Pacific coast with their respec-
tive lines.
1.-The pioneer in this respect is the
Union Pacific Railway company, which
has already constructed it's line to
Milford, as indicated on this accompany
ing map which will give you, and has
expended about 100000 in construct
ing roadbed ready for ties and rails to
Phoebe, which leaves gap of less than
$50 miles for them to fill to connect with
the Atlantic and Pacific at Barstow.
But this connection will never be made
until the Union Pacific can satisfactorily
adjust its Indebtedness with Uncle Sam,
which result will not be accomplished
for some years to come If we are to judge
from the results of past efforts in thst
line.
Therefore, it is useless for people
here to entertain any hopes that the
lines of the Union Pacific will reach this
fair city inside of five years, and | think
five years more can be safely added to
that time before they reach here.
1.-THE next in order ia the Denver and
Rio Grande Western Railway company,
whose lines have been extended in this
direction to Tintic, distance OF about
100 miles from Salt Lake. but this work
has been stopped, and there lie every
reason to believe that the Southern Pa
cihc has fastened lite grip upon this COM
pany, thereby stopping work in that di-
rection, and ii anyone can tell me when
the Southern Pacific will let 60 its grip
on anything it once gets hold of, and
particularly the grip it hes on Southern
Calitornia, J. viii tell that man when the
Denver and Rio lGrande Western will
exteD its linss TO this coast.
THE third of the railway incorpora-
&c. tone refeffed to by me is the Salt Lake
and Los Angeles Railway company, an
incorporation organized in Salt Lake
City about one year ago, by some Of that
city's solidest men. This company has
built a line westward distance OF about
% miles, to the Great Salt lake, at a
cost OF about $3.50, 900; the company has
purchased one of the latest improved
Baldwin locomotives and has an equip
ment OF number of freight and passen-
ger cars. The company is now engaged
in building an immense wharf and
bathing resort on the shores of the IA
nous inland sea, that will cost $3.50, 900.
The company will doubtless confine
itself to the latter enterprise for the
next two or three years, unless they Sc
for the west at an earlier period.
1.-THE last of the four corporations
mentioned by me is the Great Salt Lake
and Hot Springs Railway company. a
map of whose proposed line to San
Francisco l herewith submit to you.
This company was originally organized
to build local line between Salt Lake
City and the famous hot sulphur
springs, about five miles from the city,
but its lines have been extended to
several adjoining towns and the COM
pany has been recently reincorporated
with view to building to the great coal
fields at Coalville, and ultimately to the
Pacific coast, having in view at pres
emit San Francisco as its terminus.
The company will have it's line to the
coal fields completed inside of one year,
and could then be induced to push west
ward, not for San Francisco but for Los
Angeles, if the right kind of encourage
ment was given at this end. But unleas
such encouragement is offered, this line,
when it is built, will take the course in
dictated by the lower heavy black line
on the map, and reach San Francisco in
stead of Los Angeles. This is the condi-
ton OF affairs at present existing in Salt
Lake City with reference to the much
talkedof and greatly desired railway
connection between the two queen cities
of our great western empire.
'The situation here is still worse. The
whole of Southern California, that great
country whose climate, wealth and re-
sources is not excelled in the entire
world, is held in the grasp of two rail
way systems, whose power and influence
in keeping out rivals can hardly be COM
pretended.
"Very likely the stockholders and
owners of these two systems are of the
opinion that they were instrumental in
building up this country, and think they
therefore should own and control it.
sThat the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe railway systems have greatly assisted
in bringing about the present prosper.
GUS state of affairs in this region, there
can be no doubt, but it is equally GER
tain, however, that they have already
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