The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-16

From DEVELOPMENTS in railroad circles
Yesterday. it is thought another project
is ON foot to build to tine Deep creek
country, which, if it maderiaa1zes' WIN
add another important line to Otah
rail facilities.
II is nothing more nor less than
nroiect to extend the Oregon Snort Lane
from Silver City, the present terminus
IF that branch of the Union Paclhc SyS-
tenn TO the Deep Creek country, after
REORGANIZATION is effected, ana an III
veegtieating trip to examine into the
Feasibility and advisability OF sucn AN
undertaking will be begun today.
genera; Manager Ed Dickinson, OF
the Union Pacific, arrived in Salt Lake
from the east yesterday, bent on sucn
Tni,.sior. and will leave today for Mann
moth. accompanied by s. W. EccleS,
general freight agent Of tine Union "a
cific. and F. E. Goodhart, a We1t-kn'5Wh
mining expert Ait Mammoth the party
will be Joined by G. III. Robinson, an
other mining man, who was sent on III
advance a. day OR two ago TO make ar
rangements for transportation for the
marty. which villa travel from Mammoth
to the mouth of Deep Creek, and posSa-
bly, to the Nevada line, by four horse
team On the way the country VIII pc
carefully examined relative to It's fllal-
eral resources. and on the return, MI:
Eccles, who is along for the purpose OF
forming a personal acquaintance with
/ the region will formulate a report es-
tirnalting the probable tonnage that
would come to road were one built,
| which will be based on his own and the
! opinion of the experts. The report, IL
| is understood, is to be submitted to the
reorganization committee of the Ore
! gon Short Line, with a view to extend
! ing the line in the event the results of
| the investigation are such as would
warrant the undertaking.
Such an extension of the Short Line
system, it is considered by railroad
men who discussed the subject yes
terday, would be a most profitable I'M
0ertaking for the new company after
/ the reorganization is effected. Near
ly all railroad mem familiar with the
country, hold the opinion that the
tonnage alone would be sufficient If
not more than that, to pay fixed
charges for a road which would have
to build all the way, and Superin-
tendent Bancroft is among the num-
Der who have been heard to express
such an opinion.
If this is true the Short Line would
be in particularly favorable position
since it could utilize the branch which
miles from Salt Lake, and from that
point there are fifteen miles more
graded to Cherry Creek, which grade
is said to be in such good condition as
to be ready to iron with practically no
expense entailed in putting it in shape.
This would leave but eighty-five miles
or Whereabouts, to build to reach the
Nevada line. In view of these facts
and the information that is at hand
concerning the mineral deposits which
such a line would tap along the route,
Fish Springs, etc, and those which the
road would reach in the Deep Creek
country proper the result of the in
vestigation it would seem, can be fore
told with very little guess-work neces-
sary, and it is accordingly believed by
those who have a competent knowledge
of the situation, that the report made
will favor the consummat of the
scheme.
, General Manager Dickinson arrived
from Omaha. at o'clock in the after
, noon and was in close consultation
with the heads of his subordfnates
|. here, and with Mr.. Goodhart, until
late hour last night, and though such
a statement was not given out, is
understood the conference was in re-
lation to the new project.
Mr.. Dickinson was non-coqnmfttal but
the facts concerning the details and
) purpose of the trip came to The Her
aid from another member of the party.
When the party leaves Mammoth it
Will have a. complete camping outfit
and plenty of time will be taken to
, make thorough inspection of the
/ country.
3 The fact that the general manager
t of the Union Pacific is at the head of a
3 company whose report will undoubted-
ly be guide to the new short line
company in reaching a decision as to
l whether or not an important extension
of the system will be made, is taken
, as a straw which indicates the way
: the wind will blow when the reorgan-
ization comes and as denoting that
o the Union Pacific will dominate the re-
, organiza ton.