The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
Cannon AND los angeles
The MOrm0nL Leaders Rail-
road to This City
Utah and California Road and
Its Meaning
The Objective Point Of the Road Is Los
Angeles
A Branch Line Prom the Clover Valley Into
Phoebe District Of Utah-A Cut OH
Of Three Hundred and Sixty
five Miles

A special dispatch from Carson, Ne
vada, says that q map of the route Of the
proposed Utah and California railroad
was filed in the United States land office
in that city on Wednesday. The map
shows that the road will start at Milford,
Utah, continue to Glover valley, New.
and on to within thirty miles Of Phoebe.
traverse Lincoln county an dpass thence
into California.
George @. Cannon Is president Of the
corporation having the enterprise imme-
diately in hand. Cannon is largely inter-
ested in the Utah lines of the Union Pa
cific. One Of them is the Utah Central
from Ogden to Salt Lake. Another runs
from Salt Lake southwest to Milford, a
distance Of about 125 miles. The Utah
and California company was Incorporate
ed as separate concern to continue the
Milford line southwesterly to a point
on the Atlantic and Pacific line in Call
fornia some seventy miles east of Mo-
jave.
The Union Pacific company proper IL
not interested in the extension. but 1t Is
understood that some Of it's wealthyNew
England stockholders are.
The objective point Of the new road
Re admitted to be Los Angeles, and when
this point is reached. the control Of the
property being in hands friendly to the
Union Pacific, that corporation is ex-
pected to assume charge Of 1t as part
Of a through line from Omaha to Los
Angeles.
Between Milford and Los Angeles Cam
non and his associates are known to
have made several surveys, but It is not
yet known whether they have or have
not selected a route farther south
than the Atlantic and Pacific road in
this state. They have abandoned their
original intention of building the main
line directly through Phoebe, New. In
stead Of that, 1t is understood they will
build branch line from Glover valley
into the Phoebe district, IN order to de-
velop the mines there. The main line
will cut across the southeastern corner
of Nevada in such a manner as to have
some forty-flve miles Of road in that
state.
During the last two years Cannon has
made frequent trips between Salt Lake
and Los Angeles. both by rail and by
team, across the country the new line
will traverse. He Is said to believe that
this cutoff line will give the Union Pa
cific a commanding position in South
ern California, both for freight and pas
sengers. At present the Union Pacific
gets into the southern part of the state
by the way of the Central Pacific, Sac
ramento and Stockton and Fresno. 1t
is a roundabout line. The Santa Fe, on
the other hand, has the most direct route
today from Chicago to Los Angeles. AS
result it has the largest share Of the
overland passenger business In and out
of Los Angeles 1t also is giving the
Southern Pacific very spirited fight
for freight business to Kansas City, ST.
Louis and Chicago. With the new line
from Milford to Los Angeles as part OF
its own system the Union Pacific would
to a great extent be free from Southern
Pacific dictation on business In and out
Of California
That Cannon has not yet selected his
route from the Atlantic and Pacific road
south to Los Angeles Is said to be due to
negotiations he is conducting to get con-
troll of the Nevada Southern or Blake
road. There Is little piece of road about
twenty-s seven miles long between Gon
and MARVEL. Golf is station on the
Atlantic and Pacific, and the road runs
north to Marvel. Denver people con-
troll the property, and Mayor w. H. Carl
son of San Diego Is interested In 1t. These
people want to build q road from Salt
Lake to Los Angeles under the name OF
the Southern California and Salt Lake
Railroad company. Cannon wants to
take them into camp, and it is under
stood he will eventually succeed in his
effort in that direction.
The proposed new road will shorten
the distance between Los Angeles and
Salt Lake, Omaha and Chicago about
365 miles over the route via Lathrop
Sacramento and Ogden.