The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-13
The Road Preparing to Survey
Its Line South.
ARTICLES ARE AMENDED.
PROVIDES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF BRANCH LINES.
The Deep Creek Road VIII Go BY
Way of .TooeIe-king COtton-A
Conference YesterdnS-LOcaI Notes
The Latest BY Wire.

From indications it appears that the
Utah & California Railway company
is preparing to make a survey of its
line south, and that in addition to the
main route from this city to the coast
there will be some branches.
1t will be remembered that The Her
aid announced on the morning of April
20, that a meeting of the directory of
the line had been held on the day pre-
vious. The business of that meeting
was made public yesterday, when
George Q. Cannon, president OF the
company, filed in the Office of the sec
rotary of state the following amend
ments to the articles OF incorporation:
The amendment is known as Article
III and sets UP that the company is
formed for the purpose of constructing,
equipping, owning, maintaining and
operating a steam, electric or other
power. railroad from the city of Salt
Lake southwark through Salt Lake,
Utah, Juab Millard, Baver, Iron and
Washington counties, to the south line
of the state, at a point near the city
of st. George, 334 miles in all, and
further, that a right to construct and,
operate line through Beaver and Iron
counties, from Millard to the west
boundary line of the state; also a, line
from a point near Cedar City up Coal
Creek canyon in Iron county, fifteen
miles in length; also a line west from
Cedar City TO Iron Springs, and thence
to Modena, twenty-five miles.
There is plenty of coal up Coal Creek
canyon, and this is why the manage
ment is going to build a branch in that
direction. There are valuable mineral
deposits on the other branches which
will be a source of revenue to the line
and besides the cattle and agricul-
tural interests are such that will war
rant the construction of the branches.
A piece of news that will be good
news to the people of Tooele county
is the fact which was learned yester-
Gay. that the Salt Lake & Pacific Rail-
road company has made the final loca-
ton of ifs line to Deep Creek, or
rather, that it has decided upon the
route which will be followed to that
country. and has made its final loca-
ton for a part of the way. The par
ticularly good news to the Tooele peo-
pie is the fact that that route is via
Stockton and Skull valley
The people along the line of both
surveys, which were run to- ascertain
the most feasible route, one via Tooele
and the other by way of Grantsville,
have been bidding hard fer the road,
but the. Tooele people evidently outdid
their neighbors, for, as stated. it has
been definitely decided to go that way.
The line has been cross sectioned and
the final location made as far as Oplir
and the surveyors are now between
that point and Stockton. and are push
ing the work as fast as possible The
graders are working between Garfield
and Lake point. and will reach the
latter place before the week is out.
From there they will diverge and take
a southerly course out to Skull valley
When the grading commenced it was
announced by the company that there
would be no let up in the construction
Notwithstanding that the line was not
located at that time beyond Lake
Point. Some people were skeptical con-
corning the company's ability to make
the surveys, complete negotiations for
right of way and decide which route
would be adopted. all. before Lake
Point was reached, but the promise has
been kept and there will be no cessa-
ton Of construction for that reason,
and the company says for no other.