The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-10

There is no more prospect of rail-
road line being built 10 the Deep Creek
mining section, in Nevada, than there
was six months ago. An article ap-
peared in the Tribune yesterday, under
a half-column heading, which was 50
loud that the whistle OF the lecomo-
tives between the Oregon Short Lines
Tintic branch and Deep Creek could
almost be heard. In fact the impress
sion was given that every detail had
been completed for the Salt Lake & Los
Angeles railroad to Absorb the Garfield
line and then have one standard
gauge line from Salt Lake City to Salt
air end Garfield and construct trunk
lire by way Of Tintic and the Deep
Greek region To the Pacific coast, and
possibly on to Panama or the Hawaiian
islands, if the Tribune's imagination
and its ideas of railroad construction
can extend that far. There was alleged
TO have been long and important con-
ferences between President George ..
Cannon of the Salt Lake & Los An
seles line and Traffic Manager Eccies
of the Oregon Short Line, the prepaT-
ing OF numerous papers and documents
which would complete the negotiations
as well as the collection of miles OF
rails on the ground which We're TO be
laid Immediately. As a matter of fact.
the only truth in the story was in re-
g.-rd TO the rails. They have been on
the ground for a year and it has taken
the Tribune Just that length of time
10 find il out In regard to the con-
ferences between Mr. Cannon and Mr..
Eccles, they have not seen each other
for three months and they have taken
10 steps whatever recently to continue
the negotiations in this matter. which
every railroad man in the city and the
IN
progress for a year or more past. Every
prominent official in both companies
denies that there is any foundation for
yesterdays publication beyond the
fact that negotiations have been in
progress for more than a year past TO
bring both Saltair and Garfield under
the control Of the Salt Lake a Los
Angeles company. with one line run
ming 10 the two points, and eventually
to extend the road 10 Deep Creek, but
they all state that the point is no
nearer being reached than it was
months ago. The Her-tld published all
these facts ten days ago and il has
published them time and time again
ever since the project was first men
toned. but il never atteml ted to mis-
lead the public by constructing phan-
tom railroads which may not be in eX-
istence for years. General Manager
Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line and
General Manager Clayton OF the salt
Lake & Los Angeles roads were dis
cussing the matter on the street yes
rerday in the light of a huge joke. and
neither of them knew anything about
the completion of the negotiations
mentioned in the publication Mr.. Ec-
Giles was equally in ignorance Of the
matter and was not disposed to treat
IL seriously.
1t is the sincere hope that the Deep
Creek road may be built. and as speed
lily as possible. Every effort has been
made a this end to bring it about,
and the negotiations are now 'on," as
they have been for so long a time. Mr..
Cannon, AR Clayton and others have
made repeated visits east in connection
with the project and Mr.. Cannon goes
east again today on that business, in
connection with other matters, but the
, whole affair stands just where it did
six months ago