Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-03
IELEGRAPHIC.
DEEP CREEK ROAD.
Col n. W. Clayton Says 1t viii Be
Built This Year.
THE NECESSARY CAPITAL RAISED,
And Work VIII be Commenced as Soon
as the Frost Is Out Of The
Ground.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 2.-Col. N. w.
, Clayton OF Salt Lake City, general
manager OF u prospective railroad that
will this year be built 200 miles in a
,outh westerly direction from Utah's
capital to the Deep Creek mining
region, is in the city today, in confer.
,ucs with President Clark of the
Union Pacific, upon matters OF inter
eat to both railroads. He will leave
for st, Louis to see other railroad
officials tonight. The Salt Lake &
Les Angeles railroad, of which Col
Clayton ID the chief official, now
operates fifteen miles VI railroad
AID has it's terminus Mt 5aItair beach,
ssummer resort near Salt Lake CITY.
10 Bee reporter this morning,
General Manager Clayton said: "Dur.
ing the past few years there has bsen
q great deal Of talk about the conatruc-
tiOn of a raiiread from salt Lake City
TO Los Angeles, anu 1t would DO q
very desirable thing. 1t would DC OF
benefit even to this part OF the coun-
try, and especially TO the Union Pa
eiiic railroad. l am not so optimistic
regarding the construction OF tue road
at an early date as some people, but /
believe IL will come In time. During
the present year, however, we shall
construct line from Salt Lake City
to the Deep Greek mineral regions, u
distance of 200 miles. This Ia assured.
The matter has been projected prlA-
cipaily by Salt Lake people, and the
capital raised In tne East and abroad.
We shall begin the extension anu the
actual work of construction MS soon as
tho irost ia out OF the ground. am
mere to Zee MIR. CLARK anu we ebRll
olese traffic arrangements with the
Union Pacific. 1t will cost ua about
$4,000 mile to build the road. We
uan build cheaply at this time. We
shall not have 10 build many bridges,
ana the few required will be small.
There will be no hard grades aud no
tunnels. The road will run through
q rich mineral diatrici, the Deep Creek
region, which Is our objective point,
being especially rich. 1t Ia region
300 milcs by 60 In extent, and ab0unos
la lead and sliver and soma gOld ore.
A mineral district Ia most valuable
region for railroad to tap. Ii II
amounts 10 Anytnlnk NJ al IL VIII con-
tribute more to the support OF a rail-
road than city OF $4,000 Inhabitants.
"I think the road viii he in opera
ton during the spring OF '9S. We shall
make start az coon as the frost is out
OF the ground, but the fall is the best
season OF the year in which to build In
Utah. The summer moaths are hardly
endurable in the desert regions, anu
not much work will bs accomplished
during July and August.
"The work OF construction Will be
slow. The road will run through part
OF the country where there is little or
no timber. Everything must be brought
In to build the road, and at present
there seems to bo u scarcity Of good
tie timber. 1 think We shall be run
ming trains through the Deep Creek
region, however, In little over a
year. Later, IL the construction OF a
railroad through 10 Los Angeles is un.
dertsken, the road, which will be IN
extent about one-l0urth OF the dis
lance, can be USED to great ad.
vantage"