The herald., 1898-08-18
NEWS OF the RAILWAYS
ExTENs1oN OF THE SHORT LINE
TO PIooHE, NEVADA
Only Two Hundred Miles Left to Beach
nderbilt-Whittier Road Pro-
jectors Wish Subsidy

| The story Of the signing Of a contract
yesterday In Salt Lake by which the Ore
gon Short Line people agreed to construct
| the road from Milford. the present term
mus of the Utah Central railway in Utah.
| to Phoebe In Nevada. at once caused the
report that the road was to be Immediately
built through to this city. This does not
necessarily follow, though It is we'll within
the bounds Of possibility. The road as
planned will come within two hundred miles
of the Vanderbilt mines. where the road
from Marvel now ends, and will present
few difficulties in the way of completion
TO junction with that road.
T. E. Gibbon, vice-president Of the Term
inal railway, said yesterday morning that
he had official Information from person
interested In the Oregon Short Line that
the proposed work was simply the result
of negotiations with mining syndicate,
who own a number of rich claims that can
be made available by the building Of the
road to Phoebe. The grade was made in the
|old days when Mr.. Adams was president
of the Union Pacific, and was intended to
come to this city. 1t was only bluff, how
ever, for Huntington soon found means to
stop 1t, and since then not a stroke Of work
has been done on 1t. A very little work
will make II ready for the rails, however.
and the cost will therefore be a bagatelle.
The official Of the Oregon Short Line gave
his views as follows:
1.-THE new line that IL to be built II to be
constructed chiefly by Montana cap
ital with a view Of opening private
interests. The most the Short Line people
will do with the line is to operate. 1t under
certain conditions. Ultimately the road
will be built through to Pasadena or Los
Angeles, connecting with the Terminal
railway to the coast This Is what those
back of 1t and the Terminal people wish to
bring about. The Oregon Short Line, peo-
pie, however, are not disposed to do much
in the way of building at present. especial
ly through territory that would not yield
profitable traffic for long time to come"
Wants Bounty
1t is announced that A. B. Patton, who Is
| sai0 to be very wealthy Ogden capitalist,
| is in the city to take up his scheme for the
construction Of an electric railway to Whit
| tier. Mr.. Patton 1t seems, however, Is not
| in the railway building business for hts
health, and before he goes ahead with his
project he expects the people along the
proposed line to give him substantial
bonus of at least fifty thousand dollars.
Mr.. Patton figures that the line will make
the land along the route three times as val
liable as it now is, and thinks 1t fair that
the ranchers should let him share little
in that benefit. That Us all very well, but
Mr.. Patton may find out that capital is
| eager now to build electric railways where
a good traffic is assured. and If he holds on.
too long others may enter the field he has
selected.
1 Notes of Track and Tie
/ W. A. Metcalf has been appointed assist
! ant agent for the Southern Pacific at Whit
tier.
/ The Terminal people expect fully five
thousand people to attend the picnic to be
given at Terminal Island on the 23d by the
Catholics.
Chief Clerk Henderson of General Man.
ager Nevin's office Of the Santa Fe has been
vacationizing In the Grand Canyon of the
| Colorado. He will be back today.
w. D. Sanborn Of the Burlington and w.
]. Shotwell of the Denver and Rio Grande
have returned to San Francisco.