The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
GROUND FOR DEPOT
AND SWITCH YARDS
Burlington Officials Have Been
Buying Large Tracts.
Have Secured By Purchase and OPP
ton $15O,OOO Worth of Salt
Lake Real Estate Within Six
Weeks-Road Now Building This
Way Through Wyoming-May
Come Down Emigration Canyon
Means Much For Salt Lake.

The Burlington railroad is coming
into Salt Lake City. This is the con-
viction that has fastened itself upon
the mind of every close observer of re-
cent events.
On April IL the Nebraska, Wyoming
& Western Railway company was in
corporated in Wyoming by officials of
the Burlington road, for the purpose of
extending the Burlington line across
the state into Utah. Work on this ex-
tention is now under way.
Burlington officials and their asso-
ciates have. within the past six weeks.
secured Salt Lake real estate, either
by direct purchase or under options, to
the value of at least $780, 200. This prop
erty has been secured through e. B.
Wicks, agent of the Burlington syndi-
cate. Mr.. Wicks is also the local rep
resentative of the Utah Railway COM
pany, Incorporated some years ago by
Burlington officials, for the purpose of
building through Utah.
1t is we'll known that the Burlington
syndicate, that has made such heavy
purchases of Salt Lake realty during
the past few weeks, includes the lead
ing officials of the Burlington road.
Among the pieces of property they have
secured are tracts on Fourth West
street, various pieces in the southern
part of the city, and acreage property
TO the southwest. Their operations in
clude an option on a thirty-acre tract
on the eastern limit of the city, just
north of the Gilmer property. and an
other large tract, further south, has
also been secured.
Significance of Purchases.
When the Burlington road comes into
Salt Lake it is the general belief that
i ~
Therefore the two large tracts just pur-
chased would be directly on its line,
and it would have abundant ground for
shops and yards. a trackage arrange
ment with the Rio Grande Western
along Eighth South and Fourth West
would give it access to convenient de-
pot grounds, just purchased by Mr..
Wicks on the latter street.
The evidence seems convincing that
the Burlington road is quietly and Sc
cretly paving the way for it's entrance
into the city, and the mysterious ST.
lence of Mr.. Wicks and those associat-
ed with him tends to confirm this con-
cluSion.
Know What Is Coming.
One of the most prominent real es-
tate dealers in the city, who has been
assisting Mr.. Wicks in taking in the
real estate desired, predicted yesterday
that would wake up the people of Salt
Lake Those eastern people," said he,
know what is coming, and that is why
they are getting in on the ground floor
They know that as soon as announce
ment is made of what is about to hap
pen, they vii! be unable to secure the
property they desire at present prices.
AS soon as the facts become known
there will be a BOOM
Admits 1t Is Coming.
An influential man in this city very
closely associated through many years
with the Burlington road was ap-
preached on this subject. He talked
with the caution that characterizes
men in such positions. He admitted
that the Burlington was coming to
Salt Lake, but maintained that it
would come direct from Denver. When
asked what the work in Wyoming sig
nifeG. he would say nothing except
that the Burlington would miss no
large city and invariably took the
shortest route from one large place to
another.
For years il has been regarded as
certain that the Burlington road would
eventually build to Salt Lake, and
many announcements have been made
of its intention TO inaugurate work i'm
mediately. But never before has there
been such conclusive evidence of an
n.
Route Through Wyoming.
The route of the line through Wyo-
ming leads from the Cheyenne termi-
nus of the Holdredge extension through
Hallock canyon in the Laramie noun
tsins, across the Laramie plains. fol-
lowing the Medicine Bow river to the
Elk mountains, near which place is one
of the richest coal fields owned by the
Burlington people. From Elk noun
tainS west the line extends. tapping
the rich Battle Lake and Grand En-
campment copper camps, the populous
valley of the Platte. near Saratoga,
and thence west till * strikes the |
northeastern corner of Utah.
From that point two good routes are |
offered One would carry the road |
south around the Uintah mountains |
and up the valley through Park City |
into Salt Lake: the other almost di- |
rectly west, both entering the city |
through Emigration canyon.
An Interesting Situation.
The situation is decidedly interest |
ing one Everyone knew something un-
usual was going on. Everyone had his |
opinion. but had no facts to back il. /
IT has been certain from the first that /
sooner or later the road would come in.
The time is now at hand and no one
need be surprised to see this an ac-
complished fact within IA year.
1t would be idle to enlarge at this
time on the advantage To this city of
the entry of this great railroad. Its
Importance could hardly be overesti-
mated. With this competing line COM
ing in from the east and the Utah &
Pacific carried through to the coast on
the southwest very different phase
would be put upon Salt Lake City as
a commercial center.
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