Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-08
Utah and Pacific Construction to
the State Line.
AWAIT TEST OF CEDAR COAL
building sheep CorrsIs- mtg uomo-
seekers Excursion west--Gen-
crai Items.

Chief Engineer West Of the Utah and
Pacific came In this morning from
Ogden, where he spent yesterday. Mr..
West combines the Office OF Gen. traffic
manager OF the line with that Of chief
engineer. and In the former capacity
he was In consultation with the traffic
department OF the Short Line this
morning.
When seen by News" reporter this
morning he was In communicative
mood and talked freely about the pros.
pcct " the road. lie places May 18TH
as the probable time for the completion
Of the new railway 10 the State line.
Mr.. West, In speaking of the branch
from Lund to silver city, says that q
great deal depends upon the test which
VIII be made ~ the Cedar city coal M
n steam producer. Just before MIR. West
LETT Lund, Mr.. Jones. one NJ the owners
OF coal ii,ids at Cedar. assured him that
enough Of the coal would be on hand
upon his return to make the long ok
pccted test. Mr. West says that II the
coal proves 10 be what IL expected. the
branch viii be pushed through at once.
lie VIII go from Lund to, Cedar Guy
upon his return.
Tho railway company Ia about TO con-
Htruct shecp-Hhcafing corrala at Lund.
but In view OF the early construction
OF the branch the ahcepmcn wish the
corralH to be established at Iron
Springs. whore there II plenty OF water
Tor the stock. Iron Springs " about
twenty miles south " Lund on the lin,
uf the proposed Cedar branch. and II In
the center OF the great irvn deposits.
Application has been made for the
establishment OF n puatofilcc ut Lund.
and the new postmaster has already
given bonds. The portofllcc depart
ment II In posression NJ all the lnforma-
ton asked for In connection with the
use Of the Utah aud Pncinc trains for
carrying the malls. ana Mr.. West cN-
poets favorable action IN a Few days.
Roth Mr.. West and Mr.. Hcndrickson
leave for the south this evening.
Western nom..e.h-r.' Tramc.
A chicago dispatch today saya West
crn lines enjoyed considerable In.
crcaFe IN traffic Tuesday ON account
of the cheap rates IN eject for home
seekers excursions TO the territory
west " the Missouri river. The total
number taking passage for the prom
iscd land footed M about 500 full
tickets and third AZ many half-faro
tickets for children In the families.
Nearly nifty families. with all their be-
longing. were numbered with tho
big crowd The home hunters and
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road. but selected their routes without
restriction. M the rates were the same
over all lines.
Many Of the parties were from points
caht OF Chicago. but the majority were
from this city. In addition 10 the
business from here. all Of the roads
sold hundreds of coast tickets from
points on their lines In northern Illinois.
Iowa. and Minnesota. one road the
Rock Island, had u full carload out %
chicago bound for San Francisco Port
land and other water front cities.
The following figures show the way
the movement was divided among the
principal competing lines. chicago.
Rock Island A Pacific, sixty. chicago
\ Northwestern. 30 Northern Pacific.
~, Great Northern. 90. Chicago hur-
lnHton A Quincy a.. Union Pacific.
30. Chicago. Milwaukee 4 ~. Paul. %.
wisconsin Central, Is, Great Western.
10 Total, $50.
In addition To tho above number
boarded the through trains from points
north and west " Chicago.
II was the first humenoekern' cxour-
sion ever run from this TERRITORY 20
Pacific coast points. Anbthor one will
be run On March a. on which date the
days record viii probably be- beaten.
M the railroads ala not have time to
sufficiently advertise the first cxcur-
sion.
The rate which partly Inspired the
rush was an extremely low one. Round
trip tickets from Chicago To the coast
were sold nj ,Gl.i0 against regular
fare Of about 3il0, and tho one way
transportation was sold at $3.50,
against the ordinary fare OF $3.50,