The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-07-27
If. WALKER N UTAH
WsIT MAY eE sIeNlFIcAN1

VISIT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT.
He is Enroute to San Francisco, where
the Santa Fe, Owing to Recent Ac-
QUESTIONS. Has an important Future
Details of Relation of Local Projects
to the Santa Fe Latter May be In
terested Railroad Notes.
One of the noted railway men of
the hour will be Salt Lake visitor
today. Aldace f. Walker, chairman
of the board of directors of the
great Santa Fe system, are his name
and title, aud he is travelling west
ward in his business car accompan-
led by his wife and daughter. While
it is presumed that his visit to Cali
fornia is made at this time owing to
the ABSORPTION by the Santa Fe of
the San Francisco & San Joaquin
Valley road, and the purpose of an
early entrance to San Francisco,
yet his trip through Utah instead of
via his own road may have some i'm
portant bearing on the local railroad
situation. 1t is safe to assume that
Mr.. Walker is fully informed upon
the prospects of new line from
Salt Lake to Los Angeles. inasmuch
as the line projected to connect with
the Sante Fe Pacific He is also
aware, no doubt that the Utah & Pa
ciic, the first seventy-five mile link
in such line is very nearly complet-
ed, and that the Oregon Short Line
has incorporated another line to go
through Lincoln county, Nevada.
Thirdly, the Southern Pacific has its
eye on all these movements and had
three engineering corps at work last
fall and winter duplicating the sur
veys.
All these matters have a direct
bearing upon the future of the line
from Salt Lake to Los Angeles.
From the end of the Utah & Pacific
there is but gap of $50 to 800 miles
to be built to reach the Santa Fe,
and from Marysvale on the Rio
Grande Western the gap is but 472
miles.
Mr.. Walker is at the head of over
1000 miles of road. His system ex-
tends from Chicago to the GULF of
Mexico and on to Los Angeles and
San Francisco. The line to be built
from Utah is certainty, and lift does
not connect with the Santa Fe, it
will go on through, as the saving of
500 miles and more between the City
of Saints and the City of Angels is
SO great that it will practically con-
troll the business between the two
points and work up considerable
traffic.
"Col. A .McCune, who is presi-
dent of the Utah & Pacific, is wealthy;
so are all his partners The Oregon
Short Line is backing the Utah & Pa
cific. So far that system has sup
piled all rails, cars and locomotives.
But it is said that Senator W. A..
Clark is also behind Col. McCune
and his friends, and that Clark is
anxious to put up some of the money
to build the line.
All these matters should prove of
deep interest to Chairman Walker
The Santa Fe is one of the largest
roads in the country and has lately
made more wonderful strides than
any of its rivals. Every road pro-
jected from Utah connects with or
crosses the Santa Fe, at or near
Ludlow, and the road today is
thoroughly identified with the future
of the State.
Mr.. Walker is one of the best
known railroad men in the country
He was formerly chairman of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
The party will arrive on Rio Grande
Western No. / today.
X **
Elk Superintendent James Camp
bell of the Southern Pacific at the
Cullom, Salt Lake, at the conclusion
of an interview July II said;
Gas for the Burlington coming in
here, that may, and it may not be
true, I do not know. But I do hap
pen to know that there are railroad
movements of Importance pending
in this State. The Utah & Pacific
has for some reason been hating a
the State line. That road is chile
of the Union Pacific, and as soon al
it crosses into Nevada and starts TO
southern California, Mr.. Hunting
ton will act. So you may look fo
interesting times here before yer,
long.-Tribune.
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