The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-26
The Southern Pacific's Big Change
Arouses General Discussion.
AVOIDS HEAVY GRADES
BEST THING SOUTHERN PACIFIC
COULD DO.
Railroad Authority Speaks of the
Advantage of the New Line
Deep Creek Property Owners In
terested In the New Line-Wiil
Open Up Many Mines.

The account published exclusively in
the Sunday Herald of the Southern Pa
eif1c's cutoff in its proposed route
from Wells, New, to Salt Lake City,
was the topic most discussed in railroad
circles yesterday. A gentleman who is
connected with one of the roads here
and who is a prominent authority upon
all railroad matters said:
1T would be one of the best things
that the Southern Pacific could do.
They might have possibly selected an
other point in Nevada from which to
start and have secured a better grade.
but even the one that they will have
will be infinitely preferable to their
present line. They will be able to give
faster service because Of the fact
that they will do away with many of
their heavy grades and they will GER
tainly be able to operate the proposed
line at much less expense than their
present main line. The plan is one of
the most feasible that | have heard of
for. long time, and one that believe
will be put through to successful
completion
Mining Men Interested.
Property owners in the Dugway,
Deep Creek and Fish Springs districts
are on the tip-toe of expectancy and
all are anxiously awaiting further in
formation touching the building OF the
Southern Pacific road through or near
that section from Wells, New 1t is
pointed out, however, that if business
is what the road is looking for, all it
has, to do to create it is to declare it's
intention of building south from Wells
and skirt the west and south boun-
DIARIES of the Great Salt Lake desert.
With such a declaration on the part
of the Southern Pacific officials" said
a gentleman well posted on the re-
sources of the districts named yester-
day, mining operators would be get
ting a foothold inside of a month
which would mean the opening up of
the splendid properties which are now
lying idle for want of a chance to get
the ores to market. l believe that with
the assurance of railroad being con-
structed within even twenty-five or
fifty miles of the districts named, the
greatest activity would manifest itself
out there at once, for the mineral show
ing clear through from Dutch Noun
tain to Dugway is almost beyond the
comprehension of the uniformed If
the road is to be built cross-lots, as in
dicated in the map published in The
Herald, l think a great mistake will
be made, as the route designated is
through an absolutely unproductive
section for the greater part of the dis
lance. But let it come down some
where near the districts named and as
much ore from out there will be COM
ing to Salt Lake inside of a year after
it is built as is now being shipped from
Tintic and within two years the pro-
duction of that section would surprise
the world"
Several people expressed themselves
on the subject yesterday and without
exception they wanted to see the new
branch penetrate the Deep Creek and
other districts nestled around the
southern edge of the great desert Moth
ing, they declared, could happen which
would rebound more to the future well
fare of this city and state than this
proposed new road