The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-06
20. Whittemore Returns From
California Meeting.
BRINGS ASSURING NEWS
oEPANY TO BE FORMED WITH
S2o,Ooo,ooe CAPITAL.

ity is to be the eastern terminal or
he proposed line.
Salt Lake people have wanted
lirect railroad to Los Angeles for
ears. All efforts to secure it's con-
tructicn in the vast have been fruit
ess but at last the opportunity has
Ome and now the people are urged to
Jet to work and show their interest in
he enterprise by encouraging the pro-
ect in the way of favorable trackage
ind depot franchises.
Nothing more is asked of Salt Lake
oy Senator w. A. Clark, who is the
prime mover and the financial power
behind the scheme.
This was the information brought to
salt Lake last evening by United States
District Attorney G. o. WhittemOre,
who had just returned from Los An
geles, where he went to confer with
the leading spirits behind the Los An
geles Terminal, which owns the valu-
able terminals at Los Angeles and at
San Pedro harbor, and which will form
The basis for the new road to Salt
Lake. Mr.. Whittemore stated that
Senator Clark had secured control of
the Los Angeles Terminal, through his
brother. j. Ross Clark. The deal has
been pending since January last and
in the meantime Mr.. Clark's experts.
said Mr.. WhittemOre. have made a
thorough examination of mineral and
other resources of this state and have
looked into every minute detail along
the probable route of the new road.
Nothing was left undone,' said Mr..
whfttemoTe. anywhere and Mr.. clark
thoroughly satisfied himself as to pay
ing Dropensities of such line when
built, before buying into the Terminal.
On Two Conditions.
Mr. Clark went into the enterprise
expecting to extend the road to Salt
Lake on the fulhllment of two condi-
TONS The first one was that the citi-
Of los
themselves 81, 00O, 900 worth of the bonds
TO be issued. While Mr.. Clark has am
pie capital of his own to build the pro-
posed road, without the assistance of
anyone else, he was quick to conceive
the idea that with the representative
men of Los Angeles holding interests
in the road it would naturally arouse
a more friendly interest in that section
which would be beneficial in the way
of obtaining traffic in a great many
more ways than one.
1.-The other condition with which Mr..
Clark asks compliance before the route
is definitely determined upon is that
the citizens of Salt Lake City see to
it tllat the company is granted suit
able franchises, so that the road could
build into the city and enjoy equal
depot facilities and trackage privileges
with the roads already here
THE subscribing of stocks or bonds
. y far as Salt Lake is concerned is not
made a condition by Senator Clark, al
though the opportunity is given Salt
Lake citizens TO become interested in
the road"
Senator Clark, Mr.. Whittemore
states, is willing and invites local CAPT
tai to take a hand in the enterprise.
but nothing of that kind is asked Of
them.
Thomas Kearns. David Keith and
other It Lake citizens were given the
OpDort .ity to become interested and
before Mr.. Whittemore left for home
ne was told that Mr. Kearns had closed
q deal for a large interest IN the road
He is to become a resident director
and will probably be the largest holder
of stock IN Utah.
David Keith has also secured inter
ests. Others are going in and it is the
opinion that probably $500, 900 of Utah
capital will be invested
Coming to Salt Lake.
7. Ross Clark. accompanied by 7. f.
Gibbon, vice president OF the Ierfnlnal
railway, and the general counsel for
that company. Will reach Salt Lake
next Wednesday. the 18th inst, on their
way to New York for final confer
ence with Senator Clark, who was eX-
pected TO sail from Europe yesterday,
at which time final details in regard 10
the route and construction viii be de-
termined upon. The gentlemen viii
only remain in the city one day on their
way east but while here they expect
ness men of the city. A meeting viii
be arranged for that purpose, and
when they continue their journey east
ward they will expect to carry with
them some idea Of what Salt Lake peo-
pie will do in assuring the promoters
the franchises desired.
Just what plans will be made for the
reception of the distinguished visitors
next week, Mr.. Whittemore was I'M
able to state last night, but MeSSrS.
Kearns and Keith will return home TO-
day and assist in arousing enthusiasm
and placing the Importance of immedi-
ate action before the people of Salt
Lake.
While the time is short. Mr.. White
more looks upon the matter as being
very vital to Salt Lake City, and the
sooner the people get to work the bet
ter: il lays with them whether the
eastern terminus of the road shall be
here or at some other point, and he
urges that now is the time for a dis
play Of encoura cement. generosity and
enterprise.
The adoption of 4 route from Salt
Lake to the southwest has not beer
entirely determined upon. Three very
feasible ones are being considered; but
until Mr. Nj Clark is consulted in New
York no selection viii be made. 1t is
the intention. Mr.. WhitteTaOre says,
to choose the shortest. no matter what
kind of a country II cuts into.
If the main lire should happen TO so
mostly through the deserts the pro-
ductive regions will be tapped with
branches. The idea is to make the
line as short as possible and at the
same time oblitetate steep grades that
would be a menace in the making of
fast time.
The Herman Route.
The old survey known as the Herman
route is one of the three under consid-
Grafton This route is the farthest
south Of any. 1t crosses through
southern Nevada. across a portion of
Arizona and follows up the Virgin rfv-
err to St George. This route is looked
upon with considerable favor.
The middle route is along the survey
made by the Union Pacific years ago,
and the third leaves Salt Lake to the
west, intercepting the Deep Creek coun-
try on the way. The mileage of all
three routes are about the same, the
shortest distance between Los An
geles and Salt Lake being us miles.
Mr.. Whittemere says great credit is
due Mr. Gibbon for the part ne has
taken in making the Los Angeles road
a certainty. II was largely through his