The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-25
SURVEY ALMOST
To SALT LAKE
Burlington Engineers Be
tween This City and Ogden.
LINE COMES DIRECT
FROM WEBER CANYON
Salt Lake City OF Ogden on a
Spur.

1t viii be Of deep interest to the peo-
pie of Salt Lake to know that the sur
vey of the Burlington road is now
within less than forty miles of this city
and that the engineers of that road are
running the line from the mouth of
Weber canyon directly towards this
city. Within less than q week the
pathfnders of this great system viii
reach the city limits
The party of Burlington engineers.
whose progress on the survey through
10 the mouth of Weber canyon has
been noted from time to time, yester-
day started a line southwark across
the bench south and west of Uiutah.
Weber county, a point six miles east
of Ogden. The destination Of this line
is Salt Lake, but whether this is to be
a spur or whether the line running
from the point of divergence towards
Ogden is 20 be a spur is 4 question
full of importance to the people Of both
cities.
Course Of the Road.
The line as run thus far energies
from Weber canyon on the west side Of
the river, which is in Davis county,
and does not TecrOss into Weber coun-
ty at any time. However. the engin-
GERS state that a line is to be run from
the point of divergence into Ogden.
and that the surveys are merely pre-
Hminary and must be submitted TO the
head engineers office for approval.
Coming close upon the announce
ment that the Burlington is negotiating
with Fitzpatrick Bros to construct tho
line, the new development is signifI-
cant.
fitzpatrick In Town.
r. J. fitzpatrick of Nebraska, head
of Fitzpatrick Bros. & Collins, the
largest contracting firm ia the west,
was at the KnUtsfOrd part of yester-
day, going on TO Colorado, where the
firm IS engaged in d contract for the
Colorado Midland IN the vicinity Of As
pen. His company is doing most of
the work for the Burlington in this
claimed to be returning from Puget
Sound and a trip of inspection around
Sherman hill, Wyoming, It is generally
supposed that his visit in Wyoming had
to do with other matters. AS was
stated in yesterdays Herald, kiIpat-
rick Bros. are negotiating for BuFling-
ton contracts between Guernsey and
Salt Lake, and to see the company be
gin work right away on the long,
looked for extension to this city would
not be surprising. While in the city
Mr.. Fitzpatrick met H. NJ. Mccartney,
the well known engineer, upon whom
the incorporates Of the Los Angeles &
Salt Lake placed so much reliance in
the selection of their route, described
yesterday.
It was currently reported that BIr.
Fitzpatrick had gone over the Burning
ton survey between Guernsey and Og-
den with a representative Of the rail-
road company, but he refused to con-
firm the report.
The route Of the Los Angeles & Salt
Lake railroad. described in yesterdays
Herald. is generally conceded among
the incOTDOratOrs to be the one that
will be adopted. Additional coufirma-
ton was secured from local men inter-
esJed in the project yesterday.
During the meeting last Thursday II.
NJ. Mccartney was invited to give the
incorpOratOTs "a haIf-hOurS talk on
Utah geography and the surveys that
have already been run out Of Salt Lake
south, which he did with the aid of a
large map Every possible way into
Salt Lake and out of the state was de
scTibed. including q parallel of the
Short Line tracks south through Utah
ana Juab counties, q divergence south
after reaching SaItair, or a line still
further west. as far as Deep Creek,
before going south. Only by the first
named could any towns of importance
b reached, but as there Is so much
country ready 10 be developed. It was
the opinion that either of the other two
would be as advantageous in the long
run, from a business standpoint. At
any rate. the route along the edge or
the lake to Garfield, thence south along
the west side of Tiutic and eventually
to bennington on the Short Line. is the
one considered most feasible by the
directors.
After reaching bennington hill the
country is open nearly TO the boundary
line, and there is a question whether
the line viii strike of to the west or
cross the Short Line tracks and con-
tinUe on south, to leave the state event
ually in the very southwest corner The
latter seems more likely
This survey was made in 1889 by II.
II. Mccartney and others for the ore
gon Short Line. and it includes three
ways over the rim of the basin
Three Years to Complete It.
The question is often asked as to how
/ long it will take to build the Los An
/ geles road. :. A. Bemis, one OF the d.
| rectOrs, said, in answer to this, thaL II
might be three years before trains were
/ being run regularly
/ For the first Two years. said he
J the whole matter is practically in the
! hands of the construction company
! They will have the contract TO build
and equip the road, and II ought not
! to take more than couple or years
! TO get the thing pretty nearly complet-
/ ed. But I expect it viii be three years
/ before the road is really IN shape for
/ regular traffic"
! Mr. Bemis is of the opinion that the
/ road means more to the state than the
! people of Utah realize, and III 50 saying
/ he saws he does not lose sight of the
appreciation of the people that It IS a
/ great enterprise.
/ The visiting officials return from their
! Corinne duck hunt this morning, and
| during the day viii probably leave FOR
! the east.
| The articles of Incorporation of the
! construction and development com
/ panies are drawn up. but have not yet
| been executed
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