Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-10
Tells the News" What is Wanted
from Salt Lake City.
PIONEER SQUARE FOR DEPOT
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars VIII
be subscribed by salt Lake Citizens
-Blg Meeting soon,

For the third time within the past ten
years O railroad company that is TO be
organized with the intention Of build
Ing through To- Los Angeles. will ask
tHe city Council TO grant it the privi-
Isge Of a franchise Of right Of way into
th.s city and terminal facilities Ia the
from the old Fort Square on Third
South This time nothing further II
Is said, win be asked Of the city 10 SEE
cure the Immediate construction Of the
proposed line from Salt Lake 10 south
cu California,
This news was brought TO this city
by Mr. Thomas Kearns on his re'urn
from the scene Of the conference at Los
Angeles at whlzn be was present. Mr.
Keams returned from Los Angeles on
Saturday evening, and when seen today
,alsad In an interesting strain In re-
gard 10 the policy OF the vast enterprise
with which he Is Identified. Mr Kcarns
Is TO Doc a resident director OF the COM
p3ny which IL to be formed
He states that the now company win
not De- identified with ans other COM
pany in southern Utah but win build
right into the city over its own right Of
way without making connections In any
shape or form with those
lines that extend towards
the Arizona line. Beyond this
emphatic statement there IS nothing
particularly new upon the subject be-
yond that which has been already pub
Ished. In the matter OF the route TO
bee taken nothing definite has as yet
been decided Mr.. Kearns personally
fayors a line from Salt Lake southwest
70 Lincoln county and thence to Los
Angeles. There are said 20 be nearly
half a dozen routes under discussion,
but that matter will be decided later
when Senator W. A. Clark, Hon. y. c.
Kerens, J. Ross CLARK, r. Il, Gibbon
and others interested arrive In this city,
which viii be about the 18th inst
THROUGH ST. GEORGE.
The route which Is favored by Mr..
Keans is that which Is known as the
old Herman route which takes In the
iron and coal districts OF southern Utah,
through 81. George and down across the
corners Of Nevada and Arizona, into
southern California. While this would
Dee somewhat longer than the others
/ under consideration (l20 miles, It would
/ tap the most important sources ~ sup
ply and open up that rich and prolific
! mining district in southern Utah.
As soon as those Immediately Inter-
osted IN the project arrive IN this city
the matter win be fully and finally can-
yassed ana the big company duly float
| ed and Incorporated under the laws of
Utah with a capital OF S20,0O.O00. which
| ls the estimated cost OF the construc-
| ton OF the road lis terminals and
| equipment The citizens OF Los Angeles
win be given the opportunity 20 sub
| scribe Tor 81 900 600 OF the securities
| while salt Lake VIII be offered 100000
| OF tho same but IN no sense Is this OBJ
| lgat0ry upon their part. There is no
| fear. however. of this amount not being
/ subscribed Tor as 70 ls understood that
twice that amount could be- secured
| here providing the public became salts
| del that the project would Doe pushed
/ 90 an issue without delay
MR.. KEARNs TALKS.
When seen this morning at his office
| Mr. kearns stated that IN order 10 ac-
/ complish this purpose quick action
| would be necessary and In the face
| Of the short time that would be at the
/ disposal OF the people 90 make up their
/ minds De thought ID due % the public
/ that they should be made acquainted
/ with the full facts Of the case as II now
] stood He said
IT is now up 20 the people of salt
/ Lake whether they viii have their city
/ FOR the terminus OF this road through
/ 20 the coast or let u give them the 30
| by and 90 on 10 Ogden. II the Los
! Angeles q Salt Lake terminates in this
/ city IL win undoubtedly have the ef-
] feet OF bringing the Southern Pacific
| and other lines here and making II the
| railroad center of the West. We are
/ working independent Of any other road
| and those roads that are interested IN
| the traffic OF the coast viii fight us
| tooth and nail All we ask is that we
/ .et d right OF way into this city, and
/ m site near the heart OF town, where
! we can erect our depots and put IN our
yards II we have to Doe content with
| proposition out IN the suburbs
| we may build on Co ogden, but
we want the terminus Uf the line to be
! right here in Salt Lake city.
We shall ask for three years In which
! 10 complete the line, but have no
| hesitancy iu stating that 10 viii be
| finished iu two years after the fran
| chse which will bee asked ls granted
| As q meeting OF the incurpOrators VIII
| De held iu his city on or about the
18th Of this month, we would like 10
| fully gct the sentiment of the peO-
/ rI. upon the matter before that date
| I'M order that ID wall be- iu shape for
| presentation ut the meeting 81 the
| present time Senator Clark Is upon
| the ocean 0n his way 90 New York, and
! Just us soon us De- lands mo- time viii
| be- lus. aud De VIII arrive in this city
! just as soon us steam can bring him.
In response to further Questions Mr..
| Egaus stated that the enthusiasm In
| regard ts the linc Was of q decidedly
| marked character u los Angeles and
| ho was surprised tO HAT as yet d
| had not been displayed .u similar de-
/ gree in Salt Lake
! When questioned 1s o. the amount
| OF stock that would ug required 20 be
| taken lp in ,hi5 city he stated that
| nothing WAS leNyd beyond the terminal
| facilities and the franchise to approach
/ the same "Of course there VIII be
/ some ftoaE owned bg parties In this
! city, Do added as AGO afterthought.
"hut ] ann not prepared to state who
Vll participate IN &c at the present
/ time" when it was suggested that
perhaUs De would hold tha major por-
don Ol lhe same Doe smiled and said
/ well 7 win hold O great big bunch
FOR little man like m.
The lus Angeles o. salt Lake road
win enter los Angeles over the rails
0f lhe Los Angeics Terminal railway
which already has % miles of line
built with eight locomotives and IN
cars IN operation. This line runs south