The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-21
TALKED ABOUT
PROPOSED ROAD
New Los Angeles Line Dis
cuSsed By Citizens.
FAVOR THE GIVING
OF PIONEER PARK
Council to Be Asked to Accede
to COmpany'S Requests.

A representative body of Salt Lake
citizens numbering something over 25C
gathered in the council chamber Of the
city and county building last night and
voted to memorabilia the city council to
grant the promoters of the new line TO
the Pacific coast Pioneer park and the
franchises necessary TO enter the city.
Chairman John E. DooIy will today ap-
point fifty citizens TO draft and present
the memorial
The meeting was enthusiastic from
the start and was marked by the ap-
parent unanimity of sentiment in favor
OF giving the company what il asks for.
The question was discussed from all
standpointS by some of the best known
men in the state, and when the final
vote on the principal question was tax
en- there were probably only a dozen
negative votes. Most of this opposition
came from parties who favored an
amendment which sought TO specify
that the line should run through Deep
Creek
Prominent Men There.
The meeting was called to order at s
o clock by George A. Lowe, the mayor
being absent from the city. Among the
prominent men in the audience were
Colonel Theodore Bruback. David
c. w PenrOse, J. J DAILY, Spencer
Clawson, HOyt Sherman. c S. Varian,
Judge A C Ellis, L L Terry. A A
Robertson. w C Hall, c. P. Mason,
]. F. Corker, J. H Rivers, D. 5. Spen-
Ger, George Weller. George A. Lowe.
Fred Leonard, George Y. Wallace, s.
H. Hill, J. J. Corum- Harry Cole. Frank
Knox, Glen Miller. J P Gardner. C L
Darling. Wiley Brown, Councilman
Canning Dr. Bracken.- Councilman R
? WhifrnT1OFa IFFnOrn p r ffnlh1TrT1
G. s. Holmes, George NJ. Cannon,
George NJ. Scott. Chris Diehl, President
George Buckle of the city council. ..
J. Salisbury, F. A Druehl and Messrs-
Kerens GibbOn. Kearns, G O. White
more and others representing the pro-
mOterS of the line
John Z. DOoly. upon motion of Mr.
Lowe, was chosen chairman and SDen-
Ger CIawson was chosen secretary OF
the meeting.
Benefits of the Road.
The call of Mayor Thompson being
| read, Chairman DOOly addressed the
meeting briefly. referring to the great
benefits Salt Lake and the state would
derive from a railroad such as the one
proposed. and the great resources II
would open up In order TO get the
matter properly before the meeting he
asked Mr. kerenS Of ST LOUIS 10 au-
dress the gathering
Mr. KerenS said only a, few words
but he was greeted with a storm or ap-
plause at almost every sentence ne
uttered.
/ II need not saw" said he. that this
I is the greatest enterprise left on the
/ American continent measure my
words when say that the opening or
| the gateway line will be the greatest
| event this western country mas ever
witnessed 1t is the only great gap IN
| the country and will open an empire
I of wealth TO the south.
| Mr.. Kerens here called upon Mr.
| Gibbon to read a statement prepared
bv him outlining the intention and
plans of the incorporators- The state
ment was as follows;
Statement of Projectors
s.Abo,1t zen wears ago a number Of
| eastern men undertook the development
| of a terminal system Of railroads IN
| southern California, with its center IN
Los Angeles, and connecting Win the
| Pacific ocean at San Pedro harDOF,
| which was designed to serve as the ter
! minus of a line of railroads extending
| from Salt Lake City to the city OF Los
! Angeles The company was called Ihe
Los Angeles Terminal Railway co!I-
Danv. and when the enterprise was N
| aueI1rated the national government hau
decided to construct a deep wafer haL-
Dor for the accommodation OF ocean
! commerce at San Pedro at which place
the Terminal Railway company &C
| ouired over :, 600 acres OF land TO give
| necessary terminal facilities on the
| barnor for the proposed Salt Lake line
1.-THE promoters of the enterprise alSo
! s1lDposed at the time when they uH-
| dertook it, that an arrangement ndu
been made which would lead 20 me
| building of the Salt Lake line Dy tLle
| parties who were then in control OF Itle
; Union Pacific For seven years the
| construction of this harbOr by the gov
eminent was delayed by interests con
| nected with a railroad, 10 W1lCn lLlS
proposed Salt Lake line would nave
baoi3 a T-ar-v dangerous competitor. The
| details of this contest are SO wei
| known that I suppose need not reclIe
| them here. 1t is enough to say ina
, | the fight was finally won ana the cOIL
struction of a deep water harDoI, -.
= ont which capital would not nave pee
? justified in investing in the propose
salt Lake line, was at last assured
: Senator Clark Interested
CO.. ,7,,rino the contest the interests
: +b,+ Ne had looked to for the construc'
+ioT, of the Salt Lake line had loSI CON
troll of the Union Pacific and hao Oeei
- succeeded by other owners WhC ~ -,
I ! care 70 take hold of the project A LCel
three years of effort to lnteres' 4 IN In,
| essaI-v capital to construct Ihe IN
fyono Salt Lake to Los Angeles. LII
| 1aon1e owning the Terminal ralI"d-
, es11cr1eeded in interesting Senator W. a
| C,Iarlv of Montana, with ms prsSc 49,
: ,1I11inoited wealth. in the enterprlse
2 Senator Clark has undertaken TO carr;
= the matter for which we, IN coIllll no
with the people of Salt Lake Clty an
e Los Angeles, have so lonS aoTcII,sior
: Ia bored for, to a Successful coIlCl l1alOi
E md 7 need not say to any one VINO lo,
! a .aflT rt with Senator Clarks char char
e acter and reputation that he mas h+ +1, :
\ undertaken any great enterprise ,,1 NC
9 he has failed TO carry 10 inc
.sThe original stockholders OF IN
n Terminal Railway company are 49,
cia+nd With Senator Clark in this gTea
4 v,orIx and are prepared 70 90 ne -
If snare in carrying it to successAu u OO--
Is | cluSiOn-
e rrho+ c,nmnanv Asks For.