Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-08-24
oMAHATo THE COAST.

OF the West has been Anticipated for
months past by everyone who has
been keeping track OF the "hand-
writing upon the wall" on the part
ofthose in high places in railroad
circles. From time to time the sub
ject of the building ofa road through
to Los Angeles via the Utah and
Pacific has been aired in the press
of the West, but when approached
upon the subject those behind the
scheme have denied that any such
intention is under contemplation for
the immediate future.
While railroad corporations are
not in the habit of making their
plans public until work upon the
same is an accomplished fact, it has
nevertheless leaked out that the
Union Pacific will soon begin work
on the biggest cutoff yet attempted
by that road. The plan which is
under contemplation is nothing more
or less than putting Ogden upon a
branch line, so to speak, and ignor-
ing that railroad center to the ex-
tent of building new road between
Evanston and Salt Lake City, avoid
ing Echo Canyon and other points
to the practical exclusion of Ogden
beyond what business may come
over the Southern Pacific from the
West. 1t is said that contracts upon
this cutoff have already been let,
while it has been public property
that surveys over the proposed route
have been in possession of the Union
Pacific officials for some time past.
The proposed route comes down
Chalk Creek canyon from Castle
Rock to Coalville, which. while not
being any shorter will avoid the
heavy grades in Echo canyon fur
ther cutoff is contemplated from
Uintah to Kaysville some six miles
in length.
When it is stated that the Union
Pacific has designed upon an outlet
to the coast it will readily be under
stood that the operations outlined
above do not terminate there. With
the completion of the new route
work will be pushed upon the Utah
and Pacific with the result that the
bridge-over between Uvada and Bar
stow, CAL, across Death Valley will
be pushed to an issue and the Union
Pacific will then have road through
to the coast that will be over 800
miles shorter than any other trans
continental line.
indicative of this proposed road it
is noted that already there is consid-
erable activity being displayed upon
the Short Line between Salt Lake
and Milford in the matter of track
improvements and big side tracks
along the lines of those inauguerated |
upon the Idaho division of that
system.
Further, the interests Of the Union
Pacific, the Oregon Short Line aud
Utah & Pacific are so closely woven
they can be said to be practically one
system, while doing business under
different titles. The officials and |
stockholders of the first two named
are practically identical, while it is
we'll known that the major portion
of the stock in the latter road is held |
by the Oregon Short Line on account
of the ties, rolling stock and rails
that have been furnished in the past
for the construction and operation
of the road.
Some months ago General Man
ager President Burt of the Union
Pacific, in company with General
Manager Dickinson and some en-
gineers of the road, took a tour of
inspection over the Chalk Creek
route, which bore considerable sig
nifcance in the face of the fact that
some weeks previous the famous
special bearing e, H. Hartman and
and number of other prominent
railroad men connected with the
Union Pacific and Oregon Short
Line, took pleasure jaunt" down
to Uvada. Although at the time all |
concerned were emphatic in the as
sertion that the trip bore no signif-
canoe whatever, nevertheless it is
asserted that something big is going
to drop in railroad construction in
the near future.
A man named Moon was presented