Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-21
ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS

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The salt Lake papers published on
"Wednesday last a dispatch sent from
cheyenne. wyoming, which announced
the letting OF a contract for the build
ing OF cutoff on the Union Paclho
railway 10 salt Lake, The Deseret
News made some comments on the et-
fects upon this city and the surround
Ing country. Of quick connection with
the east and the west. by means OF
the San Pedro, Los Angeles and SAT-
Lake road, and the eastern lines that
are projected looking to rapid transit
TO the Pacific coast
It now appears that the dispatch was
premature. Indeed the letting OF the
contract is emphatically denied by re-
sponslble persons 1t may be that the
latter are right and the dispatch was
wrong. We are inclined 70 the belief
that after all there Is something In
the project, but that the contract
spoken Of has not been contaminated.
However, the denials and eyasions OF
railway officials are proverblal No men
are less willing to give away secret ar
rangements than they. So Il may al
ways be expected that anything In ref
erence 70 railroad matters not intended
for the public will be shut up as tight
as possible in railway circles.
The ogden Standard is in high glee
over the denials that have been made
about the new contract and tries to
poke fun at the Salt Lake papers for
their announcements, But, he laughs
best who laughs last" and It is not at
all unlikely that the Standard VIII do
its laughing over this matter, before
very long, on the other side Of its
mouth That paper states that the
Deseret News Of Wednesday evening
'exultingly said" I'm the meantims
ogden is wondering where It gets OF. %
The Standard must have been very
exultant and highly exhllarated TO have
found that remark IN the Deseret News.
Careful scrutiny fails TO disclose Il in
any part Of Wednesdays News" The
remarks made In this paper over the
probable efforts OF further railroad
connections in this city, we confirm
with emphasis. We have no doubt that
there viii be, before very long direct
communication by rail between Salt
Lake and the Pacific coast, and by
much shorter route than at present
with the east, and on the Atlantic. But
In forecastlng that event, we entertain
no wish for any unpleasant conse-
Quences 10 Ogden Nor can we see
why that city, or It's press, should be
SO disturbed when anything occurs
that promises 20 be Of benefit to Salt
Lake,
The Standard pleases TO jeer the rail-
way enterprise In which certain well
known capitalists are interested, as the
San Pedro-Los Angeles-Amercan Des-
ert-Alkali Waste-salt Lake railroad.
The probability Is that the new road
viii turn out to be no joke, nor do We
think II subject FOR treatment as a
jest at present The plans for Il are
feasible and It's promoters are in earn
est. They have the money at hand, too,
for the construction work aud equip
ments, and evidently mean business.
IL the desert and alkall wastes between
points In Utah and southern California
can be trayersed by a line, connecting
the City Of the Angels and the City Of
the Saints, we don't see wherein ogden
or It's journals will have any reason for
criticism or carlcature
Much Is said about the promise Of the
promoters of the new railroad being
made repeatedly that 1t will be entirely
independent" Il should be understood
that this means 1t win not be owned.
in any part by or pooled with other
railways. but that the company build.
ing and operating Il will own IL. "inde-
pendent Of any other company or cor
poration That Il must be a new line
entirely, and refuse connection with
other roads, and not avail itself OF ex-
istIng railway facilities, is a notion not
warranted by the assurances that have
been given, and that is manifesay alb
surd.
Railroads do not usually parallel each
other for loug distances unless that
course is absolutely necessary Reason
and personal interest are exhibited IN
railway ventures, quite as much as IN
other enterprises. We may therefore
look for rational measures. when the
new road commences 70 reach out from
Los Angeles 10 this city, and as speedy
q connection as can possibly be made
with profit
All the antic.patIons Of results from
the schemes now In process Of incuba.
ton. for the purpose OF facllltating
direct rail- communication with Salt
Lake from the East, and thence onward
to the West. are rational and full of
promise This city win be, before yery
long great railroad and business cen.
ter and distributing point. aud nothjnp
can prevent the movement towards II,
high destiny. And We hope ogden vii
share IN the benefits to come, and re,
eeiye enough TO keep II from lndulgln.
In further jealousy Of the capital o
Utah.