The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-09
ROW UPSfi
consolidation Stories Keen q,
ticials in Turmoil.
TROUBLE IN THE Alp
EFFECT OF CoNSoLDATTo,.
DISCUSSED.

II q bomb-sheu had come -r-
the roof of the DooIy block 49,,
there could have been NO nr....-
sation than the report of tI,..
the Rio Graude Western to r4s--.-
produced in the offices of r-s- --
First it was announced from M
that the consolidation of the -,r.-..
roads with the Hartman inf--.s---
a positive fact Then came "a f-,..-
Then came a confirmation. Then .-.
Indifference.
Just the same, whether The ~.-
is true or not, il produced 81 q-...
shock locally than the Southern b..
deal The truth Is there ISM a ' --
On railroad row who now Rn..-s .l
limit of his ticket, and MANY
visions of the finish right AWAY
W nile IL may not make "a rsr-:...
difference In the operation u. rr- r-- .
the rallrOaders are looking fu- s
thing TO drop and drop heavily. .--...
They say there is a prospect b.. gas
dredS OF general and tTaNelIns f-5-
anu passenger agents being .-r .-7-.
I. the hartman people have ~-.rr-.. -
troll OF the Whole western RAILROAD -.-
ness and there certainly a-uaar. -- -'-
something in the belief 10 is
likely, too, that more than one ..-
head viii fail eventuauv. I-s-
syndicate would keep TWO SETS ~
nces IN Salt Lake. for iuaJauus--t =.
/ Grande " esteTn and Short Line.
hardly prouanie- an their aasr--a..
I railroad men are declaring that -...-
another year or more every line .-t
l.. H... ..
I that the destruction of CUmu-r-I-
I leave them without sign ur .-
ment here al least.
The Snort Line is worried ---
! everybody preulcts all Sorts o. .---
/ before the present mist i'm raH-..
[ cIes clears away.
If it Is true that Hartman r.--
[ chased the Colorado line d. d,
] other purpose, evidently. than H. e.
SJrOy competition Having 4r.--s
the Southern Pacific, me- gets f-
line from New York 10 the caas. a.
by the present deal he VIII have z--
railroad concern in the c0uutr- r.
derinC where it is to get of an
ADroDos OF this the San Pef-1 a-
/ comes in for discussion. THs .--
/ thing out here in which the Ha-rT-.-
competitors can find consolation fs--
possibility Of this line being eaHs.-r-.
I 10 form an alliance with The Ru-a-.
ton, which will come from fu-rr.-.
1 salt Lake and connect with The .
road News that Hartman has M
l chased Senator ClarkS idea is -.-
] expected now.
One thing which might have r-.
/ figure in the reported deal is Nh. e-----
/ probability OF the Denver a ID
] Grande building across from g-s-.
I junction to connect with rHr r-
I road This is just what Harrf-..
/ would not want and his purchase
/ real, shuts ont the POSSIBILITY of Al
! alliance between the Rio Grand. rr7e
/ and the Clark line. Thus DE- holds
B his grasp not only the railroads E
the possible outlets Of this region.
BurIington's Extension.
/ The following dispatch r1 The Her.
I aid is timely in this connection.
! Guernsey. WTg. Feb N-LuDurtau-
! information concerning the .1GS--I--
/ ton of the Burliugton's new line from
/ Guernsey west to Salt Lake was OBJ
{ tanned today from one of the engineers
I now making d. raEurv-y VI the rsI'.
/ through the mountains west OF This
/ place.
II has been generally supposed r1-,
Z contracts for the work tH hr done DE
( tween Guernsey and Salt Lake E.1-
I be let within a few weeks and 1al7-.-
I ed only on the surveys and the .-
of ii route 10 be- taken tlTHu-- --
/ mountains This. It seems. IS err'
/ as the engineers aSFsr- puSIuF=l --.
no work viii be done until 9i
I have been commenced upon -
[ line from Salt Lake west LH L--
geles. as the Burlington l.ST-
I know what its connections $50. --
Salt Lake before entering uH.I
construction of the line across 81.
inS.
At is understood here that s-'
for the Los Angeles line are LuH '-.s
made, and that coiucid-nr with .a-
ting Of contracts for IN" line YVES.
SaIL Lake contracts Will Ha .at pr
Guernsey extension. If the salt Lar.
Los Angeles project falls through
has been limited recently. then -6- y
abilities are there viii be nothing
ing by the Burlington here. a- @
not for the present
Although it is not generally ElJ.-
the Burlington is suffering from al g..
sufficient supply of coal ana al 2
present time is shipping large ql--
souri, river from eastern fields. -
mines al Newcastle, IT. is as
+ barely supply the needs of the .-
northern Wyoming and the c1---
4 western portion of Nebraska, ana --
+ lines in South Dakota
In is to- obviate this vital ie--
the operation of its system that "
/ Burlington is now running lines III
/ i-s prouoSel route through Nt.-'
/ To tap rich coal deposite I'm tbs ga
. When the main line from FuFrls
( Salt Lake is built. branch lines "--
pushed out to connections Win lH5
craI coal fields acquired ny lar
I Iugton. so as TO insure "a ."t- S-..-
for any demand that might be- ---
The information comes direct ...
+ high official of the Burlington ~.
! when once operations are NJ
network of lines viii te nui.L JED -.-.
! oming. but for the pr.sau. oil H..
hinge ON the building az me sa
and Los Angeles road.