The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-30
CONSOLIDATED SHOPS !,
ARE NOW PROPOSED
Big Plant for q. P, s. P, and
o. S. l..
WILL COST S1,5OO,OOO
SALT LAKE THE CENTER OF
HARTMAN SYSTEM.

The central shops for the entire T4ar-
riman system are to be located at Salt
Lake. according to information recAivad
y IocaI railway officials. This means
Ihat the Southern Pacific viii buiJd
around the south end of the lake into
SAT- Lake, and that the Union Pacific
VIII build its cutoff from the month
u eDef canyon to Salt Lake This
accomplished, Salt Lake viii be the
most central point for the Hartman
shops. ''Oii IOI the
Inc proposed shops viii eventually
cost considerably over 81. 500 900. if is
stated, ana Will add greatly to the pop
uIaIIon OF the city, as they will employ
several hundred men. 1t is to SCENE
ground Tor these shops that condemna-
lioh suits were filed in the Third dis
LIicL court yesterday by General Coun-
u, Wlilldms OF the Oregon Short
Line Possession is asked of DrODartv
IN the northern part of the city in the
Lakeview subdivision, near the Warm
2pIlhSs- In the suit the plea is made
mat the land is needed for the purpose
OF increasing the size and scope of the
coInpanys machine shops, car shops
ana round houses.
For some time the Oregon Short line
mas been quietly picking up land in this
vicinity, securing about thirty acres by
purchase in this manner. Ten more
acres are wanted. and the condemna-
tlon suits are the result.
thlnk that the Southern Pacific
VIII build around the south end OF the
lake. said Mr.. Williams YESTERDAY
Ihls means that the Union Pacific viii
come IN here direct from the mouth of
weber canyon, instead of going by way
OF Ogden The natural result is the
erection Of shops here for the consoli-
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Short Line alone
The condemnation suit is brought
against Abraham Hanauer. R. G. Legg,
oscar GreiseTt. Charles E Adamson,
Nellie g AdamsOn, Alfred A. Walters,
Jesse W. Fox, Jesse NJ. Fox. Utah Com
mercial & Savings bank, NJ. g Moon,
George D SWeetser, Theodore X. Penn
brook. First National Bank of Park
City, w ). Mccormick, Wells. Fargo &
Co, W. B. LAWYER, +. A. Whitaker. w
w Ttmmins, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
county and Arthur Brown.
The petition sets forth that Salt Lake
is the principal place Of business of the
company, and that because of the rapid
increase in its business in the past four
years 1t is necessary TO have more com
mOdiOus quarters for its shops It is
asserted that it is necessary for the
company TO have all of blocks 1876, 1873,
154 and III in plat A, and all of block
100, IN plat c. The company already
has most of the ground included in
these blocks named through purchase.
Most Of the property faces on Fourth
West. and extends from Fifth North
to Ninth North streets.
An answer to the suit was also filed
yesterday by Arthur Brown. attorney
for the prOperty-Owners interested. It
admits that the Oregon Short Line is a
CORPORATION. but denies the statement
that the company is already the owner
of that portion of block 136. plat A
lying east Of the track; also block 153.
all or any part of block ia, and all or
any part of block III Service in the
case was acknowledged by P. L. VII
liams, the attorney for the company.
Closing Wyoming Shops.
It Is said that the new shops pro-
posed for Pocatello will be built, but
that they viii not be on such an ex-
tensive scale as originally intended.
IN this connection comes the follow
ing special dispatch from Cheyenne:
The Union Pacific shops at Green
River viii be closed down on Aug. 1.
Fifty men are employed there and these
viii be given work in the shops at
Evanston, Rawlins and Cheyenne. The
closing down of the Green River shops
is part of a plan inaugurated some
time ago looking to the concentration
of all repair work at one or two points
on the Wyoming division, and il is said
all OF the smaller shops on the Union
Pacific viii be closed ultimately and the
work and forces concentrated at Oma-
ha. Grand Island, North Platte. Den
yer, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Evanston