Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-16
ARE PURCHASING
RIGHTS OF WAY.
San Pedro and Short Line Quietly
Buying Up Property.
CLARK HAS LAND In NEVADA
Hartman Interests Then Purchases
the Coivsrvilie Ranch Of 100 Acres
ne the End of Track.

The San Pedro officials are keeping
their plans 20 themselves nevertheless
they are working hard on surveys with
Indications that before September there
viii be additional contracts for con-
struction work lie, at this end Of the
proposed line.
The impending right-of-way fight be-
tween the oregon Short Line and the
San Pedro, Los Angeles and salt Lake
road Is not without It's humorous as
pect ana were not the construction OF
one or more roads through to Los An
geles Of such vital Importance 10 salt
Lake and Utah generally the Incidents
surrounding the blOOdless battle would
furnish the groundwork for the plot Of
comic opera. As IL Is millions are at
stake and as a consequence each side
watches the other and makes Its moves
accordingly. Up 10 date the san Pedro
has made no defined move IN the dlrec-
tion OF securing a right-Of-way IN salt
Lake or Tooele counties. Indicative
OF the manner In which the Short Line
Is watching every move, however, Is
the word that has been brought In from
the Weir Salt works Ca the effect that
II has been quietly passed around
among the graders at work on the new
plant that the Short Line may require
their services az few hours notice In
the near future 20 jump into one OF the
nearby canyons and start active work
on grading, Just as soon as one Of the
three routes now under contemplation
by the San Pedro people has been de.
cided upon without a peradyenture Of a
doubt. dirt VIII begin TO nv from the
Short Line scrapers.
Down IN Nevada however, there IL a
lively scramble that is replete with
humor As fast as one company secures
portion Of right -of-way the other
Immediately jumps in and does like
wise. Needless 60 say the ranchers In
the vicinity are feeling jubilant. Some
OF them. however are over reaching
themselves and endeayOfing to hold up
the companies. The outcome Of their
avarlce will undoubtedly end with con-
demnation suits when they will find
that they will receive less for their prop
erty than was first offered them
To date the scramble for land has
been In favor of the San Pedro with
the Short lime coming IN few days
later and securing land parallel with
that held by the Clark interests
The first move IN this direction was
the purchase recently Of strip Of land
at the termination OF the Short Line
grade on the Culvervllle ranch from
Eliza Culvervllle by the San Pedro
company. The short Line awoke 20
what was going on ten days later when
Farley l.. Williams repaired TO the
scene and bought up 1860 acres OF Mrs.
Culvervilles rights under a state en-
try. The claim has just been perfected,
and, It Is said to have cost the Short
Line In the neighborhood Of s75 an
acre.
Other land liz now being tally ar
ranged for and as the majorlt.' Of the
holders do not care To have their prop
crty cut up by two railroad lines the
scramble IL very interesting,
Just as soon as the route out Of Salt
Lake II decided upon the situation IN
Salt Lake and Tooele counties will be-
come excessively strenuous. for specu-
lators have, It IL said, already COM
menced 10 secure options on land which
viii In all probability be In the line o.
route.