The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-11
HUNDRED MILES OF RAILS.
The Short Line Preparing to Build
Through to Coast.

Three and n half miles Of track have
now been laid by the oregon Short
line since work began at Uvada the
,;tber day. No opposition is enco'In-
,eTed. Mr. WhittemOre having started
rOr salt Lake to secure legal aid in his
campaign in behalf of Senator CIark's
PROJECT He VIII arrive this morning.
The men OF work for the san Pedro
company are on the grade several
miles from the scene of action.
Engineer +. 4. Vail left Salt Lake
for Uvada yesterday as a delegate of
the Clark people, presumably to super
intend the work.
Il. G. Lund came in from Uvada yes
terday- When he left there Tuesday
things were quite and the Short Line
was bringing in all kinds of material in
order TO keep the work going. Said
Mr.. L1nd:
The Triendliest relations seem to ex-
iss between the Whittemore and Short
Line people. Whatever opposition is
manifest by the former is doubtless for
the purpose of protecting its rights in
the courts. and not with the idea Of
compelling the Short Line to quit work.
by violent force, as some have imag
ined.
THE Short Line is shipping III several
trainiOads of material every day. There
are great quantities OF ties and rails
and bridge timber, indicating that they
will bridge over the gulches' and go
is exhausted. They can go on three
miles more, where they strike Norlmile
FIJI. which they must bridge. Material
for this piece of work is already or.
the ground. There is n second dry gulch
they must bridge before getti < over
the summit. Then come the tunnels.
The Short Line is putting rails for 100
miles into Uvada. Forty miles takes
them to the end of the grade. The
work beyond there for about fifteen
trrfTT lime Will no
quired in sc ting through the Meadow
valley wash. The survey goes to MOapa
from that point and CcrOsS TO Las
Vegas ranch. 1t will have to be deter
mined by the time they reach there
whether to put the line into Los An
geles direct. BY going over Ludlow
pass they come TO a triangle, San Diego
lying in one direction and Los Angeles
IN the other. To reach Los Angeles by
MOrangO pass will be very expensive,
but those are matters which can be
worked ont later.
The people of Lincoln county are in
a position taat whichever dog wins
thcS are on top. and are, therefore. not
showing great deal Of interest in the
SgE- and no sympathy for one partic-
tIar side They want the road. and
they don't care who builds IT. The
Short Line is not making any shotgun
plays. Mr. Calvin says he will respect
ali laws but intends to establish the
cornpany's right in that country. There
Is no question but what the road viii
go through. If the short Line has lost
anv OF it's rights in that section, it was
while the road was in the hands of the
receiver"
Mr.. I.und stated that County Attor-
nev McNamee Of Lincoln county is eX-
pected here today. He did not know
the outcome Of Mr.. WhittemOre's efforts
with the board of county commissioners
OF that count2-.
Tic only reports that reached the
Short Lire offices yesterday were Of an
encouraging nature They treat the
ran1uaiCu OF the Clark forces as a big
ioke over there. General Manager Ban
croft was in at his home all day, but
was kept advised as to the condition az
Trvada About 5000 feet of track was
laid Yesterday. Owing to the limited
feIerTapi1 facilities st Uvada, Messrs
calvin aud Young, both of whom are
opera tors. are handling a major por-
ton of the business OF the ONCE MT
C9it,in holds a conversation by wire
wifi, p. j.. Williams in this city daily.