Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-13
San Pedro Engineers Said to Be
Striking Line
OPTION ON WEST SIDE LINE,
II Il Rumored THAT senator CLARK
Flay secure H. l.. Nunn's franchise
Into Salt Lake city for his Road

From the way things are shaping the
unwary pedestrian who walks abroad
on The west side win have TO keep his
eyes on the ground TO avoid falling over
survey stakes, IN addition 10 the party
OF engineers mentioned IN last nights
News" there Is another corps of sur
veyors actively engaged In striking
line across the fats on the other side
Of the Jordan river, This party when
numbers in the vicinity Of fifteen men
Is said to be in the employ of the san
PEDRO, Los Angeles q Salt Lake Rail-
way company.
The engineers have been actively en-
gagged for the past five days IN drlN-
ing stakes along First West street,
Tenth South and across the open lana
on the other side OF the river.
Following close upon this action
comes the well defined rumor to the
effect that the SAN Pedro has secured
an option upon the franchise OF the
West Side railroad which runs from
the corner Of Second South and First
West streets down to Tenth South and
l.. Mum, the well known power plant
capitalist, Is willing to part with the
property. providing Senator Clark's
company cares TO pay the price, The
franchise embraces steam privileges In
10 ne city az far north rs Seventh
South street and az soon as the San
Pedro gets down 10 business and DEM
tnstratos without the shadow of a
tg % 40 thFRnuh
% Los Angeles at an early date there
viii undoubtedly be little difficulty In
getting the steam franchise extended.
II the san Pedro promoters should
conclude to chose this route OF entry
into town there may be some signif-
canoe attached TO the fact that the
Burlington quietly came into posses.
sion Of several pieces W property In the
vicinity Of First West some eighteen
months ago. The INCORPORATION of the
salt Lake Valley electric road"
10 Ogden and the subsequent
granting 10 that company last summer
of a franchise along First West and out
Of the city past the Warm Springs also
has n bearing on the present develop
ments. II win be recalled that the fran
chise OF the Salt Lake Valley road was
evidently did rot want to build as soon
z Il Wes stated that the Burlington
had changed rs plans regarding ex-
tending 10 Salt Lake With the corps
Of engineers now surveying across the
Cannon farm It seems that all the old
time rumors win once more be resur-
rected
It goes without saying that the local
San Pedro officials are not doing any
talking regarding their plans at the
same time a gentleman who lives in the
vicinity OF the Cannon farm is resp0n-
sible for the statement that one Of tho
transit men in the party admitted that
ne was In the employ Of the San Pedro
people
The other party Of railroad surveyors
mentioned last night, this morning
early left Salt Lake for the point N
the mountain In wagons, having fin
ished their work last evening by drly-
ing a stake In the exact center OF the
track Of the Salt Lake a. Los Angeles
road on South Temple street. Manager
Bateman Of the Saltair beach line this
morning could throw no light upon this
action and simply confined his remarks
Ia the effect that It was Zone OF the
nervlest actions he had come across
mfor some time" The stake has been
pulled up but those which parallel the
track at distance Of some 80 feet right
out to the salt pans are still remaining,
The two stakes which are driveln on
this side Of Jordan river bear the fol-
lowing figures respectively =. T. S92 and
r. NJ. 4.l5O.n The first stake refers 10
the distance from the initial point OF
the survey-apparently the point Of the
mountaln--whlch would bring II to
50 200 feet. or over II miles. The second
stick has reference 10 the altitude at
the spot II was driven.