Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

tween lUh lliII lN.lI lIl'l tHN' 'iN WV
Clark company which proposes
to build line across some
Of the most desolatc lands on
the American continent and incl
dontalIy tap some rich mineral fields, it
appears that the effort Of the Onion
Pacific interests to head of the pro-
icct is not so much ON account Of the
business which win be derived from
Southern california ms TO protect their
steamship traffic TO aud from The ORR
ent.
STEAMSHIP LINES.
While IL is true that there Is no inn
mediate prospect Of there being iltet
OF Pacific liners plying between the free
h8rhor Of san Pedro and The ports OF
the far east az the same time II. II.
Hartman can read the writing ON the
wall Just as soon as there Is a new
trunk line running into Southern CALI
fOrua alongside of the deep water
uays then win there DE heard rumors
Of the incorporation OF u big steamship
company to act in conjunction with
the San Pedro and lbs eastern connec-
tons The Hartman interests have al
ready two lines into Les Angeles which
can take care of an the business when
has its origin in the southern portion OF
the Golden state. There Is no need TO
build another, and there are those VINO
say that the oregon Short Line viii not
be extended to Los Angeles providing
that Senator clark and his associates
can be bmfod out of building, From
reports that come from the Uvada eX-
tension regarding the way The track 10
Glover Valley Junction Is being con-
structed by the laying OF So and CO.
pound discarded and second hand rails
on ties placed wide apart II Is apr8r-
ent that II the line Is to be ultimately
built right through the present
track being laid viii have To be torn
up and heavier metal and s,outer
bridges put down.
RESTS WITH CLARK,
II Senator Clark can be persuaded TO
abandon his scheme the oregon short
Line win not many think, be extended
through to southern California On me
other hand II he persists In going
through with his project every inditd-
ton points To the fact that there will Dc
two lines running direct from salt Lake
to the city OF the Angels within the
next three years When these lines are
completed then there viii be line OF
steampships established which VIII
bring their cargoes Of tea, silks and
raw material from the Orient and re-
turn loaded down with the products
Of the United states,
POLICY OF RAILROADS
Speaking broadly. it may be said that
every trunk line in America with a sea-
board terminus aims nowadays at an
ocean service of It's own. That has
been long regarded az a natural de-
velopment of up-to-date railroad policy.
The alliance of lines OF ocean steamers
with trunk railroads is no novelty so
far as America is concerned, j. Pier
pont Morgan ls neither the originator
nor even "A pioneer Of that policy. IL
has been I'm operation for years, both
i'm the Atlantic and Pacific trades. The
Grand Trunk railway Of Canada, mas
long had a traffic agreement with the
Allan Line which guaranteed to II
minimum amount of freight from Port
land Me. When the Canadian Pacific
got through 20 Vancouver 1t found that
there was not enough land traffic for It
to live upon SO 1t struck out boldly for
the trade of the Far East and built a
line Of splendid steamers Ia run to
Japan and China one after the other
an the American transcoutinenial lines
followed suit The Great Northern as
soon as II had "a Pacific terminus capd-
Bile OF handling large steamers entered
into an arrangement with one of the
Japanese subsidized companies for a
regular service between Seattle and the
leading Japanese and Chinese ports.
The Northern Pacific and the Santa Fe
have both since done likewise while the
Southern Pacific controls at least three
lines Of steamers, II has one trading
between New York and New Orleans,
another on the west coast. and the third
Is the well known Pacific Mail COM
psny, which ENJOYS the cream Of the
China trade with san Francisco.
HILLS FLEET
The Pacific trade Is as yet in its in
fancy D. j. Hiu has not yet launched
any of his big modern l200O-ton boats,
which are 10 sweep the Pacific, but
they win be ready for the open door
OF china as soon as the present middle
In the Orient IS cleared up
The putting uu OF Hills fleet VIII
have the effect of cutting into the
Southern Pacific business 20 an appall-
Ing degree. and undoubtedly this fea-
ture alone was a prime factor In the
recent Wall street shakoup. with an
other modern line OF steamships COM