The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-11

IT HE cutoff committee of the Com
mercial clE1 was given a severe
Jolt yesterday by julius Krutt-
schnitt, assistant to the president Of
the Southern Pacific. AIR. Kruttschnitt.
with President Horace c. Burt and
chef Engineer J. B. Berry of the
Union Pacific and Chief Engineer VIII
liam Hood of the Southern Pacific,
listened yesterday Afternoon to the rep
reservations Of the committee in favor
Of the route around the south end of
the lake into Salt Lake City He in
formed hem that i'm considering the
route. the Southern Pacific care,. MOTH
ing whatever for the traffic of Salt
Lake City. and its sole object was to
save distance.
MesSTs. KTUttschnitt and Hood pro-
duced figures in which they attempted
10 show a difference Of sixty-seven
mileT in favor Of the Ogden-Lacis
route The Commuters figures showed
a difference Of twenty-six and a half
miles.
During the conference the Union Pa
ciilc officials had little to say. The Two
Southern Pacific men appeared in the
fH Va fhNARA AAA1D AUl lllC OEuEll- A1uL4Al
route, exhibiting the keenest desire to
oelittle all arguments in favor of the
SAT- Lake route. and TO make a case
FOR the Ogden-Lucin route.
Final Decision With Hartman.
At the close of the conference NJ.
Kruttschnitt stated that the final de-
cislOn in this matter rested With Pr s.
ident +. II. Hartman and the execu-
tive committee. He would not COM
nit himself as TO the decision. but gave
the committee plainly 10 understand
that he and Mr.. Hood we're determined
that the Ogden-I-ucin cutoff should be
built
The committee is composed of Col
onel T. G.. Weber, chairman; F. A.
Druehl and w. A. Nelden. It was as
sisted in presenting its case by Cap
tain j. VI. Barratt State Engineer A.
r. Doremus. Major Edmund Wilkes
and ]. r. Cutler. The meeting was
heid in the building temporarily occu-
pied by the Greg IN Snort Line.
The account of the conference was
summarized by Colonel Weber at the
meeting Of the Commercial club at
the Knutsford last evening. He stated
that the principal thing with which
they had 10 contend was the difference
IN distance in favor Of Ogden. At the
close Of the conference Mr.. Krutt-
sthnitt had stated that the great OBJ
yect was the saving of distance in the
UanScontine1tal route. He referred to
tne heavy expenditures made by the
Union Pacific to reduce distances,
grades and curves. and said it was the
ihteLtion Of the Southern Pacific to
FOLLOW a similar programme.
Favored Ogden Route.
Mr.. Kruttschnitt stated that the
Vsden-Lucin line was the shortest. 9"
said Colonel Weber, land that it
would eliminate the heavy grades and
curves Of Promontory hill. In dis
'usSins the southern routes, il was
suggested that some distance could b.
saved by crossing portion Of the lake
h which there is about eight feet Of
water. We were informed that If they
were going into the water anywhere.
'tey would prefer 10 cross the Bear
Ii'er flats TO Promontory and go by
that route.
Three routes were proposed. One
crosses over portion of the lake. One
skirts the edge of the lake for a dis
lance and then strikes across the coun-
uy. The third follows the lake ali the
way around. They figured by one
route a distance Of sixty-seven miles
against salt Lake: by another a diff
ference of siXty-four miles. and by GO
ing INTO the water a distance of sixty
.ie miles. According TO our figures
'"eIe was a difference of twenty-six or