The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

ineXhaustible supply for ballast Prob
ably no less than $10,O0G,000 Will be eN-
pended TO put this magnificent stretch
of roadway into shape for operation
before the improvements are considered
finished
An Office force of thirty-f1ve is en-
plOyed IN the engineering department
headquarters in ogden, the force being
required 70 handle the clerical work
of the great operations At present the
outlay in wages alone will likely aver
age S150,000 per month All this cease
less activity and great expenditure Of
money has, of course, a marked and
immediate effect on business in ogden,
The money being put into circulation in
( this city and county. These are some
of the immediate effects of the great
work The more lasting effect and one
/ that gives great stability TO the city S
financial and business interests, is that
! the great outlay makes secure the city
J as the center of vast railroad interests
Activity in Railroads.
/ Aside from the great activity due TO
( this construction of the twenty-eiSht-
I mile trestle. the railroads have cOntin-
/ Ued their great work for Ogden and
: this has been a year of great activity
and a greatly increased volume OF Dusl-
ness. The Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific are spending millions in i'm
proving their roadbeds, and running
/ time between the two oceans is being
rapidly cut down.
-Four great systems center in Ogden
the Union Pacific. Southern Pacific,
Oregon Short Line and Rio Grande
Western a union passenger depot IS
used by all four roads. The Southern
Pacific has machine shops located in
this city, and nor counting the men
engaged in the Ogden-Lucin work the
company employs an average OF /. lUt
men, with an average monthly payroA
( of S125,Ooo-
The Union Pacific has monthly
wage schedule Of about $4,000 Iht
Rio Crande Western has. in addition
to terminal facilities freight houst
and the ike, Pintsch gas plant
which supplies all the roads with sas
/ for lighting purposes. This road en-
plOys about 105 men in and about Og
den and disburses about $4,000 PEI
month
The oregon Short Line cooperate:
with the Union Pacific in much of tn
( terminal work, a joint agent supervis
t ing the freight business of both roads
5 The general Offices Of the road are Il
| Salt Lake City, but during the yea
< the dispatchers' Offices have beel
/ transferred TO this point
! All the roads extended their var
D trackage TO a considerable extent dur
. ing the year so that the yard mileag
: now operated or about to be operate
: VIII approximate Mile,
= Union Pacific ---.......--.-. $500 - !
e Southern Pacific --.-..-.-..-.-------.--
: ogden Union Depot company 1880
< Rio Grande Western ..................
e Total --------- ----- e
e Another Cutoff.
BY the construction of line froI
{ Corinne thirty miles west of Ogden @
{ the Southern Pacific. straight acros
: country to tap the oregon Short Lin
o near Brigham, the latter road ma
g now handle the Southern Pacific train
e allowing the tearing up of paral
g tracks, and giving tae Southern Pacif
a the ties and rails OF the abandoned LII
n for use on the Ogden-Lucin work
similar stretch, though much short.
: and within the city limits, connects Il
> two roads in Ogden A close union e,
d lists between the Oregon Short Lin
IS the Union Pacific and Southern Pacif
g and this has furthered much practic
d and harmonious development VOL
n about the local railroad district
S. The Ogden Union Depot company. Il
IN GLIDING the baggage department, Ell