The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-24
SHORT LINE TO
SALT LAKE CITY
y ssouri Pacific viii Build New
Road From Hoxie West.
Suburban GETS FRANCHISE
.,.Ns FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
ar COOS BAY ROAD OUTLINED.

HAT the campaign of the Goulds
for an outlet TO the coast is no
] idle tale is becoming more and
-,-s evident. In support of the story
.rblished in yesterdays railroad de-
--tn1ent Of The Herald, regarding the
I,,cern manifested by Gould interests
tho Coos bay and Moffat enterprises,
mes the announcement that the Mis-
-,,,-i Pacific viii begin at once the
-,rk of constructing a road from
r.,vie Kan. TO Denver. The informa-
-, is official. and may be taken as an
..s,rsnce that the Missouri Pacific
-,,st be taken into consideration when
.-sriIting Salt Lake railroad interests
,ftbe future. for a Gould road to Den
,sr means a Gould line to this city and
an 10 the coast.
goxie is in the northwestern part of
vansas on a direct line with Denver.
gsrveen Hoxie and Stockton is a sur
~ of the Union Pacific which mas a
5-act branch to Atchison from Stock
,or The ambition of the Missouri Pa
'i5r is 10 promote a line between Den
esr and Hoxie, connecting at the latter
lint with the Union Pacific branch for
H. Missouri river points at AtchisOn-
This will give the Missouri Pacific the
shortest route between Denver and the
Missouri II has a direct line from
Ai4hison along the Missouri to Kansas
Citv and from that point can get a
direct line over it's own branches TO St.
Louis
The Denver. Northwestern & Pacific
&c already looked upon as a Gould
procosition, and this is equivalent to
saving that the Hoxie extension west
is an extension to Salt Lake City. That
The Missouri Pacific will seek an outlet
IN the coast from this point is a natural
and undisputed conclusion. The Coos
bay enterprise opens up the very OPP
portunty which the Goulds have been
waiting for. and there is excellent rea-
son for sU-mising that the Missouri
Pacific will be moving spirit in fur
thering the projects now under con-
sideration and in course of construc-
ton between Denver, Salt Lake, Coos
bay and Portland, to which point the
Coos bay road win extend. With bet
Ter harbor facilities at Portland il is
probable that the road would go direct
there but the mouth of the Columbia
will always be an obstacle to Portland s
shipping interests. while the harbor at
Coos bay is one of the finest in the
world.
The Portland story to the effect that
the representatives. of the Missouri Pa
cifc and the Coos bay project have been
in close consultation, evidently means
something. The Moffat road is already
under construction. The Coos bay road
soon will he if the assertions of the
promoters are to be accepted. That
The Goulds are interested in the Coos
bay proposition is the only construc-
ton to be placed upon the visit to
Portland Of T. ]. Miner, chief engineer
Of the Denver. Northwestern e. Pacific
It Is not yet announced when work
on the Great Central is TO be COM
menCed. but the fact remains that peo-
pie are pouring into the Coos bay COun-
try from all quarters while the towns
along the proposed line are taking on
an activity similar to that which char
acterized the approach of the trans
continental lines when they We're first
extended to the coast. and this activity
makes II appear as if people have rea-
son 10 expect that there viii be some
thing doing before a great while. 1t
Is said in connection with the Denver
enterprise that efforts will be made to
cut out seventy-five more miles from
the original survey by extending the
line through Echo canyon.