The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-27

by the Denver & Rio Grande surveyors
in Utah has attracted the attention ol
the Salt Lake Tribune and that paper
OF the 21st inst. has the following:
With all the construction going on In
she nor thern part Of the State the Ric
Grsnde surveys In Emery county are
being lost sight OF. These surveys,
however, are very important, and al.
though there Is nothing 90 Jet upon
which to base the assertion that road
will be built, still the work is being
done in the most thorough manner and
Its character denotes that the Rio
Grande Is seriously investigating the
country.
The Salina cutoff has been the theme
OF and on ever since the Tribune has
been printing railroad news, principally
because 1t was really the first work Of
the kind done In this State by the Rio
Grande. That was In 1881, whom large
force made the survey and some grad.
ing was done.
Now tho company Ia resurveying the
line and Engineer Norris, with Q large
force, has been at work oil the winter.
As nearly as can be ascertsined the line
is to run from Salina on the Sanpete
branch to Mounds on the main line, .
distance OF approximately 100 miles.
The aim seems to be to secure the
shortest and most practicable line be-
tween the two points, and the trafic
results are being carefully considered at
the same time. The route 10 through
the richest section Of Emery county and
will pass through Farron, Castle Dale
ani Lawrence, and In addition TO pene-
trating some very valuable coal meas.
ures will open highly favored sgricul.
tural, grazing and mining region. The
country has been kept back only be-
cause OF lack OF railroad facilities, and
even with this handlcapit has been able
70 steadily forge ahead and Its citizens
'ook for big boom II the road gets
through. II will at once place Emery
county In touch with all main line
points on the Rio Grande and all points
on the Sanpete branch, thus giving the
people OF the whole country double
route and communication with all points
east, west, north and south.
But the future OF the line - Q main
line cutoff Is what appears to be the
most important feature Of the plans Of
the company. AS already stated, there
Is nothing official as yet, but every in
dication points to the ultimate use Of
the line as cutoff from the main line
to the Sanpete branch In the event Of
the latter being extended from Marys-
vale on towards Los Angeles. From
Denver to Marysvale this would save
thirty miles over the present line via
Thistle. but II the line 10 Salt Lake and
back Is considered the saving would be
l5s miles, that 10, the trains could
branch of from Mounds and save the
mileage to Salt Lake and then from
Salt Lake to Msrysvale. This would
cut Of this city from participation In
Denver-Los Angeles trafiic, but the
benefits that would accrue from other
sources would moro than compensate.
A through line from this city to Los
Angeles would also result, and the
whole OF the central part OF the State
would be thrown open, With Salt Lake
as the central distributing point.
The work being done looks like bust.
ness. Engineer Norris has been In the
field long time and has made more
than q preliminary survey. In some
parts OF the country he has been cross.
sectiouing. and everybody knows tina,
such work Is the Anal part Of the sur
vey prior to making up the estimates.
But Mr.. Norris. like all well-trsined
railroad engineers, has refrained from
talking, and the officials In this city do
not care to discuss the matter ct all.
For hese varied reasons the work Is 70,
garded % being most important, and iti
progress will be watched With the deep
est interest by all who see In more rail-
roads the rapid development Of Utah.
The Tribune's theory as to the objec'
tive point Of the Rio Grande road II
faulty, and 1t Is also wrong regarding
the point at which the new road will
leave the main line. The road now be-
ing surveyed through Salina canyon
will leave the present line at Blake, or
a. It is commonly called, Green River,
Utah, and will utilize the old grade
built eighteen years ago, through EN-
cry county. From Salins the new line
viii be built direct to Ely, and . glance
at the map win show that this viii
form part OF the shortest and most di.
rect route from Denver to the coast
that has yet been suggested.
Tho Denver " Rio Grsnde Railroad
Company is not engaged In building .
railroad distance OF IT'S miles or mort
simply to connect cross-roae station
with an unimportant branch line. Thai
company has determined to roach the
coast, and when the line now being
built Is completed 1t will be master o
the through business for the reasor
that no other line can compete with IL
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