The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-02
NEW ROAD TO
SALT LAKE CITY
Surveys for the Big Project and
Corporation Articles.
OFFICES TO Be OPENED
LOCAL TRAINMEN SAY THEY DO
NOT WANT A STRIKE.

zoos bay will soon be a few hours
ride from Salt Lake City. At
present It is reached in a round
about way after a tortuous ride of
days. There is no longer any reason
able doubt at this end regarding the
sincerity of the promoters OF the Great
Central, the new road which is to con-
meet the two places. 'fhe articles Of In
corporation for the state of Utah are
in the hands Of Attorney Frank Pierce
of the law firm OF Pierce, Critehlow Il
Barrette. and may be filed today. Mr..
Pierce has been retained to look after
the interests of the company at this
end.
]. Thornburn Ross, president; John
X. Hollock, secretary, and joan h.
Aitcheson are named as the incorpora-
tors of the company. which Is capital
lied at $40. 600. Mr.. Ross is the vice
president of the Fidelity Guarantee &
Trust company of Portland, ore. VIII
liam II. Ladd, a banker of Portland,
is president of the trust company, and
Mr. Hollock is an officer of the same
company. The money for the prelinl-
mary survey and for carrying on the
work will be furnished by tfAs conf
pany. The hackers OF the road are held
in the Foreground, but it is believed
that the Gorlds are backing the enter
prise.
IL is not decided under what title the
company will incorporate in this state.
but probably under the title of the
Utah Western Railroad company. An
entirely new company may be formed
here for the purposes of Incorporation.
AS soon as this Formally is complied
with offices will be opened in this city.
About $50 miles of road will have TO be
constructed to reach the state line. but
Just how the line will go viii depend on
the people here. The route may be d.
rectly west or by way of Deep Creek.
Outlet for Gould Roads.
1t is generally believed that the road
is simply an outlet TO the coast for the
Missouri Pacific, and that the Moifat
road is another link in the system. The
Missouri Pacific is part of the Gould
system. and has practically begun the
extension of its line west to Denver
from Hoxie, Kan. There is nothing at
Coos bay. 1t is net of sufficient i'm
portance to be on an ordinary map, but
one of the finest harbors in the world
is located there.
The country through which the road
is to pass opens up largs tracts of
virgin timber lands minerals lands of
unknown richness and grazing lands
that are not surpassed in any part or
the west. With Coos bay as a terminal
for a transcontinental system, the bay
would assume new interest and the
prospect is that IL would become a
shipping point for Alaska and Califor-
MIA. besides attracting a steamer traf-
nc between this country and the Orient.
The importance of the undertaking in
creases when the posi- bilities of this
proposed western railroad terminal are
taken into consideration. There is also
10 be taken into consideration the in
creased wealth which such a road must
develop In passing through a country
of this kind.
AS soon as the details of incorpora-
ton are complete, surveys will begin.
The papers set forth the usual facts
that the company is organized for the
purpose of building and operating a
railroad for the purpose of carrying
freight and passengers, and that one of
the purposes OF the company is to ac-
quire by lease, purchase and cOnstruc-
ton. railroads, telegraph and telephone
poles. feeders, spurs and branch lines
through the states of Utah, Idaho and
Oregon: also to morrow money on
notes. bonds and 70 secure payment
for the same by mortgages or pledges
of this property.