The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-29
ROUTE To COAST
Is SURVEYED
San Pedro Completes Prelimi.
nary Location Of Main Line.
WILL BE $50 MILES LONG
REVIsIoNS OF ROUTE MAY RE-
DUCE THIS DISTANCE.

THE preliminary surveys OF the main
line Of the san Pedro. Los Angeles
& salt Lake road have been COM
pleted from salt Lake to the Facihc
coast terminus. AS at present laid out
the lsne viii be about 100 miles long,
which viii be 624 miles shorter than
the distance between Salt Lake and
Los Angeles by way of the Southern
Pacific. If the Oregon Short Line con-
tinues its California extension as at
present planned the prospects are that
the mileage viii be nearly the same as
that of the san Pedro.
The route as at present surveyed will
probably not be adopted in its entire
ty. The engineers are at work all along
the line, except on the portion covered
by the joint survey in Nevada, seek
ing TO shorten the distance and lessen
the grades and curves necessary &C
cOrding 10 the preliminary location. A
comparatively small portion of the line
has been finally adopted by the board
OF directors.
Lines are Parallel.
In a general way. however, the line
has been located. For the greater part
o. the distance it parallels the Oregon
Short Line. Two routes have been
surveyed cut of salt Lake. one goes
west around the point of the mountain
and skirts the OqUirrh range on the
est, practically parallel to the Lean
lngton cutoff Of the Short Line The
other line goes south, up the valley
Of the Jordan and through Jordan
narTOws. Although the directors at first
We're inclined to favor the former route,
more recent developments have turned
the scale in favor of the latter
From Jordan narrows the line swings
10 the southwest. comes down Cedar
valley east of Fairfield and enters Rush
valley through Twelve-mile pass Turn
ing southwark it skirts the foothills
into East Tintic valley and then south
west TO the valley of the Sewer river.
Down the Sewer the present route OF
the Short Line is followed in a gen
eral way, although it is stated that a
much shorter and better line has been
located. The survey goes through Mil
ford, whence the big mining districts
on all sides Of this town viii be tapped,
and strikes out in the most direct pos
sihle route for California
Joint Survey Begins.
At Calentes the Joint survey begins.
Inc MEADOW valley WASH IS followed
by both roads in a nearly sOutherly
direction TO near Moapa Thence the
roads swing in a more westerly direc-
ton, go through Vegas valley and
emerge by way OF Bird Springs pass.
The roads turn more 20 the southwark,
trayersing a comparatively open COun-
try to the California line. Near the
state line connection VIII be made with
the California Eastern road, which
runs north from Blake, on the Santa
Fe.
From the California line the route
turns nearly west, heading in as near
~ direct line as the nature Of the
country viii permit for CajOn pass.
Coming down from the pass the survey
touches San BernardinO and Riverside
The grading from the other end has
nearly reached Riverside. The road
from Riverside goes through Ontario
and Pomona 10 Los Angeles and thence
TO San Pedro harbor which is being
made one OF the best ports in the cOun-
try.
Everything points to the wiping out
by May l of all disputes between the
San Pedro and the Short Line. It is
expected that the maps of the Joint
survey Will be completed in ten DAYS
or two weeks. The directors of both
roads viii then meet and adopt the
survey and the legal departments will
ask a formal order Of court settling
the controversy.