Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-10
TO HEAR CUTOFF BRIEF.
President H @ Burt and Associates Arrive in Salt Lake This
Afternoon and Are Net at the Depot BY the Special Com
mittee-Meeting Of Commercial Club Tonight

Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon
the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
officials including General Manager J.
Kruttschnitt, chief Engineer Hood,
Pfest. Horace c. Burt and Chief En-
gineer Berry arrived in Salt Lake TO
meet with the committee OF the Com
nercal club regarding The Lucln cut
of matter Upon arriving here the
party drove to the general Offices Of
the Oregon Short line where they went
Into executive session.
The party OF railroad officials was
met at the Oregon Short Line depot by
Col, y. @, Weber T.. A, Druehl W. A.
Nelden the committee Gov Heber M.
Wells and several other prominent
citizens. They at once drove to the
place designated for the meeting.
Gov, Wells welcomed the visitors on
behalf Of the state and was present at
the meeting, but II Is said, took no
active part In the same. In addition
TO those named Mai Edmund wilkes,
A. r. Doremus, Milton Barrett and n.
r. Cutler were also present at the meet
ing with the View of lending their aid
In giving any possible assistance In the
presentation OF the case for Salt Lake.
When seen before the meeting the
members OF the committee declined to
give out their brief Tor publication be-
fore II had been delivered The state
ment was forthcoming. however, that
Mai Edmund Wilkes had recently made
survey round the south end OF the
lake TO Lucn and he had an array Of
figures which would be n factor In
demonstrating 10 the Hartman officials
that II would be TO their interest To
build the cut-off which would place Salt
Lake City on the main line of the
transcOntinental system Mai Wilkes
took IN the meeting with him u number
OF maps and field books TO substantiate
the argument OF the committee In the
testimony OF Engineer Doremus also the
committee Is Of the opinion that It has
some cold facts for the consideration OF
Prest II G, Burt and his associates,
Mr. Doremus some years ago made
survey for the Union Pacific over the
country embraced IN the project, Mil
ton Barrett Is recognized as an au-
thorlty upon matters pertaining TO the
Great Salt Lake and It's waters he has
been enlisted In the cause ana viii tell
the officials something about the pro-
perties Of the heavy waters and what
would occur If train were to leave the
track on the proposed trestle across the
lake, During the years that Capt Bar
rett was superintendent OF Garfield
beach he had plenty of experience In
the handling OF people who were In
cautious enough TO swallow a mouth
ful Of the brine, 10 say nothing Of the
force Of the waves when gale Is rag
Ing.
IN Y, r. Cutler Of the Utah Sugar
company the committee also has an
advocate OF ability and heavy shipper
who Will add some convincing argu-
ments to the case for Salt Lake City.
After the meeting 1t Is the intention
Of the committee TO ask the railroad
officials TO participate in dinner at
the Alta club.
The committee has been working hard
on It's brief ever since the initial wire
was sent to H. II Hartman In New
York week ago and now has very
strong argument to present TO the rail-
road officials
In addition to the work Of the com.
mlttee the city council also has taken a