The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-11
PLANS WERE ALL LAID.
How Kruttschnitt Fooled the PEOPLE
of Salt Lake.
Especial to The Herald

ogden, Feb. l0.-"They cannot get
through with a railroad from Salt
Lake to Echo"
The Union Pacific is about to do its
work in Weber canyon"
These two statements were made to-
day by General Manager kruttschnitt
OF the Southern Pacific 10 the news
paper men in this city, and are taken
as the strongest kind of evidence by
the Ogden people that the Ogden Luein
cutoff is TO be constructed without de-
la.
At the conference between the citi-
zens' committee and the railroad men
held at noon in Superintendent Mobiles
office, the newspaper men were ex-
Guided by request of Mr.. Wright and
one or two other members of the COM
mittee' However, Mr.. Kruttschnitt in
vited the press men TO come to his car
after the proceedings were over and
get report of the meeting.
After telling of the conference Mr..
Kruttschnitt stated that the data gath
cred by the railroad men from the
committee Of Ogden and the commit
tee of Salt Lake would be forwarded
in abbreviated form TO Mr.. Hartman.
and, together with their recommenda-
tions on the same. Mr.. Hartman
would take his own time about in
structing them
In response TO questions Mr. Krutt-
schnitt said: we had accurate surveys
made. both Of the southern route and
the Ogden-Lucin route. This was all
before the decision was arrived at to
build across the lake from Ogden 10
Lucin. The surveys We're complete, in
struments being used for every portion
of the line"
In case the southern route should
be adopted, would the Southern Pa
Cific run up to ogden by the present
Short Line route, or would they con-
struct a new line, striking the Union
Pacific at Echo or at some other point
east of Ogden?" he was asked.
I understand they cannot get
through with Il railroad from Echo.
However, those matters would be I'M
der the direction of the Union Pacific"
said Mr.. Kruttschnitt They are, 1
understand, about to do their work in
Weber canyon
According to the Ogden view, the
first statement disposes of the Salt
Lake Echo route and the second state
ment dispOses of the Salt Lake-Farm-
ingtOn and Uintah route. The new line
which the Union Pacific has SURVEYED
down Weber canyon branches out
from near strawberry bridge. keeps
around the north side of the canyon.
skirts the sandhills in Uintah. instead
OF going straight across the valley. and
comes into Ogden with a maximum
grade Of about SIC per cent instead
of per cent as at present Conse-
Quently. if the Union Pacific is about
10 do work in Weber canyon they must
be about 10 do the only work which
they have surveyed. And that is this
new line direct into Ogden TO connect
with the Ogden-Lucin line.
At the conference held in Superin-
tendent Mobiles Office. there were pres
ent besides the railroad men. Fred J.
kiesel, Joseph ScoWcroft David Ec-
cleS. Thomas D. Dee. John Watson. A
I Wright and one or two others. The
main discussion was over the probable
rise and fall of Salt Lake. about which
PRESIDENT Burt in particular asked
many questions. which were answered
chlef1y by Mr.. Eccles and Mr.. Kiesel.
also by the scientific work written BY
J. Z. Tainage, predicting the ultimate
drying up OF the lake, and giving data
10 prove his theory
The committee also told nf several
new irrigation enterprises that would
tend TO still further divert the water
from flowing into the lake. President
Burt said he had received a commune
cation from an individual in Salt Lake
stating that they were about 10 turn
the DucheSne river into the dead sea
which would raise il twenty feet. NJ
Burt's fears on this score were aIiaved.