The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-24
GFW UTAH ROAD
IS TO BE PUSHED
,..,.,.s Salt lake Line May Cost
S2O,9OO,OOO.
,osc TUNNEL is NECESSARY
A
-ovsrRUcr1OE WILL DE COM
~ Gifted SOON AS POSSIBLE.
logc Tunnel IS HECtooAh

''a 9IETED SOON As POSSIBLE
+-s nture can be certain
Tr5fng of a short line be-
! ,7 Denver and salt Lake IS
-ra amour .ement that D.
800 Of Denver backed by east
p. rgr.rsL viii undertake The con
s- 80 If the road. It is the in'en-
~ The railroad builders TO have
l'I s ~ In operation as soon after the
'-.. ----for nj the San Pedro, Los An
r. San Lake road as possible.
~. -z.z=r.tv of boring two-mile
r through the Rocky mountains
--ghasr which has kept capital
s- Undertaking this project lor IHe
-- +Hf--r-fEa OF forty years. AodrlH
--.-aarf1e has made this q coInp para
.l- aasv undertaking. and the toJal
nj he enterprise is placed at not
fs1H6Gll 10 may be accom-
stsI for SI5U009I1, exclusive OF
---r--4rt engineers say that the
De hutJ with maximum
III . rar cent. which IS half the
.r-. o. tine colorado Midland.
-- --4rase5 line win De. roughly
.rir- 2H miles shorter than the
p. c-r5a and over half that dis
-.--a shorter than the Union Pacific.
wiz Be Short Connection.
70 Mil furnish the shortest connec-
elm f-r fba Rock Island and the Bur
r--rqr ON the transCouriIe1taI route
Tr-5 these two powerful Systems and
,ra santa Fe pulling for business Ior
.s. raw line en the eastern end and
. San Pedro throwing traffic to IL
- the western end. the outlook Is
tf-brr favorable from a revenue stand
--rf no say nothing of the immense
i-.sT traffic which can be built ur from
t5e natural resources OF me regions
trsversed.
me Denver Times owned by D. H,
1f5Fst president of the t.-st National
and of Denver and principal hacker
sfrbs new road, known as the Denver
4 Northu esteem. has this to say Of the
project
.rbe route selected for the new road
Is through section of Colorado aud
rfaI remote from rail transportation
al 1rsssnt. but rich IN natural resources
that have become partially developed
5s n'te the lack Of railroads. 1t Is
5o.buuI 81 there exists anywhere else
nila wesl a district so rich IN mineral
vfaHh. -. isis of cedar and pine, and
rff ALLEYS that NAV be made pro-
rGse 8f an kinds "a agricultural ana
hofru.tural products. capable OF
maintaining population several times
The total number of people resident II
ibe state ~ rregent
Route Of the Road.
aAs surveyed. the line viii cross the
front range Of -he Rockies by means
of a tunnel ab1IJ two miles in Length
north of James peak. entering Middle
Park and passing through that fertile
section via Steamboat springs.
Surveys IN possession Of the com
rny show a feasible route with com
mrdurely easy grades for cr0ssinl
lmm Middle park Co Egeria park
sbare Bear river has ITS source. TIT
Hre wIll virtually follow the drainage
of Bear river through ROutt county
touching at Steamboat Springs, Themes
westward In almost q direct line from
ih1 Colorado line to- Salt Lake City
By this route the distance viii be abOu
5 miles from Denver to Salt Lake
W more than zoo miles shorter THAI
aCv -ar Cvisting a, present Both HO
sulphur springs and SteambOa
Springs are centeTs of districts tina
are certain 10 attract a great deal o
capital iH opening up their resources
While The latter VIII become one of tn
famous resorts Of the Rocky mountain
1y reason of the therapeutic qualitie
ot its mheral springs.
Eastern Roads Gain.
Eastern railroads seeking a connec
lion 10 the coast would gain more by
Traffic arrangement with the new Den
yer road than by any Other route. a
NE mileage between this CITY and Sal
Lake win be- so much less than by an
y'fer route and the clark road frOI
SAT- Lake 90 the coast viii likewis
Pc direct line. ANY railroad not haV
ing uansc0ntiuental outlet 10 II
Pacific coast would be guaranteed
large tonnage by q satisfactory al
langemelt with these two new line
which "ill afford an independent r0ut
non Denver 20 the coast
To build the projected road will rt
CURE from one TO TWO wears and il
approximate cost win D. not far froi
f'N'oH fog the go miles Of roa0
l..'ns stock power. station building