Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

FEW months ago the nor'n ,
s,ern end Of the Great SAT-
80 was n scene Of dcsola-
W. Zion a vivid contrast of gray
nE Ind and lead-colored water
srneed with salt crystals ana
\ 80 over TO the gulls whose
81 orc and restless pinions
" val" a,y sign of life. Today all
Sere 'ns on Man with ponderous
ani''ou't eotlllas of RATS, shriekins
naenns's "a cars loaded with material
tngla'' . alI the primeval waste PIE
IS me- reen time with the beat OF tne
rl's'' ICES ~ and the waters roll PACK
p.s resonant splash as tons OF roeN
/ nd ID carloads of dirt are dumped INV
Ahe lake. rropoNstR1,E
hartman the railroad mag
rho sits in his palatial office on
smov New York, has deemed tna'
the interest Of commerce , 'ha' , ,"o
wy ,n,,csntal route of which the
s..r Pacific is link needs
1 ,,s,opipg out and shortening UP
,.ny Accordingly his engineers
4 y, ,ovs to tackle the seemingly i'm
i a,yble. have invaded the waste lahos
A "a waters and are building railroad
ENn will mark a milestone in this lat
1 !, aqy era Of marvellous railroad con-
|firuCtlon.
AN AIR LINE.
vuch has already been printed re-
s,Jjoe the Ogden-LucIn CUTOFF when
'rhsr finished will be l0i.b miles IN
10Th and win save distance Of %
niles over the present route to say
nothing about reducing the curves ana
s,.5ss IN the process The new llne
whom finished will have but maxi
mum grade Of 81 feet to the mile ana
n All lntents and purposes VIII De nl
nj, line. The general public, however
"a, but faint idea Of the work that
|, rolng on at the present time on this
,,s,, railroad enterprise In Utah
VISITORS BARRED,
During the past week trip was
made ort to the scene with the result
,ss, The above photographs were taken
BIZ "Nows" photographer. The trip
v,s n very interesting one, all the more
80 because since two visitors vera
killed. on the track recently oil stranF'
,rS including uewspaner7nen, have
been forbidden to ride on the material
rains that 50 cut from Ogden yards
It stated Intervals daily or for that
natter TO 60 out to the scene Of opera
tons ut oil
STEAM SHOVEL At WORK.
On leaving ogden the train went out
,ger the new line that has been built
10 the shore Of the lake leaving the
main lire nj a point beyond the bridge
md beyond the Rio Grande roundhouse.
Tor the first six miles the line runs
through Ideal rural country, with
ranches and farm lands on either side.
After this distance has been traversed.
however the country becomes less
pleasing to the eye and the alkall COM
H'nces to crop up at more frequent In
iIyas until 1t finally develops into a
Simon pure desert After crossing a
stretch Of this dreary country Little
Mountain is reached where two big
steam shoyels are actively coughing
and taking out great scoopsful of dirt
and oading them on the cars to be |
dumped into the lake.
MATERIAL YARD.
At The lake shore the material yards
ana camp are encountered. Here many
sN'hgs have been put in and on them
i" cars that are daily arriving to
osso'se their loads Of ties. piles,
nA'a'nery boats, supplies and the
'a'''and and one things that are iden.
'1H with the construction of a rail.
raj
w" thls point, or to be correct, two
a'us inland, an arteslan well has been
1'"'D ana a large tank erected. The
''u ron this source is as clear as
-, u'' ~ ana forms The chief supply for
.''. " men and the "a donkey engines
A.. along the line. that are all
- ''ns working on this new highway
w u'ns'conunental traffic.
WATER NO GOOD.
-, 'I'N was an artesian well bored in
y. Sa Of the lake near the shore some
NV weeks ago This, however, has not
''"N a success. Water was encount
~ and a good flow was the result. II