The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-11

ulators are understood to be keeping tab
3 on Lnese railroad moves and TO be quietly
! picking up property in Salt Lake.
Work to Begin Soon.
Work on the new depot, shops and
/ Yards viii begin as soon as practicable
osS,I,7 =. me council grants the franchise
ASKED SAID Mr.. Young yesterday. The
| plans for the shops are practically com
pleted They are to be thoroughly mod
ern in every respect. Electricity is to be
the motive power and each machine is
20 have motor Of it's own. Facilities
are to be provided for the building OF
freight cars and to do practically all the
I regular work Of railroad shops.
The plans for the depot are not 50
I@r along, but none other than Mr.. Gould
I is the authority for the statement that
when it is built it win be a credit to Salt
Lake. The freight yards viii be remod-
eted and the capacity more than doubled.
Inc industrial tracks and the warehouses
VIII be on Fifth West street. the passen-
ger business being done on Fourth West
"The coal trestles win be put in not
because OF any direct profit 20 the rail-
road company. but TO give a better serv-
Ice TO coal consumers During the sum-
mer the coal will be hauled to Salt Lake
and stored here. relieving the usual win
ter congestion IN the coal traffic.
Looking Toward Future.
''The Rio Grande is looking toward the
[ future and is preparing to take care of a
Q
I upon the expected growth of the city. the
development or the surrounding country
and the increase in through traffic"
According TO the present plans. the pas
! senger trains OF the Rio Graude are to
Z come In over the present line from the
south until the city limits are reached.
lnence right of way is to be purchased
or condemned 1iaPJnally acTCss Fountain
Place subdivision to Ninth South and
Fourth West streets. The dOuble-traciJed
me Will continue north on Fourth West
/ street to the passenger station at Third
SCUM street Inc double track will con-
unue north on Fourth West street to
tltUh North. There a spur win cross the
Oregon short Line tracks continuing 70
the north and connecting over the short
Line tracks with the present North SAT-
Lake quarry spur of the Rio Grande. The
min Inc VIII swing northWesJCrly. keep
ing west of the Short Line tracks. and
connecting with the ore sent main line
hear Seventh Nortl' street
"a = pdrG or nc plan for the increase
viii ask that the city vacate tho west
halt OF Firth West street, between Sec
onu and Ninth Nruth st -ects. and the cast
hall o. Sixth Wost street between Sixth
a9i Ninth South streets
Roads Are in Harmony.
The franchise 10 be asked by the Rio
Grande IN no way conflicts with that al
ready requested by the oregon Short
l1lne, An agFeement has been REACHED
by which the two while acting independ-
entity are IN harmony. This is a result
of negotiations which have been going
on for some time. General Superintendent
j. n. Young representiis the Rio Gr,tnd.
Western and General Manager w. II.
Bancroft representing the Short Line.
The Rio GTande has a spur running to
the lime quarries IN North Salt Lake
which crosses the Short Line tracks at
Ninth North street. This would inter-
fere greatly with the proposed new yards
and shops Of the Short Line. As a part
Of the agreement the Rio Grande
abandons this crossing, obtaining access
TO the spur by a crossing at Fifth North
street and the use of the Short Line spur
running from this point, as previously
explained.
In return for this the Oregon Short Line
has agreed to relinquish TO the Rio
Grande its franchise rights for a track
on the east side Of Fourth West street
thus giving the latter road untrammefed
access to it's depot site. Arrangements
have also been made for joint trackage 20
the plant Of the American Smelling & Re
timing company at Murray.
Friendly, negotiations having proceeded
successfully thus far. there are some who
believe they may go still further and
all the roads may join i'm the erection Of
union station haudsomer and more ex-
pensive than any so far planned.