New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
PEACE NOW, SAYS CLARK.
Settlement Of Differences Betueen
Senator's Road and T.. p.
PLANS TO DEVELOP TERRITORY

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United States Senator ". 4. Clark. Of Mon
.sna last night gave out detailed statement
-szarding the settlement Of differences between
-be Union Pacific interests and the newly cr-
rsnjzed san Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Rauroad Company. and the plans OF the latter
coulpany. = year ago the two companies had
-izsI construction gangs at the Mountain Val
Lev Wash, each eager to forestan the other and
-eadv TO resort 10 physical violence to achieve
he end desired. Now Senator Clark and his ad-
,,e-ents have leased the Oregon Short Line south
~ salt Lake City. and viii construct about
four hundred miles Of road from Calientes,
>ev. westerly through Cajon Pass to San Ber-
-7ardfno. where connection viii he made with
ssout eighty-5ve miles OF track already in oper-
stion between San Pedro. Los Angeles and
Riverside.
There has been a great deal printed about
ne mans Of the new road. but no complete state
-,enr-" said Senator Clark. -'As president of
she road believe had better make everything
c,es-. There is now perfect harmony between
the Union Pacific interests and the new com
psny. The San Pedro. Les Angeles and Salt
lake Railroad Company is authorized to issue
S50C00000 bonds. and has So. 600 600 capital
stock i has leased for ninety-nine years the
oregon Short Lire system south from Salt Lake
city 10 Calientes, a railroad system Of 223
shorter lines taken over. Most important is
.he Leamington cutoff. extending from Salt
Lake City 10 bennington. Utah, where it joins
the Oregon Short Line II cuts Of great deal
Of -rack. and is III miles long. besides having
lower grades
From Calisntes west have already had for
~ miles Of grading done. The road will go
through Mountain Valley wash. the only
available pass. The wash is the dry channel OF
a grade OF Jog feet TO the mile, but only for a
short distance. and the next highest grade is
orly 70 feet. The cost will average $4,000 a
mile
The Oregon Short Line system under our
control viii be rebuilt with heavier rails and
The best OF equipment Ny road from San
Pedro 70 Los Angeles and Riverside now has the
hest Pullman and other rolling stock and the
whole system viii be equipped accordingly. Last
year 25.C00 carloads Of fruit were raised in the
los Angeles section, and there are orchards
which n less than five years viii produce
$4,000 carloads. This new line VIII take fruit
trains from that section immediately into cooler
altitude, q great desideratum in such perisha bic
shipping
The distance from salt Lake City TO Los
Angeles is 500 miles by this new route, and we
intend 10 cover Il in twenty-four hours. Now
traffic from Salt Lake City and north thereof
reaches Los Angeles by Hay of San Francisco.
not less than 1300 miles. At san Pedro there
IS building q 100000 breakwater, and VIII
mington Bay is being dredged into 2 fine harbor.
This side OF Riverside there IS building 500
foot concrete bridge. the longest and with the
highest span Of any similar structure
our terminal facilities al Salt Lake City VIII
ne equal to the Oregon Short Lines, and We will
connect with the Union Pacific and Gould sys-
tens The mineral wealth that road will
develop equals that Of the Mesaba Range. No
bonds have been ISSUED on the Los Angeles
road SO far completed, and S15.00Q00O Of the
S50000.0G0 bonded debt viii be reserved for
branch lines or kept in the company's treasury.
With ne there are interested, among others,
Senator Kearns and ". S. Mccormick. Of Salt
Lake City: r. c. kerens and the Bemis broth
e-s o. St Louis. and my brother, J. Ross Clark,
T.7s A77s-