Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

| ever, change was noted. A policy or
| retrenchment was inaugurated Wher-
ever possible trains We're pulled OF
! and a general curtailing of expenses
went into effect on all lines. Hill crews
were taken Off helper engines retired
| TO the round house and track hands and
other employees given their time, This
move started at the first intimation that
! Utah was TO be invaded by labor agita-
| tors who were bent on getting the men,
| especially the coal diggers, out I'm a
| sympathetic strike with the Wyoming
| and Colorado miners.
shortly afterwards the strike became
| an accomplished fact In the coal camps
| operated by the Utah Fuel company in
| Carbon county The falling off of coal
tonnage at once became very marked.
| Where the Southern Pacific received g.
600 tons a day from the Utah coal fields
| 1t did not receive a pound, shipments TO
the smelters also were curtaied so that
all along the lire the effects were felt.
stu more men We're laid off, including
operators and trackmen. But for this
regrettabe turn I'm affairs the year now
drawing to a close would have been ii
banner one I'm the history Of railroading
in the Beehive state.
100000 FOR SALT LAKE,
Just how this will effect promised i'm
provements in the state In general and
salt Lake In particular cannot at this
time be estimated. At the end Of Aug
u, Salt Lake was wearing a broad
smile Of satisfaction. Both George j.
Gould and y, H. Hartman had PROM
ised In return for certain concessions
20 spend In the nelghborhood OF $1,000
600 right In Salt Lake, Among the
things promised were two depots, each
20 cost approximately $225,OO0; two
modern shops, which would necessitate
the permanent location here Of 900 adj
dltlonal bread winners In the employ or
the two big corporations better yard
facilities, coal trestles and other struc-
lures on the west side.
In order 20 accomplish this and by
way OF preliminary the oregon Short
Line bought realty on the west side to
the value Of about 100000 a proceed
ing which was hailed with Joy by the
real estate men as most of those resi-
dents who parted with their holdings
turned right round aud bought other
places In which to reside,
FRANCHISES PASSED.
In exchange for the promises made
The city council in August passed fran
chses permitting the Oregon Short Line
and the Rio Grande Western to lay adj
dtional tracks and TO close certain
streets running Cag. and west on the
west side Of the Guy. Following The
granting Of the franchise announce
meuts were made by the railroad off,
cials that preliminary work on the
improvements outlined would be COM
mencod within 80 days, The two pro-
posed big depots are 10 be union sta
tons While no official announcement
has been forthcoming It Is asserted that
the big depot TO be erected across the
foot of west Third South street will BID
used BY the Rio Grande Western, the
Moffat road and the Western Pacific;
that ON west south Temple street by thd
Oregon Short Line and the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & salt Lake Railroad COM u
pany,
THE MOFFAT ROAD
with the promise Of these big i'm
provements for Salt Lake is coupled |
the assurance of additional railroads |
coming into this city. Both the MoffaD |
road and the Western Pacific have long |
been talked Of. This ycar, however, has
seen actual construction on these two
trans-continental propositions. On the !
Denver. Northwestern & Pacific COM
monty called the Moffat road several |
contracts have been let and consider |
able work done in Colorado. The fact, |
however, that this company has not yet |
secured definite teumn?ls either I'm Deu-
yer or Salt Lake, hv had the effect |
of making some people somewhat skep- 4
teal as to this road being built straight |
through from the capital of the Cen !
tennial state 20 Salt Lake. Neverthc-
less this company has had a party Of !
surveyors at work IN Utah throughout |
the entire summer months.
WESTERN PACIFIC. |
The Western paoilc proposition,
which railroad men who profess TO |
know credit 90 George Gould and assU-
ciates, has acquired considerable pros-
orty along the proposed route between /
san Francisco and Salt Lake, and az
this time has a party OF surveyors NJ .
work at point southwest OF the lake.
across the lake along the lines
of those run for the Lucn cutoff we;u
made this summer md now the corps
of engineers has returned TO the desert
once more TO run the final survey.
HEAVY EXPENDITURES.
II Is many years since the railroads
that operate IN and through Utah spent
ns much money as they are doing rlgnt
now. Three millions have been spent IN
new equipment ana rolling stock alone
this year, Fully that amount has been |
expended In construction, preliminary /
surveys physical hetterment and gem
eral improvements IN Utah but as be-
fore stated the greatest piece OF work
and completed this year Is
that OF the Ogden-Lucin cut Off.
THE LUCIN CUTOFF.
The exact figures regarding this un-
dcrtaking were not correctly known un.
I'll less than n month ago. All kinds
OF statements have been forthcoming |
and printed throughout the country in |
this connection, but none were correct.
The following given out by the engi-