The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

charge put a damper on the enterprise,
and work was stopped indefinitely.
The road To Los Angeles" ana THE
road TO Deep Creek were taken up at
various times by different promoters,
but no actual work was done until
1898. when A. w. McCUne announced
that he intended t1 build q road To Los
Angeles. The Oregon short Line fur
uished the old roadbed and the rails
and gave freight rates on ties O.. w.
Nibley and David Ecclcs furnished the
ties and acquired an interest i'm the
road which was incorporated as the
Utah & Pacific The track was laid To
UVada distance from Milford of sew
enty-hve miles. Again q. p. Hunting
ton blocked the way. He announced
that If the road crossed the Nevada
/ line he should consider It an Invasion
of Southern Pacific territory AID would
retaliate on the Union Pacific. Again
his threat was successful, and the eN-
tension toward Los Angeles stopped.
Trains continued 10 run as far as
/ UVada, however. and so considers bic
] business was done wis StaJelne and
other mining districts. and in the ship
l ping of stock northWard and supplies
southwark 20 an the Dixie" region.
Meanwhile the grade in Nevada had
/ been abandoned and sold for taxes, be
coming the property Of Lincoln county.
Beginning Of Present Undertaking.
The next great sep toward a railroad
/ between Salt Lake and Los Angeles
/ the one which is now about TO be car
/ ried to a fnality-origiuated at the
! other end. Ina 1891 group of ST. Louis
men. headed by r. G.. Kerens and
/ George b. Leighton. became convinced
7 that san Pedro would In a short time
become a great harbOr and that an
+ other trauscontiuental road would seek
this port as a terminus. Therefore they
. organized the Los Angeles Terminal
Railway company TO acquire terminals
Fin Los Angeles and on San Pedro har-
Dor A railroad was built from Los
Angeles to the harbOr. Wharves being
built on the east side of the harbOr on
Rattlesnake island now known as Ter
minal island. Traffic began TO pass
over the line between the water and
Los Angeles. Tt was expected that the
Union Pacific or some other road would
soon come across Nevada. as was theT
planned and would buy OF acquire Tho
new road on ACCOUNT of its terminal IA
Iciities. But all these projects were
blocked by Huntington as previously
told, while on the other hand there
was a bitter fight in progress TO secure
government recognition for the har5Ol
itself This warfare. remarkable for it
vigor its varied phases and its Ions
duration. terminated In 1899 when IN,
contract was awarded for the construc
ton Of the outer breakWater and tn
work on that great Improvement actu
ally began.
Senator Clark Interested.
When the San Pedro harbor fight wa'
considered settled the owners of TIL
Los Angeles Terminal road began thei
endeavOrs 90 interest capital IN th'
construction of railroad between Sal
Lake and Los Angeles Thomas f. Glib
bon. vice president of the road and ont
of the leaders in the san Pedro harbo
fight was most active in this new un
dcrtaKing He succeeded iu iuterestin.
j. Ross Clark. who had taken up hi
abode in Los Angeles ana through hin
his brother. Senator William A. Clark
. I'm the summer OF 1900 70 became know
that Senator clark and his brother ha
taken hold Of the great enterprise