The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-11
RIO GRANDE TO ASK DEPOT
FRANCHISE OF COUNCIL
Official Announcement Is Made of Proposed Elk.
penditure of $4,000 to 100000
Handsome Passenger Station Promised Shops Are Be En-
Iargsd and Yardags Facilities Increased

A T THE next meeting Of the city
n council the Rio Grande Western
win apply for a franchise permit
Ting the building Of a new passenger
station, additions TO it's shops and an
increase in its yardage facilities. the
whole to cost not less than S750,00O,
and probably over S1.OOO.OO0.
Official announcement Of this fact
was made yesterday by General SUI
perinteudent J. II. Young. who has rep
resented the Rio Grande in the nego-
tiations with the Oregon Short Line
which led to a settlement of the depot
and franchise controversy. The plans
Hre in general as outlined in The Her
aid yesterday.
According to Mr.. Young, the inten-
tion is to erect a magnificent passen-
ger station on Fourth West street. be-
tween Second and Fourth South streets,
at a cost of at least 100000. Permis-
sion viii be asked to close Third South
street. making the depot entrance face
that street. In part compensation
therefor a six-rod street is to be opened
between Third and Fourth West
streets. running from Second South to
Fourth South streets, for the accom-
mediation of traffic thus diverted.
To Enlarge the Shops
The present shops are to be enlarged
60 nearly double the present size, at a
cost of $225.000, At present the en-
ployes of the shops number 500. and the
monthly payroll is $4,000. The number
OF employees is TO be raised TO 900, with
a prOpOrtiOnate increase in the payroll
The old passenger station at Second
South and Sixth West streets is to be
removed and the entire space between
First 10 Tenth South streets is to be-
used for freight yards The re-
arrangement Of the freight terminals
will cost 49, 600. New trackage viii
cost $4,000
Double tracks are 10 he put I'm on
Fourth West street from Ninth South
20 Fifth North street. Immense coal
storage trestles of 10000 tons capacity
are to be erected south of Sixth South
street along the tracks.
More land is to be purchased, ware
houses built. turntables put in and
other expenditures made which will
bring the total cost up TO the figures
previously stated.
Great Sums to be Spent.
Granted that the oregon short Line,
San Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake,
and Rio Grande Western all carry out
their present plans for increasing depot.
shop and terminal facilities ia Salt
Lake. not less than 81 900 viii be
spent by these railroad companies i'm
improving the city. The improvements
in each case mean additional employees
with large pay rolls to pour money
steadily into the channels of trade
tt is expected that the Western Pa
cific and the Denver, Northwestern &
Pacific viii soon be heard from in this
connection. The Western Pacific viii
occupy the same station as the Rio
Grande Western. but IL viii need ad-
ditional shop and yard facilities. re-
curing heavy expenditures. The plans
OF the Moffat road. IL they are formu-
lated. are being kept quiet. but no
doubt ifs felt that this line viii have
shops in Salt Lake, as well as adequate
passenger and freight terminals
All of this, leaving the Coos Bay Rose
burg & Salt Lake road out of the uues-
ton. would mean the expenditure of at
least another N,0000 600 I'm Salt Lake. a fact
which is arOusng the real estate spec
uiatOrs i'm this and other cities. Denver.
Seattle and Los Angeles real estate spec