The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

ilrAH is again the railroad construc-
[ ton center Of the United States
The most important railroad en-
terprises now under way in the country
enter the state or are within it. and
much over s1O0,OOO,OO0 is to be spent ON
them if present plans are carried our.
The san Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt
Lake road is being built between Salt
Lake and Los Angeles.
The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
IS under construction between salt
Lake and Denver.
The Ogden Lucin cutoff of the South
ern Pacific is nearing completion. and
heavy improvements. meaning prac-
tlcaIly a rev line, are under way clear
across Nevada and into California.
The Western Pacific is surveying
route between Salt Lake and San Fran
cisco, has secured terminals at the other
end and started construction work
While. positive assurance is given THAI
the railroad is 70 be built the entire dis
lance. George J. Gould and John ID.
Rockefeller are said to be back Of the
project.
The Rio Grande Western is finishing
the crOss-sectioning OF an extension of
IT'S MarysVale branch TO the iron mines
near Cedar City. construction Of when
I has been authorized by the directors.
+ As a part Of this scheme. the Salf1l
cutoff is To be built from Saline % a
point on the main line. probably Green
River. The object is to haul iron and
coal TO the main lire. It is expected
! that construction wiz be under way
again early in 1904 part of the CUTOFF
having been built during the past year.
The delay is caused largely by the de
sire Of the company to complete ac-
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viii be reached by the new line.
The Salt Lake route (San Pedro, Los
Angeles & salt Lake. is preparing 90
build a branch from its main line over
to the iron mines.
New Depots in Salt Lake.
Both the Oregon Short Line and the
Rio Grande Western are preparing to
build passenger stations in Salt Lake
| costing between 100000 and S250.G00
| each, and to put up shops and make
other improvements costing In the ag
| gregate about $4,000. co.,
These do not complete the list Of
| railroad construction undertakings In
/ the intermOuutain region, of which Salt
/ Lake is the center. The Union Pacific
1 has been spending considerable money
/ reducing grades and curves on the
main line between Ogden and the Utah
/ Wyoming line. The Oregon Short Line
has spent money in improving the
reached. putting in great steel bridges
/ at American Falls and Huntington.
erecting handsome new depOts at Nam
pa and other places. and making other
similar Improvements. The Rio Graude
! Western, has been reducing grades and
/ curves on its main line, involving
heavy work at Jordan naFrows, and has
4 been laying eighty pound steel and
putting in concrete bridges in place Of
/ the old structures. The Salt Lake q
/ Ogden has surveyed lire beyond
Pennington with a view TO extending 90
work may be commenced during 1904.
Senator Clark's Road.
The most important OF all these en-
/ terpriSes is the salt Lake route. backed
= by Senator w A. Clark This road is
actually being built. and it is expected
| that trains win be running over the
/ entire main line i'm about a year, or
\ early in 1905. The many advantages Of
the new line would require volumes to
! set forth al all adequately. In brief, it
will cut down the rail distance between
Salt Lake and Los Angeles from ], 1SS tp
/ al miles making a difference in faV0s
/ of the new road of A75 miles: it viii
afford a short quick route for the east
/ sound fruits of California, fit win b.
an important link i'm a new transcOnU-
mental route. giving a twenty four-hOur
/ passenger train service between the
two terminals. 10 will. afford an outlet
for the iron and coal. mineral and man
ufactured products of Utah to the
( coast. and viii afford a medium Cor
/ the distribution OF merchandise received
at the port of san Pedro.
Construction is in progress at four
1 places on the line. In California the
road has been built from san Pedro to
| Riverside. The bridge across the santa
! Ana river at the latter point is said 20
/ be the largest structure OF its kind
made of concrete in the world. COnsid p
cradle trouble has been experienced in
its construction. Drills We're sent down
in advance and rock bottom reached.
/ The bridge was built without a hitch
until work began on the last span. Then
it was found that the drills had struck
boulders instead of solid rock, and they
I were in the midst of Q bed of quick
| sand. Deeper excavations struck an
underground flow of water. which made
the work 80 difficult that practically
an entire year has been consumed get
ting the bridge completed. 1T is now
finished. however.
Work at West End.
From Riverside to San Bernardino
the tracks of the Southern Pacific win
be used. at least temporarily while
from San BernardinO to DaEgett the
trains VIII run over the santa Fc
tracks. Grading is now in progress out
from Daggetts and the track has been