Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-26
{, II. Hartman Turning His At
tcntiOn Towards the Rich
Nevada Mining Camps.
MEANS MUCH FOR SALT LAKE.
Project to knock Dat Virginia aud
Truckee and Get All Business for
Southern Pacific.

Y. II Hartman the man who spends
millions TO make millions, proposes to
leave no stone unturned to build up
traffic for his Immense system OF rail-
roads, What is being done for Idaho
holds good In other states tributary to
the system,
A gentleman who Is IN touch with
tho policy OF the Hartman roads stat
ed to the "News' today that the va
rlous general managers Of the railroads
embraced in the system are under In
struotlons to look into every PROPOSE
ton calculated 10 be source OF reye.
nue.. II by spending a million dollars
on n branch line good interest on the
money Invested can be forthcoming IN
the form OF building up a new territory,
Instructions are TO the effect that the
situation be thoroughly canvassed with
the object in view Of Increasing the
mileage Of the system and also keeping
out competition In the form Of rival
lines.
NEVADA CAMPS.
since the acquisition Of the Southern
Pacific by the Short Line operating and
maintenance of way departments as far
west as Reno Short Line officials have
turned their eyes towards Nevada and
the latent wealth hidden in the new
mining camps now being developed To
bring Tonopah nearer to Salt Lake
shelters Is one Of the schemes that Is
to be exploited. In this connection
there Us NJ present 80 miles OF railroad
Ia. 10 Ia, eR.t 90 q o..
& Truckeo railroad which runs from
Reno TO Mound House, New, This road
Is for sale, but Is held at such prohlb-
tive figures that Hartman does not
see his way clear TO paying the price,
in the meantime the v q r demands
the lions share IN the division on all
through business.
Indications are however. that a repe-
tltlon OF the Clark Hartman fight OF
three years ago win be pulled on on a
small scale I'm western Nevada, The
Virginia & Truckee wiz have 10 climb
down from Its perch or a branch line
viii he built from the Southern Pa
ellie main line 20 Mound House from
point yet to be decided upon between
Clarks and Wadsworth.
ENGINEERS TO TAKE FIELD,
1t is stated that instructions have
been given for corps OF engineers to
take the field and commence prellmin-
airy location OF the line In the near fu-
ture, The line is to connect with the
Carson a Colorado near Wabuska, be-
low Mound House The route Is a bet.
ter one than the " & r. and the trans
fer OF trainloads OF ore east of Reno
would relieve the congestion that pre-
walls IN the yards there all the time
the haul would be shorter and ship
ments to and from the various mining
camps would be delivered In much
quicker time.
Another feature which would be Of
benefit TO Salt Lake Is that all tarlff'
change at Reno with Hartman moi
having TO cut up receipts with o foreign
corporation, the long haul over the Yer
ington route between Reno and Wabus'
ka obviated and a quicker route be
tween the Utah smelters ana the Ne
vada camps the proposed branch would
be a great boon to the Utah 1obbers
mining machinery men and marketeri
Of ore.
GOOD FOR SALT LAKE.
There are already number OF Sal
Lake business men who are WATCHING
developments in this direction and VIII
argue i1ghtfully that the Nevada min
ing camps belong to Salt Lake tradnl
territory rather than san Francisco.
The long strings OF camps trihutar,
to Tonopah are yet IN their infancy, bu
if experts are TO be believed they vii
form one OF the greatest originators o
traffic in this intrmountan regioi
within a few years. Hence II Is tina
the Hartman engineers and traffic mel
are beginning to turn their attention Il
this direction.