Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-15
Vice President of San Pedro, Los
Angeles & Salt Lake Discusses
Situation,
WHAT The new ROAD WILL DO.
Los Angeles viii Have $50 Miles Ad-
vantage Of Sau Francisco on
Panama Commerce

T, T.. Glbbon, vice president and chief
counsel Of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
& Salt Lake road, In signed article
In the Los Angeles Examiner tells OF
what the Salt Lake Route win accom-
plIsh for the city OF the Angels IN the
following language:
"If one viii examine the railroad map
Of the United states he WIN see that the
western terminus OF the Union Pacific
railroad Is at Ogden or Salt Lake city
which latter place It reaches over the
lines Of the Oregon Short Line railroad
between those two points. Also, that
the southern terminus Of the Oregon
Short Line railroad ls at Salt Lake
Cry and that this road taps the Inn
p0ltant state Of Idaho and the wealthy
mining sections of Montana. 1t will
also be seen that Salt Lake city is the
western terminus OF the Denver q Rio
Gtande Railroad, which Is now part
OF the great Gould system, aggregat-
Ing over 1900 miles In extent.
1T is known to people Interested In
transportation that the Union Pacific
Railroad, with low grades, light curva-
ture and splondidly ballasted, heavy
rallied track, which il has obtained by
the expenditure Of many millions Of
dollars I'm Improvements during the past
four years Is undoubtedly the best
freight line In the west. The extern
sion Of It's line beyond Omaha to Chi
cago is found I'm the double track line
of the Chicago q Northwestern. II Is
also known that the Denver e. Rio
Grande Railroad company by virtue Of
having upon lis line from Denver to
Salt Lake City the most impressive
mountain scenery In the United States.
and also on account Of the attractions
afforded by Colorado Springs, and
GlenWood Springs, on this line, and by
the two cities Of Denver and Salt Lake
City, which mark the eastern and
western termlni OF the line, Is, and for
years has been, the fayorIte passenger
line for people coming from the east
10 the west
AT the present time Los Angeles
nearest connection with Salt Lake city,
where all Of the above mentioned lines
converge, Is obtained by way Of San
Francisco and requires about 46 hours
for the trip. When the San Pedro, Los
Angeles a Salt Lake Railroad COM
pany's main line from this city 20 Salt
Lake City is completed and IN full OPP
GRAFTON, II will reduce the running time
between this city and Salt Lake
city to "a hours, or VIII save 22
hours on the present time between Los
Angeles and the Salt Lake termini Of an
the roads above named In addition to
that, an inspection OF degrees OF longi-
tude will show that the city OF San
Francisco lies about 250 miles west OF
the city Of Los Angeles. This con-
formation Of the western coast willbrlng
Los Angeles, when the Salt Lake road
is completed, nearer by good many
miles, 10 the termlnl Of all the above
mentioned lines Of road than Is the
city OF San Francisco, and VIII, OF
course, put the city Of Los Angeles, and
It's harbor at San Pedro, nearer all OF
the points served by those roads than
the city Of San Francisco will be, The
Salt Lake line with It's connections AZ
Salt Lake City will afford, by several
miles, the nearest route between this
city and Chicago, and the different
from transportation standpoint Is
made much more important by the SUI
perior grades Of those lines for freight
service over any existing lines connect
Ing Los Angeles with the east at the
present time.
"In other words, the factors Of dis
lance and grades In favor OF the
through line from Los Angeles TO Chi
| ooro az yhtch tho San Pedro og An
geles q Salt Lake railroad VIII become
a part, should mean that freight can
be transported over this line good
many hours quicker than over any ex-
listing line. The attraction Of this line
to passengers will consist, not only in
the lessened time Of the trip but, fur
Their, IN the fact that there will not be
more than "a hours Journey between
attractive stopping points on this line
One great objection that travellers have