Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-29

bllties for developing the oriental traf.
Nc, VIII become the headqartttJ OF
lne western division to the north. This
phase " the st. Paul project has
cnlalled more surveys than amy other
J The whole Cascade range was searched
from end To end, and II may be added
thal nothing was found that can pos
slbly serve the purpose unless some
engineering feat Of perfectly unique
ana daring character be undertaken.
Either lift or AN incline railway pro-
Jet Is almost certain 10 be needed UNI
less the relationship Of The systems al-
low the So. Paul 10 cross the noun
! tnlns either via Northern Pacific or
| Great Northern In such case the
route viii be considerably altered from
the contour as projected TO date
AS REGARDS SALT LAKE.
The southern cXtentou Of the road
is already pretty we'll Understood. The
| Monut lIue is being built from Dem
YER to Sult Lake. but the western d.
vision VIII not De completed possibly
for many years The connection %.
/ Glenwooi Springs with the RIO Craude
VIII give "a better connection. SO far
as the 49, Paul Is concerned than
would "a direct wester line 10 salt Lake.
The project carries the line south Of
| salt Lake. mis- ling Salt Lake city by
many miles. connecting 40 Thistle
Junction with the MarysUalo line OF
the Rio Graude Western which is TO
be called the Rio Gwnle division OF
the western Pacific. ana VIII De sold
/ by Mr. GO"lI tO the Western Pacific
/ IN much the same way that the Cali
iente3 division Of the oregon short
Line wac sold to Senator Clark I'm
return Mr. Gould win take % large
share in the cost Of Western Pacific
MOFFAT's STATEMENT TRUE
Both these lines win bc independent
/ nowIullly and win be used alike hy
/ the GolIds and the Rockefeller roads
+. ST. Paut Missouri Pacific Colorado q
/ Southern and, possibly by arrange
/ ment Rock Island They have been
! built with money whose suppi,crs
wanted nothing else The more traffic
comes TO the new roads the better the
owners viii Ike ID, whether the traffic
comes from Missouri Pacific Rock
Island, st. Paul or Northwestern
! When Mr. Monat states that his road
| Is 10 be entirely independent he prob
ably tells the literal truth He does
not however mean that he viii not
/ get traffic under special contract from
other lines lie knows perfectly well
what lines viii give II TO him, and he
has known IL for many months. IN fact
since before the project was actually
begun.
WHY HARTMAN BOUGHT.
The general contour and rout Of the
Western Pacific and the Denver &
! Northwestern are pretty we'll known
! The line from Denver via these two
! lines. south of Salt Lake, through
! Beckwlth Pass or another pass now
being surveyed will shorten the
! route from Denver to the
! harbor OF San Francisco by about 40
! miles, and I'm addition viii cut out the
| Leadyille grades and eliminate the ex-
| pensyc railroadnR Of the Central Pa
| clfc. The route Will be 20 much cheap
| on TO operate than is the present route
VIA Salt Lake city that the transcontl-
mental rate situation win be entirely IN
| the hands Of the lines that VIII use the
| MOnat and the Western Pacific lines.
| This Is the reason why Mr.. Hartman
bought half share In the San Pedro
Route.
TREMENDOUS PROJECTS.
The actual cost Of these tremendous
| projects cannot be definitely stated u
! has been closely estimated The main
! line northwest will consist Of practically
! 1900 miles Of SO-p0und railroad. II will
| entail tunnels and cuttings OF tremen-
dous extent Equipped, Il will certainly
cost the company. net, over stJ 900 per
mile. The branch lines Of the far north
west win be cheaper and viii follow
| easier rights OF way. They will con-
sist Of light rail track, about 1000 miles
! IN ALL The estimated cost OF this north
ern division may therefore be put
roughly al the following figures
1900 miles at sij.OOO.........S675OO 800. 900
1000 miles at &j,00O.-,nu.,,, $4,000, 900
Total $500 miles ,..,u., t92, 100000
WORK WILL BE PUSHED.
The estimated cost Of the Denver q
| Northwestern and Western Pacific has
often been published They should not
be included IN the cost OF ST. Pauls
| western construction because they viii
| not be actually owned by the ST. Paul,
| and the latter Is not supplying an the
money for either one Of them
OF the {92 100000 above mentioned,
over $40. OO0. 900 will be raised at the out.
set by the sale OF ST. Paul conf
mon stock at about $50. The stock has
been put up for that purpose. with
| this cash IN hand the undertaking win
| take definite form and the work viii be
pushed II will take several years to
use up this amount OF cash, and the fu-
| ture financing can wait upon Develop
| ments. There are plenty NJ firms and
banks willing al any time 10 underwrlte
| the work, advancing cash as needed on
notes, No such difficulties will beSet
this road in building It's western ex.
| tension az beset Great Northern and
| Northern Pacific or even AtchIson and
the Huntington roads. The roads will
undoubtedly be built within three years
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WE NEVER MIssTATE FACTS
OR MISREPHEsENT our
COMPETITORS,
BY Arrlvlny at ST. Louis II g..
I Morning You Gain Ono Fui.
Day at tho
WORLDS FAIR,
Leave Salt Lake at : a. m. via the
o. S. L., U. 2. and Wabash, and arrive
at ST. Louis 1913 a. m. the second
morning; a. hours and IS minutes
actual running time.
Our competitors. leaving here the
same morning, arriving at ST. Louis In
the evening 10 hours and IS minutes
longer on the road.
RETURNING. the Wabash leaves ST.
Louis 1880 p, m. permitting all day