The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-21
ELECTRIC RAILROAD FROM
SALT LAKE CITY TO OGDEN
Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to Be Expended on
Line---Work TO Begin Within Forty Days.
J. J. Burns an Eastern Millionaire Joins Hands With Simon
Bamberger in the Enterprise

OGDEN and salt Lake are 10 be
linked as soon as possible By an
electric railroad. An agreement
was signed yesterday whereby J. J.
Burns Of Chicago. builder Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific into Pueblo and construc-
tor of one other steam railroad and two
electric roads. joins hands with Simon
Bamberger of Salt Lake in the con
structiop of z railroad between the two
cities. Mr. Burns, whose fortune is
rated close TO the million mark, has
decided 10 close out his extensive east
eFn interests and cast his lot i'm Titan,
making his home in salt Lake.
According 10 the papers signed yes
terday between Senator BambergeT and
Mr. Burns, work on the extension or
the salt Lake K ogden road is to be-
gin within forty days. The road IL 10
be completed 10 Kaysville by the time
OF the April conference. aud cars are
TO be running between salt Lake and
ogden the entire distance within eigh-
teen months.
The estimated cost of completing the
road is 100000. This amount viii be
nearly all expended in Utah. only equip
ment and rails being purchased else
where. cars viii probably be run a
frequently as every hour. The trip be-
tween Salt Lake and Ogden viii be
probably be 81 and may be even less.
!. The railroad is TO be equipped with the
best modern cars and is to be first class
in every way,
Planned Years Ago.
The union OF the two principal cities
of Utah by an electric road IS pro
ject devised some years ago by Ar
Bamherger lie built the lire part OF
the distance. but for one reason or an
other the road has never been completed
10 Ogden. hiT- Bamberger has had
number OF offers to go i'm with other
men TO complete the road, but he mas
refused them all he had intended 10 do
it himself as soon as he could take the
time from other important interests.
However, when Mr. Burns came 30
Utah al the solicitation of Major II T..
Mytou. looked over the field, and made
"A proposition amounting to partner
ship. Mr.. Bamberger came 10 an agree
ment with him Both men are putting
their own money into the enterprise
as d business proposition. They are not
entering into il as stock speculation.
The salt Lake & ogden road. owned
by Mr.. Bamberger, now runs from
West South Temple and Third West
streets. salt Lake. to Lagoon, just north
of Pennington, a distance of little
over ffteeu miles The capital stock of
the company is now SS00,000. There are
uo bonds The capitalization IS TO be
increased to 81. 0O0. GEO and an equal
amount Of per cent bonds are 10 be
issued. The present railroad and ali
the other assets Of the corporation 10
gether with the Lagoon resort. are 70
belong to the reorgarized company.
Begin Work of Extension.
Within forty days the work Of ex-
tension IS to begin. The road II TO re
..r- aTe.aH "a irs-
den and later il may be extended 10
brigham City. Negotiations are pend
ing TO enter the hearts of both salt
Lake and Ogden over the tracks OF eN-
listing companies If satisfactory
agreement of this kind canrot be made,
franchises viii be asked At both ends.
Tho road will carry passengers mall
express and freight. The passeng':
cars are TO be fifty feet long, each nav
ing q smoking compartment, toiict and
other accessories. They are to be fitted
M in fine style. each being equipped
with four fifty horsepower motors, per-
hitting fast time The present cars are
TO be remodeled and used as traiiers
Not less than 100000 is TO be eNpeEled
for equipment.
Express and mail VIII be carried on
these cars. a system of prepaid OK
press viii be installed. BY this method
books Of stamps Will be issued, similar
TO postage. These stamps can be l-asteo
ON a package and II can be deposited On
a car as ia the pCstofiicc and Delivered
promptly at the other end.
Freight viii be hauled between mia
night and a. N. There IS already q
profitable brick business built up on
the road which viii be taken care OF
in the future other freight viii fe
hauled during tine hours when the pas
senger business has ceased
Heavy Rails to Be Laid.
The entire road is To be rebuilt aud iaie
vita sixty-poUnd rails. The maximum
grade Is 70 be fiUy-eight feet 10 the mile
Senator Bamberger started qua on Tue
first place TO secure his own night OF way
the entire distance instead OF 0epenIin5
On public franchises for streets MS
policy viii he continued. j ne flstt oL
way viii be- fenced the entlre ulslaHee-
During the period OF construction, ana
until the road Is completed AID the cleo
trio mower plant installed the steam locl-
mot ives win De- used. This win be don
TO give q service over tlc entire road as
Tar as completed at all times. lt has
not been decided whether 10 nave the
frovrer rlant al the mines at COaiVIIle OF
at Lagoon. The location VIII depend ora
he ARA ngements which can DE mace 70
secure coal III cheap fuel can be Oh
tanned at Lagoon. the power lidht. -
well as the repair shops, viii oe located
there Otherwise the power VIII DC gen
Grated a; Coalrille. where senator Sam
berger has ara option on a coal mine, ano
~ overhead trolley double transmits
sion system Will be used.
There viii be- no grade crossings -
railroads. 4 steel bridge is 10 be Quilt
ever the Union Pacific and over the We
Der river
Nj. Burns Is Optimistic.
Mr.. Burns. familiar as ne is with Tn
possibilities of electric roads, . euthu-
sfastic over the prospects Or TINS enter
-Ifs the best thing of the kind ] evcr
saw he declared
Electric road experts figure that with
an average population OF eco 10 the RHO
a road should pax n properly managed.
The population along the new road VIII
he about 0n To the mile. or % per cert
more than the requirement,
I'm addition to the regular local trat-
Hc remarked Senator Banberger last
~vening There viii be a big tourist trat-
fic Toe road viii skirt tnc mountains
giving q view OF the valley Tor nlauf
miles and ga the summer time especially
there viii uudouot edir be large uumber<
who will take this line merely 90 get -
view which can be obtained 81 fo other
way
The salt Lake & Ogden railroad enter
prise was undertaken by Senator Bamber-
ger in 1870 the road was started TO coH-
then building toward SGlt Lake. and 60
give IT. an entrance into She cits. The
Burlington gave Up IT'S project At that
time the Salt Lake road had been buil (
- far IS Beck H9t Springs. The other
men fn fhe enterprise dropned out bat
Air BAN berger finn in bis belief th4t