The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01


the watchword of the Western Pacific
| is onward" needs no stronger argu-
ment than the fact that IS. SOC. 200 has
/ already been spent on the enterprise
! and that George Gould for the first
time admits his connection with the
project.
How Start Was Made.
! The Western Pacific Railway COM
J pany was incorporated under the laws
| of the state OF California in March,
/ 1903 for the purpose of building and
/ operating a main line of railroad To-
/ extend from Salt Lake City, Utah, 20
/ San Francisco. Cal. a distance Of $40
miles. with branches in the state of
I California, aggregating 40 miles i'm
/ length. 1t has perfected its OrEaniZa-
! ton in the states of Utah. Nevada
and California. In 50 doing. il paid
more than S12 500 IN fees TO the secre-
/ tary of state of the state of Utah.
Since its organization the company
: has been engaged continuously IN max
( ing it's surveys. The primary difficulty
] encountered was the selection of q
route across the Sierra Nevada noun
/ tains- The choice finally has been
made, and the line viii be built on
the Beckwith Pass route At inter
walls as many as nineteen surveying
/ parties We're in the field at one time
/ but now the corps has been reduced to
J seven parties. All of these are con
| Centrated in completing the location in
4 the Sierra Nevada mountains. and this
I work viii be completed in the course Of
I a few weeks.
( Good Grades and No Snow.
/ The desiderata Of the Western Pacific
/ line were low gradiuts, direct align
] ment and an absence Of snow Az Of
these are met in the Beckwith pass
/ route. The grades viii not exceed per
( cent. that is. - feet to the mile the
! he
I there viii be a total absence of snow
I sheds The consequent advantages will
J be better understood by a comparison
( of the Western Pacific route with that
/ of the Central Pacific The latter
! crosses the Sierra Nevada mountains
/ Oh grade exceeding TWO per cent. on
curves exceeding 10 degrees, and
! through miles OF snow sheds The snow
/ sheds are not only an economic disad-
vantage, resulting from excessive ex-
/ pense in maintenance. but they are r
source of constant discomfort TO the
/ traveller, hiding. as they do. the en-
! trancing wonders OF the California
mountain scenery
An elimination of snow sheds on the
/ Western Pacific route is rendered pos
sible by light snow fall and a total ID
[ Sence Of snow-slides. The maximum
! fan of snow on the entire line does NOT
/ exceed two and one-haIf feet, While on
| the Central Pacific line the snow falls
n
/ absence Of snow sheds on the Western
| Pacific route will be all the more de-
! SRA bic in view of the magnificent seen
cry From the Nevada state line to the
floor of the Sacramento valley. a dis
| lance of $50 miles the line passes
through the most magnificent scenery
TO be found in California. It traverses
exquisite mountains. valleys, and fin
ally follows the canyon of the Feather
river. The walls of this canyon exceed
a height of $500 feet, and are heavily
timbered throughout. The Feather riv-
er is always magnificent stream.
The rugged canyon viii render the
construction work very difhcuIt but
thousands of men with the most ap-
proved machinery are to commence
work Immediately, and the Western
Pacific officials assume that their road
viii be in operation between San Fran
| cisco and Salt Lake City by Jan. l,
1907.
Let Contracts For Work.
The contract for the construction OF
/ the entire line has already been let and
/ the contractor will be in Salt Lake CITY
! within a few days. He is 20 traverse
/ almost the entire line from San Fran
J cisco easterly, with David F. Walker.
/ one of the directors of the COMPANY
I and formerly a resident of Salt Lake
! City One of the most difficult feat
ureS of the entire construction will be
/ the Spring Garden tunnel in PIurnas
! county, California, which VIII be about
: one mile in length. Preparations are
( under way 10 construct this tunnel. and
the actual work viii begin within the
next thirty days. simultaneously work
4 VIII be started at Salt Lake City and
t at other points on the line.
Use Rio Grande Terminals.
The Western Pacific has effected ar
( engagements with the Rio Grande West
I ern for Joint Use of its terminals in
I Salt Lake City; and this implies a
J close relation between the Could sys-
/ TEN and the Western Pacific But this
/ cifie is solely a Gould line. The fact is,
that the Western Pacific is and viii al
ways be an Independent system. but
that il will maintain a close alliance
/ with the Gould roads is evident from
the directorate. The Gould representa-
tlves on the board of directors of the
J Western Pacific are f. T Jeffery. pres
ident Of the Denver & Rio Grande, Rio
Grande Western and the Gould roads:
( also William n Taylor. who is vice
president Of the Bowling Green Trust
! company, a Could concern. of which
Edwin T. Gould is president
i Cash For the Project.
The Bowling Green Trust company
likewise is trustee under the Western
Pacific deed of trust whereby the rail-
way company has created a bonded in
/ de5tedness Of $50. 900 900. The deed of
! trust has been recorded in Salt Lake
and TOoele counties, Utah, and in every
county in Nevada and California
through which the line passes The
bonds run COR thirty years, and bear
interest at per cent.
Route OF the New Road
The counties IN which the deed OF
trust has been recorded viii all be
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