The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-21
ROAD PLEASES
J. ROSS CLARK
Vice President of Salt lake Route
Arrives Over New Line.
THROUGH TRAINS MAY |
OUTLOOK FOR TRAFFIC IS DE-
CLARED ENCOURAGING.
THROUGH TRAINS MAY

ilF ICE PRESIDENT j. Ross Clark OF
n the Salt Lake route, arrived I'm
salt Lake yesterday morning over
the new road 20 meet President W. =.
: Clark who Is expected from Butte this
morning. and will leave for Los An
geIes tomorrow ON special train car
ryiug party of officials to inspect the
( line.
! Vice President Clark spent some time
| en- route looking ov-r tEe road and said
! the construction crews F-cTs picking up
I the odd ends rapldlg--
Il think the construction g4r-S viii
! be through before the last of next
week" he said. 'auG everything viii
be in good shape Tor th operation OF
/ regular trains. which are scheduled for
May l. There Is r lIt.iC tElC1-laEi-I.- I'm
B progress on line aud grade changes ON
! lhs salt Lake end but f. IS abuut gnn-
pleted and viii be out of the way be-
: fore Lav l. Our passenger equipment
/ is being delivered and a good part o.
( f. has arrived. the motive power IS oil
] ready. and the only cars lacking are
; The railway postal cars. Until they
J arrive we have arranged To supply
4 them from other roads The freight
I Equipment is coming on well SD that
/ by the time we are running regularly
/ we VIII be in good shape to handle bus
! mess
} After the road is turned over 10 tho
( operating department. the principal
/ work To be done OH the roadbed will
/ be rip-rappinE. balIastius and general
{ surface work. bur that VIII be finished
/ shortly The last shipment Of heavy
. rail has been made to- replace the
& lighter rail remaining 50 that alto
! sether the line Is In good condition 70
! begin business
Outlook for Traffic Good.
The traffic outlook is encouraging.
! particularly because developments in
! the Nevada gold fields have been so
: phenomenal and the demand for build
ing materials and general supplies is
/ SO heavy. that the only difficulty has
/ been I'm getting teams enough TO haul
! the freight out of Las Vegas 10 Bull
frog and the other camps which nat
Urally draw their supplies from Las
Vegas. The indications are that a very
heavy business viii be done for these
points over our line. and naturally we
/ are pleased at the Wav the territory IS
opening up"
! Reports from Las Vegas are To the
/ effect that freight for BUllfroE, Beat
ty. RhyOlite and the contiguous camps
/ is being moved out Of Las Vegas
/ promptly and eNpeditiouSIy- Ed Clark,
/ who Is at the head of the freight line.
has = number Of big siEteen-hCrse
/ teams in operation and eNpR-ts to put
[ twenty more teams on within a very
few days Freight is being laid down
( in the southern camps from salt Lake
I and Los Angeles more promptly and at
less cost than 1T can be handled by any
/ other route. and the mining men Of the
| region have walked up To the fact that
| the Las Vegas route is the natural line
for quick freight
Las Vegas Is Crowded.
Las Vegas town is ovorruu with peo-
pie who find il so crowded they CAM
! not he made comfortable. and the rail-
[ road officials advise outsiders 70 wait
until the railroad towUSire Is ready for
/ the sale of lots before going In The
lots are being plated now but VIII nor
/ be placed on sale before the nrSt or
May. and until then there is no like
[ Iihood of good accommodations FOR the
! crowd. because the ral-r7ad ground
| cannot be utilized for building and the
/ small area already occupied Is not
I available for hotels and boarding
? ( houses one Of the officials most IN
: ferestad urges the general public 10
stav away for at least ten days because
/ tbz rush of uroSuect0rS has made u
/ next TO impossible for any one TO ma
I 2 place to eat or sleep i-l- InoSe VINO
, are going through 10 -,.lr,Ia 10,
, country find conditions idFolaole De
l cause they can get right out for camp
. on a stage which takes them through
: To BulIfrog from Las vegas IN jhltly-
, six hours time.
] Nevada Camps Active
c. q. Whfttemore. general counsel Tor
! the road. came in with Mr. clark from
J - yeas and reported great activity
in all rl7e Nevada camps He was par
! jicuIarIy interested I'm the success Or a
77ayy FREIGHT route from Caliente, which
! - - established and is now in
b operaTfon George Feuerman, the Cali
ente merchant has laid out a road OF Of
81 i---rHT
80 - -ra PabraUagat valley to
Goidree5 and Kawich. the prinisins
new camps. The day AR Whittenoree
+ was in CaHeute Nr- Fe-JerlAan mao sem
| - = +-..-7-s and was preparing TO
: Se15 no AS fast as they could be
secured The Pahranagat. rane CHS. IS used 5ea
a as a supply base ana ln7 Lo@ t-.7.- a. -
f being, smoothed mp at the expense OF
NJ Ee+-7rrner. Who has gone into
freightins on a business basis and iif rs
' already getting returns .--s- -.,J-o,-+I2,
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