The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-25
WELBY BUSHES
TOWARD DENVER
Rio Grande Western Superintendent
Summoned East Hastily.
WESTERN PACIFIC AFFAIRS
ROAD WILL PASS SOME DISTANCE
NORTH OF DEEP CREEK.

superintendent \. +. Weiby Of the
Rio Grande Western reached the city
in his private car from California yes
terday ana left on the next train in
the morning for Denver. 1t was an
open secret among the railroad men of
the city yesterday that superintendent
Welhy had been summoned to Denver
on Western Pacific business and that
possibly he would so on to New York.
A few days ago he left Salt Lake for
the west to take his family to THE
WILLOWS" for the summer. He intend
ed TO spend three or four weeks there
himself, but he had hardly reached his
California place before the wire sum-
moned him to Denver. The exact OBJ
Ject of the meeting of officials in Den
Yer viii not be given TO the public but
the impression prevails that matters of
great Importance TO the Gould system
are under discussion.
There was speculation in the city yes
terday as TO the direct route the West
ern Pacific would follow from Salt Lake
west through Utah and Nevada. and
what influence the new road is to have
on the development of the Deep Creek
country. The Deep Creek country is
left far to the south of the line as
agreed upon by the promoters. Neither
the Deep Creek country nor any of the
other rich mineral territory In that part
line Of the new road. Leaving this city
the road will run south of the lake
In the vicinity Of Garfield Beach ii will
strike across the lake to Stansbury ISL
and, and from there it viii continue on
to the main land on the other side. It
viii pass between the Lakeside noun
tainS and the Cedar range. and from
this point it will shoot off across the
Great Salt Lake desert in a northwest
erly direction almost as the crow flies.
This is I'm the direction of Wells. New.
From that point ii will parallel the
Southern Pacific till 1t crosses it at
Winnemucca. The construction of a
branch to Deep Greek will be easy,
however.
Bond Issue Over Subscribed.
B. G.. Raybould received a message
yesterday from W. J. BARNETT, who is
now at the head of the Western Pacific
organization but who is soon TO make
way for F.. T. Jeffery. In the message
Mr.. Bartnett says:
The New York Tribune says today
that Blain & Co., William Solomon &
! Co. and William a. Reed & Co. man
ayers of the syndicate to underwrite
the $50, 100000 Western Pacific first
mortgage . per cent gold bonds an
| nOunce that applications for syndicate
participation thus far received largely
exceed the total amount of the syndi-
Gates undertaking"
Similar information reached the city
! through other channels. 1t is certain
that the announcement of George J.
| Gouid'S connection with the Western
Pacific has made the proposition pop
ular one among investors. and no trou-
bic is anticipated in raising all the
money needed to construct and equip
the road.
The fact that construction work was
TO begin at the Salt Lake end in the
immediate future gave satisfaction in
local circles. 1t was pointed out that in
the construction of the San Pedro, the
old McCune road was bought at this
end. so that this city did not material
/ " benefit from the construction work of
the rOad-all the construction work was
done SO far from this city. With the
Western Pacific it will be different In
this case work will start right in the
city, and for this reason business is
bound to feel the beneficial effects of
the enterprise. Reports of the action
taken i'm the Denver meeting. as well
as in the New York meeting, viii be
awaited with growing interest.