Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16


record traffic; summer the heaviest passenger
travel to the Great Northwest on record and fall
che ifshering in of an epoch of competitive con-
strucion following an era of competitive railroad
bYing.
White in measure the Lewis & Clark ex-
position at Portland was the means of taxing the
capacity OF the passenger equipment Of the trans
continental lines passing through Utah il is the
opinion Of the passenger agents that the ordinary
run OF passenger business has been greatly stimu
lated The result is that those who came west and
returned told OF the wonders of the mountains,
canyons, rivers, plains and ocean resorts so that
more links IN the endless chain OF tourists and
noneseekers were forged.
The freight output of the West is growing by
Leaps and bounds. With The closing OF the Russo
japanese war Oriental freight was added to that
o. sinatng on the Pacific slope the result beiug
that the year COS was rked by the bggcs car
farnine that ever struck the West Heavy crops
live stock ly the milton hcad--tAat number Of
shcrp being fed III The stock ward, Of the Oregon
Short Line at Montpelier. lda this fal. while in
transu-thd output Of the farm field factory
tnirS, Smeltcr, sugar plant aud furest all camoreo
for transportation 70 the market Tie railroad.
mantiiily G1 their best aud are still hauling com
sgumcnts that should have been delivered
month ago. Wit. wore equipment and motive
power only can this congestion be relieved
In the meantime the eyes of lines terminating
III Colorado and Wyoming have been attracted hv
the immense volume of freight thai has beer
pouring ont Of Utah and the states north and
west. Gould, also, believing That he did not GET
his equitable share of tonnage originating north
and west OF this state took active steps 20 remedy
this
The current year has witnessed the fulflment
OF vision that has long dazzled Utah---thc turn
ing Of he preliminary sods OF new and COM
pettive inc to Pacific tdewater
Following the retirement of could from the
directorate Of the Union Pacinc and 4 like actioi
on the part ol 2 H. Hartman and associates
from Tie Denver & Rio Grande official roster
war vas declared contacts were let and at this
time there is some 70 n 'es of grading on the
Western Pac,cc completed ON the point of the
mountain Oh the akssid, ,ne 10 miles from
Salt Lake CITY.
This action o. the 1art Gould was like the
pistol shot Of the otticia starter of relay race
Just as soon as it was Officially announced that
Hartman and Gould were at outs and each would
hustle his own freight, with no quarter other
Richmonds took the field
On the heels of the Western Pacific move
came runlors that the Burlington was coming to
Salt Lake. the Chicago & Northwestern was sur
yeying an extension with Yellowstone and Idaho
in view; the Moffat road would without fail AT
rive in the Utah capital within two years and
last, but not least, the Colorado & Southern pro-
posed to spend part of its SIoo,ooOooo stock is
sue OF a year ago i'll extending its line east and
west so that one could ride from Salt Lake to the
Gulf of Mexico over the right OF way OF the sys
TEN the entire distance.
With the exception of the Colorado & South
ern during the last sixty days there have been
some very interesting Developments
The Western Pacific has got down to work
in earnest. The engineering forces have been
thoroughly organized with hgh-priced talent at
the head of each division The contract for con-
struction both from Salt Lake to the Nevada
line and from Orville, Calf, to the eastern linn
its of the Golden State has been awarded to the
Utah Construction company involving an outlay
of over SIIoooooo. The Utah Construction
company which is an Ogden corporation and the
largest and most responsible of its kind in the
West, in turn has sub-let great deal OF the work
OF grading TO smaller contractors who III turn
have let out small strips OF excavating to syndi-
Gates comprised Of men whose only capital is a
team and scraper and sturdy arms. All along the
route OF the new road to the Golden Gate are
strung engineering and grading camps and the
forces have already caught their stride. Cover
nor Sparks of Nevada and partner have been
awarded a contract to provide 100000 in beef
and mutton to build up the tissues OF the army
OF toers now changing the railroad map of Utah
and Nevada
The Western Pacific is of. Too much
money has been spent already to draw back and
in 1907 through trains will be running between
Salt Lake and Oakland mole; Gould'S dream OF
an ocean to ocean trans continental railroad
system will be an accomplished fact.
The Moffat Road the Burlington and the
Chicago & Northwestern are following in the
footsteps Of the Western Pacific in its preliminary
stages. In the last two cases the profoundest ig-
norance of the purported plans is exhibited by
those behind the respective projects. High Off
Gals deny that any contemplated extension is to
be launched
OF the three the Moffat road maintains that
Salt Lake is its goal. David H. Mofat on Oct
22 of this year announced that the road would
reach Salt Lake six months earlier than was orig
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