The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-23
CONS TRUCTI0N AT SALT LAKE END
WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Good cheer came to Salt Lake from
all sides yesterday over The Associated
Press wires The Western Pacific is
To be built at once. George J. Gould
has given his word for il. The bonds
have been sold. making $50 100000 avail
able for the enterprise +. T. Jeffrey
is TO be at the head of the new road
and the work of construction is to start
without delay both at the Salt Lake
and San Francisco ends.
The meaning of this to the future
welfare OF this city is SO plain that he
who runs may read. The Gould sys-
tenn Is to be transcoutincutal i'm its
true sense. it is to extend from the
Atlantic ocean ON the east To the Pa
cifc ocean on the west. Baltimore is
80 he the eastern terminus and san
Francisco the western. Salt Lake is to
be ON this great highway Of commerce
and travel and all present indications
are at fault if this city does not de
veIop rapidly into one Of the most i'm
portant railroad ceuters ON the western
half of the continent.
What It Means to Utah.
The Importance To Salt Lake and
Utah Of this additional outlet to the
coast is not TO be- oyerestiuated. With
the Hartman interests i'm charge of
the Southern Pacific and the short
Line. with Senator W. a Clark and
his associates i'm command OF the san
Pedro. and with the Gould interests in
possession of "a line TO the coast alb
solutely independent Of the other two.
fl would seem that Salt Lake merCh-
ants and jobbers would be i'm a position
20 reach out to cover d more extended
territory.
The construction of the Western Pa
cifc. following the completion of the
san Pedro. means au impetus to bust
ness IN this city such as il has not
received i'm recent years. Tt viii mean
2 union depot erected by the Western
Pacific and the Rio Crande Western.
and il viii mean competition that
viii be felt I'm every branch of industry
and i'm every line of business.
The Herald on the first day of last
January said that trains would be run
ming over the Western Pacific from san
Francisco to salt Lake. Jan J. 1907
The news that came to the city over
the wires yesterday goes far to bear
out that statement. George !. Gould
Tcfrained from speaking till his plans
were matured. Now he speaks to the
point. and the point is that the road
Is TO be constructed i'm the shortest pos
Sible time. Placing r. r. Jeffery at
the Tttl OBJ INC enter prise Is effulAtlell
To saying the same thing I'm more
emphatic way.
The Western Pacific company was in
COrpOratcd In California I'm March 1908
The object of the company was to con-
struCt a road from Salt Lake to san
Francisco. distance of $40 miles. It
IS also to have branches extending over
A40 miles i'm California. Il soon after
perfected its Incorporation I'm Nevada
and Utah. The fee for filing it's articles
III.
Pushed Things From Start.
Energy has characterized the enter
prise from its inception At times nine
teen different surveying parties were in
the field AT the same time searching
out the best possible route for the pro-
posed road. The greatest engineering
difficulties were encountered I'm the
Sierra Nevada mountains. The choice
finally fell upon BeckWith'S pass
The great advantages claimed for the
route of the Western Pacific is that
there viii be no grade greater than
per cent. or > feet 90 the mile. Il re-
ducjion Of oue-haIf from competing
lines No suOWsheds viii ever be upces-
SaTy ON the western Pacific. as the an
nual snowfall is never more than two
and a half feet on the worst part OF
the road. while on the Central Pacific
line the snow falls TO a depth Of fifteen
feet. This viii do away with the neces-
sity Of snowSheds and make great
saving i'm the cost of maintenance. 1t
VIII also make travelling far more pleas
ant. affOrding tourists an opportunity
TO see the magnificent scenery of the
Sacramento valley. The scenery. especi-
ally along the Feather river. where
the canyon is $500 feet deep. is con-
sidered among the finest in the west.
It is understood in this city that the
Western Pacific has already made ter
minal arrangements with the Rio
frTgndp Western will an
ter the city over the tracks of the Rio
Grande Western. which is to be a part
Of the transcontinentaI system blocked
out by the Gould interests. At the
same time il is understood that the
Western Pacific is TO be an independent
company TO the extent Of having its
own officers and equipment. The new
road will come to Salt Lake around the
south end Of the lake. There viii not