The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-22
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Suburban Lines Assured for Salt Lake
Valley.
ROAD TO BINGHAM ALSO
MEETING OF GREAT IMPORT
ANcE HELD NEXT WEEK.

A MEETING of eastern fnanciers and
Il local promoters viii be held ia
Salt Lake City early next week
which, it is believed, viii mean great
things for the development of Salt Lake
valley. The meeting Will be held for
the purpose of working out the details
of the suburban lines that are TO con-
meet this city with Murray. Bingham
Junction and the smelters on one side
of the valley, and Salt Lake City and
Bingham on the other side.
The money necessary for carrying out
these plans has been secured. IL is given
out. Nothing now remains to he done
but to work out the details Of the lines
let the contracts and get to work The
east side lire, known as the Salt Lake
q Suburban. viii cost s. O00, 0O0- II
starts At the intersection Of First South
and Second East streets, runs down
Second East 10 Ninth South. and from
there II viii run over a private right OF
way in q southeasterly direction past
Calder.s park, through Murray, Biug-
ham Junction, and to every large smell
ter i'm the valley. J branch viii leave
the main line below Murray and run Off
into the Mil Greek country. It win con
unue UP Mill Creek canyon and there
one of the finest resorts i'm the entire
state is 90 be built up The spot has
great natural beauty: il has all the ad-
Vantages of the best canyon resort I'm
the state and viii be within an hours
ride of the city
From Ninth South street the line will
be over a private right Of way so that
fast time viii be made. Double track
the fun length of the line viii also add
materially to the speed that can ba
made. 1t is now thought that a rate of
10 cents can be made from the smeIters
20 the city
Plans for Bingham Line.
The Bingham line is part of the same
general scheme. II Includes the West
Side Rapid Transit that now starts at
the intersection of Second South and
First West streets, and runs To the
Jordan river beyond the Cannon farm.
This VIII be continued from its present
terminus IN q SOuthweSterIy direction 10
Bingham canyon It is the present I'M
derstauding that a rate of p cents viii
be made between Salt Lake and Bling
ham.
The faith Of the men who are put
ting up the money for these enterprises
IS based upon the certainty that salt
Lake valley is TO be the greatest smclt-
ING center in the world. and that BinE-
ham canyon is destined 10 be the great
I ~ N'ltEi camp tti the NoEIU- rms VIII
make heavy traffic over both lines from
/ the start, and this traffic viii grow as
the city and the great Industries of the
valley grow Ultimately the two lines
VIII be connected in the southern part
OF the county. forming a complete loop.
Will Ask Bids Soon.
The names OF the men involved I'm
this undertaking are withheld for the
present for business reasons. All the
I details of the proposition viii he given
10 the public after the meeting next
week, and il is expected that advar-
t1sements for bids for the construction
work on the lines will quickly follow
1t Is the understanding that both of
these lines are to run TO the heart of
the business district of the city. Wheth-
eT this IS to be the result of trackags
arrangements with the Utah Light q
Railway company or over independent
lines IS not yet definitely settled