The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

Once-within the lives of men whose
hair Is not yet gray-the Missouri river
was the dividing line between the set
tied east and the wild and woolly west
On the. east lay cultivated territory; on
the west stretched vast UNEMPLOYED ex-
panses OF sagebrush and mountain
ranges, which popular belief pictured
as the home of the Indian and buffalo.
This is all changed now. Winding
and twisting through the canyons and
valleys steel arms join the Pacific
coast with the Atlantic seahoard.
Where the burro and blackboard once
bounced on tedious Journeys from post
TO claim. palace cars now speed from
city TO city.
With the advent of the locomotive
came refinement, culture and civiliza-
ton. Because Of its geographical To-
cation, Salt Lake has become the rail-
road center of the west No title of
the many applied to this city, is more
fitting. From Salt Lake to the nearest
city OF Importance is an average dis
lance OF 500 miles. Denver on the east,
Butte on the north and San Francisco
to the west. all are 500 miles or more
away. Naturally, Salt Lake is the dis
'tributing center for the entire west, and
the west is q vast area. Hartman is
spending millions for terminals here.
Gould Is also determined to make his
Salt Lake terminals the finest of any.
This newborn year will see the erec-
zion OF two magnificent depots; one for
the use OF the Hartman lines and Salt
Lake Route. and the other for the use
or the Gould lines. The year will see
7Oe miles OF tracks stretching to the
west OF Salt Lake where sagebrush and
coyotes few years ago held full sway.
The Western Pacific will have become
Lake with San Franciseo, piercing the
very heart OF Nevada's mineral belt
Advancement Has Been Rapid.
The old year just closing has wit
messed advancement in railroad con-
struction; with Salt Lake as either a
starting point or ultimate terminal. The
Chicago & Northwestern is slowly but
surely approaching this city. The Bur-
lingtOn Is pushing west through Wyo-
ming toward Salt Lake. Burlington
officials nave announced that this great
system is TO enter Salt Lake. The
Moffat road Is now into Routt county.
Colorado, on its way TO Salt Lake. The
Salt Lake & Ogden railroad, the ia |
goous route. is almost to Junction |
City. When the line is completed, steam
win give way for electricity as power, |
giving promise of many trains and rap
ID service. The Hartman interests now
control the Utah Light & Railway COM |
pany, and have announced their inten- |
ton OF building electric interurban |
lines to Ogden, Sandy. Garfield and |
nearby towns. The Oregon Short Line |
has announced that its line between |
Salt Lake and ogden is to be double |
tracked and electric trains operated. |
Behind these promises are men who do |
and dare; men who are willing to spend |
millions in the battle for place in a /
coveted field.
The dying year has seen western rail- |
roads grow both in mileage and pros
perity. The Oregon Short Line has in
creased its mileage; erected new ter
minals at many important stations, i'm
proved its service and facilities and. in
return, has received a steadily increas-
Ing traffic. The Salt Lake Route, now
Two years old, is a thriving line. It's
business is growing at an astonishing
rate. Reaching the shipping centers of
California, II brings an immense fruit
trafnc 10 salt Lake for eastern markets
Tourist travel to sunny California is
reaching unprecedented figures. With |
the Las Vegas & Tonopah branch COM
pfeted as far as Rhyolite, New, this
line now pierces the mineral zone of
Nevada. and is reaching farther dailv
Salt Lake has become the market and
smelling center for Nevada's mineral
output. The salt Lake Route has com
building literal to Phoebe
Nevada's grand old camp which has
made millionaires, and now promises
10 make many more. Salt Lake is the
chosen market for the output of Phoebe
The Rio Grande's passenger and
freight traffic was never SO great as
Il is at present Thousands of home
seekers and pieasure-seelzers have been
carried through Salt Lake by this. the I,
Scenic system" Hundreds have re-
manned here TO find homes and health
81 the foot of the snow-clad mountains.
The Rio GIande has purchased ground