The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-30
PLAN TO CROWD
WORK ON DEPOT
Rio Grande and Western Pacific Well
Pleased With the Present
Outlook.
HAVE ALL LAND NEEDED
TWILL START WORK ON STATION
INTHE SPRING.

Work on the new Union depot for the
Rio Grande Western and the Western
Pacific Railroad companies will begin
early in the spring. This is the
Information given out locally but I'M
officially by those directly connected
with the two roads. The work on the
grading OF the Western Pacific IS IN
der way. Much Of it is already com
pleted in Utah as well as in Nevada
and California; and the understanding
is that the work on the depot, tracks
and yards is to be pushed in order that
all terminal facilities Will be ready
when the line Is completed between
Salt Lake City and San Francisco.
Originally is was planned to expend
$500 900 on the Rio Grande Western
depot. This road is under obligations
to expend this sum, but it is not at all
certain that this sum will not be
largely augmented now that the West
ern Pacific is to use the same station.
The Western Pacific has secured
practically all the ground it needs
for right-of-way into the city and for
its connections with the Rio Grande
Western. Much of this has been pur-
chased outright from the owners; some
of It - being secured under condemna-
i1ion proceedings in the courts, and
some of it has been secured by the
settlement Of condemnation suits.
Has All Ground 1t Needs.
Right-of-way for the Western Pa
cific secured in the way indicated
above, includes land purchased
through the western part of the city
on tangent beginning at the inter
section of Fourth West and Third
VT tn 6a of
the tier Of blocks between South Tenn
pie and First South, and from there
west on a curved line bending south to
the western boundary Of the city.
Practically all the land needed is now
in the possession of the company. OF
course the right-Of-way of the Rio
Grande Western will be used wherever
practicable. This is true of Fourth
West street. 1t is also true of Sixth
West street These two streets will be
utilized by both companies in making
loops in getting into and out Of the
city. The tracks on these two streets
will be Joined for traffic purposes
both in the northern and southern
parts of the city.
Attorney Waldemar Van Colt who
ds looking after the legal interests of
the Western Pacific at this end of the
line, said yesterday that the company
got all that it desired in the way of a
any doubt Of the acceptance of the
franchise as it passed the city council.
He was also pleased with the status
of the Tight-Of-Way for the road into
the city, and is confident that work
on the depot and the tracks through
8 the city Will begin early in the spring
7 He did not profess to speak officially
NO one, he saIu, could do that at this
end Of the line. At the same time he
said the work of grading for the road
was being pushed with all possible
energy; he predicted that the new de-
pot would be completed and ready as
soon as the road IS complete.
WeIby Looks for Rush.
General Superintendent A. E. welby
said the company had sixty days in
which to accept the franchise passed
by the council last week. 1t has been
forwarded to the head officials of the
company and nothing will be done I'M
I'll they have spoken. He does not
think that work on the new depot win
be started until spring opens. but ex-
poets IT to be pushed then just as the
construction Of the road is being
pushed.
Nothing viii he omitted from the
new station necessary to put it in the
'front.' rank Of western railroad sta
tions- 1t will stand across Third South
street. The two railroad companies
now own the western half OF blocks Al
and 81 These two blocks extend be-
tween Second and Fourth South. and
between Third and Fourth West. A
street stxty-six feet wide is to be
opened north and south through the
center Of these two blocks and the
west front Of the depot viii be on this
street.
AS site for the passenger depot the
two roads viii have piece of ground
f,452 feet In length and 264 feet wide.
This does not take into consideration
Fourth West street. which viii be |
taken up with tracks Nor does If /
take into effect the new street to be
opened through the two blocks, sixty |
six feet wide. A subway or viaduct is |
10 be constructed and maintained over |
he tracks and through the depot on /
Third South.
Site Is Considered Ideal.
Everybody connected locally With
bither Of the two companies interested
is convinced that an ideal site for the |
depot has been secured The express |
sions that reach the city from the |
higher officials are to the same effect /
It is considered as near to the bust |
hess center Of the city as could be |
hoped for; and with the steady drift /
OF business to the south it is predicted /
that in a short time Third South street /
will be one Of the best business streets
In the city. This is especially true If 1
Is argued, with the union depot at one
end and the KnutsfOrd hotel. the city
and county building and the federal |
building practically at the other end. |
All hope OF a union depot in connec-
hon with the Oregon Short Line and /
the Salt Lake Route has been aban- |
aoned by the local officials of the
Western Pacific and the Rio Grande
Western.