The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-06
UNION DEPOT WILL
COST 100000
Western Pacific Will Erect
Shops Which Will Furnish
Employment to Hundreds.
FEAR SCARCITY OF LABOR
JAMES c. JEFFERY ENTHUSIASTS
TIC OVER CITY'S FUTURE.

salt Lake is destined to be one OF
| the greatest cities in the west" said
James G. Jefery, son of President F.
t. Jeffery of the Western Pacific yes-
terday- Il am simply enthusiastic over
the future Of Salt Lake. What will
bring about this result? The building
FOf the Western Pacific on a connections
TO the Rio Grande will work wonders
with Salt Lake and the west generally.
Salt Lake is 70 have yards and shops
/ here which will be larger and more
| complete than anything on the Denver
& Rio GTande system In addition Salt
Lake VIII have the finest union depot
west Of Omaha The depot and station
buildings planned by the Denver & Rio
Grade and the Western Pacific viii cost
over 100000. Work will be crowded
with all possible haste. The one thing
feared is possible shortage of labor.
The Western Pacific can use as many
men as will apply for work. Over
10000 men can be used in the work
through Nevada, 5000 men VIII bs
needed in Salt Lake TO build the shops.
depot and yards here and an equal
number Of men can be used through
Utah in building the line Thousands
of other men can be used in the work
at the other end of the line Another
important thing I'm this connection iS
the fact that Salt Lake will be the east
ern terminus of the Western Pacific in
every sense of the word With the
exception OF engines and passenger car
furnishings all rolling stock will bB
made right here in Salt Lake
Bigger Shops on Church Farm.
The Denver & Rio Grande shops in
Salt Lake at the present time can turn
out from sixty to seventy-five cars d
month. This capacity Will not supply
the new road, hence shops are to be-
built on that section of land known
widely as the Church farm The Op-
Il aT-r1n
some time back. and can not say just
when work Will commence upon this
plant. The property itself IS located
on Thirteenth South and Fourth West
streets. There are many details to be
completed yet making it impossible to
volunteer any accurate or minute in
formation about these Stops / would
say the shops will afford steady en-
plOyment to about 500 men This num-
Der includes yard and general labOrers-
The advantages to Salt Lake in having
the shops here can not be estimated
When the road has been completed and
business commences to reach large pro-
portions extra equipment will be
needed. The salt Lake shops VIII be
called upon to meet all calls for freight
equipment and this viii furnish work
for hundreds of mechanics You can't
say anything too big about the future
Of Salt Lake in my opinion, because the
more I study the situation the more
enthusiastic I become
Here With His Bride.
Mr.. Jeffrey is here accompanied by
his bride formerly Miss MeadOn,
daughter of a well known financier Of
Chicago. The couple are en- route for
Oakland on their honeymoon. From
there they will cross the ocean to
Japan They arrived in Salt Lake
Thursday evening in their private car,
Denver. They are being entertained by
local officials Of the Denver & Rio
Grande.
Colonel 7. A. Benton and wife. As
sistant General Freight Agent :. V
Derrah and wife, Superintendent F s.
Elliott and wife and Chief Engineer E
J. Yard and wife and Mr. Jeffrey, jr-r
and wife cOnStit ItS1 q party which Wis
tied SaItair and Garfield beach yester-
day afternoon General Agent J. A
Benton and other officials secured q
special train and obtained permission
from the Salt Lake Route and Saltair
railway companies 10 make the trip
TO the lake. Mr.. Jeffrey was greatly
interested in the work being done or
the Western PacifC's right of way
from Salt Lake across the river and
on toward the lake. The smelters and
other work on at Garfield came in for
a share of inspection. Mr.. and Mrs
Jeffery viii leave for Oakland this
morning Mr.. Jeffrey is acting in the
capacity of attorney for the Western
Pacific. He has headquarters in New
York.