Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15


marked by many new or radical
socsrtures. Aside from the occasional
or NJ an impending INVASION on the
.art of the Moffat road the Burling-
n or the Chicago 4 Northwestern
49,, tho east, railroad construction has
80 practically at standstill.
nuring the past year the scene OF
.,0road activity has shifted to the
s,ote Of Nevada. where there have been
.oyor,l transportation projects under
,,oy In Idaho this has held good to a
,.sser degree. The remarkable mining
so,elonment OF the Sagebrush state
,ollowing the advent OF the Salt Lake
porte has been the cause OF several
rroiects being launched'and branches
instructed. In Idaho the defensive
,oiicy of the Hartman interests
AGAINST all invaders, prospective or
,,berwise has been the occasion for the
Nsnat,bing of corps of surveyors into
tho field. and never before in the his
,orv of the general engineers depart
,,ent has there been so much work in
this respect as in 1906.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
Roth the Gould and the Hartman
lines in Utah have contented them
selves with active preparations for the
physical Improvement OF their respect
Eve systems. The work this year has
been more IN the nature Of providing
,or the future ana in this connection ef-
forts have been concentrated In Inn
moving the existing holdings Especial
~ does this hold good when 1t comes to
the terminal facilities at Ogden and
Salt Lake. In ogden the Rio Grande
western has been spending a lot of
money in rearranging its yards, erect
ing a new freight depot closer to the
heart OF the business section and look
ing after general improvements. The
Hartman lines, however have spent
possIbly more I'm tho same direction,
notable among this years accomplish
ments being the completion Of the sand
ridge cutoff, which now permits trains
20 pull straight into the newly arranged
yards without backing around the wye
as has been the custom In years past.
The Hartman lines. too, have con-
centrated shop. dining car, laundry and
other facilities at Ogder a proceeding
which required the erection Of several
Substantial buildings.
TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS.
In Salt Lake, however, the terminal
improvements are the most marked
From Second South to Ninth North be-
tween Third and Fifth West streets
the Oregon Short Line has wrought
great changes. Practically the whole
Of this big expanse of valuable realty
has been torn up by steam shovels and
converted into network OF tracks.
over the sites OF erstwhlle comfort
able dwellings now rumble long strings
OF freight and passenger cars. while
most Of the noisy switching that used
TO be Instituted In the vicinity of the
depot is now transferred to the north
yards, which were completed this year
at great expense, and are now Sec
oad TO none In the country from point
Of iacilities and convenience.
BIG FREIGHT DEPOT.
% addition the Oregon Short Line has
t'ected a huge freight depot which
extends for an entire city block be-
tween First South and South Temple
streets on Fourth West.
At the present time a force of struc-
iural steel workers is engaged upon
erecting a vladuct for street cars. We
hI9ular traffic and pedestrians. This
elevated roadway is to span the num-
erous tracks of the Oregon Short Line
to the adjustment OF the deadly grade
crossing.
All this work is being carried on pre-
Nratory TO the erection Of the big
passenger depot, fun particulars OF
Which are printed on another page.
Ihls preliminary work Oh the part of
ne Hartman interests has been in the
AZURE OF forestalling similar action by
ue Could interests which this year
ave getting ready for the day when
though trains viii change engines at
SAT- Lake for the run to San Francisco
over the Western Pacific
WESTERN PACIFIC.
To the layman the work accomplished
og the Western Pacific In Utah this
year has been rather disappointing. In |
Nead OF the thousands Of graders max |
ing me dirt fly toward the completion |
oi the line to tine coast In 1907 as orig |
''ally promised, work has been pushed |
W decidedly intermittent manner so
mat at this time there Is little more |
Wah NJ miles OF track laid from this
qua Of the line, with no such posslbll-
as q finished line during the next
months. At this time the road has
oa'eIy started TO cross the Great Amer
van desert, once a part OF the bed OF
u'e Great Salt lake. The reason for
apparent delay Is to be found in
number of causes.
CAUSE OF SLOW PROGRESS.
~ the first place. Mr., Gould has ex-
n''sed the desire that the engineers
a''' make sure, then go ahead. Dur
'S 'he past six years the big lines Of
w., Wv country have spent millions in rec
1'''"B tracks eliminating gradients
~, s'0 generally cutting out curves. In
'p'' age Of competition nothing but the
s''''est and quickest route will do.
80" western Pacific proposes that aft
VIC main line Is completed there will
~ no need to make any attractions. Con-
10en'iy survey after survey has this