The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-24
NEW |NTERURBAN ROAD
BUYS CENTER OF BLOCK
Salt Lake & Garfield Railway Company
Obtains Terminals in Heart
of the City.
Sata Line to Be Rebuilt and Electrified in Gar
field Already Obtained.

Murdoch and Thompson, owners Of
the Mccoy stable property and other
ground i'm the block bounded by Second
South, West Temple, Main and Third
South streets. sold $4,000 square feet in
the block yesterday to the promoters of
the new Saltair-Garfield traction line
for downtown terminals.
At the same time the traction people
announced officially their plans for the
line into town. for the improvements to
be made at Saltair and Garfield, and
the kind of equipment TO be used in
their suburban service.
The purchase Of the terminals and
the organization of the new company
are the results of conference with rep
Tesentatives of the eastern capitalists
interested in the undertaking and now
i'm the city. The company will be
known as the Salt Lake & Garfield
Railway company, and its articles of
incorporation giving the officials, cap
ital stock and other details will be filed
in few days
Have Spent s25o,ooo Already.
The significance of yesterdays pur-
chase and it's bearing on the future
plans of the company may be gathered
from the fact that altogether the back
S250.000 on terminal facilities and rights
of way. and they are not through yet.
The purpose is to locate the Genital sta
fion for Saltair, Garfield and general
traction traffic where the Mccoy stable
now stands. gaining access to it over a
double track line with a terminal loop.
To reach the main trunk lines of the
company. the tracks will cross West
Temple to Pierpont street, follow Pier
pont to First West, and traverse the
middle of the block through to Second
West on a private right of way lie feet
wide acquired by the company through
purchase. On Second West the line
turns south TO Fourth South, thence
west on Fourth South to Eighth West,
where the trunk lines will be located.
The city terminal building will be
mOderniZed and arranged as cOnVen-
iently as possible for passenger, express
and freight business and will contain
the main offices of the company. On a
smaller scale it will be patterned after
the Huntington terminal building in
Los Angeles and is expected to be COM
modiOus enough to handle the largest
crowds comfortably.
Rebuild SaItair Line.
According to the announcement made
last night the lines will all be double
tracked. including the main line to
Saltair which will be rebuilt and cleo
trified. The electrical equipment Will
ali be of the best modern pattern, such
as is used in Los Angeles and Indian
apOlis on the traction lines with seven
ty-pOund steel rails. fifty-five-foot cars.
trains to include baggage, express and
smoking cars and operated by practical
railroad men.
From the Saltair main line, the Gar
field line viii take off at the salt works
and follow the old grade of the Wyo-
ming. Salt Lake & California. Contracts
have already been signed with the Gar
field TOWnsite company by which the
traction line acquires terminals and
entrance to the town in a good location.
Plans are being completed for the
practical removal of all the old amuse-
ment devices at Saltair and the install
iatinn of the hest amuSementS 10 be had