Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-24
Proposition is Receiving Favor
able Consideration at Hands
OF New York Men.
FORMS A LINK IN BIG CHAIN.
Would Wake Part Of An Independent
system Between Denver and
san Francisco.

Ely is 20 have another railroad
which will form the connecting linl
on a short line between salt Lake and
Goldhold. and probably viii form one
OF the last links Of chain Of iude.
pendent roads between Denver and
san Francisco. says the White Pine
Daily News. OF Ely. New
THE road which is now proposed
/ has the endorsement Of large NUM-
J bor OF the greatest combinations of
/ capital In New York. and the hnanc-
/ ing OF the proposition Is well under
| way
"The new road. which viii put Ely
/ into direct touch with Goldheld. viii
/ be- $50 miles in length. It's cost as
/ now estimated win De 10000 per
! mile, or Sl.S0O.O00. Tho line viii
/ probably be almost parallel with that
[ Of the proposed Nevada g. Utah rail-
/ road, the survey Of which was COM
rletcd some time ago. The grade
covered by this survey is light and
there is but one range OF mountains
To- pierce. That IS the Hot Creek
range. which is cut by a number Of
low passes, which would OFFER but
slight and unimportant problems to
the engineers.
THE matter OF construction OF
road between Ely and Goldaeld was
taken up with a number OF eminent
hnanCiers and railroad magnates by
Tex Richard on his recent visit TO
New York. He has been aVerse TO
making a stat ament concerning the
project but admitted 10 the News last
night that he had discussed the mat
ter with these men, and that they had
taken kindly 90 the proposition
EXPERTS TO VISIT CITY.
"A number Of representatives Of the
railroads and Of the Guggenheim in
terest. IL Is said win reach Ely with
i'm the mex few weeks 10 go over the
ground carefully and arrive at more
definite conclusions.
"One Of the reasons that has been
given 90 these men, To- convince them
that such a road would be a good in
vestment. Is that the shelters at Nc
Gin win require great tonnage OF
slicious ores I'm their treatment OF
the low grade copper ores OF this
district
There are millions of tons Of low
grade ores I'm the Goldheld and Bull
frog districts, which az this time can
not he smelted nearer than at san
Francisco. The road TO Ely viii be
but $50 miles I'm length, which would
cut of several hundreds OF miles that
the ores would have 10 be carried II
handled at San Francisco.
sOGE OF THE BENEFITS.
THE part that such a road would
play In the development Of Ely and OF
Goldheld and the tributary districts, Is
most important Such a road would
make marketable the vast tonnages of
low grade ores IN those districts, and
would be the means OF giving employ
ment TO thousands Of miners and work
men OF an classes. The payrolls would
be increased enormously.
For Ely the building would be equal
~ important as IL would throw 10 this
camp this enormous tonnage for treat
ment I'm the smelters, and would make
Ely the greatest smelling camp IN the
entire country, II not in the entire
world.
Another important feature. which
would be OF great. Of almost incalcul-
able value 20 Ely and the district at
large. would be that the town would
be on the line of an independent trans
continental railroad system.
MoFFATT ROAD.
THE Mohatt road. which Is now EN-
ploying thousands Of men IN its con-
strucUon between Denver and salt
Lake. Is nearing completion. The road
VIII be completed within "a short time,
and the distance between these cities
VIII Uf ANhl NHANNhA 10y AAN'AfA ~NH AAANANffs
The Moffatt road has completed traffic
arrangements from Denver through TO
WESTERN PACIFIC.
THE construction OF tho Western Pa
cihc from Bews 20 Salt Lake is being
pushed forward az a record rate, and
steel is being placed az q rate that has
seldom been paralleled I'm western rail-
road building. This road has completed
traffic arrangements with the Nevada
northern railroad between Bews and
Ely, and viii begin 10 run its trains in
20 this town within the next few weeks.
Traffic arrangcmemnts could readily be
made between the Moffatt road the
Western Pacific the Nevada Northern
and the Ely & Goldneld road, which
would give a direct line from Denver
10 Goldheld by the shortest route
AT the present time the distance
from Goldhcld TO san Francisco by way
Of Reno, thence over the Southern Pa
CHE, Is about 200 miles.
CUT IN HALF.
as the crow dIos, the distance from
Goldheld TO san Francisco ls noL
more than $50 miles. n would be
but q small matter 90 finance a road
over the shortest path from Goldheld
20 San Francisco. which would then
give short line from Denver 10
0oldheld. saving many hundred miles
of travel
On the event that the road were con-
siructed from Goldneld 20 San Fran
cisco. Do would have no effect on the
smelter Industry here, the difference
in distance between the two points
being SO great that they could not be
overcome and the ores would naturally
gravitate 10 Ely for treatment
Low RATE on ORES.
n have had Assurances while IN New
york. said Mr Richard last night.
chat low rate would be given Tor the
treatment OF Godneld ores IL they could
be- placed on the tracks al the Emelt-
cra. There d. enough low grade ore
90 warrant the construction OF road
90 Ely from Goldheld, and / am OF the
opinion that the road win b. built at
an early date. / am not at liberty 90
30 into the details ~ the proposition,
but u rs my opinion that Ely WIN not
only be the smelter center Of the state.
bur tho railroad center as well, within
"a short Tine