The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
SF|LE PAPERS FOR
BINGHAM ROAD
Projected Line to Mines and
Shelters Is Formally
Launched.
DUMMY OFFICERS NAMED
ENTERPRISE BACKED BY POW.
ERFUL INTERESTS.

Last Saturday morning The Herald an
nounced that a combination had been
formed to build railroad from this city
TO the camp of Bingham and from that
camp to the great mills and smelters that
have already been built on the shores
Of the lake and to those that are TO fol-
low in the near future. 1t was said that
company organized for that purpose
would file its articles within a few days.
Mining and railroad interests believed to
be identified with the proposition were
mentioned and some of them precipitate-
~ jumped into print to make denials.
Articles Of Incorporation Of that COM
pany were filed yesterday and, as is in
Varlably the case in such events there
Is nothing in the personnel of the direc-
torate to donate just who is behind the
Undertaking and, while il is definitely
stated by those in a position to know
that the company is in no way connected
with the Hartman or other lines, at this
stage of the game, that does not mean
that there VIII never be any relation
ship of that kind.
Details of Incorporation.
The company is given the title of the
Bingham Central Railway company. II
is capitalized for $4,000 in shares of a
par value of 500 each. A. c. Ellis, jr.,
is named as president; T. w. Sloan, vice
PRESIDENT; John Weir, jr-, second vice
Il. Adams, treasurer; these with A. G.
Ellis and r. q. Schulder, completing the
list of directors and incOrporatOrs. The
articles state that the company is or
ganized to build a railroad from here to
Bingham; tC equip and operate il as a
common carrier and do all the other nu-
merous things usually outlined in char
ter or this character. The length of the
road is estimated a fifty miles and, as
II is positively stated by men who know
that the proposed line from here to Bing-
nam viii be IWenty-SeVen miles, it is
seen that The Herald's statement that
the road will reach around to the mills
and smelters has foundation in fact.
AS stated last Saturday, there is no
question in the world but that this cor
poration has had its birth in the necessi-
ties of the bis companies operating in
Bingham, these including the Bingham
Consolidated. Ohio Copper United States
company, Boston Consolidated, Utah Cop
per, Utah Consolidated and other great
mines of the Bingham camp. 1t IS also
certain that the Bingham terminal of the
road will be the mouth of the Mas
cote tunnel of the Bingham Consoli-
dated company, which will be electrical
~ equipped to handle any amount of
freight in and ore out from the mines,
even up to 1900 tons a day of ore alone.
Advantages of the Road.
1t comes from a source that can be
depended upon that the line will surely
be built and the expectation is that
ground for the line reaching from here
to camp will be broken this fall. So
nicely has the line of the road been de-
termined that II is already known that
at no point, in or out of camp, will the
grade exceed three-fourths of one per
cent, while such lines as the Copper Belt
and Sky" line, at Bingham, have 10
contend with grades of more than per
cent.
From what it is possible to gather on
the outside ii seems that the Mascotte
tunnel of the Bingham Consolidated COM
pany has been and is being constructed
with a view of handling the business of
the new road at camp. It is said to be
n N an
constructed as to give absolute safety
in the handling Of trains on double tracks
This tunnel is declared to be more than
14,OO0 feet long now and it will tap such
mines as the Utah Consolidated at a YER
teal depth of approximately $500 feet.
il will cut the Ohio mine at a depth of
LOO or 200 feet at the great shaft now
being sunk and will make it possible for
that company to put ore in its big mill
at the mouth of the MascOtte tunnel at a
cost of 5 or cents a ton.
That this great tunnel and it's connect
ing avenues will mean everything by and
by to the camp of Bingham, is already
recognized by mining operators of the dis
trict and that the new railroad coInpany's
connecting outside roads will help to for
ever solve the transportation problem of
the district is also appreciated.
1t is impossible to say yet how the
new road is going to get into Salt Lake.
but as the Short Line and San Pedro
companies have no connection with the
Bingham camp, it is safe to presume that
thSS viii hot tAAuN over tHelI shoulders
an opportunity such as the building of
the new road IS likely to offer for traffic
and trackage agreements that would be
of mutual benefit. The enterprise is one
that is understood to be already financed,
and If il is not, there is no question but
that the projectors know where the
money is coming from to build IT, As a
representative Of one of the big compan-
les operating in Bingham stated during
the afternoon:
The road is going to be built; you can
bet your last penny on that"