Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23
GREAT CHANGES
IN FULL SWING
Visit Railroad Yards Of Oregon
Short Line and Rio
Grande.
MEN AND MACHINERY BUSY,
Grading for Hartman Depot Nearly
Complctcd--Lonc Tree Goes
Down on Could Site To-day.

It's worth auyonc's while Co make "a
trip down Co the oregon short Line de-
pot thcu eastward through the yards
10 second south and Fourth West. II
there IS anyone in this great and glor-
Gus city who Dr. SO blue and warped he
c1unot find anything TO stir his enc
thusiasm and make him O. booster FOR
his home CITY that man should make
this trip. IRE great change started
some time ago in the Oregon short Line
yards Is now ON the home strotchs the
crowuing feature and climax is practic-
ally started, the site for the new half
million dollar depot building is being
graded and excavated and there O. only
n little more scraping and digging by
the big steam shovel TO do before tho
site Will be level with the rest OF the
yards and then foundation work will
be commenced.
SOME NOTICEABLE CHANCES.
A view u the work from the foot OF
South Temple street Is not possible as "a
long fence has been built on the edge
Of the yards TO keep teams from at
tempting TO proceed west on South
Temple street. Opposite the Lagoon
depot a path leads to the old depot
building which Is now serving It's last
few days. The historic old structure
was rolled of It's former site. repalnted
and almost remodeled ana will be used
until the new building is completed
Passing through the temporary depot
one comes out on the other side into
the finest yards 10 be seen anywhere
A. far north as the eye can see and
as far south as Second South stretch
absolutely level rolled and sanded
rrr.-Ha What frfr1asaaaaa the rtnranr ho
comes 70 Salt Lake after years ABB
sence Is the viaduct crossing the yards
on North Temple street. Street cars.
teams and pedestrians are passing
over this all day long once they made
a dangerous trip over tracks and un-
even yards. taking chances at getting
caught by moving trains. Now a half
dozen trains switch back and forth
while traffic moves safe and unre-
strained, above.
FREIGHT DEPOT MODEL.
The yards are divided In half by an
other fence running north and south In
the center. on the east side are the
pa saenger tracks on the west the
freight depots and tracks. -Four strings
Of freight cars are lined up on the west
side OF the freight depot. while a score
II men with trucks unload them The
freight Is arranged In certain spaces.
designated by signs as belonging 10
this shipper or the other. Teams hack
up TO the building on the east side and
haul the conaignments up town. In this
way hundreds OF tons Of freight Is NOV
ing constantly without using "a bit Of ex-
IRA space OF time or work. Iron plat
forms laid between car doors permit
four long trains being emptied at once
without confusion. The Oregon Short
Line freight depots and yards are mod
els Mr.. Hartman, himself when here
on a visit some time ago was greatly
interested I'm watching freight being
unloaded and hauled away with rapid
ity and ease.
over on Fourth West. between Sec
ond and Fourth South streets the Rio
Grande is clearing or the site for It's
proposed depot and yards. The lower
half OF the blocks bounded on the west
by Fourth West street presents moth
ing but a bare stretch OF ground two
blocks long where. but a few weeks
ago were homes and houses galore. This
morning workmeu were pulling over
the last three on the corner OF Third
South and Fourth West streets; resi-
dents OF the neighborhood are carting
and carrying away the wood and trains
OF fiat cars are carrying away the de-
bris. A track has been laid over the
ground 80 that trains OF material can
be brought up on the ground and debris
trains backed up and loaded and pulled
away. Grading has been started and
eXcavating for foundation work will
be started as soon as possible, Next
spring will see the Rio Grande changes
on In earnest. An old brick house has
been spared from destruction and will
be used as an Office while this work Is
in progress.
WHAT 1T ALL MEANS.
This activity IN the railroad district
Of salt Lake means that the big change
IA change representing the rxpendi-
turc Of mlllions--is progressing rapid
ly. II is the commencement OF some-
thing which win do more than any
thing elise towards bringing this city
towards the front II means big rau-
road terminals employment Tor many
more men; and dozen and one things
The railroads are displaying mo- end OF
faith In the future OF Salt Lake. the
preparations they are making are cons
elusive evidence OF their belief that
this city b. the becoming center rail-
road. Industrial and commercial OF the
western empire and this IN itself. Iustl-
fes any mans enthusiasm and love
for his hometown
as