Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-07
RAILROAD NEWS.

Assistant General Passenger Agent It,
A. Wadlelsh of the Rio Grai1de left tas
afternoon for Denver. General Man
ager Rldgewny will return east later.
c. II. Patton, city passenger agent
with the Salt Lake Route, has resigned
10 accept a position in the Office Of AS
sistant Auditor Crutckshapk Of the
Short Line.
Telegraph wires are now strung
along the line " the Western Pacific
for 40 miles west Of this city The
len 9Th OF the entire line will he 92s
miles.
A landslide occurred yesterday. ON
the Heber branch OF the Rio Grande
road. covering the track for 70 feet
with TWO feet OF mud and soil, SO no
train got through during the day,
However. the road is reported clear
today.
1t is announced that the Western
Pacific Will have trains running out OF
this city as far west as che road is
constructed by Aug. / next. The pres
emit terminus is ITO miles west OF the
Utah Nevada line. where 500 men are
pushing westward as fast ms possible,
laying track at the rate OF three
quarters OF mile daily, Rain and
mud have been hindering operations.
Manager Bush of the Midland rail-
way, and party are IN town this after
noon. from a trip to tho Society Islands.
The party left San Francisco Feb, and
arrived on the return, March 4, the trip
occupying IL days each way, with foul
days I'm the islands, Tho Society group
belongs 10 France and Mr. Bush says
that II one wishes 10 escape entirely
from the cares OF tbs world into am
other sphere where one can live in a
dream, let him migrate to the Society
Islands
An Associated Press dispatch toda
says: In retaliation for adverse esis-
latiOn. eliminating In the passage OF
tho cent per mile passenger fare bill
by the Nebraska legislature, and
which went into effect today all Me-
braslva railroads, including the Union
P9clflc. Burlington. Northwestern Mis-
souri, Pacific. Rock Island and Great
Northern, issued circulars TODAY abb
sOlutely abolishing all classes of re-
duced fares, The circular calls at
tentlon to the fact that II Is the pur-
pose 10 make the cent rate the only
possible rate to apply on Nebraska
passenger fares,
A LOS Angeles dispatch states that
the last washout on the Salt Lake
Route was started by tremendous
cloudburst In Rainbow canyon which
almost drowned the day operator at
the little station who was sleeping out
IN a tent, and sent the water 40 two
foet higher than at any time previous.
For some so miles the railr..d runs
through a box canyon, Csliente being
the center Of II, with deep gulches on
either slide When the torrents come
down through these guches they
strike the roadbed uf the railway. and
then there IL grief. While the through
embargo is on, the railroad viii de-
vote itself to developing It's local busl-
ness between Salt Lake and calIente,
new railroad Is headed for Tono-
rah In the Monterey Fresno & East
era railway which has LEI contracts
TO build from Tonopah 70 Fresno q
distance OF $40 miles. work 10 begin
April ! With 900 men, and 0OO
horses and mules. An order for 49,
| BOO tons ~ sleol rails has been placed
with the I.ackawana Steel company OF
Buffalo, New York Among the promo
tors OF ihe proposed road are the fol-
loving well known bankers " Har
Itanciacoi 10 w Wilson, Vice nresl,
dent OF The American National bank
William Palmtag president of tbs
Farmers and Merchants bank o. ]
woodward president OF the First Ma.
Monal bank. The others are $. e
Buekbee h. n MontAagle. w II
Shicketing, Alfred y, Bowen O. w
| IuIfell and H. ID. Sanbogn Mr., Al
IFed u, Bowen. the president. was tht
! promoter who successfully built ths
ocean shore railroad from San Fran
cisco 10 SANTA CTuz and put Il on {
PAYING basis.