Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02

UTAH NOT AFFECTED
Tho Hartman lines have bi,. i.,,,-...,.
ments under way In Salt Lake and
throughout Utah 90 general and when
ali other work was being ordered
stopped there was no change in affairs
here Alarmists came To- the front with
stories that work ON the new terminals
was to De stopped. W. "a. Bancroft
tstill vice president and general maua-
ger OF tho Oregon Short Line in spito or
recent stories) rldiculed the retrencb-
ment talk and asked an doubling
Ihomases TO go down 10 the Hartman
yards In this city and watch ground
being broken Tor the new half-million-
dollar depot This was @ dlscourarement
to alarmists but they turned tboir AL
tention towards predicting bad things
which might happen as long as thew
had not happened
MORE APPROPRIATIONS.
There we're good reasons for the
orders given out. Money was tipb
and dinicultias promised I'm having
thousands of w3rkmcu in paper. 40
one could figure out for certaintv
what the futur~ had . store. So i'm
line with other big companies ,be
Harriman system quit work tempor-
arily on the line between Portland
and Seattle. Lane cut-off near Omaho
double tracking on main lines ana
various other stupendols undertal-
ings with the news thar an these
improvements are to be resumed came
the announcement that many addi-
uonal millions were represented in
the proposed purchase of 1900 steel
cars Tor the Union Pacidc. % modern
engines from the Baldwin works.
double tracks along main lines ANA
20 Mexican gasolene motors for the
Union Pacific. The Lane cutoff. I'm
saving less than 90 miles. represents
O cost Of 100000 900 and at the ,ime
Of the lay-off was giving employment
to 5000 men.
SIGNIFICANT NEWS.
With the good news came rb,
question. "What about the Yellowstone
extension o. This has beer comnlet-
ca, there Is nothing more 10 be done.
some other work iL thc north and
northwest has been suspended for the
winter as Is the case every fan. but
wherever work can 20 on IN spite ~
inc elements. 90 viii Do carried ahead
The new action taken by the IIarri-
man lines is regarded as more cause
for honeful view OF the situation
than anything since the stringancy.
was fut noticed.
Significant indeed BIS realty deal
Just contaminated for W. IT. Bancroft.
vice preeld don't and general manager
OF the short Limo TIE has for some
time been liberal holder OF realty on
west south Temple street SATURDAY,
be mode an important addition by tho
purchase from tho George Q. Cannon
association Of 7Lx10 rods on the south
Side Of the same street The consid-
grafton was Si2 O00 Mr. Bancroft a.
ready owns the southeast and the
northwest corners OF south Temple
ana Second West streets. also consid-
cradle frontage cast of tho old No
Duno residence ON the northwest COR
men showing that he has deep ana
abiding fuith iu The enhancing values o.
that part ~ the town. With the
erection OF the grand union passenger
station ot thc Hartman lines between
Third and Fourth West sfrl -ts. there
promises .t1 ho suQdcu and ua-ii.i
advance iu local realty yulaulus
When Mr. Harrimou's personal r.lfe-
sentative i7 acquiring property 900
South Temple street. the uveraee CTS.
ZEN knows better chan t0 believe arv-