Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-06
GEORGE GOULD
COMING TO UTAH
Due to Go Over Beehive State
Coal Situation During Lat.
ter Part of Week.
STORIES OF BIG PROJECTS
Believed That Big Era of Railroad
Construction Is Dawnlng For Colo
RADIO, Utah and Wyoming.

No word has been received at the
Rio Grande offices in this city re-
sarding tho coming OF George Gould
but a message from Price says Robert
! FORESTER aud other Gould officials
| have been wired from New York to be
ready TO meet Gould at Castle Gate
saturday 1t is reported the magnats
ana officials from the east are going to
inspect the Carbon county coal fields
and for that reason Mr. Forester, who
Is chiei geologist on Gould's Utah staff,
mas been requested to keep himself In
readiness to conduct the tour through
the coal territory In Carbon county.
Ihat big things are forming up for
the western railroad world is now be-
liev9d certain by all interested in rail-
road matters. Nearly every big Gould
oHicial from Edwin Could. brother of
George. down has been In Salt Lake
ana they have made extensive trips
throughout this state All explained
tney We're out to see their system Just
during vacation time" but the time
they have all spent IN inspecting
branch lines and studying traffic con-
ultlons IN Utah indicates they were
spending wonderfully studIous vaca-
tlon.
Tho News" has already pointed out
mat the much discussed Hartman
Gould union is going 10 be of more
breadth and length than is universally
recognized and events Of each succeed.
ING day make the assertion appear
more and more logical, Hartman pass
ed through Ogden yesterday and
snapped young newspaper man who
asked hin about his absorbing the
Gouiu interests. This was natural; but
hdu the newspaper man asked Harri-
niln II the dove OF peace wasn't cud-
uIing down among the railroad lions
Inherent answer might have been
brought out. There would have baeu
less excuse for Hartman to exclatm,
Ion ask me anything silly at least
FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
Reports with the ear-marks of hav.
ing Issued from inside sources saw
that sol, 100000 Of the $3.50, 0OO, 600 ex-
tension bonds under a new mortgage to
ne executed as soon as details can be
worked out viii be spent In building
extensions, branches and improvements
IN Utah and Colorado. A connection
with the Union Pacific from Colorado
70 wyoming Is one Of the projects
mentioned Such things as these are |
the rustling OF the wings of the dove OF |
peace' IL Is believed Gould proposes |
construction and Reconsideration on n |
gigantic scale for Colorado and Trtab
Some of the rumored projects are: an |
eNtension of the Santa Fe through |
Albuquerque to Ell Paso, Texas; n cut |
on from some point south Of Denver TO |
a convenient point OF the Midland; q |
cutom from potsero, near Glenwood |
springs TO kremling on the Moffat |
road new line from Pueblo to Grin |
pie Creek line from Rifle to con
nection in Wyoming on the Union Pa
cine; the building of the Green River
Nioche cutoff to eliminate the Soldier
Summit climb on the main line: a
between the Moffat road
and Provo branch at Heber to give
Lhe Mottat road an entrance into Salt
Lake via Provo and to give the Rio
frande the benefit of business to arise
IN new territory in the eastern half
Of the state the reconstruction of the
main line and tributaries In Utah and
general reconstruction, The Dotsero-
\remling line viii cut Off 200 miles in
the distance between Denver and Salt
Lake and the Green River Nioche cut
>ff. while probably no shorter than the
present line over Soldiers Summit will
save hours in travelling time through
he elimination OF one of the hardest
Limbs on any system. With all of
he proposed improvements and
'hanges completed Salt Lake and Den
yer would be much closer together and
both would be centers OF vast area
" new country, still unscratched
,ut known 10 be intellectually rich in
al the products and treasures OF the
'arth.
With Hartman and Gould on a
friendly footang--Gould exchanging
erritory for Harriman's mOncy-a
that would open the west
n magic style Is formed With the
inited States government picking
zig sticks for mergers these two mag
lates are going TO be Just friends"