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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

the up-town side, and street cars will
stop at convenient points in front OF
the building. On the west side tho
approaches to The trains will be by
Way OF stairs leading down to the UNI
5brella sheds, through which the trs,ilf
gates arc reached. Stone or cement
platforms viii cover the yards APP
preaching the trains and iron guarded
paths will lead the passengers to the
tracks where the trains stand III
fact. the passenger station when com
pleted viii be one of the best and most
complete and convenient In the whoIa
country, and will be one of which every
citizen of Salt Lake may feel proud.
RAPID DEVELOPMENT.
Tie progress of railroading iii Gt5th,
under the domination of l.. II. Harri-
man, has been remarkable during the
past ten years. When Mr.. Hartman
took hold of the Union Pacific line it
was san abandoned hulk Of {, railroad,
without a friend, hopelessIy bankrupt.
penetrating n largely undcyelopCd
country" For TIM twelve months end
ing Juno 50, 1898, according 10 a
pamphlet on the subject issued by Har-
lis, Winthrop n Co, of New York, the
entire income of the Union Pacific road
was s33, 2o1 125 from 5,325 miles of rail-
)
the reorganization, whom Mr. HaTri
man took the road For the year end
ing June 30, 1907, ten years later, the
gross receipts of the road We're $751;
1896. That was u year of great
prosperity. Yet returns for the year
ending juno 30 1905 which was a year
OF general depression. show that the
revenues OF the onion Pacific were
practically the same as in 1907
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
The history of the Southern Pacific
road is similar To that Of the Union
Pacific. For the Year ending June 3d.
1895 three years before Hartman took
The management of the road the gross
receipts OF the Southern Pacific were
S57,9T5.553; for tie year 1907. the in
come of the road was $l29S00, 4o4. The
figures for the months OF July, August
and September OF the present year
show that the net revenues of tho line
are actually larger than the biggest
months of 1907.
NEW BRANCHES.
While no extensions 10 the Oregon
Short Line have been constructed in
the State of Utah during the past year,
the branches built during the year
previous, amounting 10 33T.5 miles, have
been actively operated, and have dem
onstratcd the wisdom OF their building
by the management of the road These
extensions include the branch from
Brigham to Malad, 51.6 miles; branch
from Logan TO Mendon, 10 miles, the
balance being in IDAHO. including the
Yellowstone park extension from idaho
Falls 10 the Yellowstone OF 74.5 miles.
OREGON SHORT LINE.
When the Short Line came under the
Hartman management, in 1897. the in
come Of the road for the year ending in
June Of that year was $s,20Q.000 That
was the first year % its segregation
from the Union Pacific. In the year
1907, 10 years afterwards, the income
OF the road was $4,000, 600. And while
the year 1908 was a hard one for rail-
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completed for the freight terminal, and
when the system is completed 1t will be
a most comprehensive one. Ali the
freight business from the Western Pa
cific coast trade and the Denver "
Rio Grande eastern trade will be nan
died at the new depot, and us the nc-
Communications are now altogether TOO
small to accommodate the business OF
the one road. plans have been n1ads
large enough to take care Of future
business Of the transcontlnentaI limo
for many Years 10 come, however large
it may be.
DOUBLE TRACKING
Another Improvement which will
ultimately be brought about, and "a
portion of which has already been ac-
complisbcd is that of double tracking
the line. The matter is now up before
the directors of the road. and this de-
sirablo feature Will be consumlnated
as carly as possible.
"Thc road has Just received from
the factory the most complete wreck
ing machine ever shipped west. Tho
Wrecker has power to lift 100 tons, and
is entirely UP to date and complete
The road has acquired possession
of the Sanpete valley branch during
the year This adds 30 miles to tho
road and considerable more business is
brought to the line. The territory COW
cred by the Sanpete valley branch is
building up. and the branch was a
profitable acquisition.
NEW coal FIELDS.
y number of new coal fields have
been opened up along the line OF tn.
D. & r. G. during the year. among
which may be noted the Independent
mines at HELPER. The output OF other
mines has increased fully 30 per cen,
and this has added to the hauling rev.
enues OF the Rio Granda, The San Pc.
dro line draws on these mines for its
supply of coal, and most OF tho in
creased output is consumed in Utah
Considerable quantities, however. go to
the Ely smeiter, Copper Flat and other
Nevada points.
Some OF the towns along thte road
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freight at the mining camp has been
doubled. and facilities for storing cars
has been greatly increased. In fact
the company will have expended $4,000
on the high line improvements before
they are completed. and that will be
shortly. Shipments from Bingham will
easily be Increased so per cent In tie
year 1902
NEW EQUIPMENT.
THE road has received 1000 new
cars this year, and IS new locomotives
Thirty passenger locomotives have been
ordered for the system, Is OF which will
be used on the Western Pacific and Is
on the Denver < Rio Grande. More
than 1000 tons of s5-pound steel rails
have been laid on the main line during
the year, ana the minimum average
weight of rail between this city and
Denver is now 70 pounds.
The physical condition of the main
line OF the road is first class, The
road has been materially improved by
putting in about 400, 600 new ties along
the line at different places. Tho ballast
has been kept up to grade all along
the line, and the condition of the road
compares favorably with other main
lines throughout the country.
improvements have, however, to
some degree been held back on the d
& r. G.. by reason of having contrlbut-
ed largely to the construction of tho
Western Pacific road. The system is
under terrible expense, and every
source of assistance possible has been
drawn upon to complete what has been
accomplished in the opening UP of the
eastern division of the Western Pacific
read. And the Denver & Rio Grande
has done its share.
IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY.
among the improvements contcm-
pla,ed. outside OF completing the
splendid new depot at the foot of
Third South street, Is the enlargement
OF the freight yards and facilities for
handling freight al Salt Lake terminal,
including the erection of the most COM
rnodious and convenient freight depot
in the west, Drawings are now being
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E. Il. Hartman is Spending
Millions in improvements

E,HAT The faith of q. II. Harrl
man IN the future Of Salt Lake
City and Utah has never flag
Gcd. is instanccd n$the work
done and the money spent in bringing
10 a point very near completion of tfe-
great half-milion dollar passenger sta
ton now being rooted iii at the foot of
South Temple street. When the fin
anclal stringency struck other cities
and other proposed railroad Improve
ments very hard, and compelled the
abandonment OF nine-tcnths OF them
until the money market should become
easier, there was no let UP on the work
of building the Hartman passenger de-
pot IN this city; the magnificent struc-
sure continued to rise under the hand
of the artisan until ut present the
building is almost finished, as far as
The outside work of the main struc-
ture is concerned. The cement frame
work Is all up, the steel roof frames
arc in place and the work of putting
on the sheathing to receive the tile roof
blocks Is now being done. soon the
outer walls will be completed and the
attention Of the builders will be turned
toward tie finishing of the interior,
md the building of the train sheds.
The cost of the building, sheds. plat
forms, ana all track improvements
connected with the station will be i'll
the neishborhood of one million dollars.
The station will accommodate the bust
ness OF two railroads terminating in
this cirv-thr Oregon Short Line and
the Salt Lake Route, which is the Los
Angeles, san i:earo and salt Lake rail-
road.
STRICTLY MODERN DEPOT.
The new depot is 500 feet long. Two
looking east. On the ground floor Of
the building will be included the main
waiting room, ladies' waiting and re.
...,us .ovms, news cor.psny.s quar-
tiers, train boxes, conductors room,
Pullman, supply offices, baggage room,
train crews offices, emergency hospital,
barber shop, toilet rooms, bath rooms,
stores, lavatories, cafe. dining room,
kitchen, store room United States mail
office quarters, express companies
quarters, telegraph offices and a bureau
Of information.
The second floor win contain offices of
+ The Oregon Short Line and Salt Lake
Route division officials dispatchers.
yardmasters, etc. A large observation
corridor viii occupy the central portion
Of the building formed by the four
siueS5Df the grand hail.
The exterior OF the building win be
Of character to impress the visitor
~ first sight and the surroundings wilt
We beautiful and artistic. Iron gates
VIII open into the main corridor nom
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
. NE OF the prominent features
of buildings under way in Salt
XI.lke CITY is the big passenger

~ NE of the prominent features
s' an !. under md !, ~ s sst
station which is being erected by
tho Gould lines to accommodate the
business of the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Western Pacific.
Several pictures have been printed
during the past three years of the pro-
posed structure which Is now going up
on Third South street However, the
original designs have been materially
changed. Thepicture presented on this
page Is copy OF. the accepted perspec-
tive, and is published for the first time.
i A general statement of the nature Of
the structure is not available at this
time, as the details are yet in the pos
session OF the architect of the building,
Mr.. Henry ]. Schlacks at Denver.
The two pictures given show how the
passenger station will appear from the
street side Of the structure, and also
how far the work has progressed on
the foundations
The depot and its appurtcnances will
occupy two city blocks, the site being
bounded on the north by Second South
street. on the east by Rio Grande street,
and the south by Fourth South street,
and on the west by Fourth West street.
The center OF the depot will be in the
center of Third South street, at the in
tersection of that street with Rio
Grande street, and will present an i'm
posing appearance from that direction.
The extreme outside length of the
building will be 445 feet, the width Of
the central portion 9S feet and that of
the wings 81 feet The outer walls
will be OF inpervious brick trimmed
with stone or terra Gotta,
The central or main portion in which
will be located the general waiting
room will have but single story,
furnishing an extremely high ceiling
for a waiting room, 147 feet inches
long by GO feet in width, On the sides
of the waiting room will be arranged
the ticket offices, parcel check room.
telegraph office, telephone booths. etc,
for the convenience OF the public.
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the country through which the Short
Line runs is gained from the fact that
in 1904 the road loaded 1857 cars of
live stock In Idaho. and two years at
forwards in 1906. 1t loaded H. $50 cars.
Five hundred cars of tomatoes We're
loaded on the Oregon Short line last
fall Canning factories ship their en-
tire produce over the road; breakfast
food and cereal factories are being es-
tnblished at different points along the
road, and in facr the country adja-
cent ana tributary TO the Oregon Short
Line road has developed so rapidly that
there is no telling where the end will
be; that the entire country has taken
on o season OF prosperity which seems.
to be llnendiiig, ana that the state, as
well as the railroad, is feeling the brne-
fetal effects of the enormous traiiic de-.
velepod by this Utah line.
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have developed wonderfully during the
past year. The town Of Green River.
for instance, has come to the front as
a fruit growing section of unsurpassed
opportunities. Recent discoveries Of
oil near Bluff, Utah, are attracting the
attention of oil experts and prospee-
tors Of the country over. Oil Of the
finest possible quality ana of goodly
quantity has been encountered ana
trained oil prospectors state that the
Bluff properties show possibilities for
the greatest oil fields in the country.
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SANY IMPROVEMENTS.
Pr OSpEROUS YEAR FOR D. @ r. G.

- NE. of the most successful years
y IN its history. has been enjoyed
by the Denver & lilo Grande
railroad, according 10 the de-
clalution Of one OF its officials. THE
year 1855 will break all records for
business for u.s., said General Supt.
Ernest stenger. of the Utah lines Of
the Denver & Rio Gr;nde. The road
suffered little OF nothing from the
panic; our business continued to pile
up and in one month alone our net
earnings We're more than $4,000 in ex-
cess Of the same month last year.
My explanation of this fact is that
the Denver & Rio Grande is a mining
road. or the total receipts for the year
ending June 50, 1905. 81 pei. cent of the
whole was derived from shipments from
the mines The income from shipping
products of mines for the year was
$IG1s476. which was a gain of more
than 100000 over the year 1907 for the
shipment of mine products: and this
shows TO some degree how the business
Of the road has increased.
salt Lake City Is fortunately situat-
cd. OF all the cities in the country, es-
peclaIlly of eastern cities, Salt Lake
suffered perhaps less than any other
city in the country from the effects of
the financial strinseney.' This is ac-
counted for largely by the fact that he.,
resources are here at home; and that
what she produces is sufficient to carry
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

In gratifying contrast to conditions
existing the last year or two at the
winter season, is the movement of the
freight business of the road. Nor
pound of freight is tied up anywhere
along the line on account OF lack OF
motive power or of equipment. Al
though the volume of business has
greatly increased, the equipment sup
ply has kept pace with the growth,
and the result is most pleasing to the
operating department of the road. With
the added equipment and motive pow
er recently ordered. 1t Is hoped that
this record viii! be maintained dur
ing the<entire coming year.
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year UP to the grand total OF s1,s0O,oo0

DEVELOPMENT or TONNAGE.
Some idea of the growth OF the terri
tory tributary to Salt Lake City.
tapped by the Oregon Short Line, may
be had from the fact that during the
past FIVE or six years. new and i'm
proved sugar factories have been com
pleted at Lehi, Ogden, Garland. IIo-
Nampa in Idaho. For the cultivation
of beets hauled to these factories, the
farmer realizes from $50 to $50 profit
on an acre, and all these factories are
run to their full capacity annually.
furnishing heavy tonnage to the road
and bringing golden returns to the
farmers.
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roods senerallN, The oregon. Short lime
for the months of July, August ana
September, of This year SHOWED IL net
gain OF $a!,9i6 over the Income for the,
same period III 1907.
YlANY IMPROVEMENTS.
is The faith Of the head Of tKtNHar-
rlnlan system Of roads that Salt Lake
VIII, within Il fe" years. become the
principal city between tho. Mississippi
river ana, the Patilic coast. TO accom-
pany this growth, the Hartman lines
arc building here the biz >pussengcr
statiog, as noted above; about - miles
OF nov sitlings viii also be constructs
ed in this city. and have completed
freight depot $40 feet long. All these
improvements will bring th9 expendi-
lures of the Hartman lines in this city,
during the present aud the coming
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~ NE Of the most successful years
4 in its history. has been enjoyed
by the Denver e. ltio Grande
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-11
Court Reproves stratton Executors.

Colorado Springs.-A refusal to ap
prove Of the annual report made by
the executors of the Stratton estate
was made for the third successive year
by Judge Kerr in statement made in
the County Court Monday.
The main reason for the refusal is
that the executors have failed to in
clude in their annual reports the names
of those alleged to be receiving free
transportation from the Colorado
Springs & Interurban Railway Com
pany, which is one of the three subsid-
larry companies of the Stratton estate.
1t is claimed by the court that at least
100 persons are in possession of annual
free transportation which, reckoned on
a basis of IS or Sc month, has been
worth from $4,000 to 100000 to the
estate in the last five years, during
which time the executors have had
charge.
In his statement Judge Kerr says:
"If they have right to give away the
revenue of the street car lines, l see
no escape from the conclusion that on
the same principle they may also give
away the revenue derived from the
lease of the Brown Palace hotel, or
from the Mining Exchange building or
from the royalties derived from the
Cripple Creek mines or from any other
asset of the estate. II this theory were
correct, then the executors might do as
they pleased with the assets of the
estate and dispose of them as II they
were their own property"
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-11
Destructive Fire at Lander.

Lander, Wyo.-The Orchard opers
house, bar and cafe burned early Mon.
day morning, involving loss Of at
least $4,000, about half covered by in
surance.
The Women Of Woodcraft gave a
children's masquerade ball In the hall
1T night and it is thought that the fire
caught from superheated flue, as it
broke out at four o'clock, two hours
after the dance broke up.
The Opera House bar boasted of the
finest collection of mounted wild game
heads in the state, one fine freak elk
head being valued at more than $500.
The flames burned SO swiftly and had
made such headway when discovered
that nothing was saved, even the cash
register being destroyed. There was
no wind at the time and the fremen
managed by hard work to save the ad-
Joining buildings, though th~ tea and
coffee store Of ]. r. Parker and the
jewelry store of w. B. Lodge & Co.,
in the Jackson block adjoining, Wers
damaHed by smoke and water.
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-11
Pueblo centennarian Dies.

Pueblo, Colo.-Mrs. Eliza E. Bliss.
aged 103 years. died Sunday morning
at the home of her niece, Mrs. C. E.
Weed, near here, of cold which she
contracted while on her way home
from a reception which she gave at
he1 103d birthday anniversary, Decem-
ber 30th. The reception was given at
the home Of another niece, Mrs. John
Douglas. and many friends called there
to see the aged woman.
Mrs. Bliss maiden name was Hay
den. She was born on small farm
near Litchfield, Conn.,, December 80,
1904. Her father was farmer and
quarry1nan. Mrs. Bliss was twice mar
ried and widowed. A brother is still
living in Nebraska.
A few weeks ago the aged woman
gave an interesting interview of her
recollections of the war Of 1872, the
Mexican war and the Livil war. Dur
ing the war Of 1912, when she was
eight years old, she. assisted in mak-
ing bandages for the American SOL
oiers. Shortly before she was 100
years Of age she took long trip to
California and points on the Pacific
coast. visiting relatives, among whom
was q great great granddaughter.
The Glenwood post., 1908-01-11
Features of the Stock Show.

Denver.-0n object lesson for every
farmer and ranchman IN Colorado as
well as the thousands of visitors from
other states, will be the exhibition of
Colorado grain and, forage products
which will form an important part of
the live stock exposition to be held in
Denver January 20th-25th. Prof. w. H.
Olin of the State Agricultural College,
has the exhibition in charge. The ex-
hibition will be unique in many re-
spects and will give the visitors to
the show splendid idea of what the
state is capable of producing in this
line. The different kinds of grains
and forage and the uses to which they
are put and the different processes
through which they go in the way of
manufacture will all be demonstrated.
The exhibit will have a considerable
space at the exposition.
Stock growers and feeders the coun-
try over were astonished at the show.
ing made by Colorado at the recent In
ternational Live Stock exposition in
Chicago and they want to know more
about this wonderful state and what it
can produce. Letters received by the
managers of the western show indicate
that the attendance of breeders and
feeders from the east will be unusually
large this year. Buyers from all of the
eastern markets are coming out in
force also prepared to bid on some of
the fancy stock shown. Prices prob
ably will range much higher than they
did at the Chicago show which was
held in the midst of the recent finan-
cial furry.
Representatives from all of the farm
ers' and stockmen's papers will be in
Denver for the exposition and will give
the state much valuable advertising in
their publications.
One of the biggest crowds of the
year will be in Denver for stock show
week and probably only the Democratic
national convention in July will be a
bigger affair in point of attendance.