Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-13
Figuring on Direct Line Available
From Salt Lake to
Los Angeles.
HARTMAN HAS CUTOFF, TOO
Rival Magnatcs Playing the Game As
kecnlN As Ever--Somc Moves
Aud Their Significance,

About a year ago the News pointed
out a great possibility in railroad con-
struction between this city and the
Pacific coast and today there remains
but one hundred miles Of tracks I'M
laid In the proposition. This story Is
not one of the Western Pacific, that
road figures in it. but it is In reality
the story OF n second Gould line for the
coast from this city.
GOULD STILL STRONG
with conditions as they are at pres
ent little Is heard In railroad circles
about anything other than retrench-
ment, etc. George Gould has had
line or two go into the hands of re-
ceiver because of combination OF I'M
fortunate circumstances. Were not luck
or Whatever it is with some people, a
number of lines would be in receiver
ship. George Gould. however, is not
losing grip. No better proof of this
would be wanted than the hiring of
large crews of workmen in California
to work on the Western Pacific few
days ago.
ONE GAP REMAINS.
Gould is saying little but saving
lot of wood. When the time is ripe it
will be found he has not only the
Western Pacific to San Francisco but
another short line to Los Angeles.
And as explained but 100 miles of
connections remain undone in
this chain. The line has been sur
veyed and rails are TO be laid on the
blank stretch without delay. 1t must
not be understood that Gould has
bought the various links in the big
chain outright. for here and there he
has purchased, II is commonly reported,
but other links are independent
roads; no one knows who owns them
and as they size up alone. it is a InSs-
terry why they were built.
HOW IT SHAPES UP,
But the whole thing is simple when
the ground is gone over carefully, Here
is the proposition in a nut-shell;
Miles
salt Lake to Battle Mountain
western Pacific .,...,........... 2so
Battle Mountain to Austin, New, go
(Nevada CentraD .......,'...'..', Us
Austin TO Tonopah mot built but oo
surveyed .,......',.,.,..''''', Az"
Tonopah to Ludlow CTonopah q
TideWaterl Observation-Disclosures. ~
Ludlow to Los Angeles (Santa FEB 40
ma, ,onr,n .... $50
Length of Southern Pacific TO Los
Angeles ...........,.--.,..''''
WILL BE 'EvEN-UP."
The Nevada Central is reported, now.
to have been acquired by Gould. and 1t
is not doubted for a minute that Gould
has or can make arrangements with
the other lines mentioned. Thus Har-
riman's great and only rival in the west
would have two roads, He would have
in the Western Pacific proposition To
match the Southern Pacific and Win
the line Just described could hold his
own i'm the southern part of California
and Nevada with the Clark road. WIN
Salt Lake at the end of three of the
competing lines, every move Would
mean great deal for this city.
HARRIMAN'S SCHEME.
Hartman is not sitting by idle, by
any means. Word comes that he has
commenced work on the Mojave Keller
line, which will connect those two
points. Keller and Mojave are 80
miles apart, and when the gap Is filled
the southern Pacific win have a much
shorter route to Los Angeles. Keller
Is the present terminus of the Hazen
branch and Mojave is In California
| and ON the main inland line running
! from Sacramento down to Los Angeles
| Instead of having 10 go to the hrst
named and then dropping south the
Los Angeles bound traveller travelling on
the Southern Pacific viii in the future
| turn TO the southwest at Hazen and gel
| TO Los Angeles in about half the time
and distance of the present route nom
| Hazen on, The town of Yerington
New, is indulging in high hopes tina
the Espee win build through Mason
valley and abandon the present route
| nom Nina TO Keeler. This portion OF
| the HAGEN branch Is declared TO be .
white elephant which has never paio
owing TO White Mountain pass and 9th
err costly features,
The apparent determination OF the
two railroad giants, Hartman ano
| Gould to bring the Pacific coast ano
east as close together as possible
means more for the west than can b'
| grasped at once.