Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-28
Vice President schlaeks Comes
To Salt Lake With
Good News.
WORK < ON BIG DEPOT STARTS
IL H ]. schIacks, Brother Of Rail
roader and Famous Architect
OF Chicago is Here.
Chief Engineer j. 9. Gwyp Meets with.
Rio Grandc ollicIals, Including Cher
Watts. Sent Ont TO Take Charge.

StiNS
Az laststhe long awaited word nag
(. been. spoken. Work starts on the Ria.
s Giandct depots site today
A good sized gang is on the grounds
clearing the tract of all 1hatcrlal and
4 uebris which have collected during the
long stretch Of idIcness which followed,
I the removing Of buildings from the
site.
95 'h liAr a.. schiaeks, vice president
and general manager OF the Denver q
4 Rio lGrande AT Denver reached this city
a Saturday night and spent yesterday
tai king over matters with local officials.
He spent some time IN the neighbor-s
hood Of Third South and Fourth West
\ streets in looking over the railroads
property Lying Between Second and
Z Fourth South streets along both sides
OF Fourth West.
lie was3 accompanied by Chief En-
GINGER ]. g. GwynS OF the Rio gGrande
and g brother, H. u. Setback, the Ia
nous architect Of Chicago. The rail-
s s road road nag nate's brother viii supervise
z construction of The terminals. Mr..
li4yn Hcarhs To 80 oyer the site and
take notes
Az While ND one around the Rio Grande
offices could Offer information on the
II sub1ect, 1T Is known a conferences Of
AZ 9if1cials Was held In the offices of s.
s' l1eflan ussistan. general freight
3 agent. in Itle Judge building. Mr..
ats, the man sent out from Chicaeo
X lev days ago to succeed the late Mr.
i Muil1gan, superintendent OF terminal
Il building, fas been taking an active.
part III conferences as he is the man
E Who VIII haye charge of work.
4 IsuNNYsIDE TO-DAY. 55 IA
ss3.Esl, III < Sehacks, accompanied by Mr..
SiJerra 9 sa ad other officfals went To-
sunni sidc, Ion an inspection trin His
morning put Will return to tlifs city
Y g.. s.tllef to1tight or tomorrow morning.
4 fi y ,i3 ; 4ieks. the architect, Is regis
In the city today " - - :
It's explained that the gang nut 10
EM WORK " t2daay Is no comparison to the
4 arm OF men which will keen growing
as clearing up progresses. Some
IS es;%s'calVating was done months ago, but
8l !, nc e!einents have made it necessary to
" 60 this{ al over again. Tracks crossing
5 The site age under repair and there IS
~ every eNidence to make the announce
neIlt thar the building of the depot is
going to z, brushed easily believed.
8s.J ust. how long Vice President
return from Sunnyside is not known.
Sefore he leaves for Denver he will
undoubtedly have some interesting
stories to tell. 4 s5, IA 4
mat work was to begin shortly was
apparent ITO persons who have visited
Il
Old plank platforms had Worn out
ana new ones We're badly needed. The
s spfintereds boards We're ripped out and
thrown a FaY, but new platforms We're
a not subst ltuted. Instead gravel was
tanped hard and the present depot
now opens out to walltless yards.
lille the new depot will not be ready
for service for months. this little affair
Is REGARDED us significant by many
Bond issues recently have found q,
3 welcome from big financiers Of this
and other countries and Gould is now
& in position to make his hopes reali-
$ ties.
BIGGER THANfPLANNBD.
Just a few weeks back high Rio
r. Grand oflcoials, while here on a visit
from Denver, admitted that the plans.
I. for the proposed Rio Grande- Western
I'll Pacific terminals, chief among which is
the depot, had grown considerably. The
original estimate of 100000 for the de-
pot had grown too. The buildings eX-
terror mas been changed in4some re !
@ spects to make altera tons possible. The
original sketch will still be a fair repre-
sanitation of the building to be erected.
iS3 It is known work Is being rushed on
81 the Western Pacific and that trains
will be running over the now line with
a IN a year. M
The depot now being used by. the
Z Rio {Grande is not anywhere near large
or modern enough to serve that road
properly. Need for haste in the ersc-
ton of larger terminal facilities is evil evil
dent
ARCHITECT sCHLACKs TALKS.
SAYS Excavation Will he Rusled;
Plans Arrive Construction Starts,
III j. Setback, of Chicago and the
architect to be in charge of the con-,
: structionSof the new depot. this ar
ternoon confirmed the reports concern
ling the enlargement and early compile
ton OF The structure.
MI. Sehlacks said in connection with
his visit here: ~ Sc
~ THE enlarapd hiiildiIlp.T ITSELF MIL