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

last April, representing an eXpendl-
turc of 100000, and "a old cars, once
bright and new. source of pride.Were
retired permanently from business,
They now suggest thc Sigh of the poet
US he writes, Wrecks strewn along
the shores of time" The new cars arc
or the latest and NEST approved model,
With spacious vestibules appreciated by
the public, and which are doing good
service and giving entire satisfaction
Tho company has also bought five
track Sweepers, making six in all In
its possession, and several now repair
wagons with movable platforms have
been added
EPOCH OF RECONSTRUCTION
The reconstruction has been remark
able. Practically every line, except
the Murray line has been more or less
rebuilt most of them entirely so. In
this progress the company has hauled
10000 cubic yards OF gravel, distributed
rs far south as Wandanere. Not only
has the Wandamere line bseu entirely
rebuilt on Seventh East street. but 1t
las been double tracked and the wagon
roadway rebuilt Of heavy sand and
gravel. The same may be said OF the
line on Eleventh East street, the Wat
erloo line, and the Ashton avenue line.
Several important rGlocations have
been made. as in the case of the Sugar
House tracks on east Ninth South
street and the Ashton avenue lines.
The total reconstruction aggregates IS
miles, making IS miles in two years,
aTlle rails are So pound steel In the pay
ed districts, and 65 pound steel outside
The company is now building the new
Fort Douglas connections, and durii 6
the coming year, the construction
scheme will include, Second South to
Eleventh East. Third South down
Ninth East, Fourth South down Sey-
1a 'TbirtnpniIi IIG Gtrppf
and the Ninth avenue lines. 1t is pro-
posed also TO build on Eighth West
street from North Temple to Tenth
South streets. This will call for
large expenditure of capital The COM
pany management has in mind extern
sions to Sandy, Holiday and to Bling
ham Junction in the course of the next
three years: but 1t is doubtful II there
II any street railway extension nlade TO
Garfield as the people there trade at
home and there are SO many trains
| running between Garfield and salt
| Lake that the few who do visit the
! city are well provided with trdhsporta-,
| ton facilities. The Murray line Will
be rebuilt entirely next year. and put
| In as fine shape rs the other recon-
| structed lines
NEW TROLLEY SYSTEM.
The new conduit system and the IN
| auguration OF the new trolley system
IN the business section are most val
liable improvements, Conduits for all
the wires OF the Utah Light &; RAFT
way company have been built through
4 2s blocks. on Main, State, West Tenn
1 pie, First Second and Third South,
! south Temple and Fourth South
streets, at an expense of 100000, The
! Installing Of cuIbstone trolley stand
ards in the paved sections enables a
removal Df the old time poles that have
been for so long an eye-sore. These
ite5T poles are Of rolled steel, 20 To &V
feet high. costing $G5 each, and station
cd SIX TO each block. They support the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
Pacific, Gould Line Through 70 the Coast

which the Western Pacific line passes
is the great salt beds OF western Titan.
Tor miles the road passes over q per-
fcctly level sife0tch of pure salt. Inc
Saliiit. deposits cover an area of over <
Go square miles, located about 10
mics east OF the Nevada line, and
about 10 miles west of Salt Lake
City. The salt il SO thick and SO
hard that it was nee sssary in eXca-
yatinS tor telegraph poles to blast the
salt out with charges OF dynamite.
1t was found that in some places the
deposit goes down to. a depth OF
seven feet of pure salt Under the
recent decision of the supreme court
these vast saline deposits belong 10
the state schools OF Utah.
EXPENSIVE CONSTRUCTION.
The securing OF such locations as
would give to the IdAa one per cent
grade has naturally brought up the
cost of construction of the Western
Pacific 10 a high figure TO- pst
| has averaged $4,000 to the mile, al
! though on some stretches the cost
| has run UP to 100000 per mile The
| work however is all according to the
| latest modern practise, and cxcels tho
! best rebuilt transcontinental lines.
| Tile policy OF the men bu ting the
line has been TO build it but once
and 10 build it 10 last.
ENGINEERS IN CHARGE.
The engineering department OF tho
| road, which has supervised the con-
struction Of what Is already built and
nnder whose direction the balance or
the construction will be completed,
| consists OF the following officers.
| Virgil G. Bosue, conceded to be one
| OF the ablest engineers in the country,
| is CHIEF engineer and vice president
OF the road: Il, NJ. Mccartney is his
| principal assistant engineer, and tho
Tf,f. Ia f,Fx al
| sions OF the road are in charge, res
! pectively, of John n. Williams. whose
| jurisdiction extends from Oakland to
| Masysville; Emery Oliver, from
| Muysville to Spanish creek, J. q.
HJanieson, from Spanish creek TO Deep
4 Hole; Charles Harlowe, f.om i9eep
| Hole to Wells, Nevada: and T. J.
| Wyche from Wells to Salt Lake City.
1 5. " Derrah of Salt Lake City has
been plached in charge of the east
ern division OF the road, and the Of
1icals of the Rio Grande road exercise
| general supervision Of the depart
| ments of the roud at Oakland.
| Considerable business has been de-
| ycloped already since the opening Of
the two divisions of the road, but tho
traffic handled is necessarily largely
OF local nature. Improved service
and increased business will follow the
inauguration of the entire line when
its $50 miles of construction work
have been concluded and the joints
pieced up completing the connection
between Salt Lake on the cast and
the Pacific coast on the west.
The road has been completed on
the eastern end as far as Deeth.
Nevada, and work is being crowded
on the grade into Elko, 80 miles be-
Nond, and it Is confidently expected
that the Western Pacific will be in
operation between Salt l. Ike and
Ello, u distance of 2G1 mi cs by tho
beginning of the new year.
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when it suddenly jumps off into space,
and presents insurn1ountable engineer
ing obstacles. 1t was sought to run
lines up two canyons of the north and
middle forks and build a tunnel TO con-
meet the lines, but this was found to be
impracticable,[~ Tinally one of the en-
ginecrs, John IF. Williams, figured out
a plan by which Il loop should be con-
structcd so that u proper elevation
could be gained for connection with the
line along the middle fork by tunnel,
and the problem was solved and the
approach to Reckwith pass was ac-
complishcd Along the valleys and
mountains OF the Feather river IS said
to be some of the most majestic and
awe-inspirine scenery TO be found up
on the American continent.
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Electric Road Up Emf
grafton Canyon.

The Emigration Canyon Railroad
company was organized the first part
of the year of 1907 with the capital
stock OF $500, 900. The length of the pro-
posed line is about 20 miles, its intend
ed terminal points being the east part
OF Salt Lake City ana the headwaters
OF Emigration canyon. with a branch
line running south on Twenty-hrsl
East street through East Mill Creek to
Holiday. The road has row been built
from it's depot grounds on the corner
of Fifth South and Thirteenth East.
thence easterly UP Emigration canyon
to the headwaters thereof, a distance
OF rearly IA miles. The road is stand
ard gage. and is run by electricity.
The main objects that inspired the
building of the road OF the Emigration
Canyon railroad We're: First, the i'm
nense red and white sandstone Lodges
and great limestone mountains that lie
Mt the head OF the canyon. Second, to
connect salt Lake City by trolley car
system with q canyon that is historic.
and which when better known will be
noted for its beauty and fine scenery.
ana TO make accessible q. canyon resi-
deflca for the summer season within the
means and reach of all.
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-HE Utah Light & Railway com"
A pany has accomplished a great
deal OF valuable work the past
wear in the regeneration OF its
street railway system This Includes
the rebuilding entire of large frac-
ton of the tracks and the starting oil
the pow barns n the cid Tenth ward
square, The front elevation Of the
barns as given on this page, shows
spacious and efficient accommodation
for rolling stock The structure is 23o
feet wide and 43O feet long,) divided
into four compartments, each of equal
size, and one story high, being 80 feet
in the clear. The foundations are OF
concrete throughout and the walls OF
pressed brick. There are 16 tracks in
The barns, each provided with pit OF
five cars capacity. and all Of co2crete/
There are wash pits also. accomlhodat-
ing each four cars, The roof of the
building is of steel trussos with cenlei0
covering, and provided with sliylight3
There are no side windows. Tho doors
arc of rolled steel at both Honts;
everything being absolutely fire PROOF,
with no wood used in construction.
In addition, there Is an automatic
snrinl,lcr system provided, for the pro-
lection of tho rolling stocl:,(oused III
the barns. The barns Wffl be heated
either with steam of hot water, and
ut q temperature Of not less than 10
degrees in zero weather Inc pAfn
capacity is IA cars, each IS te&t loiis'
\ .l>.. tx, ma, ~ Inn
ture on the grounds. beyond a frame
ono story room for the car men. ihs
ahops will remarin at the Second East
street establishment for the present,
until things are in readiness at Tue
Tenth ward square for removal. / ne
| new shop Plant will include black
| smith shop machine shop, paint shop,
+! carpenter shop, oil storage and SUPPLY
| houses, club house for the men, ana
/. heating plant for ali OF the buildings.
| So far S22O6u0 has been expended on
! tho ncE plant, 10 Which may DE auued
| tho cost Of The square for which inc
I company paid David Keith $4,000. ~
| Mr.. Keith paid The state SiO,Vut 1ol'
! the property two years ago, the diff
! ference Indicating how property has
| raised in value there in that time, The
plant which the company Will erect
4 there the coming year, as shown ABOVE,
+, viii REQUIRE the expenditure of $780,
0G3 more. or about 100000 all told in
round numbers. a water and sewer
system has been installed, The Wao!G
Arrangement is admirably designated
for effcctive and labor saving work
bvs Chief Engineer pagron of the eoti-
rany. Half mile Of fence surrounds
The property, with balbed wire along
/ the tor over which the small boy
cannot climb without tearing himself
all 10 pieces,
100000 FOR NEW CARS.
The so new and elegant cars order.
Cd by the company in time Tor ode.
| livery III November. 1907, We're received
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

About 100 miles of the western end
of the road is also in operation. Sew
eral stretches have been completed
through the states OF Nevada and CAL
ifornia. and construction IS proceeding
upon the gaps yet to be filed, and it is
confidently expected that the year 1909,
will witness the completion of the en-
tire road, giving the Gould interests a
Pacific coast outlet for their eastern
and mid-country traffic.
THROUGH BECKwITIIs PASS.
The railroad crosses the backbone
of the Sierras at what is known as
5Becltwith pass. At this point Il tunnel
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An trains could cross the great
%aomtain divides at less height than
x Ns.s chosen bT the builders of the Cen
sStial PACIFIC road, whose highest mass
Hin The bleak Sierra Nevatas is T,o17
q scet That such 9 pass was known tn
seNist is acknowledged; but that the
3eliSiIe6tin@ teats citalled IN its APP
@proach Wsre such rs 70 offer what
Seemed tosbc inslnmotnt;Ible obstacles
Ito the construction OF q ialroa,l over
Sits crest was also renllGeu BY railroad
S,ren md BY most of them The pro-
sjcct vas given up as hopeless,
one man. however, held tenaciously
Con TO the idea that the road could be
5built and the pass surnounted, and
saftcr years Of struggling, seemingly
5lgainst fate and after meeting with
smnny disappointnents, what seemed to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

trolley wires with cross wire supports,
and are not Objectionable to the eye.
CLEARING THE STREETS.
Tho cobweb OF wires on Main street
is being rapidly ohliterated; but the
heaviest work will be tho removal OF
the vast compleXity of wires on West
Temple street Electrical Engineer
1Ionnold Is experimenting the wire
transfers, pushing the Improvement
with all possible speed. The mechanical
departments efficiency will be greatly
increased this month by the arrival
and installation OF the new 5000 horse
power motor generator from MilWan-
ltee. costing $4,000, and which gives
the company total of 5000 horse
power, all that will be required for
several years to come This motor Is
operated by alternating current from
tho high tension wires. and the con-
Meeting generator sends out direct cur
rents with which to run the street
cars The lighting OF buildings'is by
alternating currents; and as some 500
houses have been erected this year the
lighting department has been very
busy.
THOUSAND MEN AT WORK.
The company is at present employ
ing a little over 1000 men, 400
OF these being motormen and con-
tiuctors. The laborers have been aver
aging 800 men. The expenditure Of so
much money and such radical physlcia.
transformations could hardy nave
been accomplished by any other agency
than Hartman corporation 1t IL
only fair to say that every one con-
nectcd with the company. from Gem
eral Manager j. S. Wells, and Assist
ant General Manager Il. T. Hunt down,
has worked zcalously for the conf
pany's and the public interest during
,t1 st Wear.
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/ rH7WO notable achievements have
been accomplished by the Salt
Lake Route during the year
that is Just closing--that OF
fconuuering the waters of the Meadow
Valley Wash. and the establishment Of
permanent service on the Phoebe
branch OF tho road. Both these
achievements have heen wrought in
Nevada. but neither one is located far
from the Utah line, and may almost be
Estassed as Utah accomplishments, on
recount of the fact that the whole OF
Che business produced by the new Pr
Utah. The trade of the great old Ne
vada camp is largely done with Utah
centers ana 1t comes in and goes out
over the line OF the Salt Lake Route,
which is Senator W. A. Clarks road
from Salt Lake to the Pacific coast.
The Meadow Valley Wash extends
southwesterly from Barclay, New, 10
Guelph distance of approximately
100 miles. This country is a most
treacherous stretch, and the road
through the wash is built through
4 canyon which Is constantly subject to
the capriccs and whims OF the slightest
storms, as well as the ponderous floods
1 which change the geology and geos-
ruphy OF the country as easily as
boy spins a top. The district is sub
icct to cloudbursts and heavy storms,
and the railroad discovered to its sor-
row that those disturbances of nature
u were of frequent ana disastrous occur
b renee.
II FLOOD THAT COST s1,5OO,o0o.
81 One of these floods happened one day
b III March 1907. and the Meadow Valley
Il river. usually very small stream. nr-
n came SO swollen by the downpours or
81 rain that the wash was filed with
4 raging torrent OF water a mile wide.
y and furious in its headlong fall down
Il the canyon The wild waters swept
& down the mountain gorges with ire
sistibe power. breaking the grade OF
i the railroad as piece OF match straw.
and WIRING out the track for practical
d ~ a distance of 40 miles 10 repair
the work of this one cloudburst cost
the Salt Lake Route one and halt
million dollars, but the repairing was
4 made of that character that no cloud
4 burst, flood, or other outbreak of ma
ture known to the history of that part
! of the country will in future be anie
4 to disturb the progress OIL the stetihi
horse and its wake of attendant clvlli-
cation.
i BY the work of the engineers in the
southeastern Nevada desert, the noun
4 tain torrent, which Is itself the product
4 Of two considerable streams, has been
chained and the course of the river
has been altered Miles OF new peg
II Is 1Ds t4a1 ~
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them. Against their foundations the
waters rave in vain. and their beds
are raised high above the highest mark
set by the cloudburst tide, of the spring
of 1907
The work of conqueling the floods of
Meadow Valley wash required the SER
vices OF more than 1000 men, laboring
under the direction of the chief en-
gincer. L. c.. Iilton, who personally
directed the work of his aid, Division
Engineer j. a. Shanahan, and his as
s ant, II. Bates From the operating
department General Manager r. y
Wells was often on the spot. ana u
Il. Van Housen. superintendent of the
Salt Lake division was at the scene
every moment that he could possibly
devote to the work. Night and day this
army of men worked and Struggied
to overcome the work of day with a
structure which thenceforward hurts
defiance at the storm and tloodwaters
of the Meadow Valley wash.
PIOcHE BRANCH.
The second notable achievement Of
the Clark road is the installation OF
the Phoebe branch. extending 33> mfcs
from Calicpte northeastern TO Phoebe
in : Nevada. The mountains of low
grade ore which for years have been
piling up at Phoebe, awaiting the adj
vent of the iron horse. now have an
outlet, and the old camp has taken on
new life since the foot of the locom3-.
tive Is heard in the land. salt Lake "
the natural market for the products OF
Phoebe. and business has been brisk In
the line of exchange Of commodities fO,
precious ores between the Nevada
camp and the Utah distributing center,
i This reciprocal trade will develop and
become stronger aa tin| goes on, slnb
| as the richly burdenedN mountains are
+.,' ,i.aI, l,,j, ,p.1
response To the miners nick.
! That the road will be extended in
! the Immediate future from Piocns
| round the mountain TO the Prince Con.
| and the Mendha mining properties.
| there is no shadow of doubt Thest
| two mines have opened up recently
| with amazing richness, and their tom
mage alone, is said TO He sufficient 70
i provide the road with paying revenue
| FOR building the branch.
EXTENSION 10 Ely
There is also the imminent possibility
of the extension of the road during the
] and smeiter town of Ely. Another eh-
/ tension in the minds of railroad nmld-
crs which will eventually be made =
westward from Phoebe to Goldifeld. AS
i Tie mineral wealth of the old Sagebrush
| state is gradually dissorsed, ana IS
the properties open up and business
conditions warrant, there is always
money, men and material to be had
ITO make extensions of railroad lines &c
meet the traffic thus produced, an.
4 thus in the course of time Nevada VIII
come back to her own as the ger
state Of the west III mineral prodrc-
A ton and her interior viii be hisectcd
with railroad lines whose trains shall
croan under their loads of precion:
freight. while population and eiviliza
ton reclaim the deserts and carry int
their barren wastes the progress OF tin
| twentieth century.
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After leaving the tunnel at Beck
with pass a gradual descent Is found
into the plains of Nevada along the
Long Valley creek. running at one point
almost straight north. The road reach
es the bottom of the grade line near
the Ssoutheast corner of Honey lake,
where 7 { crosses the narrow gage lllie
into Oregon, and then it makes an al
most straight shoot to Wlnnehlucca'
Nevada.
PARALLEL no THE S. L.
From winnemucca eastwartYthe
road follows the Humboldt riVerA par
aleling the Southern Pacilic road as
far as Wells. From Wells the foute
lies southeastward, crossing the re
uuop and Toana ranges. midway pc
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SOLID Steel BRIDGES.

Where is bridges of more or less
stable characters before spanned the
river at the points of crossing in the
itortuous canyon, only eight modern
steel structures are now required.
Every curve possible having been taken
out OF the stream and the track. Six
of the new bridges are of 10 foot,
riveted steel spans while the other two
have similar spans of ITO feet. And, as
H. II. Dunn writes in the Arrowhead,
an earthquake might huri them from
the earth itself, but is could not wreck
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5000 feet long is being built. This
tunnel is one OF the features which
made the approach 10 the pass possible
and rendered feasible the construction
OF the road without snow sheds.
ENGINEERING FEAT.
One of the greatest engineering prob
lens encountered by the builders of
the road was the crossing of the ex-
panses of space into which the canyons
Of the Feather river in California lead
ing to Beckwith pass suddenly termin-
ated. From the headwatcrs of the
Feather river the stream has gradual
descent for considerable distance.
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waters OF the treacheTous desert river
was one of the most difficult in the
world
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day. after year and a half of hard
and constant toll; after the worries
and struggles of planning the work so
that it would be practically impregna-
bic to the attacks of the clements, the
roadbed over and through Meadow
Valley Wash Is now as smooth and as
solid as any piece OF city track at any
of the stations on the road.
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GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT.

The engineering feat OF construction
here accomplished is compared favor
ably with the bridging of Great salt
lake by the Southern Pacific, and the
construction of the Rio Grande
through the Grand canyon of the Ar
kansas. The task Of conquering the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-15
BIG DECREASE N LIQUOR.
Prohibition Movement Cuts Federal
Revenues, says Report.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15-commis.
sioner Capers, of the internal Revenue
Bureau, in his annual report states
that for the last fiscal year there was
q decrease IN the receipts of $685.
OF. as compared with the previous
year, and that for the first three
months Of the current year there mas
been decrease OF $7,2G223S, as com.
pared with the corresponding months
of the last fiscal year. The revenues
for the full current year are estimated
at 5o,OOOOOO, which is $1,SG5 900 less
tnan fsr last year.
The production of distilled grain
spirits for the fiscal year 1908 was
12G,9S9.74O tax gallons. which is de.
crease OF over 100000 gallons. This
is accounted for by the Commissioner
by the prohibition movement, the high
price of grain. and the agreement
among distillers to curtail production.
TIE total production of denaturea
alcohol during the year was s,32l,45l
wine gallons, which is about 100000
gallons less than for the previous year.
and from reports received there does
not appear to have been any very ma
terial increase in the quantity entering
into general or agricultural use. This
is partly accounted for bv the high