The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14
DEEP CREEK ROAD
WILL Be REALITY
Line TO Be Built From Salt Lake
City Through Mining
District.
CONSTRUCTION WORK TO
BE STARTED VERY SOON
C. w. ScofeId and French Capt.
talists at the Back of
Enterprise.

the iong-proposed line from tins city
10 Ely. New, is to be an actuality. Inc
Tribupc was reliably informed Satur'
day that active work on the construc-
lion of the road would be begun IN the
near future AT the back of the prof.
ect. which has been promoted since the
autumn of 1906 by c. W. Scohcld OF
New York. the dauntlcss promoter OF
railroad enterprises IN tins and neigh-
boring states, are french capltaiists'
REPRESENTATIVES of whom were out here
last spring for the purpuAc OF going
over the proposition. Plans and Specl-
fcations for the new road are now be-
ing figured on. and all that remains 10
be done before active work is com
nenccd is the signing of some papers,
AS was announced IN Tho Tribune
last summer, the company which Will
build the road was Incorporated on
.lmne 12. AT Dover. Del Tho name of
the company is the Utah & Nevada
Railroad company, and is capitalized
ut Tie modest sum Of 100000. Whlle
there WAS nothing In the articles or
incorporation which would indicate the
,xact scene of the company s actlvl.
lies. The Tribune expressed the belief
nj the time that it was identical with
was connected. This has since proven
true. The incorporators were John c.
Stirling and Harold G.. Fritz, both of
New York City, and ]. w. Ayers OF
Oakland, Cal.
Been Talked of Long.
The proposition Of building a rail
road from Salt Lake City through the
Deep Creek mining district TO Ely, nj
most 100 miles away, has been talked
of for almost twenty years past, and
many of those who first agitated the
matter have passed away, Routes have
been surveyed and promoting parties
and engineers have travelled over the
country over which 1T was proposed 10
build the line. They returned with en-
thusiastic reports, but nothing definite
Nas ever accomplished.
The greatest impetus toward tho
building of the proposed line was cX-
oerienced when Mr.. Scofield took the
lead in promoting the road IN The fall
of 1906. He had the routc mapped out
anew, got eastern capital interested IN
the matter and, on October 30, 1906, IT
was announced that local men had
taken an interest. had subscribed TO the
capital stock a large amount, and that
Che road would positively be built. The
local subscribers at the time were NJ.
il. Walker. b, F. Bauer. W. V, Rice
j, a. Cunningham, j, ID. Wood, j p.
Gardner, f. NJ Foote, G.. IL. Doolittle
and NJ. A. Doughty, None Of these
men is now interested in the PROPOSE
ton, however.
The articles of incorporation were
made out ready for filing, and every
thing seemed rs ii the road would soon
bo built Mr.. Scofield then left for
the east to close negotiations for the
financing of the project with ihc, east,
from him for some weeks, but finally
came some bad news. The eastern capi
lal proposition had fallen through, but
Mr., Scofield sent word that he expect
ed TO get money elsewhere. He next
looked to England for finances for the
project, but failed there, and for
months nothing was heard from him.
Tries Luck in France.
The next time he was heard Of he
had gone 10 France, and there he was
successful. his labors resulting in
French surveyors coming to this city
last spring with Mr.. Scofield and go
ing over the ground. Everything
proved satisfactory, and Mr. Scofeld
left again for the cast. The next thing
heard of the proposition was the in
corporation of the Utah q Nevada
Railroad company at Dover, Del, last
June,
The Salt Lake men who subscribed
10 the proposition in 1906 were asked
W JSIu luIiI hIl >iSsilur ~ 10 od'hI i'ub
some hitch came along, which was not
made public, resulting In their with
arawal from the project entirely.
It is understood that the route which
was favored IN 1906, namely, that
through the Deep Creek mining dis
trict. is the one which is most IA
vored now, The road will be easy to
construct and will, when built, tap
Pleasant valley, Spring valley and
Snake valley. all of which are known
10 be very rich III minerals.
About the Santa Fe.
1t was recently runored that the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fc railroad
is intending TO enter this city via the
Doep Creek mining district. but wheth-
cr or not the two projects have any
connection Is not known. It is true
that a line is now being built to ELY
from Tonopah, thc present northern
terminus Of the Tonopah s. Tidowater
railroad. which is said TO be owned
mored that the Tonopah & Tidewater
is the power at the back of il.
A. Ely this road would connect with
tho Nevada Northern, which is Gug,
genkcim property. Of course, it is not
impossible that the Santa Fe may run
its trains over this line, which con,
meets with the Southern Pacific nj
sOUi'' NN.v nul VIZ iliip tulS ci'Ss pul
T. much shorter route would be that
rh,ough the Deep Crccl, mining dis
trlct.
1t matters not, however, whether ol
not there is any connection between
Mr., ScoboGG'a prsjoct aud the cxten
t,on Of the Tonopah & Tidewater line
bat apparently there is not. The big
thing is TO get the line from Ely tc
Tins city. il will be great thing fol
Silt Lake and Utah IL will . euablt
tho shipment Of Nevada ores Into thi.
state for smelling and refinement, thu:
bringing closer The time when Zion viii
not only be great commercial center
but also Il great manufacturing center
Fine smcltcrs-some of the best In th'
world-arc now being built in tbi!
state, and the shipment of Nevada ore'
here viii tend to increase this valu
able industry,