The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-13
HARTMAN ROADS
ACTIVE IN UTAH
Many New Lines Are Being
Built i'm Utah, Nevada
and Idaho.
SPARkS-M0JAVE GAP
NOW ALMOST CLOSED
Rumored That Union Pacific
VIII Build Directly Into
Salt Lake.

II NAV not be generally known
among railroad men that the Southern
Pacific is slowly, but surely, closing
tho gap between Sparks, New, and
Moiavc Cal But such is the case. and,
in fact. but "A short length of track re-
mains to be completed before the gap
IS closed. BY elancing at the map, it
win be seen that the old Carson & Colo
rado road. built by the HerinCtons and
which did duty for the Tonopah &
Goldfield connection, is now evidently
being figured as short cut from the
Central Pacific in Nevada 10 Los An
selcs, and all freight routed via the
Southern Pacific will, upon the closing
of this gap, he handled via Sparks,
New. aud Moiavc, Cal, on the eastern
side of the Sierra Nevada range, there.
by doing away with tho terrific haul
over tho snow.clad summit OF the
SierraS
Many Improvements.
The closing of the gap referred to.
above by the Southern Pacific is only
one OF the manv improvements which
arc being made by the Hartman inter.
csts in Nevada, Idaho aud the neigh
boring territory. Splendid progress Is
being made on the line which is being
constructed by the Oregon Short Line
from its road at Twin Falls. Ida. 10
Wells New. on the main limo of the
Central Pacific. Tho first lap of the
road, which extends To Salmon Dam,
has already been completed. and II is
Bopcd Ia soon have trains running from
Twin Falls TO Hollister. IL is also an.
nouDced that surveys have been made
for liuc from point on tho Ogden
Luciu cutoff Co Rupert, Ida.
In no state in tho union IS railroad
building going on more extensively
than in Idaho The big irrigation and
exclamation projects which are going
IN In the Gem state arc making neccs.
,ary better railroad facilities and &C.
1ommodatious. And tho gigantic i'm
rrovcmeDts which arc being made by
the Hartman interests are helping
greatly the development and settlement
If Idaho lands.
Another New Road.
The Oregon Short Line is also build
inc road from Rupert. on the Mini
doka Southwestern railroad. TO Bliss,
uu The Short Line. Tho road will run
through the land which has been placed
under irrigation by the Twin Falls
North Side Development company. and
which Is now one of the most fertile
lilffFS hb COUNTY, III INt N''ul Sitlf. ~
district lies on tho north side of the
Snake river, between Rupert and
Bliss.
Early next wear a road is 10 be built
by the Oregon Short Line from Burley
10 Oakley. This viii run through the
Goose Greek irrigation country, thus
opening upr 10 settlers muck valuable
farming land in that vicinity. II is
also intended TO construct a line from
MnreI9ud 20 Aberdeen. northwest Of PO-
catcllo. on he Snake Valley line.
U. P Coming In.
There j. also rumor in the air that
the Union Pacific railroad VIII some
time in tho near future build a line di-
rrctlv into salt Lake CITY from Evans
ton station on its main line i'm the
southwest corner Of Wyoming, thus
avoiding the through business from the
east 10 the coast going through Ogden.
Considerable distance would be saved
bv thc building of such a line. The
most likely route which the road would
take into this city would be over the
old Mormon trail. il is said. and this
might give foundation for the rnmor
hat the Union Pacific NAV como into
this city over the Emigration Canyon
railroad.
All these various improvements
which are being made by the Hartman
interests show how it is designed 10
make a network Of railroads over the
wrsiem states. and especially Idaho.
Utah and Nevada.