The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
MIL RUSH WORK
/ ON ''ElY ROUTE"
INSTRUCTION of GOIdfieId EXten-
sion of TonOpah & Tidewater
to Be Begun.
lay BE CONNECTED WITH
UTAH & NEVADA PROJECT
LlsO Claimed That Traffic Agree
ments Will Be Made With
Nevada Northern.

according to information received in
his city Wednesday. construction
virork on the Ely-Goldfeld railroad is TO
Ne begun at once and carried on from
Moth ends. The route will be over the
.jurvcy made last summer from east
lEly through Robinson canyon, with
|lunnel at that place. From there the
line runs over the Giroux backbone to
White river. then along Currcn creek
Md Railroad valley to GoldfeId. On
The Ely end the first twenty-five miles
Mill require an outlay of about 100 900,
Is the country is rough, and heavy
work will have to be done.
Announcement is made that the road
rwill be officially designated as the
SfElv route" The road is really the
(}oldheid extension of the Tonopah &
Edewatcr, which, ii is understood, is
hrgely controlled by the Atchison, To
ueka & Santa Fe. connecting with the
hitter road at Ludlow, Cal. Hence it
b said that the Santa Fe may be at
,Ihe back of the new road. IL has been
'in the air for some time that it is the
'lntoption Of the Santa Fe to enter Salt
Lake City, and this may be one of the
urst steps,
About tah-Nevada Road.
i In Its issue of November II last The
Tribune published an exclusive story
|to the effect that the long proposed
Etah 6 Nevada railroad is to be an ac-
,inality, aud although this is apparent.
Nv an Independent enterprise, promoted
Nv c. w. Scofeld. the dauntlcss rail
4oad builder in tins and neighboring
Mates, it has also been rumored that
HE Santa Fe may have hand i'll il.
IN that this road will extend from this
fitv to Ely, New. through the Deep
Jreck country, it would make a splrn-
hid connection for the Ely-Goldheld
foad, which is soon to be built. This
would make a direct line from Salt
Lake CITY TO southern California,
hrough the rich mining country OF Ne
kada.
Then. again, ii is said that the Gold
Ecld-Ely road may use the Nevada
Northern, a Guggcnheim property, for
lis connection with the Western Pa
tifc, with which Iiue the Nevada
Northern connects AT Shafier, Nev.
Guggenheim Property.
h II an agreement is reached with
smith and the Guggenhcims, the West
prn Pacific Will route its southern
freight and passenger business from
Ehafter via the Nevada Northern 10
,Ey; thence via the Ely & Goldfield 10
IGoldfeld; thence via the Tonopah
Underwater 10 Ludlow. Cal, where con
lneciion NAV be made with the SANTA
Fe 10 points in the southern part OF
Nc state,
The Nevada Northern is a Guggeu
kcim property operating between Cobre
on the Southern Pacific, and Ely. 1t
frosscs the Western Pacific ut Shatter,
md, tapping the rich copper belt IN
md around Ely, il is utilized prncIpal-
III for the transportation of ore TO the
ereat Gugscnheim slnelrcr at Garfield.
Etah As traffic agreement with the
Western Pacific would give the Nevada
Northern the advantage OF through
msness in addition 10 augmented local
tratIic, it is believed the Guggenhcims
Will look with favor upon any advances
Hade by the Gould line The alterna-
i've would Dc 10 i.r up with the South
frn Pacific. This Is thought 10 be nj.
felly ont OF the question. as il would
Nj no way improve the Nevada North
Npn but would leave it relatively i'll
He status Of an orc road which it now
II To Open Rich Section.
L. With the advent OF the Ely g. Gold
hcld. which at present. Is the pct prof
fet Of. f. NJ Smith. the boraX king,
Och region would be opened 10 sottlo-
fneut aud development. The resultant
traffic wouId it is said, sustain the
}inc, but Smith is known to have cast
his eyes upon Il Western Pacific con
pecton. and this is his objective.
EThe Ely Goldticld Will tap SEC
ION which eventually will produce low
,krade ore in enormous quantities. This.
with the through traffic which would
result from an agreement with the
kiould road. would make the Ely *
'FoldGcla ono Of the most important di-
Visions OF the Western Pacific.
Smith began the construction Of The
onopah & fIdcwatcr primarily TO move
thc boraX from his mines in southern
taliioruia. He built from Ludlow to
sold Center. Ncy., n point some miles
cast of his largest property. Nj Gold
Eentcr he moi the Bullfrog & Gold.
beld. which was built by Brock of Phil
,ndclphla. and his associates. Seeing
be advantage ot controlling the Bull
frog & GoldGcld. Smith about year
fteo formed the Touopah and 1idcwatcr
fompany. which took over the Bullfrog
~ Goldfeid and the Tonopah & Tide
sgater, operating the two lines as the
Ionopah & Tidewutcr.
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