Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-15
lnterurban Lines viii Connect All
Sections Of Weber County
With Junction City.
GOVT FOREST SUPPLIES.
To BE Purchased from Western Mer-
chants and Dealers-Robbcrs
Identified and Confess.

Ogden, March 15.-Ogden Is enjoying
the greatest interurban railroad build
ing boom in its history. Before the
end Of six months almost every district
in Weber county will be connected with
ogden by electric lines Of the Ogden
Rapid Transit company and within IS
minutes Of salt Lake City by the BAN
berger electric line
This morning witnessed more men at
work on the interurban lines than ever
before. and the noise Of the blast the
grinding Of the steam shovel, the scrap
ing Of the graders and the clang Of the
spike hammers Is now a sound one viii
hear for several months. The opera
tons that have opened up are the cleo
trihcatiOn Of the Bamberger road i'm
the city the building Of the overhead
crossing Of the road over the Union Pa
cific tracks the grading for the Plain
city Harrisville extension and 100 men
grading, blasting and building cement
retaining walls for the trolley lines
through Ogden canyon.
The work that has been thus far ac-
cnmplished in Ogden canyon by the
Rapid Transit company under Engineer
Joseph A. West, since November. is un-
believable, Beginning at the mouth Of
the canyon the company has blasted
away several thousand yards Of rock
in making way for their line as well as
widening the county road. Along the
side of the first bridge In the canyon
Two carloads Of cement have been used
i'm building concrete retaining walls
and abutments for a steel bridge. Near
this point, east of the bridge, the COM
uany has cut away D concrete forna-
ton that has always been dangerous
for vehicles and automobiles in pass
ing and has made the wagon read about
20 feet wide, or about 40 feet wider
than II was.
The track will run along the side OF
the wagon road for about 100 feet when
ii recrosses the river to the opposite
side Of the river from the road, and
rema ming on the north side Of the
river to the east mouth Of the can
Won Where II crosses the river the
second time. a steel bridge, at an angle
to the river. win be erected, the abut-
ments for which are protected by &C.
ment concrete retaining walls. From
this point to what Is called the Big
Bend not much difficulty is encountered
as the line s. graded along the noun
tain side At the Bend along the
mountain side which is of a strata for
nation, 4 is necessary to bridge and
build more retaining walls. For tho
next quarter Of a mile TO the Peery
camp considerable cement and rock
work has been necessary.
From Peery camp TO Lewis Rock
ridge, except IN one or two places, the
grade viii be comparatively easy Also
from LOWS to BILLY Wilson's Her.
mitage much Roadway can be made
with a straight rock grade and little
cement work. Il IS expected the line
to the Hermitage win be ready for OPP
Grafton by the middle Of June. The
work on the line TO Huntsville I'm Ogden
valley win be vigorously rushed 80
that II will be completed by September
The rails. steel for the bridges, copper
trolley wire, ties and six modern inter-
urban cars have been ordered and are
on the road for the canyon line, as
we'll as for the Plain City eXten-on.
Messrs Lyman Skeen, Joseph A.
Taylor and j. NJ Childs have began
the construction Of the grade OF the eX-
tension OF the road from Five Points 70
Plain city through the Hartsville and
Farr West districts This line viii
also be rushed for an early summer
completion. The extending Of the line
from Plain city 10 connect with the
Hot Springs line IS being considered
by the company.
The ogden Rapid Transit combany
some months ago, was granted a fran
Chise by the commissioners OF hoNelder
county. for a right of way over
the roads In that county for an extern
sion of the line from the Utah Hot
Springs u "a stated tnat the work
upon this limo win begin late In the
summer as the terms Of the franchise
state that the work must be done be-
fore the end ~ the present year.
In the city the company viii also
make many extensions Two Of the
important ones being the Twenty-hfth
street line 20 Mob HIN and the Wall
avenue line south Of Twenty-htth
street as far south az Thirty-third
street. 10 is expected that an apph-
cation for a franchise for the right 20
construct these lines viii Dee made "a
the city council. at IT'S session this
evening.
President Simon Bambcrgcr OF the
Salt Lake g. ogden railroad has alsf
been as active as President David Zee
cles Of the ogden Rapid Transit CONF