The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-15
GRANGER VIA SALT
LAKE TO PACIFIC
Union Pacific May Build Down
Emigration Canyon Into
This City.
PLAN TO PUT ZION ON
THE MAIN THROUGH LINE
Report, Backed by Many Facts,
Causes Excitement in Rail-
road Circles.

To pui Salt Lake City ON the main
line of the Hartman system by bmld'
ing from some point probably Granger,
in Wyoming, To Salt Lake via Emlgra-
ton canyon, then on around the south
ern part OF the Great Salt Lake, more
or less parallel with the Western Pa
cifc, probably to Wells on the present
main line, is said on reliable authority
TO be the Immediate plans of the new
powers that now control the Hartman
railroads
1t is understood that traffic is very
congested on the main line from Ogden
east, and that the condition is getting
worse, also that the famous Lucin cut
off has not proven 10 be an unqualified
success. II is said to give trouble when
the lake is high and cannot we'll he
double-trscked. Also that the position
of Salt Lake City mt the end of what
is practically n branch line from Og-
den is not satisfactory TO the IIarri
man people, seeing that the Denver &
Rio Grande, the Western Pacific and the
Salt Lake Route all center in Salt
Lake, with the Santa Fe. projecting still
another line.
In brief the plan is said TO be as
follows:
The Union Pacific will be double
tracked from Omaha to Granger. Here
the line will branch into three, one
running TO Pocatello, rs at present, an
other TO Ogden. as it now does, and
another into Salt Lake direct via Emil
grafton canyon. The Union Pacific will
of course continue to use the Luciu
cut off the same as ever, and must also
run trains over the Promoutory route
TO hold the line. The new line is said
TO be planned from Granger down Emf
grafton canyon to Salt Lake, then
aronnd The south end of the lake. to
certain connections at Wells, which in
cludes the projected line from Wells
north into Bull and on TO connect with
the Oregon Short Line in the Twin Falls
district, and the building of new roads
in Nevada to give the Hartman lines
more trackage to the Pacific ocean from
the enst via Utah, and to connect idaho
direct from the ports Of California.
Collecting the Figures.
it is stated on good authority that
the Utah Construction company is today
figuring, nj the request Of the Harri.
man people, the cost OF running the pro-
iected line from Granger down Emigra-
tion canyon to Salt Lake. Also il
may he noted, that few davs ago lie
GIend Young rearranged the incorpora-
tion Of his present ten,mile electric line
up Emigration canyon, so that il could
be bonded for $4,000 per mile for new
extensions.
The removal of the dining car ser.
vice of the Hartman system few
weeks ago from Ogden TO Omaha, the
changing of certain telegraphic and dis
patching headquarters from Ogden TO
Granger, the congestion of traffic on
the present tracks east of Ogden to
Granger the presence of Vice Presi.
dent and General Manager Bancroft of
the Oregon Short Line in New York
City at this time, The leaving of Farley
Williams. chief counsel for the same
road for New York this week, the pro.
iecting Of the lines Just mentioned in
Nevada and Idaho. the generally ac-
cepted report that j j. Hill has prac-
tical control of the Western Pacific. the
activity the past month of the Rock
Island people in connection with the
Moffat road at this end of the line (and
the purchase Of the Lehigh Valley out
of New York, with the more than ru.
morcd buying of the Wabash), the half
ownership of the Salt Lake Route by
the Hartman interests, the thorough
investigation within the past few weeks
by the Hill interests Of the Colorado
Midland, the coming OF the Santa Fe-
all these facts lend color TO the report