Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-20


r. ,,g events will have occurred In
l. salt Lake City; one opening a
.rs I'm the commercial progress Of
,. r.,lto city. the other signalling
triumph of the Gould system Of
y+,.csds In spanning the continent
.ln hands OF steel
~, rrst event occurs today; the
.,,d.omc new Could terminal. located
7,,ird south and Fourth West for
orst time received the trains Of the
80. 4 RIO Grlnde railroad; the sec
went. and the one most fraught
.,,,ort,nce 10 the rapidly growing
,-cf salt Lake, IL the opening Of the
o...,,rn Pacific railway, which occurs
Monday next, Aug. y
r,s completion OF the Western Paci-
ms that salt Lake city IL given
.d,,ntape OF 10000 miles Of railroad
W, -.,,r to the Could system, extend
~, rom plttsburg on the east to san
,cisr, ON the west II gives a west
outlet 10 the Burlington, the Rock
800 and the Missouri Pacific, which
.o their terminals at present at Den
salt Lake IL brought into closer
, with the cotton producing re-
los Of the south. the lumber produce
-,sions Of the north with the pack
~ and grain interests Of the middle
-, and the manufacturing districts
,.,,,sr east. which BY virtue of COM
,rf,n and additional market, viii be
~ TO lay their products down at the
4.,rs Of the people Of Utah at figures
80 favorable than ever. The Inn
.,,snre OF this city as the terminal
,0ot on another railroad which trav-
- the continent. and midway OF
.,o,,ntain scenery unsurpassed either In
,,e eastern or western continent VIII
10 salt Lake more than ever a mecca
,,r Tourist travel; and the vast extent
y, undeveloped territory lying through
-. s,ates OF Utah, Nevada, and cali
,orpla which viii be brought into Wig
,,o,s productive life by the steel bands
u the Western Pacific, adding tonnage
T., the freight business of the road and
.,,,,nes TO the builders Of the country
,,d the tilIers OF the soil will go far
,,,,rd Fastening the day that salt
lake city will become the commercial
rs,ropolls Of the west and rewarding
che toll. the patience the expense, and
,,e foresight Of the builders of the
western Pacific by filing its Golfers
nth yellow coin, and its projectors
with satisfaction at having accom-
c3shed so much for the benefit of man
KIND
THE STORY OF THE ROAD.
The story Of the building Of the West
o., Pacific is full of interest. The pro-
81 was conceived years ago by three
csrfornians. Walter J. BARNETT, j.
Dsl,en Brown and John Treadwell
For years these men struggled with the
serious problems involved in the un-
dsrtahng. but were always sanguine OF
sBeress They began their surveys 10
Years ago. and in the course of the
houaine NJ the road caused various
carnations to be brought into exist
,,oe First the san Francisco Rail-
Uay & Ferry company was incorporat-
,d 10 build a line from San Francisco
IN oakland to connection with the
Alameda and san Joaquin. which II
already controlled. Then the stockton
4 Beckwlth Pass railway was formed
10 build from stockton to the state lire.
In 1906 the Boca & Loyalton railroad, a
small independent line running from
Boca on the Central Pacific, northwest
10 Beckwith. was acquired, ana
The Western Pacific, the prod
vet Of FIVE corporations and at the same
tine the parent organization, was
formed to take over the whole project
and to build the road through into Salt
Lake City
It was not until June, 1905. that the
knowledge became current that the
Gould interests were back of the West
ern Pacific. II was known that vast
project for building another transcont-
rental line was under way; that armies
Of men were shipped TO the desert with
huge construction outfits TO build grade
over the sands and hew down noun
ialns Of earth or bore out tunnels in
he mountains; II was known that I'M
limited money was back of the scheme,
whatever it was; and curiosity ran
rampant as to who was at the helm.
Even the construction contractors, and
IN most cases the officials OF the con-
struction companies did not know who |
vss putting up the money for the work, |
but their pay came In regularly and
mat was the main point; so they rocked |
hone Of the wherefore, but worked on.
IN June OF 1905. IL was made public |
mat George ]. Gould's was the fine
Italian hand back OF the Western Paci- |
hc and though one OF his closest adj |
Nsers, and the man who is now presi- |
cent OF the Western Pacific |
and Denver & Rio Grande roads, r. T. |
'enery' entered the directorate OF the |
western Pacific in September OF 1904. II |
was not really suspected that the Gould |
system was the controlling power be- |
hhd the new transcontinental line. the |
Western Pacific.
when T.. T. Jeftery became president
The road. BARNETT became vice presi-