The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-20
EXTENSION NOW
SEEMS ASSURED
From MarysyaIe to the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado
Is the Route.
NEW ROAD To FOLLOW
SEVER RIVER VALLEY
Means Much to Northern Utah
and Other Portions of
the State.

! Special 10 The Tribune.
MARYSNALE. Utah. May i9-WEcu-
ever representatives. OF railroad compa-
mics declare that no extensions are IN
sight the average man begins To watch
. for flying dirt"
y few days since Il lawyer and -four
men arrived I'm MaTysvale. \ part OF
! their baggage consisted Of surveyors in
struments. Rumor sald that the party
! was en- route TO St George to investigate
| a reservoir enterprise. Several days
elapsed and things began 10 look suspic-
| ioUs.
The Denver & Rio Grande station at
| this point is situated on swampy ground.
and The roadbcd, after emerging from
! tho canyon some two miles 20 the north
! of the stntion. Is on low ground. and at
! this season OF the year is nearly impassa-
| bio Tor the light locomotives used from
| Manu TO the terminus at this place. Also,
| II the line Is TO he extended on the old
| survey. swamp ground VIII be cuCoUu-
| tered over a distance Of six miles along
| the Sewer river bottom
| Years ago the survey toward the south
| followed the line OF least resistance along
| the river to the rim OF the Great salt
| Lake basin. about ninety miles south
| from tho terminus.
Two or three years ago the state oi
| Utah purchased number or ranches
along the river twelve 60 sixteen miles
south OF this point. and is now putting in
a dam for reservoirlng tho water OF the
Sewer river. The building OF the dam
VIII force the D. & r. g. company 10
build their line on the bench to the west
OF The reservoir. and 10 hold IL on the
bench untIl Circle Valley is reached.
Secrecy Strictly Observed.
Since arriving at MarysvaIc the Chi
cago lawyer. with no other motive than
Charity for the railroad company. has
been industriously tramping up and down
the track. getting his feet wet and other
wise subjecting himself 30 much discom-
fort. while studying ways and means 10
eNtrcate the ID. & R. @. company from
its swamp dilemma. We're there not Sc
rious danger Of his being stuck In one of
the numerous mudholcs there Is no doubt
that his charitable efforts would have
been made by moonlight,
That the Chicago lawyer is deeply In
tcrested in his charitable efforts is
proved by the fact that today he has his
engineers running line from the head
no doubt. OF volunteering tho iuforma-
ton to the company that II will he TO
bottom land TO the bench and keep IL
there until beyond the reservoir obstruc-
tiou.
II the objective point OF the gentle
Is inclined TO ask why they didn't go
via Lund. which is about NIFTY miles
from the San Pedro road Instead OF
coming via Marysvale. which Is easily
200 long lonesome miles distant from 81.
George.
Gould to Grand Canyon.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the long delayed extension from Marys-
vale TO tho Grand Canyon OF the Colo
RADIO will begin this summer. And there
Is no doubt that had not the men behind
the D. Il Il. g. system had their hands
fun in building the Western Pacific the
been undertaken years ago.
Now that the extension Is n moral cer-
tainty in the near future, the public viii
no doubt be interested In the advantages
of tho route and It's influence on the
growth of Salt Lake City.
The altitude OF Marysvale is close to
5000 feet. The road. as before indicated.
will follow the SEWER river valley TO the
rim OF the basin. ninety miles distant,
and at an elevation OF 1000 feet. or a
rise of 1000 feet In ninety miles. which
is practically n level grade, There Will
not be the slightest difficulty In the way
OF grading except in the canyon between
Clrclcville and Panguitch, where two or
three bridges will have TO he built. Once
on the rim grading will be comparatively
easy down TO Johnson In Kane county, a
distance Of about forty miles via the
route the road Will be compelled 70 take
in order 10 make the descent from 1000
From Johnson to the rim OF the Grand
canyon is about seventy miles. The first
twerty miles "a nearly A dead level. An
other ten miles of easy grade will take
the rails into the north end OF the kal-
bab forest. Practically the only diff
Guilty TO be encountered over the remain
ing forty miles is the heavy growth OF
timber.
Open a World Of Industry.
Industrially. the greatest advantage TO
northern Utah that will accrue from
building the road Will be In the supply
OF yellow pine. spruce and fir from the
Kaibab forest. And Salt Lake city VIII
be the distributing point. 1t Is conserva-
lively estimated that three billion feet
of timber awaits the advent of the road.
And It Is also conscrvativeiy estimated
that the forest VIII duplicate the pres
ent supply every thirty years over an In
definite period.
The timber. sheep. wool and cattle
traffic alone win insure n splendid reve-
nue. for the railroad company. And there
sidered The road VIII be within easy
distance of enormous coal beds And
when the road is extended acroes the
Colorado river via Lees ferry 10 tho
Santa Fe that road Will be supplied with
cheap coal for It's line.
Last but not least. will be the enor-
nous tourist traffic from Utah. Idaho.
Montana and contiguous states 10 the
| Grand canyon. where. a vertical mile
beneath him 1the tourists Will not all
be nales). he NAV look down on tho sill
very Colorado and into the marvellous
gorge where ''lt wcnds its way TO the
gulf OF California.
| From the terminus OF the ID. X. q.
the tourist may look across the great
gorge 10 Bright Angel. perched on the rim
| Of the canyon, twelve miles distant Ana
| IL the tourist wants TO visit points In
! Arizona, he may descend WooleSs trail
! 10 the river. which he can cross on