Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-12
Oregon Short Line Plans Con-
struCtiOn in Utah and
Idaho This Year.
BRANCH LINES PROJECTED.
Extensions, Double Tracking and Nd
dit0nal Railroad Facilities for Poca-
tcllo Among Propositions Outlined.

II plans, said TO BE- M der contempia-
lion by the management Of the oregon
Short Line railroad. mature improve
ments and extensions In cost aggregat-
Ing several millions OF dollars win be
worked out In Utah and Idaho. the
states covered by the Short Line. with
J IN the next few years, Actual work
/ on some Of the projected extensions has
already begun, and II Is understood APP
preparations for others have been made,
with recommendations as to others
which have not yet been acted upon by
the executive board OF the road
among the projects which have re-
coiNed the sanction and for which ap-
preparations have been made, may be
mentioned the branch line from Mont
peHer TO Paris. In Bear Lake county
Idaho. Tho people OF the valley fur
1hshed the right of way and the railroad
d management has promised that trains
WIN be running over the branch, which
VIII be II miles long, before snow files.
, Another branch OF great Importance
which Is to be constructed Immediately,
. - the 36-mile extension from Ashton,
on the 81 Anthony branch. to briggs,
In the Teton country. Tho right OF
way for this extension was also pur-
chased by contributions OF citizens OF
the Teton valley, and the railroad has
also agreed To commence construction
on this branch ia the Immediate future.
This branch viii open up u vast agri-
cultural and coal mining region which
VIII materially add 20 the tonnage Of
the road and conduce TO the prosperity
of the Teton country
GLENN'S FERRY CUTOFF.
Reports from Glenns Ferry state
that the line from Bull on the Twin
Falls branch, to Glenu's Ferry, has
been surveyed and that work on the
construction of the line is about To
commence This line would give the
Short Line practically a double track
from hinidoka TO Glenn's Ferry, be-
sides eliminating the heavy grade of
the King and Medbury hills The cut.
ting down Of the climb at Cornish hill
is also said TO be among the projects
held In view by the Short Line, which
would mean the reduction Of the mile
age between Cache Junction and Poca-
telio, besides the elimination Of heavy
grades. This improvement would De
very costly however, and Is probably
one which Will depend upon future de-
yolopment for contamination.
AT POCATEII,O.
Another Idaho Improvement upon
which the Short Line will spend a
great deal of money in the near future
Is the reconstruction work planned for
P0catello, a new Viaduct at the
Center street crossing and suhwaya
under the street. with the building OF
new shops. reconstruction OF Yards
etc. will involve the expenditure Of
vast sums. The city council has finally
agreed TO grant the railroad company
concessions. after years OF holding |
back. and II Is said that the plans Of |
the railroad company with regard To |
the Pocatello improvements are about |
10 mature.
DOUBLE TRACK
The most pretentious project FOR the |
division OF the road included within !
the state OF Utah is the double track |
ing Of the line between Pennington and |
ogden. The plan for this piece Of work |
- said 10 include an easier grade than |
that traversed by the present line be
tween the Davis county capital and
Roy station just south Of Ogden
This, with most OF the other I'M
provements,in al probability viii de-
pend upon the volume OF business de-
voloping in the territory covered by the
Short Line. but IL Is certain that the |
states OF Utah and Idaho viii witness |
a period OF railroad construction and |
which viii open up sections OF |
territory heretofore untouched by |
hands ~ steel n the plans credited ~ |
the railroad people themselves are |
brought 20 frultion