The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-21
DEF|Es SULK|N{,'. : !
DESERT STREl;7
High Line Of the Salt Il
Route in No Danger |0Lp
From Floods.
OVER FIVE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS EXPENDI.iIfl
History of Meadow Valley VA W.
FuIfills Prediction of
Aged Indian. r..

BY the expenditure Of over az ooo
during TIC East fifteen months ,bs
Lake Route Will soon he In a positio,,
bid defiance. to the sulkIng dcscrt 49,
In the Meadow Valley wash. wb,c,,''
seasons rnst. has hindcrcd the 49,
ton OF the main line between i,os
gees and salt Lake The slupon6
task cf constructing the new 'hiys /;
through the Meadow Valley wnsh e.
Naua is rapidly nearing compietion
Within the next ninety days tbA
Lake Route VIII he free from rhe
sib!hty OF concurrence OF the d,.
trous washouts of recent years y
When completed, eighty uiIes M
track VIII have been laid: seventy.
and one-halt miles Of new graSinS
have been done: ten new tunnels, so.
eating more Than $500 feet I'm irnptE
have been built. and twenty three
bridges, aGgrcgating more than ANA
in length and calling for the use of .
5000 tons OF structural steel will h
been placed At the present tin1c
work has heen completed 10 CALI
New, and for "A short distance norf{
that point. Farther north the wori
being rushed with great rapidfty
three months time. viii see tho S.
short line between southern Calm
and the east forever free from the
ger of serious washouts In its hith
weakest spct-the Meadow Valley u
Prediction Of Indian
The immonsity OF the task which
salt Lake Route has accomp!ished
only be realized by seeing Silie.
tunnels have been built, the NEST 4
ern of bridges Installed, lhousards
feet Cf heavy bag and rock rip. rat,'
In place and even the course Of THE
completely changed And all for N
To combat a sluggish desert syr
which. for years flowed sulenly TIM
the narrow canycn. disappearing
gether at times and then. over O 81
night. turning a raging torrent N
carried death and destruction before
When the Salt Lake line was frS
the course Of construction n par15
railroad men looking over the wnrk
countered an old Indiana residen
the valley for manv years. The
tribesnan was kindly treated by a n
Der Of the party and, in return, mum
to one OF them: II
Twenty years heap dry-twenty
rain"
The history OF the Meadow VALLEY
borne out this statement OF the ant
| Indian.
Above High Water Marx. y
ne new line 50 rapidly nearing
pletion Is from twelve TO fifteen feel
cr along its entire length than The
est known high water mark ThlE,
water mark was established In 1908.
the greatest flood ever known came
the canyon. and by placing the I'm
much above this mark the engineers
officers of the Salt Lake route ara
fident that no further trouble Will b
countcrcd In fact, during the last
In July n cloudburst occurred I'm the n
tains above Caliente which sent VI
winter ten feet high In some places
the canyon. II tore out portions, 0|
old line and some OF the work Under
struction, but without exception the
/ line was high and dry and unscnrre
the rush Of waters That anything
terrific than. this flood can occur Vs..
to believe. and the fact that the =
I Line" withstood IT Is looked upon b
! ficials OF the road rs sufficient proof
| the road is now out Of danger.
Under these circumstances the of0
OF the road feel no hesitancy In anno
ing that during the coming winter fl|
nual influx OF tourists 10 SOUTHERN
fornIa can be handled by the Snlt
route without fear OF delays. and par
larly attractive service will be insl
TO accommodate this class of traffic.