The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-16

A NEW scenic route of the Yves
~ and Il new railroad was opened
! ~ for passenger service Friday
The first passenger train lcav
ing Salt Lake City carried nearly nifty
passengers, and the return train had
| at least ten more, aud they were re
paid for the trip, They can tell of q
road little less than twenty mile.
in length, in the building of which
engineering difficulties such rs would
have been considered impossible of con
quering a few years ago have beer
overcome.
The railroad was built to haul &c
the smeltcrs, twenty miles away, The
greatest known copper ore deposit m
the world, and the passengers made
the trip in first-class coaches and from
the metropolis of the intcrmountaiu
country passed one OF the greatest
smelling plants in the world and went
TO one of the greatest mining camps
in the West, In doing that they had a
magnificent view of the Great Salt Lake
and an equally magnificent valley
which lay to the east Of it with the
city as background, fringed with
\ visiting tourist. who made the
trip. exclaimed upon his return 10 Salt
Lake City yesterday: g In all my trav-
elss | have never taken trip like this
Why should Americans go TO Europe 10
see few little scenes when they can
get sight like this trip affords? Why
Will they tell about some little mine
a few hundred feet deep when they
can see 4 whole mountain of ore beipg
toSn down? Why should they rave
about some little bit of lake in Swift
zerland. when here they can sec lake
without an equal in the world! And
last. but not least. why don't Won let
the people know what you have to of
fer thcm!'
Passenger Service Begun.
The Inauguration of passenger ser,
vice over the Bingham & Garfield YES.
terday was n success, the two trains
In either direction being run on time
and without hitch The first train
left Salt Lake City AT S:25 o'clock
from the Hartman station, the new
road having entered into an arrange
ment whereby the salt Lake Route was
10 furnish equipment for the entire trip
without change of cars, the route he
ing over the Salt Lake road to Garfield
and then over the new road to Bing-
ham. The first train had on board a
number OF officials of both roads; the
Bingham & Garfield was represented by
II. &. Goodrich. chief engineer; John
NJ. Hayes. secretary of the Utah Cop-
per company. which company built the
road: T.. T. Smith. secretary to d. G.
lacking, general manager of the Utah
Copper; II. w. Stoutenbarough, chief
clerk of the traffic department of the
Bingham & Garfield, NJ 4. Ward mas
ter mechanic; L. o. Haymand. assist.
ant superintendent; r. j. Bivcns, divi-
sion engineer and the following off
cials of the Salt Lake Route: r. r.
Wells, general manager: n. +. Van
Houseu, general superintendent; W. II.
smith. assistant superintendent, and r.
Is. Grown, division engineer
Skirts the Foothills
The line extends along the foothills
Of the Oquirrsh range Of mountains
from connection with the San Pedro.
Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad at
Garfield. up into Bingham canyon to
the town of Bingham. total distance
OF twenty miles. The length Of sidinps
and other industrial tracks between
Garfield and Bingham, exclusive of
those al the Utah Copper mine. is about
ten miles additional The depot and
commercial tracks at Bingham will he
located iust opposite the main part of
the town at junction of Carr Fork and
Bingham CANYONS.
The construction of this line was ac-
complished under many engineering diff
hculties. which, however. IL is thought
have been solved in such n manner as
To guarantee the cheap transportation
Of ore and supplies between the two
terminals OF the Inc. The road is ap-
prONimately ten miles shorter between
the mines al Bingham and the mills aud
smelter At Garfield than the line over
which the ores and supplies are now
being delivered. and TRANSPORTATION
costs should be correspondingly more
economical. The road will he operated
not only for the purpose Of Transporting
ores, hut also for doing general pas.
senger and freight business between fhe
numerous mines at Bingham and the
mills and smeIters at Garfield and in
Salt Lake valley. This shor, piece Of
railway VIII he one of the most atfrac-
tive scenic lines in this western coun
try.
Through Rough Country.
For distance Of about fifteen miles
below Bingham on It's route TO Gar.
field. the line, Of necessity, passes
through very rough and broken couu.
try. r. being advisable 10 make the
line as short and straight as possjble
on account of the heavy tonnage II
vii handle, il Was necessary to expend
a large amount of money in the con
structiop Of this length of fifteen miles
so that the work has cost AZ much per
mile rs any other equal length of line