The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-05
NEW ORE RAILWAY
. FOR ALTA MINES
Wasatch Company Formed,
With Capital of 100000,
to Build Line.
j. G. JACOBS NEARLY READY
TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
Summer Resort and Other Ad-
jacent Towns Sure to Reap
Great Benefit.

The formation of the Wasatch Rail
road companr. whose articles of incor
poration will be filed any day now
assures the construction of the railroad
line from Sand Pit to Wasatch, pro
ject that has been under consideration
by J. G. Jacobs. the wellknown rail
road builder for some time past, The
Wasatch company will be capitalized
for 100000 and will be the lessee OF
the Alta branch of the Denver G. Ric
Grande road.
This lease was agreed upon and pre-
pared in 1908, between the Rio Grande
and Mr.. Jacobs, with the understand
ing that when there was traffic suffi
clent to Justify the rehabilitation and
operation of the line the lease was tC
be executed. The lease has been signed
by all parties to the contract, and If
Jacobs can secure the ties on schedule
time he will begin construction work
by May 90.
Oldtimers will recall that there was
at one time a railroad to Wasatch
down which was brought many millions
Of dollars worth of Alta ore. Much
Of the original grade is still preserved
and this will not need great deal
of dressing to prepare it for the new
ties and rails. The rails are now on
the ground and the line should be ready
for business within thirty days after
work starts. The line from Midvale tc
what is known as Sand Pit is already
done and in operation, this being for
four miles, and from Sand Pit to Wa
satch it is Six miles, so the line under
lease will be ten miles in length.
Ore Bins at Wasatch.
At Wasatch. the beautiful little sum
mer. resort which guards the entrance
to The Little Cottonwood mining dis
trict. ore bins will be constructed into
which the ore shippers of Alta will
dump their mine products, thence load
ing the same into the railroad cars
This will cut off several expensive miles
of wagon hauling for down coming ore
tonnages and for in-going mine supplies
Of all sorts The improved physical
the gigantic merger in which strong
eastern capital is interested, guaran
tee good business for the new line
It is not altogether to the mines. how
ever, that the Wasatch road will look
for business, Wasatcb itself with It's
heavy summer passenger and general
supply business will afford considerable
patronage. 1t is understood that the
Wasatch interests will add large num-
Der of new cottages to those already
surrounding the $4,000 summer hotel
At Wasateh also are the great granite
quarries from which the stone for the
Mormon temple was taken. With ex
tensive building operations now assured
for Salt Lake City this granite will bt
mined on scale never attempted be
fore. There are now from 200 to 30(
tons of sand being shipped from Sane
Pit daily and there are at least 400
tons of business now actually IN sight
for the new line.
Ideal Connections.
At Sandy the Wasatch road will con
meet with the Denver & Rio Grande
Oregon Short Line and the suburban
system of the Utah Light 6 Railway
company. affording ideal facilities 70,
passengers reaching the resort at Tho
mouth of the canyon. The road doubt