Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-12
COMPETITION BUILDING ROADS
Struggle Of Hill and Hartman Lines
Adds to Facilities.
RICHES In UTAH MINERALS
wealth of chemical Deposits IN BHsin
OF Great salt LRkc-PcrIOd OF
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OGDEN. Jan. U.-tSpCCtal prominent
Hartman officials lately have confided 20
friends that the Hartman roads plan eN-
tensivc improvements with the beginning
Of spring, the most important Of which
win he the completing OF the double track
ing OF the Union Pacific from Omaha 70
ogden and the Southern Pacific from this
point west to Sparks. New.
This Improvement had been contemplated
and planned even before Harriman's death.
but had been delayed. first by the panlcky
period Of 1907 and then by the more urgent
need OF money In the northwest In the
conflict with the IIiu roads hut OF late
new peril to the supremacy OF the Har-
riman lines along the great central high
way has appeared in the completion OF
the Western Pacific and that roads ALT
auce with the Burlington. That James J.
lin has loaned his prestige TO the new
Gould road there Is little doubt and that
the new combination Of Gould and Hill
forebodcs trouble in traffic way for
the Hartman people Is daily being real
lied
western Pacific Gets busy.
Trains are being rushed over the Western
Pacific at a speed which the heavy traffic
on the Southern Pacific and Union Pa
Ciflc forbids. This advantage will continue
until the new road has Itself built up n
traffic Of large proportions In the mean
time the Hartman roads are forced to
submit to the dlvertng Of much freight
business. Nearly all the live poultry traf-
tic has left them. Much Of the expedite
freight has been won from them and whole
live stock trains are being captured.
For a time this loss Of traffic brought
no sign of concern from Kruttschniu or
his subordinates who do the real think
ing for the big system, but lately there
has been a squirming Of head officials and
officials lower down have been receiving
prodding messages and finally the decision
has been reached that II the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific. cooperating, are to
retain control of the Pacific coast freight
business those roads must be put in ply
steal condition to transport large volume
Of freight and at the same time make
faster schedules from San Francisco east
and from Omaha west. Hence the order
to double track.
! With n double track from omaha west,
the Hartman roads will be in a better
position to handle both freight and passen,
ger business than any other railroads in
the United States. Their single track lie
the best in the country, but there are too
many trains being operated over the one
track TO allow of quick service.
There has been a policy of retrenchment
on all big roads, but this forced expendi-
ture on the part OF the Hartman roads
may be a potent factor In upsetting that
reactionary movement and leading to an
other period of railroad rivalry and de-
velopment as preceded the depression In
the fall OF 1907.
| A consular report says the German pot
ash deposits supply Germany with an ex-
port trade Of $35,OOOOOO annually. These
deposits OF northern Germany are In
basin, which has a geological history SINH
lar to that OF the depression OF which
great Salt Lake is the center, and we'll
informed students on the geology OF th;S
region predict that explorations at depth
will disclose potash salt deposits equal to
the kali beds OF Germany.
The Great Salt lake itself is rich In chem
icals. The water is a saturated solution of
salt, associated with calcium sulphate,
magnesium sulphate and potash sulphate.
During cold weather sodie chloride is crys-
tallized in the water and cast upon the
shore in long white drifts like snow. With
the return of warm weather the crystals
are dissolved and again are absorbed by
the water.
Some day this most remarkable body Of
water, 20 per cent solids, in which nothing
of a specific sravity corresponding TO that
Of the human body can sink, will receive
the attention OF American chemists, and
as a result there will be built on the shore
OF the lake within full view Of ogden tho
most extensive chemical works In the
world.
| SOme salt I'm Sight.
There 10 salt enough in the lake to make
a crystalline arch for the Milky Way or
| to sprinkle the path OF the man in the
moon, and that means salt beyond the
grasp OF mind to measure or compare in
magnitude with known quantities.
At present there are two or three salt
works on the edge of the lake and through
the center of this inland sea the Ogden
Lucin cutoff stretches for forty-seven
miles. Beyond that, this dead sea OF Amer
lea has scarcely felt the hand OF utility.
and It beats away in storm or lies mo-
tionless in calm almost as disregarded by
man as though 1t were in TimbuctoO or