The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-25

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Senator Reed Smoot by Secretary 10
seph q. Game Of the Salt Lake Com
mercial club conveys the information
that the injunction proceedings re
Gently brought by the government RI
clamation service against the Oregon
Short Line, preventing the railroad
company from constructing It's pro-
posed branch line from Saline, on the
Lucin cut-off, to Burnley, Idaho, may
now be satisfactorily settled by slip
ulation. II this is done, which seems
likely, work on the important road
will be renewed and completed as
soon as possible.
The railroad company planned the
line and started grading in the fall
OF 1910. This work is now complete
from Burnley to Kelton Summit, a
distance of 59k miles. While no
rails have been laid, all the material
necessary for the road is at hand.
Surveys for the rest Of the road, fror,
Kelton Summit to Saline, distance
q! about 1875 miles, have been CON.
pleted.
Traverses Rich Section.
The course of the road is from Sa.
line along the west shore of the
Great Salt Lake promontory, passes
through the rich Raft river country,
cuts 100 miles off the trip from Salt
Lake to Portland, makes the Twin
Falls country tributary to Salt Lake
brings a vast and rich area within
Salt Lake jobbing territory and
means the development OF northwes
tern Utah. besides holding other
great promises.
After the railroad had started work
officers of the reclamation service
filed the injunction proceedings.
bringing the project to standstill. II
was held that the right of way would
pass through areas included in what
are known as the Minidoka and Twin
Falls-Raft river reclamation projects.
1t is declared that the purpose of the
Injunction was to bring the railroad
company into an agreement to con-
struct as its own cost all necessary
crossings, bridges, canals and cul-
veras on lands through which its line
would pass, and which would be in
cluded in or affected by the reclama.
ton projects.
To Avoid Precedent.
The railroad company has held
that by years of custom transporta-
ton lines construct crossings, bridges
culverts or other similar work found
necessary as natural course, but
that it did not desire to establish
precedent that might prove too cost.
ly in the end by agreeing to carry
out such work at its own expense on
account of some future outside under
taking.
with the important project at
standstill, the matter came before
the Commercial club, which investi,
gated the situation carefully. On July
IL the board of governors passed
resolution requesting Utah's congress
ional delegation to use its influence
to raise the embargo. Copies of the
resolution were sent to Senators
Smoot and Sutherland and to Con-
gresham Howell, with accompanying
letters. At the same time, petition
setting forth all the circumstances,
connected with the controversy, was
forwarded to the interior department
and to utah's delegation.
Appeal to Washington.
The letter written by Secretary
Game to Senator Smoot, duplicates OF
which were also sent to Senator
Sutherland and Representative How.
ell, follows:
July 10, 1912.
Hon, Reed Smoot, United States Sen.
ate, Washington, d. c.
My Dear Senatorial a meeting OF
the board of governors of the Com.
mercial club held on July IL reso-
luton was passed requesting our con-
gressional delegation to use its in.
fuence to raise the embargo which
has been placed upon the building OF
the branch of the Oregon Short Line
railway from Saline station on the
Lucin cutoff to Burnley, Idaho.
II appears that an injunction suit
was brought against the railroad com
pany by officers OF the reclamation
service and this important work has