The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-18
THINGS ARE MOVING.

| Bambergcr line from here 10 OTdcu ana
the interurban lines to connect there
with, is practically complete aud Mr.,
! Simon Bambergcr will he tho head OF
! the com bination No better selection
could be made, for no ono knows quite
so we'll as he the ms and outs of our in
| tcrurbau transportation business, He
has been in at thc beginning of this
work, mas stuck TO it with tcnaclty,
an energy and an intelligence that have
wrought wonders in developing that
business. Originally beginning his road
as coal road to run to Coalvlllc, the
construction has taken quite different
| form from that first contemplated, but
always on practical lines and always
successful. The Tribune wishes most
heartily to congratulate Mr. Bamberger
and TO convey to him such words of ap.
probation as are fl for n due recogni-
tiou OF his praiscworthy labors.
But that is only one of The matters
in hand. The Denver & Rio Graude
announces a plan to electmfy its whole
system, which will make it the first
road through the Rocky Mountains to
be operated by electricity, The numer-
ous streams which it runs along beside,
| the great fall that most of those streams
have, and tho abundant water they
carry, will render the proposition alto
pether feasible Vice President Brown
of that road announces the intention TO
electrity the system, and says that the
| first steps will be taken at once This.
| in connection with the double. G.tracliing
OF the road and the reduction of the
grade at Soldier summit, means vast
expenditure by that great railway Sys.
! tenn in Utah, TO The advantage of all of
It's patrons and ultimately also to The
great prestige and advantage of the
road itself.
Then there is the announcement by
Mr. Newman Erb that he intends to
find way TO extend the Mon'at road
from Steamboat Springs, It's present ter.
| minus from Denver, onward to salt
| Lake City 1t has always been the in.
tention of the projectors of this road
TO connect Denver and Salt Lake City
| bv the shortest line. When completed
| this road Will save much distance and
shorten the time between these two cap.
| itals. Mr.. Erb, in a special dispatch
TO The Tribune yesterday morning
stated that already the company has
forco at work this side of Steamboat
Springs, and will push the construction
work as swiftly as possible. The big
obstacle on this line is the projected
tunnel through tho Continental Divide.
A proposition was submitted to the peo.
pie of Colorado to authorize the ISSUE
OF State bonds for the completion of
this tunnel, the railroads using the tun.
mel taking care OF the interest and pay
ing the bonds at maturity, but the peo.
pie refused their assent to the PROPOSE
| ton. Nevertheless Mr.. Erb states that
means viii be found to put this tunnel
through. Ia the meantime, by means
of shorter tunnels and sheds, tho Con.
! tinental Divide will be surmounted by
means of switchbacks. These arc al.
ready. constructed, but they will need to
be strengthened and improved for the
| through line But, as 9fr. Erb says, in
time means of tunncling the divide
viii undoubtedly be found.
The Oregon Short Line plans road
TO Wells. Nevada, from Twin Falls
Idaho, which viii traverse rich couu
try aud allow Of the opening aud dcvcl
opment of agricultural and minera
properties that viii afford the road am
pie traffic, and viii offer The south cen
trail and southwestern parts of Ncvad;
co and Los Angeles,
And then there is the automobile
trail which Mr.. WeStgard, pathfinder
for the American Automobile Associa
ton, has been here to arrange for. The
trail is practically agreed upon betweer
Denver and this city, and Mr.. Wcstgart
has gone on towards the coast, stating
that be will recommend the direct trai
west from this city. We have suggest
cd hitherto that TO this be added s
northern branch of the trail, running
through Ogden. thence TO Pocatello ant
west down the Snake River valley
thence across Eastern Oregon ant
through to Portland. thence to Seattle
The two lines would make harmoni
Gus and varied line of highway tha,
would delight all automobile tourists
They could so by one road and return
by the other, or one or the other woul,
be preferred at different seasons. Th,
connection between Portland and Sal
Francisco would be easily made, an,
that would give a complete line iron
Seattle to San Francisco Indeed, thcr
ought to be from this city westwar,
: three automobile trails. The thr
; should go on the old southern overlan
road down through Phoebe. Hiko, La
Z Vegas, the Vanderbilt district, and Sa
Bernardino to Los Angeles. This woul
give such variety to the automobil
touring routes in this western countr
as in itself would be a splendid iuvit;