| Show 11 HE THE RA RAILROADS IA HAVE VE- VE HEL HELPED ED MAKE MAKE UTAH UTAH l I Rack hack In tho ho Os when a man started start start- cd ed for Salt Sl Lake Lako from the Missouri river h ho he felt somewhat like 0 Columbus k Whim when tho the discoverer started for tor the unknown country countr The pioneers of or that da day faced a tL Journey journe of oC mall many months months' duration across miles of or desert des des- desert ert crt anti and prairie They were forced to toI 1 I carr carry lar largo IWo o qu quantities of oC food rood and water ater For many the water supply toll tell be betor before before be- be tor fore tho they had completed moro more t than limn half halt of ot the Journey journe They died on the ho way ay Today n n. person who desires to sees seni see sen 4 i s Salt Like Lako can leave Boston Bonton line fine and andi f i sleep luxuriously on th the way and reach I 1 Salt Lako uko In about four tour days The Tho railroads did It Tho first Hut railroad into Salt Lake was built about tort forty years ago nGo The rhe builders started at the tho Missouri river tr i ion on the one side and the Pacific coast coaston co t ton I Ilon lon on tho the other There Thero was a rao rae t to tJ gee Me which crew could first complete It its work worl and thero was great grent celebration Ion when the golden spike that tha lInk linked II tho the oceans was finally driven Through h tho the years cars tho the roa roads s have r continued to Improve now lines have havo been built until toda today Salt Lake Lako rivals most mOlt of or the cities of ot tho the country countr as a gr great nt railroad center The first great Improvement was tho the use of or Pullman cars Along about I the founder of or the Pullman I conceived the idea of or sen sending in pa passengers sen- sen gers across neross the continent with vito all nJ the tho comforts of or home provided d th thero they were ero traveling He lie designed J the tho car cartr tr much along the lines of or the da day Pullman but with much plush frescoing and general decoration Tho rho car car designed by Pullman was somewhat wider Ider than the coaches then in use on tho railroad On a trial trial run it was Tas found that the tho new palace c car r. r an tJ It was wae called was as about bout an nn Inch too wide to go So through tho tunnels that mule milked the route across neross tho the continent The railroad directors after much consideration decided that In aa 13 much muchas as nobody would be foolish enough h to pay good mane money to ride In a contraption contraption contraption tion such as ns that designed b by Pullman there ther was no need for widening an any tunnels 1 Tho I no car was sent to 10 a I. I freight 1 jard and In Chicago where It was given shen a n. along along long J peaceful r rest When Lincoln oln was assassinated there was as much ado about finding a car suitable to carr carry the funeral part party of oC the tho dead President The of or that day wore were flimsy tUms affairs with little lit lit- tle I In them thom In the way of oC comfort or decoration n. n About that time someone recalled the old oM palace car slumbering serenely In Chicago o. o It was pressed Into service There Thero was no que question ln of or orvId widening vId tunnels Everybody was read ready to do anything and everything In the tho Wn way of oC honoring tho the memory of or Lincoln That was really the beginning of or Pullman service In America Some Somo of or those who tho rode on the car discovered discovered ered that It was a rare rarely comfortable Je Jewa wa way of or traveling traveling- The They told others It began besan to be lie noised about that certain men men were willing to to pa pay for tor tho comfort com com- comfort fort tort of or tho the Pullman Pullman started star building cars an and the tho railroads started using them Tho comprehensive l e service Ice or of tho the transcontinental trains of or today toda Is hi the result Following the advent of or the Pullman the tho railroads began a competitive poll poll- I I C Icy cy of or Improvement One road Fled with In offering to the pUblic lux- lux s on the trains There TheN was nn an era ra lot lof railroad building In which no ex expense ex- ex pense penso was spared t to Improve roadbeds and shorten the distance between tho oceans For a n. time there was some some cutting o of rates and this was followed 1 by b a period of or stock manipulation which 1 proved pro fn fatal to man many of ot tho the smaller lines Then Thon came the work worle of or consolidation In n which Harriman was wasa a leading figure Harriman combined the policies of oC road grabbing with one of or of Improvement and In an nn effort to cut I I the time to the coast st on his road 1 built hullt I the cutoff which Is practically I la a a. bridge e across Gre Great t Salt lake Jake I With VIlh tho the n of or the interstate I commerce commission there was n a damper damper dam dam- per placed on the operations of or the I railroad manipulators and as ns a res result l man many of ot the time stockholders of or th the tharl various vari arl arlou Otis ous roads were forc forced to pa pay In heavy losses for tor the stock market sins of or the ono time heads of ot the roads road With the beginning of oC 1914 1 retrenchment retrenchment retrench retrench- ment has been the watchword oC or tho the railroad Every Lavery enterprise and o er every plan has been mo modified to meet the requirements of or this thin model Utah has hns suffered to a certain extent because of or orthis this ns as 9 the companies operating In Utah have ha been forced to follow tollo the Plan of ot tho other roads of or tho the countr country Throughout Throng hout tho the present year ear th there re has hns been change chano In to this scheme The roads have ha shown little Intention of or starting nn any extensive expansions expansion They seem to d desire only to keep operating expenses at ft a minimum In this however however how how- ever eer tho the railroads s have o ton followed owed the policy of or tho the big Industries of or ortho tho country With the coming of ot tho war Isar orders there theo has hns been ben some showing showing show show- ing of ot a a. l. l desire for tor Improvement by bytho bytho bytho tho railroads but this has not become general as ns yet et ct Despite tho the retrenchment policy however Utah has haR b been n moro more fortunate fortunate fortunate fortun fortun- ate In tho the past two years than most of oC the time other states A hundred miles miles' of or now noo line lino have havo been built nn and about half as nJ much moro more Is contemplated Several hundred thousand dollars worth of oC new stations have been built buIll i and general Improvements ha e been I continued to a n. certain extent extent- The I Oregon Short Lino has haR built about eighty eight miles of or belt lino tapping Idaho and anel tho the Denver Rio Hlo Grande has constructed constructed con- con tW nt miles of or double trackIng tracking track- track In Ing with numerous and sid Rid ings Tho Salt Lake Lako Utah lino has been lIcen completed and the tta Interurban nn line has built several Beveral stations in ii various vari vari- various ous parts of ot the state All of or the lines have hn worked unceasingly to assist assist as as- ns- ns Hist In the development of or the agricultural agricultural agricultural tural sections In their various territories terri terrI- tories Their experts have gone about the state an and have hae given the farmers i the tho lI benefits of ot scientific scientific- knowledge Inthe In Inthe the time handling of oC their crops As a result re result result re- re sult of ot this thousands of or acres of oC land have hac been reclaimed and are arc now DOW under under un un- der cultivation Tho The Oregon Short Lino In Idaho suffered suffered suf sut- probably less Jess than an any of ot the theother theother theother other roads it has to a a. certain extent followed the general policy of or cutting down expenses the action has not affected those which were planned before the depression started In 1912 the company compan had h provided for tor Improvement Improvement improvement Improve Improve- ment and expansion to extend over o a n period of ot years ears In 1913 arrangements were made for tor further work In this direction The Tho result was Tas that when tho time cry of ot cut down was raised the Oregon Short Line directors simply failed CaBell to arrange for tor any further ex expenditures ex- ex Tho The work worl previously provided provided provided pro pro- vided for tor continued without Interruption Interruption interruption tion and tho the road as a n result takes the Ole lead In Improvements for tor the tho past two years The Oregon Short Line Is fortunate In tapping an agricultural section which provides large quantities of or short haul freight In addition audition to this the tho roa road has a 1 thriving Interurban passenger passenger passenger pas pas- business It has projected a anew anc anew nc new line tapping tl one of or tho the richest districts In Idaho which when completed completed com com- will have havo cost about a million and one half The Western estern Pacific has hns had Its troubles In a n. financial way but It Is reaping a good harvest est In coast CORst to coast freight and passenger service The road spent n a lot Jot of ot mane money In the past two years ears preparing for tor the Fair FairI business It ballasted Its tracks shortened shortened short short- I ened Its routes somewhat and built a l number of or n mw W trestles I Ono One of ot the most unusual lines in the west cst is ts the tho Bingham Gai Garfield field railroad rail rall- roa road It was built bunt orl originally to ha haul l lore ore from the time Dingham Bingham mine to the smelter at Garfield Later It developed Into a freight line and since the first of or the year has hauled nearly two million tons of ot freight Its builders builders builders build build- ers dl did not expect there would ever be much passenger er traffic on the lIne lane but It has hns proved pro to be one ono of or tho time most profitable In tho the state state- from a passenger passenger ger standpoint Tho sr great grat at business of at the road consists In transporting ore oro from the mines of or the Utah Copper company compan An average of or tons la Is I dally hauled from the mines to tho time smelters at Garfield The lino Is only about twenty vent miles long moU mostly single tracks with about ten miles In sidings rind and It lies llos aJon along the tho foot toot foothills hills hill of ot th the tho mountains to tho the west vest and southwest of Salt Lake The Tho building this line Une reduced tho the haulage distance between Bingham Dingham and onel Garfield about 35 per cent and andl this has greatly I cut the cost of transportation To the tho Salt Lako Lake Route belo belongs s tho credit of 01 finding water In tho rho desert near neal Malone Ut Lt After several se years fars of or experimental work the tho employees of ot the Salt Lake Lako Route noute succeeded In driving driving ing a well ell forty eight feet teet de deep dep p that I produced a flow of 9 10 of or a second foot toot and their experimental farm at nt Xada Nada eighty miles mUes south of or Malone water waler was i reached cached at two twenty feet teet The well was then driven ten feet deeper deep deep- er and supplied a n. flow low of or gallons a minute This discovery has haN Improved Improved Im Jm- Im- Im proved pro the tho farming condition In the time I legion e lon to a great reat extent and ha had caused tho the tho substitution of or Irrigation for tOl dry dr- farming The Tho subterranean water can n be lie raised nt at about 1 15 cents an aero acre Inch In quantities suitable for tor all an Irrigation purposes Last Jest year ear tho the Salt Lako Lake Route Houto completed completed com com- its Delta spur This Is a a. line fourteen miles long which provides pro an outlet for tor the produce of or tho time upper track of ot tho the Delta Irrigation project The feature train of or tho the Salt Lako Lake I Route ute Is the Pacific P Limited which links t c the middle le west with t tho o P Pacific coast const and ana passes Dy by D wa way O or of tho Provo I district through one of or the tho scenic scenio routes of ot Utah In addition to tho the steam roads which furnish an nom outlet and inlet for Salt Lake and Utah there are arc numerous interurban Interurban In- In lines which facilitate travel and transportation Electric lines Jines join the principal towns of or the state and connect Salt Lake Lako with many of oC the beauty spots of or tho the state The railroads of ot the tho state slate have probably probably probably ably done more to advertise Utah than an any other industry The They have sent publicity matter to e cr every city and ham ham- 4 1 let Jet In the tho L United States telling of oC the I wonders of or time the Inland Empire In addition some of oC the tha roads have havo employed employed em em- lecturers who havo have gone gono about describing the scenery telling tolling of the tho opp opportunities and explaining tho the rid rid- ad advantage vantage anta 0 of Utah Many an of ot the lectures lectures lectures lec lec- tures have heen been illustrated with Uh store stere- slides Railroad men say 53 that t when the depression depression de de- period ha has as finally passed an nr an effort will ho bo rondo b by the railroads to build buH a t net work of or lines JInes that Sho an au outlet to practically all of or the resources resources re re- ro- ro sources sourCe of ot Utah |
