Show THEY SAY TRANSFER I The Meeting of Railroad Subscribers Sub-scribers Held Last Evening 3IR STUKCfES MAKES AN OFFER I The Talk About the Grades Between Hero and the Coal FieldsWhat Major I o Wilkes Says of Them There was a large attendance and considerable con-siderable enthusiasm at the meeting of the subscribers of the Salt Lake Los Angeles railway company at the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce last evening The Wyoming Salt Lake California railway people were present in full force and made a strong fight to get those present to agree to transfer their subscriptions subscrip-tions to the new line The route from this city through Emigration cafiou and Parleys park to Kimballs thence to Coalville and up Chalk Creek canon was thoroughly discussed and the engineers of the road answered promptly all the questions ques-tions put to them ABOUT THE GIUDES Engineer Moffat upon being asked said the elevation of the summit above the city is 2700 feet and twcntvnine miles distant Then there is a 1350 > feet fall to Coalville twentyseven miles distant Mr Aloffat and Mr McCormick upon being be-ing asked estimated the cost of the lineless line-less the equipment at an average of 15001 per mile for the entire distance sixtyfive miles This without tunnels would leave five miles of 2 34 per cent grade on this side ten miles to the mouth of Emigration cafion a raise of SOC feet leaving 1JOO feet to be made in nineteen miles MAJOR WILKES was called for He stated that he hind run more lines over the mountains east of here than any man he knew of and he had found that there were three practicable routes The one by way of Emigration cafion is not the one he would have chosen but still it is feasible The greatest difficulty would be found in the curves a curve of twelve degrees being ncrcssairv at one nnint 1 Mr McCormick challenged this statement md said if there was such a point he had never found it Major Wilkes placed the cost of construe tion at 825000 per mile for the entire distance dis-tance TOIIX T LYNCh then came forward He said he had exam ned the coal fields owned by the Wyoming Salt Lake California company and he vas satisfied that they contained an excel lent quality of coal in quantity almost without limit He said the new road would I reduce the cost of coal in this city from 51 to S3 per ton and beside this 20000 people lying cast of mountains will be brought within range of this city THE TWO GOVEKXOKS Governor Thomas and eiGovercor West both > addressed the assemblage on the necessity nec-essity of our citys pushing ahead and doing for itself what it is so anxious to have done AXOTHEU PROPOSITION Mr Conklin moved that it be made the sense of the meeting that the old Salt Lake Los Angeles subscription be transferred to the W S L C road and the motion was seconded At this juncture President Lawrence said that he had promised to give a hearing to Mr M F Sturges who had made a proposition position to build the road to Deep Creek some time ago This was objected to but the obected was finally withdrawn and Mr btuiges took the floor He stated his iroposition which was as follows Keating Brothers Co through myself propose to take the contract to build the entire line proposed west to Deep Creek Ve ask that bonds be issued to the extent of 12500 per mile We ask for ourselves cash 0000 per mile bonds 80500 per mile total 12500 Of these bonds we will deposit de-posit 1000 per mile in escrow as security for building entirely to the Nevada line toe > to-e paid us when the line is completed to Nevada We will leave the company the entire stock of the road and the other 6000 per mile of bonds We ask that an unpre judiced committee be appointed to arrange details of contract Sturges made a rattling talk on the merits mer-its of his proposition assuring his t oarers that his people were gcod and inviting investigation THE MOTION CARKIBO When Mr Sturges sat down Mr Conk ins motion was put and carried by an almost al-most unanimous vote The meeting then adjourned |