Show LOS ANGELES LINE SEEMS SURE THING Collis C llis P If Huntington Makes I a Strong Statement t tHE HE SAYS THAT S P WILL BACK THE PLAN I Story Sto Y Is Denied By George B Leighton 0 i The T e tatter Latter Lat er Says That the New Hew Route Prom From Salt SnIt Lake to the Coast is a aI I I Certainty But it Will be Built by byI I Other Parties Than Mr tr Hunting Huntington I ton tonS S P Man Ian Gives Details Det Us of the Proposed New Company News Hews to A W McCune 4 H San an Francisco Francisco May Mity 19 The Exam Examiner l li iner i r says s s C P Huntington H i ington president i r si dent of the th Southern Pacific company I in speaking kI g about the proposed rail railroad r railrOad U road from Salt Luke to Los Angeles An eles said I Yes it is true the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe are jointly interested in ina ina a 8 new route between Salt S lt Lake and Los Angeles It will require the build building building ing of 40 miles miles of new road from fro Salt Lake south west t to a point on the San Santa Santa Santa I ta Fe on the Mojave desert Goff Golf a T T T station sta ion just west of will i probably be the connecting point I have had surveys made from Salt Lake I to four points on the Santa Fe FeThe FeThe FeThe The best of these routes will soon be selected When President E P RipleY of the Santa Fe was here sev several several eral weeks ago I had a conference with him on the subject We W practically settled the necessary details A com corn company company pany will soon be organized It will willbe willbe be financially backed by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe FeThe FeI FeThe I The new line will run a little to the east of the Union line Une I from Salt Lake southwest via Milford MUford Milfordto to the Nevada state tate line It will wm de develop develop a good local traffic in addition to handling overland business The Theline Theline Theline I line will wilI open up some soine valuable I aI 1 e coal coalfields coa coalfields fields in Utah No this project is 15 not 5 Continued on Page 2 LOS LNE AS SURf THI H Continued from Page 1 11 to interfere with the Southern proposed cutoff between Los Angeles Angel s st t and md Ogden and the east eat eastby by way pf of the he Carson Colorado railroad The lat latter latter latter ter route wil wl beby the way Q Keeler and Woodworth on the Central Pacific |