Show SECURED RIGHT OF WAY Work Will Shortly Commence on ths CutOff Across Lake RIghtofWay Agent Wilson of the Southern Pncllic yesterday announced that he had secured a light of way for the Southern Pacific cutoff from Ogden to the lake shore excepting a few pieces of lane for which no agreement agree-ment as t price had been rcached It I Is probable that the right of way across the fow pieces will be obtained by means of condemnation nalon proceedings The line as sureyed will leave the present track a little less than a mile 2 mic and i half north of the Union depot and will then point almost directly west to the lake shore From there the track will be an air line to Promontory Promon-tory Around Promontory a right of way has been secured from the Government Gov-ernment and private owners lime line which will he fourteen miles from the depot to the lake shore passes through the precincts of Garland Vest Weber and Warren across Marriotts and Wilson and will run about three miles south of Plain City crossing the river twice The details of this work as to saving of distance and grade over the present Promontory line has been published pub-lished In The Tribune as they became public and but few additional facts are undeveloped The route selected Is ono lhal will bo 0 great saving to tHe company I Is not known exactly how soon the work will be commenced but it Is expected by the englneeis that dirt will be thrown by the 1st of this month The grade will bo an easy one everywhere there being only two places mm hero a cut will be necessary neces-sary and both of these are short I Is the intention to ship the machinery engines pile drivers etc to Ogden and send them out over the now line as fast as ll Is completed lime work will bo pushed ns rapidly as possible and as many men as can bo obtained will ba employed It I being expected that 500 can be comfortably employed on the work rime work when completed com-pleted will be of great benefit to Ogden and vicinity and it Is expected that trains will b running over the new line by the first of May 1901 If tho present plans of the company arc carried car-ried out The steel work which will be placed on piles across the lake Is now being manufactured The real estate market has already fell the effect ef-fect o the contemplated Improvement and throughout the coming winter the effect of this work will bo manifest In the business circles of Ogden I Start Mexican Surveys Kansas City Sept 1A corps of engineers en-gineers will leave Immediately for Old Mexico to begin construction of sev entyfive miles of the Kansas City Mexico Orient railway between Port Sllllwoll the proposed Pacific const terminus and Fuerto Tho rough work laborers will be performed entirely by Mexican Honor Dead President i Kansas City Sept IEver wheel of I rolling stock on the Kansas CHy Fort Scot Memphis railroad will be stopped for five minutes on Monday noxt during the funeral of Pieslcloni E S Washburn who died yesterday at Rye Beach Me The Memphis gen 1 oral offices and shops will be closed the entire day t Work on P I N Boise Ida Sept 1Vork will be I resumed Monday on the Pacific it Idaho Northern road A section twenty miles fall In length will be completed this Favored Southern Pacific Glenwood Springs Colo Sept 1All wont woll at the passenger meeting here until some one asked what arrangements j ar-rangements had been provided for the bundling of troops by time prospecllvo association The point was raised that by a recent order of the Quartermaster Gcnoral of tIme United States army all troop must go by way of the Southern Pacific from Ogden to San Francisco I all Ihlngs being equal I was exP ul ex-P that tho reason for this order was that the Southern Pacific was Indebted In-debted to tho United Slates and this be could the debt was the only way canceled wa It was suggested that the working of thus order would he da I pleasing to the SantaFe in particular I of and might draw away the support the Northern roads and those reaching reach-ing tIdewater through Tcxus from the association Officials Aro Skeptical San Francisco Sept IIn local Southern Pacific circles line I greatest in 1 lorcsU Is being taken In the dispatches from Now York to the effect hint tho the coimtroiiinS I Speycrs asrcprcsontlng controlling stock In the Southern Pacific intend to elect some man nol conncclcd with I No the company to lie presidency dcllnlie Infornmllon re ardlnff the now president Is obtainable In this city as I the only two officials who would be on1 know anything about the Bub anlhlnr lke Joel II E Huntlngton and J C Stubbs arc still In the East Most of thc officials Ue offi-cials horor however still Incline to tho I belief that neither H E Hunllnglon elc that I or Charles II Tweed will be made president Republican Flyer The Oregon Short Lint an Tuesday will run a spoclal from Logan to Provo for the Republican convonllon This special will leave Logan at 515n m Brlgham J25 ZL m Ogden S10 n in Sail Lake 005 a m and arrive Provo 1020 a m Railroad Notes I Earnest Wllcox la lying very low Mr Hancs who was Injured at Colton Col-ton on a hand car is gelling along nicely nice-ly C A Fox has succeeded Gerrlt Fort ns secretary of the Central Passenger assoclalion i W E English who was Injured at Col Ion by a steam derrick Is Improving Improv-ing slowly The Illinois Central BostonLos Angeles An-geles through weekly tourist Pullman Is proving very popular VIcoPresIdent J M Barr of the Santa Fe passed through on the Rio Grande Western Friday castbound from California An excursion came from the south yesterday with about 200 people ocr the Rio Grande to spend time day at tho lake They were beetgrowers and employees em-ployees of the sugar company from Utah count Eastern roads have agreed lo cease Issuing all transportation account of this company lo various members of an employees family and other Persons per-sons seeking reduced rates unless upon proper requests It was Conductor E C Allen of 110 South Fifth West Sail Lake City that had his left hand crushed so badly at Castle Gate on August 27lh on the Rio Grande Western thai amputation was necessary at the wrist Joint Instead of J A Alien E C Allen is at St Marks hospital under Dr PInkortona care and getting along nicely |