| Show SALINA GUT OFF SURE George Go uld Says It Will Be Built I CONNECT WITH SAN PEDRO Tho Rio Grnndo Will Complete tho Lino from Green River to Salina Thus leaking a Short Route from Denver to Los Angeles Details of tho Plan as Horetoforo Outlined S Pullman Offices to Hove to Salt Lake and H S Twining Made Su t poiintendcnt Railroad Notes Chairman George J Gould of the Rio Grande system publicly announces that the nIna cutoft will be built Everyone Every-one In Utah knows what that means and will rejoice accordingly Mr Gould I was In Chicago the other day and I Granted Interviews to iho newspapers The RecordIIoruld says Mr Gould < said the cutoff from Salina I Sa-lina to Giecu River UUth now buildIng build-Ing had been pushod as fnr iia Coal canyon and would ultimately reach Croon River Thereby the Gould roads will make l short connection with Senator Sena-tor Clarks projected Salt LakeLos Angeles An-geles road Mr Gould also affirmed the fact of the Atlantic lldewiUer treminus for his Kjslem We have over the Western West-ern Maryland which Is now nur prop city ncces Into Bulllmorc and to the ocean All the short links arc not completed com-pleted but they will he soon The Chicago Chronicle has this We have a few Improvements and extensions under uay or under consld oration We arc thinking of a cutolt S from the Loa Aiigules trunk line that will run from Salina to Green River Utah Then here are one or two small eMonslons of track to be made In the East which Is quoted as coming from Mr Gould The announcement will no doubt he read with Interest by railroad men because be-cause It will be realized that Chicago papers could not speak with familiarity of such obscure points as Green River and Salina and tin cutoff so It Is pretty certain that Mr Gould was not misquoted The Salina branch Is now being constructed con-structed up Salina canyon and will be laid with rails for twenty miles In a few weeks Some time ago The Tribune I Trib-une In pointing out the advantages of the Salina cutoff to the Rio Grande gave tho route distances elevations and all latH covering the line It was oion that below Salina the line could be used to Marysvale with extension from there iouthwest to connect with the San Pedro In Nevada west of St George or else a line could be run from Sevlcr station on the Salina branch following theLong or Southern Pacific nurvey over to the San Pedro To show what tho distances are the following comparison Is given Denver to Salina via Salt Lake SOI miles Denver to Salina via Thistle 703 miles S Denver to Salina via Green River cut on estimated 675 miles Among the achantagcs would be an cany grade for cool trains to the Pacific eliminating Soldier Summit the famo advantages being shown to trains from California The Rio Grande could very easily run through trains from this city picking up the cars from Denver at Salina andS and-S taking the whole train on to California The plan Is a splendid one and shows that the new owners of the Rio Grande are not losing any points In the game of checkmate on the railroad board The Salina cutoff was started In 1SS1 and ever since then has been the subject sub-ject of much discussion so there Is no S need to repeat the minor details Work IH now going on and although not more than twenty miles lll be built this year It acorns certain from Mr Goulds statements that the great cutoff will be bulll and that very soon |
