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Show .- , . :,MT:iirt:iiHi The statement is jnade that the Ear-riman: Ear-riman: lines from Green Eiver,. Wyo to Sparks,' Xev and from Butte, Mont., to ..Salt Lake City and the Garfield smelters, will be electrified. It is possible that the plan will also include the double tracking and electrifying elec-trifying of the Salt Lake "Soute." from this city to Provo. . j It is claimed that work on this vast enterprise will commence' within six months, and that it .will be pushed to completion with all possible speed. - "The enterprise will be carried out on thg basis of the New York Central sys- tem of electric interurban lines, which has' proved such a success in the East. .Not only will th territory mentioned be electrified, bnt double tracks will be laid between the points mentioned, and everything that it is possible for money to do' win be done to-make, of the system sys-tem the equal . ; of ;anything-. in . the world. . . .- . . : '. Practical demonstrations have proven that an 8 per cent. grade will not interfere inter-fere with -the - successful operation -:of an, electric railway. As the maximum frade of the Union Pacific and Oregon hort Line is but 2. per eent, no difficulty, diffi-culty, is anticipated on J.hat point.. - v It i estimated- that the electrification electrifica-tion of the line-to Garfield and Proyp can be done at a cost of $50,000. . -- Taking -a. basis 'of $22 per mile.the company figures . that it can electrify the system And make. of it-the finest in the country. It is-stated that the company "can secure electricity from Shoshone ' falls at a eost. of . $15- per horse-power' per annum. - The present system" of the Utah Light . Bailway company eost - $33 " per . horse-power annually,' while. -the. steam-generated power cost from $38 to $51. per horsepower horse-power annually. , -' - . As announced -.in THE TELEGEAM of yesterday, the . Electric Operating - k Construction : company has abandoned its option on Saltair., It is hinted that Mr. Harriman would purchase the property prop-erty if the price was ". to : his .liking. It is stated that in .the event that Harriman Har-riman does not; secure Saltair. .he-will continue the Garfield line to . the shores of the lake and there' erect an amusement amuse-ment pavilion that will be. second; to none in the country.. ... The policy of -the Harriman '-interests . in different '.pars , of ' the ,- country has .been, to have such a system that others would not dare to compete with them in . the line, which -they '.had entered. en-tered. . There is no reason to doubt that they t will follow the same policy in, his Western holdings, including those .in Salt Lake City. . - , ' -: - The .work as outlined -for - the inter-mountain inter-mountain region - is the most gigantic ever undertaken. in the West, and will cost, well up into the -millions before it is completed. The . matter of dollars and cents, however,' has -never been an obstacle for Harriman. Wien he wants a thing,, he usually gets it. . ... ' What . this work will mean , to the West generally,' and 'to -Salt Lake. particularly," par-ticularly," is hard -to even approximate. It would make of this-city the center of - a vast : empire. - - Nothing brings about the ' development of a country as does rapid and cheap transportation, which is exactly, what such a work would' mean. . , ONLY $20 Via O. S. L. to Logan and Beturn, Saturday, November 24th, for Football Match. Special train-8:00; a m., re I turning leave Logan 9:00 p. m. Tickets also good returning -November 25th. - : . - - - |