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Show - 4 ' ' " J.-w' w.. ... Uo J kj. Li -i J vit-.lMilU .J . Ju.:j, iJ,- i.Uii-i,j vt iiLL till uur,lulii lluo J-LA LliiJ j- iVJj Ai::;:;;:ccc::txfC:::c- fuT Tree to Calicztes ; DI1 Kot Surprise Tt:sc Tto .Folhwcd Negotiations. Senator Clark Explains the Status cf the San Pedro Company and the Trackage the Deal Involves. San Pedro Route Will Be the. Stcrtest Line to Los Angeles by 417 ililcs; The .Grades Are Unusually Easy. Vas(t Resources cf the Country 7hlcb the Hew Line to Coast Will Develop De-velop -Are Described in Detail. Stirring: History of the San ' Pedro Enterprise and N the Obsfacles-thc Pro-. Pro-. meters' of the Line Have bvercome. Senator Ilcarns Says TIM $25,003,000 in Cash Is -Available for Immediate Immedi-ate Wcrk cn the Hew Transcontinental Line. I 1 )00S00903 POIIiTS IN FAVOR OF TOE NEW CLARK LIKE, t . ; , i A Shorten their present route to Los Angeles by 417 miles. Present route has many hard grades and sharp curves; new line is nearly level and almost straight. Present route Is over barren deserts. ' y- . . New line develops the richest country of the West. 0C) . , ROUTE OF NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE. 1 .... . :v . : ) Salt Lake to Leamington (via cut-off). ' ' ' Leamington to Calientes, Nev. (via present Short Line route). . . Calientes to Los Vegas (surveyed and cross-sectioned). ; . Los Vegas to Hawleys, Cal. (nearly all surveyed). . Hawleys to San Bernardino (unsurveyed). . : San Bernardino to San Pedro. f i , 0 PRESEIiT STATUS OF THE SAN PEDRO-LINE, g ' O ' v" - - , 0 Bought from Short Line 444. miles Los Angeles division".! ........120 miles" .Vf '.. f ' .-: . , ; . I Now under operation 534 miles T Total lenfith of route .......771 miles : . To be constructed :. ..f 207 miles ; It was in the summer of 1300 after many unsuccessful attempts by many different Individuals and companies that the plans of Senator WJlliam A. Clark and associates to build a railroad between. Salt Lak and Los Angeles weVe made public. The formal announcement was -mad August 301300. at a dinner given. Mr. Gibbon, with J. Ross Clark as guest of honor.. by citizens of Los Angeles at the California club. On this occasion both Mr. Clark and Mr. Gibbon told something some-thing of the intentions of the principal backer of the undertaking. Western Capital Behind It. Mr. Gibbon, In the course of his remarks, re-marks, called attention to the fact that the new road. would be "unique in' that It will be the first Important road of the i West promoted by Western capital, without recourse. to the money markets of the East or of the Old World, which have built and now largely own all the other railroads of the West. Plans for the Incorporation of the San Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad rail-road were perfected at a meeting held in Salt Lalci. Nnvcmhsr iann I It Is no idle prophecy, no unwarranted unwar-ranted assertion to say that with the completion of the San Pedro & Salt Lake road, this city and the entire State of Utah Mill find ushered in such an era of pro)erity and development that few comprehend its resultant benefits. ben-efits. That region of Utah which. the new line will open, up contains such vast mineral wealth, hitherto undeveloped for lack of cheap transportation, that even the best experts have hesitated to express Us value in millions pf dollars. dol-lars. V Great Ore Deposits. Utah has the greatest known deposits of high grade Iron ore in the world. The ore can be mined for 15 cents a ton, while the United States Steel corporation cor-poration pays not less than 50 cents a ton. Coking coal and flux exist in abundance abund-ance near the iron. The best experts In the United States I estimate that, with railroad tranopor-I tranopor-I tatlon, Bessner pig iron can be produced pro-duced in Utali for $4.72 to $6 a ton. ac-1 ac-1 cordingr to methods and quantity. The I cost to the United States Steel corpo- ration is $7.20 to $10 a ton and to other NEW YORK. April 20. Senator W. A. Clark of Montana today said that he desired to. correct certain material errors which had crept Into his inter-viw inter-viw of Saturday relative to the newly organized San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company. "The transaction," eald Senator Clark, "has been described as a lease. On the contrary, I and my associates have purchased all of the lines of the Ortgon Short Line company south of Salt Lake City and will construct about 400 miles of road from Calientes, Nev., southwestrly through Cajon Pass to Riverside, from which point the road will soon b completed to Los Angeles. The Track Purchased. . "The San Pedro. .Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company is authorized to issue $50,000,000 of bonds and ha $25,000,000 capital stock. It has purchased pur-chased the Oregon Short Line system south from Salt Lake City to Calientes, embracing 340 miles of road, and. in addition to th main line, has taken over several shorter lines. Most 1m- The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad will have the shortest line and the easiest grades between Salt Lake and. Los Angeles. The distance between Salt Lake and Los Angeles, according to present surveys sur-veys of the Salt Lake route, will be 771 miles. The distance via the Ogden route of the Southern Paciflc is 11SS miles. This makes a difference in favor fa-vor of the new road of 417 miles. Grades Are the Easiest. Nor is this all io favor of the new route. The grades are the easiest of all the transcontinental railroads reaching reach-ing California. From Salt Lake it is a gentle down grade almost the entire distance, making the cost of operation for this reason alone remarkably less than on any other line. The maximum grade southwest bound is only fifty-three fifty-three feet to the mile. Coming the other oth-er direction the maximum is seventy-nine seventy-nine feet. This is exclusive of the crossing of the San Bernardino mountains. moun-tains. '1 The official announcement made Saturday Sat-urday night that Senator W. A. Clark has purchased for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company all the lines and equipment of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line south of Salt Lake, has aroused public interest to a degree that cannot b$ called less than tremendous. Not that this much-to-be-deslred consummation con-summation of two years of work comes unheralded or unexpected. Those who were In close toueh with the situation anticipated months agotthe announce-' announce-' ' -ment. - " . - ' The Public Was Doubtful. , The public, fearful that the many obstacles ob-stacles that were more plainly apparent appar-ent than the quiet determined manner . i in which Senator Clark -set about to conquer them, would prove insuperable, waited, a little hopeful, more fearful and altogether doubtful that the finale of the negotiations would come without long years of waiting. ; It Is difficult to realize all at once just how much this great transaction in . the railroad world and the events that will follow close upon the formal transfer, trans-fer, means to Salt Lake City primarily, and then to , the vast empire that stretches between this city and the blue waters of San Pedro harbor. Funds' lor Early ."Work. " Coincident with the consummation of the purchase comes the announcement that with $25,000,000 at hand for the con-V con-V '., struction and equipment of the new line jibe road will be rushed to completion without an hour's unnecessary delay. ' 1 This means that the most wonderful era of development in the history of the n city is at hand; it means that Salt Lake will become the most important rail- road center west of ' the Mississippi river; it means that millions in wealth from a vast region now comparatively undeveloped will flow to this point; it "means that within the next decade the .present population will probably be 'doubled, and that here will arise a great city, prosperous, wealthy and a ' powerful factor in the Nation's circles of commerce and finance. "What the San Pedro Gets. In acquiring, the southern portion of the Short Line the San Pedro Is placed in possession of the vast improvements ' inaugurated two years ago by the Short Line, including the great Leamington cut-off now nearly completed, and the branch lines from Ironton to Untie, to Eureka, Mammoth Junction and Salt-air. Salt-air. Also a ninety-nine-year lease on the terminal facilities in Salt Lake, to be - used in conjunction with the Oregon Short Line, which will insure the sp edy erection of a magnificent union station. Best of all is the assurance that the road will be independent, standing ready to enter Into friendly relations with all roads that are tributary to Salt Lake but forced to make discrimination discrimina-tion against none and without the necessity ne-cessity of taking sides in a fight between be-tween competing interests. 0 WHAT SAN PEDRO WILL ' DO POB SALT LAKE. . Double its population ; within 10 years.. i ' Make it ithe - distributing center for the grc-ateet Iron and coal region of the entire world. - Connect it by the shortest route : with the leading harbor for Oriental trade. ' .() Make it the chief business center between the Mississippi and the Pa- clflc. , . Senator Thomas Kearns has played a prominent part in the. diplomatic contest con-test of conflicting interests that has resulted re-sulted in so great a victory for the San f Pedro-Salt Lake road. Senator Kearns Is a director In the company, and is said to have invested) $500,000 in the enterprise. For Salt Lake City Senator Kearns confidently predicts an era of growth and prosperity compared with which Its other "boom" seasons will seem insignificant. insigni-ficant. Discussing the whole transaction generally, gen-erally, together with its effect upon Salt Lake and the great region to be developed devel-oped by the new Mne, Senators Kearns said: ' i Trains in Eighteen Months. "I believe that trains will be running between Salt Lake and Los Angeles over the completed line within eighteen months from today. The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company com-pany has now available on call $25,000, 000 in cash for the completion of the main line, branches and spurs. There is no more financiering to be done, and there will be no more delay in pushing push-ing ' the completion of the work. As soon as Senator W. A. Clark arrives in Salt Lake City, which I expect will be within the next two or three weeks, the formal transfer of the 444 miles of the Oregon Short Line property south of Salt Lake City will be formally made, and an experienced railroad manager will take charge of the operations of the line and all of its interests at this end, although the transfer by com-' pletion of negotiations and signature to contracts has been made on paper already al-ready in New York. Too much credit cannot be given to Senator William A. Clark of Montana for the faithful manner man-ner in which he has carried out every promise made to the citizens of Salt Lake City in the autumn of 1900. when he promised that this line would be constructed and that it would be an open gateway between the Capital of Utah and southern California." ' City's Greatest Era. ! "Salt Lake City, In my opinion, is Just entering upon the greatest era in its history. I confidently expect ex-pect that this city will grow in population popula-tion at least 10,000 every year from this day. Our trouble has been that we have had nothing: esneriallv ta manu. portant is the Leamington cut-off, extending ex-tending from Salt Lake City to Leamington, Leam-ington, Utah.. This cut-off Is now being constructed and Is only 117 miles long, besides having the advantage of lower grades. "West from Calientes I have already had forty miles of nrradlng completed. The road will go through the Meadow valley wash, the dry channel of an old water . course, which constitutes thev only available . route. At Cajon , we meet a grade of 106 feet, but aside from this the maximum grade is but seventy-nine seventy-nine fee. The cost will average $50,000 a mile. Will Lay New Steel. "The portion of the Oregon Short Line system which we have purchased will be relald with seventy-flve-pound1 rails, and the equipment will be the very bept. From San Pedro to Los Angeles and Riverside, the road now has the best Pullman passenger equipment, which will be extended to the entire system. In "southern California tributary tribu-tary to the line 25,000 carloads of fruit were raised lasfyear. and there are existing ex-isting orchards which in less than five years will have an annual output of 60,000 carloads. The new line will swiftly move tralnloads from that section sec-tion Into a cooler altitude, an important desideratum in handling such perishable perisha-ble shipments. "From Salt Lake City to Los Angeles by this new route is 800 miles, which we intend1 to cover, with limited trains in twenty-four hours. "At present traffic fronv Salt Lake City can only reach Los Angeles via Sacramento, a distance of about 1300 miles. Breakwater at San Pedro. "At San ' Pedro the United States Government is building a breakwater . . f Ji A ... rw-r , 1 , . ncKinnmit ai Ban iKe tuy uie main line strikes westward, skirting the southern shore of the Great Salt lake, rounding the Oqulrrh mountains and turning In a southerly, direction along the west side of this range, 1 through Tooele and Rush valleys, west of the Tintic district and on to Leamington. This 116.4 miles constitutes the Leamington Leam-ington cut-off and will be part of the main line of the Salt - Lake route. Thence southwestward to Calientes the present route of the Oregon Short Line will be followed, the roadbed bejiig'lm-proved bejiig'lm-proved and heavier steel laid. May Touch Pioche. ; From Calientes a branch may be run north to Pioche, but the main line goes through the Meadow valley wash, southwestward. This Is a valley through which a stream flows during part of the year. At times the wash is contracted into narrow, picturesque canyons; again it broadens into openings open-ings in many of which are fertile ranches with fields of grain and orchards or-chards laden with fruit. Eight miles beyond the Nevada line is the rim of the basin, so called, and for 110 miles to Moapa the gentle grade is down hill, although four ranges of mountains are cut through by this old water course. Two and a half miles below Moapa, at California crossing, the route intersects inter-sects the old California trail traveled by the argonauts of over a half century ago. From this point he route goes across an open mesa country to Moapa summit, which Is the division between the Moapaand Dry lake watersheds. Crosses the Desert. For fifty miles the route Is across a fiat, desert country until Vegas summit Is reached and crossed. Thence the road drons into the rich Veeas vallev. I manufacturers it is more. Steel rails ' can be produced in Utah for $13 a ton. The present price in San Francisco for Bessemer pis' is $34 to $38 and for rails it is- $18. The building of the Salt Lake route between Salt Lake and San Pedro harbor har-bor means that Utah . Iron and steel products can be laid down all along the Pacific coast at a price which will enable the manufacturers to undersell all competitors there and In the Orient, Consumption of Steel ( Bails. ' The present annual consumption of steel rails on the Pacific coast is 300,000 tons and of pig Iron 480,000 tons. Even if this should not increase with the cheapening of the price, as It surely would, Utah manufacturers could supply sup-ply this demand at $28 a ton for rails and $18 for ig iron at the works and bring into the State from this source alone $17,040,000 a" year, furnishing profitable employment for many thousands thou-sands of men. With the development of the West and of the Orient this would increase. Nature has dealt bountifully with the country tributary to the Salt Lake route. While much of the region is arid desert, there are fertile valleys which will yield heavily, and the minerals are of every kind. All has been held back because of the lack of transportation. This furnished, water will be developed and utilized over thousands of acres by means of ditches, reservoirs and artesian ar-tesian wells, causing orchards and fields of grain to spring up. while the hills will, be pouring out great streams of mineral wealth. Iron and Coal Resources. The development of the iron and coal resources of the State will be the most important, but there are thousands of other ways In Mhich the prosperity of Utah. Nevada and California will be In- Senator Clark pledged himself to the completion of the great enterprise. The List of Incorporators. . ' The company filed its articles of Incorporation In-corporation March 20, 1901. The incorporators incor-porators were: William A. Clark of Montana, president: pres-ident: R. C. Kerens of Missouri, first vice-resident; J. . Ross Clark. California, Califor-nia, second vice-president: Thomas E. Gibbon. California, third vice-president; T. F. Miller, secretary, and F. K. Rule, treasurer. Articles of incorporation and the full organization of the various vari-ous sub-companies were filed and organized. or-ganized. The names of the incorporators incorpora-tors who were also chosen as directors for the first year were as follows: William Wil-liam A. Clark. R. C. Kerens, J. Ross Clark. W. S. McCornick, David Keith, Thomas Kearns, C. O. Whittemore. Reed Smoot, E. W. Clark, Charles Clark. S. A. Bemls. Perry S. Heath. Charles W. Clark, Richard Kerens, Jr., George B. Leighton, T. E. Gibbon, William Wil-liam B. Clark. A H. Hamlin. There was also organized the Empire Construction company, with a capital of $1,000,000, as follows: J. Ross Clark, president; George B. Ltighton. vice-president, vice-president, and C. E. McKee, secretary, who,-with David Keith, C. K. McCornick. McCor-nick. Reed Smoot. R. C. Kerens, W. A. Clark, T. E. Gibbon and T. F. Miller, formed the board of directors. There was also organized another sub-company, a development company, for the acquirement of real estate, rights of way, coal, mineral and other- landf, with a capital of $6,000,000, and officers and directors as follows:,. Thomas Kearns, president; Perry S. Heath, vice-president; R.. C. Kerens. David Keith and T. E. Gibbon, directors, with Richard Kerens, Jr., secretary. Short Line Proposition. . DEEFt STARVED TO DEA1H IN AN INCLOSED PARK. t STROUfiSBURG. Pa.. April 20.-Thirty S' or fortv deer have been found dead in i TVorthington's Buckwood park, near hawne. this county. The animals r have starved to death. So rapidly have the deer increased in the park that early in the winter they ate up all the feed they could find Keepers have put out food in dlf-f dlf-f rent parts of the Worthlngton preserves, but they are so vast that in some sections the food was not found by the deer. There is some talk of permitting a part of the enclosed park to be opened up in order that the deer may get out in search of food, but fanners do not favor the Idea. ""The der are so ravenous." says one. -"that they will eat up our growing crops." facture and when we wanted something which we should have made at home we have been compelled to send to a distance dis-tance of from 1000 to 3000 miles for it The Short Line will bring from Idaho and the Northwest all the timber we want The San Pedro system will immediately im-mediately begin to open some of the most remarkable coal and- iron deposits in the world." ; - Millions Are on Hand. "The purchase and Improvement of the Los Angeles Terminal railroad, which fortned the basis of the San Pedro Pe-dro system, its extension and rehabilitation rehabili-tation by the application of eighty-pound eighty-pound steel rails and all modern standards, stand-ards, represents an investment, at present pres-ent of $6,500,000 in cash. The purchase of the Short Line property south of Salt Lake City and the $25,000,000 in ai mis nme it is siaiea on good authority au-thority that a proposition was made by the Oregon Short Line to sell to the new -company its lines and equipment south Of Salt Lake, but the matter did not assume a tangible form. - ' ' The San Pedro and the Short Line- , both began work near, the Utah-Nevada line, over a right Of way claimed by both roads. For several months it at times appeared that physical force, would be resorted to by the employees of each road to dispossess the other, as side by side they built their grades and laid their rails. The many questions Involved were carried into the courts and how, with ' the acquisition of its only competing line by the San Pedro, all the difficulties difficul-ties are vanquished and the early realization real-ization of a hope that has seemed too good to be true is assured. is being deepened by dredging, so that it will form a fine harbor. "Near Riverside we are constructing across the Santa Ana river a great concrete con-crete bridge with eight spans of 100 feet each, and an extreme height of seventy feet. "We have made arrangements with the Oregon Shott Line company for a joint use of Its terminals for a period of ninety-nine years. Tributary to the new road are vast deposits of iron and other minerals that only await development. develop-ment. . 0 "No bomls have been Issued on the Los Ahgeles road so far completed, and $15,000,000 of the 450,000.000 bonded debt will be held In reserve In the company's treasury to be applied to the construction construc-tion of branch lines. "We expect to have the through line fully completed within two years." where Senator Clark hate bought an extensive ranch. For twenty-five miles the road goes through this valley and then surmounts Good Springs summit and drops Into Dead lake. This .Is the flat bed of a dry lake and for fifty miles the route goes through this kind of a region' which extends into California. Cali-fornia. Surmounting Kessler summit the road etrlkes out for the Blnk of the Mojave river, which it follows up stream to Cajon pass. The country is desert, with strange mirages making it look like a broad lake, until Cajon pass is reached. From the pass the road drops into the beautiful San Bernardino valley, past the mountain bearing the famous San Bernardino arrow which has given the route its trademark. Thence on to the coast, the road goes through the richest rich-est fruit-growing section of southern California.' On both sides are beautiful ranches, vineyards and orchards. Riverside, Riv-erside, Pomona and Los Angeles are reached, and the trains will then run a short distance farther to the waters of the Pacific at San Pedro harbor. creased manifold. The Salt Lake Jobbers Job-bers and manufacturers wi!l have a market through a broad strip of territory ter-ritory nearly or all the way to the sea. From Utah will flow the products of the mines, the ranches and the factories. facto-ries. From California will come the fruits and other products of the soil peculiar to that area, and such merchandise mer-chandise as may come by sea for the interior. Beginning just outside of Salt Lake City to enumerate the resources along the route, there is the salt of the Great Salt lake. This will have a direct route to southern California, grreatly broadening broaden-ing the market. The ranchers and stockmen of Tooele county have better rail connection than they ever enjoyed before. Stockton and Ophir will have direct railroad connection for the output out-put of their silver-lead mines. There is iron in Skull valley and mineral of other oth-er kinds all through that region. Fire clay for bricks, anjl building stone of various kinds are round near the line. Silica sand In Skull valley offers excellent excel-lent opportunities for the manufacture of glass. The Deep Creek Region. - Within easy striking distance for a branch line is the great Deep Creek region. A desert intervenes and the lack of railroad transportation has greatly retarded the development of a district of wonderful promise. It is only a question of time when a branch will be built 175 miles or thereabouts to the heart of this region. Producing mines will be reached in only a comparatively short distance. At the'Dugway district the Four Metals Met-als has proved up a great body of silver-lead ore, while there are a number of promising copper-gold and silver-lead silver-lead prospects. A little farther west Is the Fish Springs district, where high-grade high-grade pilver-Iead ore -has been opened to a depth of over 800 feet In the Utah mine. Farther to the south on the main line are the mines of West Tintic, which are given closer rail communication. Still farther south are the vast copper, gold, silver and lead mines of Beaver county, now being developed on a magnificent scale. With the construction of reservoirs reser-voirs to save the spring freshets and the drilling of artesian wells, a large stretch of country through here may become valuable for agricultural pur- (Continued on page 7.) cash for completion and extensions represent rep-resent the largest railroad investment in late years. And when one considers the fact that not a dollar in bonds and stocks has been issued and none are to be offered for sale, the work having been done by Individuals out of their pockets, the entire project is the boldest bold-est and has been the most successful In modern railroad construction. The direct line between Salt Lake and San Pedro harbor will b about 845 miles In length and will afford, an outlet for Utah in southern California about one-third one-third shorter than any other line now available. It is the purpose to push the work from both ends as swiftly as possible and the country to be developed devel-oped from both the north and south ends of the line will get their improvements improve-ments right along with the completion of the main line; that Is to say, there will be branches and spurs and towns built right along with the completion of the road." f ; San Pedro.; (Continued from Page 3.) poses, the mining camps furnishing a ready market. The mineral resources of southern Nevada and California, tributary to the line, are great enough to add millions to its revenue. The agricultural districts dis-tricts of Nevada are less extensive, but they may (be Increased by reservoirs and artesian wells. The use of the subterranean sub-terranean flow is at present practically nothing. The development of a market in the mining camps will naturally turn the attention to increasing the water supply In this method, and the possibilities possi-bilities are hard to estimate. Within the last three years water sufficient to irrigate 500,000 acres of land has been developed by artesian wells In southern California. Even a tithe of this amount would mean a great deal to southern Nevada, for the lack of water is the greatest drawback to the development of agriculture there. Climate Dry and Warm. The climate is similar to that of Arizona, Ari-zona, being dry and mild, pleasant in the winter and hot in the summer. Apples, Ap-ples, pears, apricots, plums, ; peaches, grapes, figs, dates, almonds and other semi-tropical fruits thrive, while hay, grains and vegetables are grown" in abundance on irrigated lands. The climate cli-mate is remarkably healthy, especially for those with a tendency to consumption. consump-tion. The building of the road is sure to be followed by the Influx of health-seekers, health-seekers, for the dry, mild climate and the varying altitudes are unequaled for such troubles. ' At present agriculture is confined principally to the Meadow valley wash and the Pahrump, Vegas, Pahranagat, Kagle and Spring valleys. Lincoln county, Nevada, comprises an area as great as the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.' com-bined.' The mineral wealth Is great and that part of the area which is irrigable irri-gable is Infinitely productive. Subterranean Subter-ranean streams flow beneath the desert surface, and there lies the hope of this vast region from an agricultural standpoint. stand-point. ; ' The resources of southern California are too well known to require elaboration. elabora-tion. The shipments of citrus fruits alone during the season of 1900-1 amounted to 24,100 carloads, of which 21.173 were oranges. The total value of the products of the seven southern counties tributary to Los Angeles in 1902 was JSl.992,900.' of w hich $14,000,000 was citrus fruits and J124.000.000 various vari-ous manufactured products. A large proportion of these will find their way to the East over the new railroad, rail-road, and they will be cheaper in Utah than ever before. ' . |