| Show r eBig i Fight of o the th e Railroads in i in 19 U tar tah a a ho oan a eva ev a I f f fI year now drawing to a close hills bids fair fait t to THE stand out in in hold bold relief in the future history of railroads Early spring saw sate I cord cronl traffic summer the heaviest passenger trad to the Great Grat Northwest on record and fa farr fall fallI j I fr rr ushering in ill of an epoch of competitive con coni i On following an era of competitive railroad I buying hu I fh While in a measure the fhe Lewis Clark ex exposition x xI position at Portland was VMS the tho means of taxing texing tin the III lit I c capacity rafa jt of the t e passenger cr equipment of o the tl trans transI rans I lines fines passing pas mg through Utah it is tin th ii 11 I t i opinion tt of Cf the passenger agents that the thc ordinary ruts of o r passenger pas Ja eager business has been greatly t k tat lat d The result is that those who came west am and returned told toM of the wonders 5 of the thc mountains f i canyons canons rivers plains and ocean resorts so that tha more C links Jinks in n the endless endl ss chain of tourists am an and home e tk I rs s were forged 1 lj i The rhe freight output t of the th West Nest is growing b by y leans J Ja aos s and hounds With the closing of ot the Russo 11 II Ili i 1 Japanese Japans e wa war WIt r Oriental freight was added to that tha n j glinting on the Pacific slope the result beug I Ib I h that t the th year 1005 1105 was marked ni by the an car Ir Iii famine 1 that Vr struck the West Test Heavy Hea crops H q 1 live tock by the million milon heart that number o of tiff p being fed in ill the sw stork sk k van v yank Id Is of If the Oregon K H i rt Line Linc at Monti IcU LL this fal fall while in ii the output of the le farm faint fa m field Held l I sidle inns IlC sugar plant and forest all j for Jor transportation to tilt the market TIO ilu railroads pi 40 did ria Ii their hest beit and aud arc aro still hauling hasling con M tP that should d have been delivered i ii aI a aI i ii ago ngo Wilu Vilil Viti ore Ire and amI native I i power only can this congestion l b r j relieved In the meantime the of liner lints terminating tc II I in u J Colorado and Wyoming have been d 1 hr the immense volume of height freight that thai has hits been u el elI jI I out of jf Utah end nd the Urn states north northwest apfl J 1 west wes Gould also believing that tint he did dirt not get gei J his equitable share of tonnage originating north j and west of this state took look active steps tr to rj re this I The current curn nt year has cd the fulfilment of a n vision that has long dazzled Utah the turn turning turning turning ing of the preliminary sods of s J new lie and competitive com comp I p titi we ine to Pacific c tidewater the retirement of Gould t l from front tin the rate of the thc Union Pacific c and amI a 1 like action t tI on at the part 01 ui lJ F II 11 and associates associate s II I I from tl Denver Cv 1 Rio Grande official ol cial roster I war was vas declare 1 am t t Is ls were let and at this tin thi time rl is sonic o I t r es s of grading on the tin Western Pat lac O fr completed complete om m in the point of the tin mountain oa ou tIlL lak si J me ib 10 t stiles miles frown fron Salt Lake Cit City This action 01 on the lart o 0 Gould could was like the pistol shot of the starter of a relay race Just as soon oon as it was officially announced that thai Harriman and Gould were at al outs and each would hustle his own freight with no quarter other Richmonds took the field fieldOn On OI the heels of the Western V estern Pacific Pad tic move movi came rumors that the thc Burlington was coming comin to tc Salt Lake the Chicago Northwestern was sur surveying surveying an extension with Yellowstone and Idaho in view view the Moffat road rOld would without fail ar at arrive rive live in lit the Utah capital within two to years and ami last but not least the Colorado Southern l pro proposed proposed posed to spend part of its stock is issue isue issue sue ue of a year ago in extending its line cast aw and west so that one could ride rile from Salt Lake to the Gulf of Mexico over the thc right of way of the system system tem tern the thc entire distance With the exception of the Colorado South Southern ern during the last sixty days there have been same some very interesting developments The Western Pacific has got down lawn to work in earnest The engineering forces have been thoroughly organized with talent at atthe atthe atthe the head of each cach division The contract for or con construction constriction both from Salt Lake to the Nevada line linc and from Orville Calif to the eastern lim limits limits limits its of the thc Golden State Slate has been awarded to the Utah Construction company involving an outlay of over i The Thc Utah Construction company compan which is an Ogden corporation and the largest and most responsible of its kind in the West in turn has sublet a great deal of the thc work of grading to smaller contractors wino Iio ho in turn have let out small strips of excavating to syndi syndicates syndicates cates comprised of men whose only capital is a team and scraper and sturdy arms anns All along the route of the new road to the thc Golden Gate are arc strung engineering and grading camps c and the forces have already caught their stride Gover Governor nor Sparks of Nevada and partner have been awarded a contract to provide in beef and mutton to build up the tissues o of the army arm of toilers now changing the railroad map of oC Utah and Nevada N The Western Pacific is off oft Too much notch money moncy has bas been spent already to draw back and andin andin andin in 1997 through trains will be running between Salt Lake and Oakland mole Goulds dream of an ocean to ocean transcontinental railroad system will wiil be he an accomplished fact The Moffat Road the Burlington and the Chicago Northwestern arc are following in the thc footsteps of the Western Westen Pacific in its preliminary stages In the last two cases the thc profoundest ignorance ig ignorance ignorance norance of the purported purport d plans is exhibited by hy those behind the respective projects High Hi h om officials dais deny that any contemplated tension extension c is to tobe tobe be bc launched launch cd Of the three the Moffat road maintains that Salt Lake is its goal David H Mortal 1 on Oct Oc t 22 z 2 of this year announced that the road would reach Salt Lake six months earlier than was t as oriA originally originally contemplated The road is now completed as far as Hot Sulphur Springs Colo a distance of Ito miles from Denver and it is contemplated that trains will be he running into Kremling early in inthe inthe inthe the spring and amI by hv the first of the year er it is antici anticipated anticipated anticipated that it will be within o miles of Salt Lake Of the Burlington plans G W Y V general manager of lines lilies west of the Missouri announced during the third week of October that work would be started at once on the tIle construe construction construction tion of miles of road to extend its lines to Salt Sail Lake City The line will start from a point near Broken Bow Neb and run to Bridgeport 11 t tI I f a alP I MAP lP I ik ikI I OF LINES L t IN COURSE OF I o t aCON or 91 I i fo L f i r SPECIALLY DRAWN FOR THE THEN TN T E EU U iJ 1 I AJ N t L i Ji Jit t S Q QI QI QI 5 i iW 5 W t Ir 0 f U v 4 0 9 N t a IA 4 M i n J r It I fN l I tw tI 1 I I ta t VI tar y n I h I I y I fi D I e i u 1 i IS 1 TT U R r F I r t r r fu 4 K t N N 71 r I L e y i f Iw ors X Yr va r rr t I r u o r rt t I 13 t vA i u E B W f d A r r a r y I rl I N t c a L N r o i I t 6 iJ If i ia I 4 r r f i q w Ir a r p i D I Se ro A U I an r R ra 1 I IR J laa r to ti Pt I ri N f wA F wr d a V Vt t t b I k k I I r it t I r r a Fn rt w r lis T C it r Nt I to I Cc r ry c l sl t l y 1 Se s a r u c il S 1 r PAC s a VOr I l VY I lr Y Vt 4 i A JS U R l tilt J 3 t a jl tc i 4 nJ y I II C f f r ac r o I a r a n CM r Cut t t rr F S H 1 r 2 r sl slI ri u A R 9 J 1 d L 9 19 r mar lp I f k A f Pt on 1 k lr ti C A h r r 0 rt S Sg g y a V I nad h I t r l i r lr G e I is r 7 a ac I Irk ve vet Artt Ir q F t 1 f S H l r R liras G a R n e I t 1 Os the J n c w t to i e v 1 E A um r Ir 6 Or i 1 h r A c e R Y 4 A A N Na 0 a 1 i Y f rt 1 J 1 I 4 lt a y I oW Y N tn t t fir edi b r 1 D is t t r t yM t at 4 r Etl ren n rc k il A AJ J tt c q of s P I i l It K N NI I ooh J n Ary rM 1 3 w p I t i L L J i art f s ra om a A l t alv alva a f r r i Nr ir yu P PUr f Ur I r f tea K d dK d 00 E b 0 0 J A lv a o IU Ja 0 J V l 4 r i I MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED HU DRED TRAINS A DAY I A RAILROAD CENTER CENT R The rile ri filar passenger Irma ork rIL Into and anil out of ut Suit Snit lathe laKo Is Isi I i nio UtO an I SAIP 0 o SHOUT I INn LiNI 1 12 SAIT i So I 1 ISIl SIl liKi LOS IOS GI I total Tl 1 when rho mid and roads are ld I nod anil In ui r Ilin total of pas it Im H t Ii al ns tutu anil nut from Hull nl o bo be or Of inoru dally dull UTAH Al Bin Itlo C 71 Silt II Like l Short Mill IIno TI 1101 Sun H Suit Salt ul I kg X no Stilt il I kv A t lo c 1 nn NIl It lake I II iKc l 12 1 00 OIl Total land Neb where it will connect with the Guernsey Vvo line linc From this point the distance to Salt Snit Lake L kc is about So miles Work on the thc Broken Bow Bridgeport line linc has started and surveyors arc reported from froni rom time to time from different points Joints in Wyoming as heading headin for Salt Lake This announcement was strenuously denied by b Tames James J Hill who is heavily interested in the C B J Qi Q but there seems to be bc no letup to the IDAHO Miles Jules kr lIn short 2 IK Idaho fi Northern oi Hobo r Id ihn 1111 Total 10 tat i j IO o NEVADA Allies Short main lino ri 1111 C O U S J I O I 1111 rill 11 l o II V l S I II 1111 1 I Virginia t io 2 tI California a II forma A Oregon JHO 81 Salt ill 1182 I toll tell of the IIII rails rapt laid In hi of the IIII linos In III operation they as ns to In till tho great mill viii Ito that arc under any Ill In tit of ho Iho present tine time operations of the surveying forces or the thc work of the grading outfits in Nebraska Aside from froni the thc Western Pacific in the State of Utah there ha Im has been but hut little active railroad construction There lias has been however how hol however ever vcr a great deal cleal of clearing the decks for action In Salt Lake both the Oregon Short Line Linc and the Rio Grande Western have been acquiring valuable 0 2 realty holdings for terminals initials In Ogden too there has been the same condition in evidence On Fourth West Nest the Oregon Short Line for tor forthe forIse the Ise past two tiro months has been tearing fearing down resi residences dences and anti clearing rin the ground for tracks yard improvements the thc big hig and the proposed union depot for the Short Line and the thc Salt alt Lake Route improvements when completed which will ill cost COt in the thc neighborhood of In Idaho there then has been considerable railroad activity ty on the tapis during the current year The I 1 i Minidoka branch was completed early in ill the sea gea b r si St sn n fl throwing open to settlement one of the thc rich st agriculture sec sections lions in in the West Nest The Thc line to n d lalaI will also have been be tl completed by the time lime i V i this appears in ill print while at tin ti pret nt lt t time t contractors are arc making the dirt fly on the th Yellow Yellowstone t 1 t I Istone stone Park Railroad This line lin which is is ess i itally tally a Harriman corporation will run nort 1 front from r St Anthony Anthon to the borders border of the National 1 Park y At the thc same S time there will be a branch line con I to traverse the famous Teton Basin and i tap the rich tich coal coni deposits in tIle the district di This I work is is to bo W cleaned up and and turned turne 1 over ocr to the z operating perating department in time for the thc summer slimmer tourist season Over on an the west side ide of the State of Idaho there has been also some som work undertaken 1 11 Jail on the Pacific Idaho Northern This line If which leaves l aes the Oregon Short Line main stain line lille at l 1 is now being extended north from COlin Coun Council rj I cil ril Just who owns control contra of this small road is IW m not forthcoming at tin this time There always has Hi Wn hell a sentiment that will not down lawn howler however that t is the Pin road roa ii rs I a Hill f proposition and it will It ultimately be extended t k tap the th Northern Pa Pacific j jeWe I eWe which through h the th northern t i of oi Idaho At preset present it c regarded as 1 hulls Hills trump card caid in ill the Riparia conti ersy Several parties parti of oi surveyors arc me reported at l i this time to tu be he operating in Western Idaho One proposition on alt which they are working w is said to tobe i ibe be bc on ou n a north awl and south line the other a survey y yby i iby by Harriman Hartiman forces f for a line to traverse the cen central central cen central portion of Oregon However as it is the thc poj p po l 1 I i i icy of ff all railroads to keep corps of surveyors col collecting co collecting I f data in the field too much stress must not be hc laid hail the movements of engineering par tics lies Still another mother proposition is i one to build from rom Butte Bulle bloat to Nev via via Boise f i iIda Ida This project is known as the thc San Sou an Francisco I i t r tago Idaho it Montana Railway company A month ago William Mason president of the new and mysterious corporation announced that the tIte first Mo to 10 miles of o the thc road had been financed in itt inN New Nett N el York The construction work he hc affirms l N NIs is to begin at It once and the road is to be finished i iby by hy Jan i 1 1907 It is estimated to cost 2500 The first section of the thc road to be ue built will extend from trout the Snake river valley valley in Idaho southwest to New Nev where a con connection will be made with the thc Southern Pacific fI thus bringing the Snake valley valle Goo miles nearer near r rall 4 San all Francisco The Th route is laid through h the district in which about is being hein spent I Irot by the government rot In ent and acid private corporations in i irrigation work l But when it comes to actual competitive i a railroad building bui ill one must look to the State o of Nevada for an rut object lesson During the past two years Nevada has awakened from its leth lethargy lethargy i argy and the thc old halcyon days clays when Virginia Vir inia I City and Comstock were at their zenith have been heen I it revived All eyes are turning to Nevada Neada The development of Tonopah and Goldfield t x m in the western part of the thc state and the I I mining around Delamar and mid Pioche following the f advent of the Salt Lake Route in the thc southeast southeastern ern rn section of Nevada Nevala have boosted boasted freight earn card earnings f ings away up During the current year no less than eight railroad propositions have been financed Some Sonic of these have been completed and are earning big dividends others arc being heing built and the thc balance have not tot gone game beyond the thc pioneer survey stage 1 The Thc Southern Pacific which so long as i i f r there was ws no opposition lay dormant and content to handle Dandle transcontinental trans business and let I I Nevada haul her freight to the cars has awak awakened j cued ened with energy to head off any all invasion of her I right of eminent domain II I I Just as soon as it was apparent that Gould i meant business and was not with his iL I hl threat of building the Western Pacific I Harriman t started going after the freight and to make this easier inaugurated it a campaign of const construction i J JOnc One of his first acts act was to build the Hazen I t cutoff Then 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