| Show I PI M BUILD TO SALT LAKE oi 01 f Business Men Called for Tomorrow Evening to Con sider the Proposition To Build From Elko Nev ev Across 0 Desert ert to Garfiel Branch and Ignore Ogden tr t to are r respect Cully l ii m a 5 meeting of ot prominent mea Ien Q a of Salt Lake City cy cyon at nut Bark on Wednesday Y 10 o nol rp to at p m rUI tes to the matters of 01 vital In men en and people City W r s hiOs Q O Committee te ne above Ir was reo T orne lome thirty ir or the the mall mail thie morning tl f I ine of ot thi prominent nt bust bui this II a leaned thai city Upon Inquiry It 1 wa to t ig the object ot of the I the lbs the i sentiment fard to here bere In I Salt Pall 1 Lake bringing the Southern Pacific The hen I en ta e laid la afternoon n on Hon JIon W SV S This call caU which has hal as asI j I I been made Is simply simp for tor a 11 preliminary n feting when we him have our committees organized we w shall shah be In a better iou to see iff what can b be accomplished towards getting the Southern Pacific In Into Into into to Salt Lake uke I know of or my certain knowledge that tint the theroa road f will III come como here hereIt If It It Is II only met halt half way wa by the citi citizens citIzen zen zens In what direction queried the re rePorter reo reporter Porter by way wn of oC ft a ca cash h bonus or the donation ot of a tract of at land for Cor depot Will cil of ot course that will be decided ed later V You are not going to suggest that Pioneer Square be donated donatell to the Southern Pacific was u the tho next ques ion Mr Ir laughed and then re reo that th t he h was vas all a n director In the San Pedro Los Ios Angeles Salt Bait Lake roal roa said ald Oh of ot course cou e not certainly certainty not but we will see lee ee what hat will be done tt it t the lie meelin I COMING COmNo TO TOWN I Continuing Mr stated that I J JT JJ 4 A J C e T 4 V c V V I V V q T IV r rV rT rI I V S SI l V I c cV cf V f V L V V V V p V V J j h V i JV V c P 0 KNOX THE H NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL I there was a project on foot toot for tor the Southern Pacific to 10 build a cutoff across the tha southern bench beach of ot the tho Great Salt Bait Lake to Join julit the Garfeld branch of ot the he Oregon Short Snort Line at Lake La e Point and come Into Salt Lake tr m the southwest Instead of ot Ogden as here heretofore This Thia suld said Mr McCornick would roost noet be done providing there were vere terminal facilities forthcoming In lit Inthis this his city Title This move It If carried out will be lie a areat treat great thing for Salt Lake There have icen rumors to tD the effect In the air airor for Cor or some acme time pact but they th y have havo met wIth scant serious s attention and have been veen icen dismissed us as being visionary Mr however says that he ha half Inside Information to the effect that these thee plans planA wilt will he ho carried out and lud there tho ho matter tier rests rest With this ne nw new w feature Conture In view It be lie begins gins gills to look that the railroad map of ot Utah Ulah Is going to receive a severe sevens shak hak lot up and the Union Pacific Interests Interest either meun business or arc playing a huge hige bluff blurt upon the Clark rond road people In III order to get gel et them to abandon their project of ot building through to the coast WHAT TIlE THE PROJECT IS Briefly the now project of bringing the Southern lacille Into Salt Lake Inke the Uw abandonment of ot the lie Ogden Lucin t otc and the construction of oC a n anew anew new lIew cutoff either Elko IlKo Nev Nevor N Nor Nevor or Tecoma Nov Ne across the desert de des rt leaving Great Grent Salt Luke Lake on the tho he left hand side elda of ot the track Instead of or on the lie right hand as Ia now no Tho The cutoff from Elko would mean menn the I construction of ot miles of ot track over oer practically level leel bu but fit at the same elIne time tUne desolate lands tho Tecoma the alkali tints Hats to Lake Lako Point would represent HO miles allies of at new flew track It Is said however that the cost coat of ot construction would be bo comparatively small entail ns Cis there would bo b no heavy hea y grades rades to encounter r neither would there be extensive piling for tor many miles as In the tha cane calle of ot the tho th Ogden Ogdon Lucin cutoff rhen Then too tho tim tool would be bo cut cui down fully tul r miles front from Elko Elka to In Jn the tite of ot thu belli being done don tho ho main line lino of ot the Union then would run Salt S lt Lake Ink City It fol Col following sowing lowing the he Short line tine tracks to Layton where a II would bo be through the tIle mouth mou h nf n It thu tIme canyon to t and the transcontinental trains tr go east up Echo li i hO canyon as has haH hase sp e t often been ben The Interest on the Hit th money expended In the construction ot of t U cutoff front f to Lake Point would go to more Inore than pay pa the expense of oC extra engines und and the wear and amid tear connected with hauling trains Over C the tho heavy Ilea tirades grades In Inthe the vicinity ot or Promontory to say gay ay noth nothIng nothing Ing of ot the tho th swift time that could be made mada over the level le l tracks of ot the th now nc routes In the meantime the outcome of ot tile the meeting tomorrow night will 1111 be watched with great Interest both Iloth In III Salt Lake and Ogden for tor the l ion means mcana n rt union depot here In addi addition Ion Hon to being the meeting point for all nil transcontinental and the stopover place for tor tourists |
