| Show S SOUTHERN bUi HEN PACIFIC AND SALT LAKE 1 Strong Business Mens Meeting Appoints Committee to Confer With Wit It Roads Officials Officials Officials About Coming Coining Here f t 1 J 1 v i il A l fI f I ITHE f 1 THE THC S 5 P AND ITS PROPOSED CUTOFFS The above map shows shown the Southern Pacific from Ogden Osden westward around the north end en or of tile the Salt Lake and anel the cutoff which Is about 10 miltS In length and an which would make a savIng ot nearly nearl forty Corty miles over ovel the w present ent route and at the same time avoid the heavy grades and expenses that thU have hm characterized operations over oer It The Lucin cutoff It If built will mn span the lake for COt more moro than thirty miles and trestleWork will be e required the tho entire stretch except e where the extreme south end of ot Promontory crossed The Increased danger da tiger nger In the event of ot head end rother t j collisions or wrecks upon upen this trestlework above a II great body bod of ot salt snIt water Is IsIt IsIt IsIt It Is sid said one of ot the strong reasons on the th part ot of lending S P 1 for tor or ono one ot or the suggested cutoffs around the south end Cail of or O the lake as proposed by b Young Thong at the time the tho northern route chosen cho ell many years ago The Tiu two southern routes both have very easy euy grades and und would leave the old id 1 Garfield or Tooele county line going westward at Point Whether the theS thep S P 1 wIll be rejoined at or Tecoma la jg a question that will be bc determined later If It the present movement of or Salt Lake business men Is successful One of the strongest and an most tentative gatherings gathering of ot business men In Salt Sail lake hat bat e err er rr came together as 55 that wh l h a at the office officer Trust t com if r f ZIons Savings Hank Bank and Tru any lait t t ElenIN In answer to the In suit nult out by Ick end anil Webber With Sith VerY ry few l e v ex options all alt the h heavy avy business t eori cOli ms of or the city cit elt were ere represented It as a II common remark that If IC the body t f men In attendance would make Inake up ull U ts mind to organize a board of trade ere lere It could col be lie established and put on oni i solid basis bass withIn ten days ii In attendance were W V S B lead head ead of the bank of ot Co CoX CoT T X 0 O Y Webber ebber superintendent of ot Z C CL M MI t tL I L I S lulls Hills president of or the blink bank 8 h I H IL Auerbach of Henry l ohn Clark lark of ot 11 k Co CooL CooL CooL oL Donnellan of the Na I I al bank James J mes Chipman f the National bank J 1 D Wood enry of or the Siegel teel Clothing Jo 0 th kirg w rg M Me i annon annun cashier of Cons ons on Hunk Blink and Trust Co bawl ha h MI 1 it l l T odell manager the I up Wagon and Iid Machine Co CoA CoA A i P F A Druehl Mr 11 lilt of the Bait It Lane LaKe Hardware Co Cot Cor t r strewn of ot Mi Ill Co Cc CoI r I I in n of ot tho the Drug S Mr Burton of ot o e Sun eStI unk of i nah tah John jotin G J Cutler ki I Arthur Arlhur Harms of ot Darned Barne Barner r I 1 0 o C u 0 Farn worth Mr 11 Lan Inn lann n C tl the Tribune and ana Mr Ur Whitney tb e XI hI he t of or f the te mr ting was sas briefly wall I by Mr lr r who said laid he lIe hea a teen bt n informed that If It the proper moper In III cement were held out by Bait alt Lake ty 11 tr the Southern could bo be bought nm bm by way wn of or the F re e of stile nube Ue Great Salt Lake Inke Instead of ot W through the th take lake on the north hal had b propose He lie took It for nM that t sit all would agree that tho tha WIto lIas one of vital Importance this elty lie knew personally 4 t the sUbject c wn was now un d In New York ork he had had haa a n conversation the with lion Thomas Mar It II attorney aHorner for the Southern Pa In c just Iii before Me coming to the meet explaining to him that LV U it would be proper to t att at nd he because n rr of oC his 11 roads it l tIlt Itt eI In th the matter Mr 11 that tbt I hat ivan lIas asked was Willi I er r tanI fr for arl t purposes w and free rree thc the I arid and he lie invited n the sUbject fr from m th tho pt T o 0 Webber f i r Was nominated n hI h ii ft I u VS thU IU aUd O sea M 1 Cannon wall as Cd 11 In lebarge ot of views vas then In lie men next halt half hour several meat qU anti ilia making kIng mOle to on the Importance of i he bl but City tit m antI hut a time the necessity I n men ea here Iero unIting to of ofru Inducements might be b unanimity un 1 there waa en cn ent t r L I s BIked asked It If an any one knew ru r 11 Jand would be bc stated that hi only was Ial ted that the company enough r for tor r depot Tater Purposes and ond L I Donnellan Iti ot free rree thought that the thc rUd C Ud be waler at a nominal the th city arranged satisfactorily r lim I thought felt that t perhaps the to out Of the matter Tame I a Ium would lump er Cr e 0 the ih sum eum of ot f money mone to r I lId k liS n bonus bonu rather rUther coIncided with that It t would remelle iw of location ana aM na nd tie etc Prejudices regarding ani Iter to t Mr Ir InQuiries from fr om other tro said W that In 8 enter to o of the Southern alt take One ot OUr from the J I that thet dreams tor torso o fO o many 11 i t lIt ht f b st at t hand was a hard harel 1 to realize It Since the th ant yet et he believed It ia n II Th ot of the tho and file th ns Bf on o Bw Southern Pacific Pacino I Sa take ik Ire more favor tavor 14 e wore f they had deeply Ply Into the Lucin cut off ort proposition and had been made c acquainted with the tho fact that twice tIce t In recent years the lake luke had risen to a n height fifteen feet above the present level und I that It 11 was liable to do tb HO sO again Also that the heavy hell v dashing the time piers were like HO so much molten lend lead In and ami no one could say sn what might t to lie the time effect on tho time track There Ter was n e If It Ifa a ml train upset with the time lake at high tide J there would b be no ono one 00 left Iett to tell the tIes tale Col oi Donnellan remarked that It looked ai us though the railroad people were vere coming to their thell senses Henses nt Ut last laRt on thIs Lucia proposition and add added addel ed ell that that route aside from the tho other objections would cost them several times as us one Into Snit Salt Lake Mr Ir Burton Inquired whether it would be he feasible to any nn mount amount that would form torm an object to the railroad company stating that even e n half halt a 11 mil mimi million million lion dollars would be a 11 mere nothing to them theta Mr tr rr McCornick said Maid he lie had no Idea Id a on this mutter muller hut but that If It the etc do pot lOt grounds and tree free water could boos Li cured It 11 would ill lio a 1 Ig lg point Mr lir Ir Iannon urged tIme the appointment of ot ofa ota a committee to Invite errors of It If land from Cram owners o ners rind said this would bring up tIll the tue matter Iri ip tangible Ho lie said paid he know knew personally that the rail railroad toted road people hat had not made up their ml mInds n da on the Lucin cutoff and he lie knew from rota Mr Ir Harriman that that gentleman thought Salt Halt lakes future ahead of even oven that of Denver or Omaha Col Donnellan thought It 11 should be I ascertained whether the land Inno was wanted for a mere macre depot or shops and yards as well seli lie He said suld In the thc last lat few tew dads he Imo had sold a 1 live acre plot of ot In North Salt Lake and he un understood It I was wonted for Cor railroad shops He lie thought more land In that locality could be secured Mr Ir stated that North Salt Bait Lake was WIlS the proper place ns as land there theN cheap Mr Burton Durton thought the first step should be to find out Just what the railroad people expected from Salt Lake After Arter considerable more discus discussion sion slon Mr Burton Durton moved that Webber McCormmick and J C 0 Cutler be appointed a committee to ascertain what t Inducements were required and to Invite otters ot or land Mr Siegel thought the committee should number live but Lut he be did ld not press the thc matter Mr Ir Hills moved that It be the sense of ot the meeting that the business men of ot this city should use their b best st en endeavors endeavors deavors and lend oil all encouragement possible t Induce the road roud to enter this timis city by Ly the thc route proposed ed This was unanimously carried and the meeting then adjourned subject to tho the call or of orthe orthe the chairman |
