| Show THE RAILROADS OF OF 1 vi UTAH AH i 0 Great Groat Properties Have flare Been Seen Transferred and I The Current Curlent Year dear Y cal Has lIns Been Marked By Sy y Many Ma Consolidations Consummated Important Changes n u IL t I nr nn new The Tho Utah U t D h and n n d Pacific P D C if I c Built B u II t by A W McCune M c C u ne 1 and Associates Bought by tho the Union Pacific f and Absorbed Into tho the Oregon Short Line Lino 1 Lucin L u 01 n 0 1 den CutOff Cut Off 0 r t Across A c r 0 S s tho the Groat G r 0 a t Salt 8 nit 1 L a n It ll o 0 Abandoned A b n n don e d after tor the tho 1 Death Don 1 h of 0 f C P II un tI n g ton 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 11 New Now Route Surveyed Around g Sou South thE End n d of 0 f tho LaKe LaIt L 1 It e for 0 l 1 I n 1 1 Entrance E n t r 1 n ceo of f Southern Sou the r n Pact Paci Pacific P n c I r 1 fic fI c Into I n toT This h 15 C It yA c cor din g gt 4 X t to t 0 All A 11 Calculations C l 1 cui n it 0 n s this 1 h J s Work Wont W 0 r It Iti i i Will Not be bo Long Delayed 1 i ir I r WWW WWW W WWW WWW i ir r X 1 i i x NS 1 XH N i 1 1 N 1 N l N N 1 N 11 l 0 I when Undo Uncle Collis P PP climbed lh tho golden olden of or molting the Jump Into the sago sage brush rho Tho Jump was wa taken sooner BOOM I than thull expected when It 11 be became came apparent that Hint the tho Los I os Angeles Angelo aggregation n meant business and It w o on a n question of ot pet get et there therl first This new line lint Is 41 H miles tulles In length am and when built will continued bo west of ot tit tho present terminal of In the dl di direction of ot California The Salmon River ml r line lino II no miles north of or Ida was a II very Ir ury Important and fourth step on the con car construction tiet r boards H was undertaken tt In June was only anI completed last Ins month and opened railway connections to the town of or Mackay on the Salmon river Hut But with the dla In the Thunder Mountain dU lila a n hitherto terra Incognita It Ina IH In IHa a foregone conclusion that thu t tho the Short Line will extend this new line west to Challis thence to Yellow fellow Jacket and thence directly Into the new Jl rl J I Dorado about or miles from Mackay The total mileage of ot the Short Lino LitH Is at present 1639 miles an In Increase Increase increase crease over the mileage of ot the previous year of ot miles The equipment of ot the road rond has haR In tn Increased creased to correspond 1 with Its develop development development ment meat In other lines Imes and Under the able management which has now nary for tor so RO long I characterized Its operating and me mechanical departments the tho equipment is mn In fine condition and Is In steadily improving Im Improving Improving proving In extent and efficiency The rue company has hns received In the tho past paRt twelve months five nO wheeled simple acting switch engines from the tho Baldwin works five of or the same from the Cooke Locomotive works eight mogul com come compound compound pound engines en ten ten passenger compounds fifteen tWeen consolidation com corn compound compound pound engines from rain the works one ono simple acting consoli consolidation dation engine from tram the Cooke Cooko works and ono one ton Shay engine a II total for tor the year of ot engines engine representing an outlay out outlay lay Iny of about Two very line lino dining cars carR were received from the tho Pullman shops also four large IlIre bag baggage baggage gage ears cars fifteen cabooses were ware re received received from the tho American Car and Anel Foundry company and gondola pressed presed steel cars car carThe The Tine tonnage of ot the Short Line lAne has hns Increased In a marked degree the prin principal principal cipal copal features being the largo large increase In coal cOlli and mineral minerai products owing to tho the growth of ot the smelting Interests Inter Interests ests both In this valley Ile and nt lit other points on time the system while the lie ex extension extension x tension of ot the beet sugar Bugar plants plant has hns largely hugelY contributed ll A satisfactory array of ot figures are lIe unfortunately not available owing to the tho us fire which destroyed the bulk of ot the tho records making snaking compilation of ot figures at ot prest pres present present ent eat time of ot writing out of oC the question Under the present energetic manage management management management ment the Short Line has expended one ono million dollars In Improvements alone aloM during the year These Improvements Included rectifying and grades building new grades gradell and an rights of ot way now bridges and anti buildings building turntables turn tables side tracks lining tunnels etc And with the constantly Increasing ing demands of railway traffic the out outlays outlays outlays lays for Improvements will continue The company c averaged during durin the current year the highest number being reached In September when lIm the total wn WUN as against 4 38 for tho the same month In the previous year The tram traffic handled bandied by the road rand randIs Is steadily st on the tho Increase and tho the earnings for tor the year will approximate an nn approximate Increase of or over the rho figures of the previous previous ous year These earnings s are re divided as ss follows freight passenger the remainder being from mall and express and miscellaneous The expenses for tOI the year will ap for tor operating with for tor taxes an nn Increase of ot SO Ho giving a n net Increase In the earn eatn earnIngs ings of ot One noticeable feature about abouL the I i NI N 1 I 1 r rII I II 11 1 1 Jj 1 I 1 1 1 spy t 1 11 1 1 DAVID n B QUAY OItAY L N Nr rr r rl r ra a tit I t tIt k WILLIAM H U t tr tt l It J D S r t M C IO IOP CIrs t lie at 4 J E r 1 Y A TRIPP i lON I 1 ILA JI Nfl 1 11 I L LU A t t A P 1 t P 4 p A N N N P LA N N A N N N A AA u N i IP M Pl 2 P 1 11 1 1 v IH N 11 vv v w v vv vv w w III HE history of at the tha current year car In the local railroad I world has been one Dna of ot un ua unusual usual Interest In III fact tact the tho news nolis in n this department el of local Intelligence has hus been watch for with a l second to no other lino 1119 lip e Qt lt Industrial activity Great Great properties have changed hands new nett lines have peen been een projected ln li of consolidation have 4 been bo n Ap sprung runt and n nilen t go has been Increased In And AntI it la fa observed I that most mOlt of ot the happenings of or note nolo trans brans transpired Aired In the tho earlier part of tho the year The Utah Pacific which was as built to tho the Nevada state line but which went no further because of ot the host hose tile the attitude of ot C P 1 Huntington was bought by b the Union Pacific and nb ab absorbed Into tho the Short Line system t em This was hastened nell by the evident de determination determination termination of at Senator Clark to push his line through from Los Ios Angeles to Salt Lake and by tho the purchase the tho senator was prevented from miles of ot road rood already built If he ho had bad had intentions to purchase pur purchase chase dUlse But the tho senator and his associates Were not to be 1 e headed oft off at and they mot met and incorporated in Snit Salt Lake City both hoth railroad and nd construction com coin companion panion necessary for tor the successful In Inception of or the new ne enterprise Active operations vero begun be un east cast of or tho the Nevada Ne No Neoda ada vada line and anal at ot the tho same samo time tho the Short Line Lino began begun construction operations opera operations operations also In the same direction Tho rho excitement and several clashes that oc ec occurred curved currell on tho the grade ernde that was W I claimed by byboth both oth parties are ure matters of ot hiss hla tor but fortunately before eforo 1 anything tory serious serous occurred the fight was taken to lIen into both Joth tho the state und and United States courts An n agreement has been reached whereby the rival lines are oro now no running run running running ning lines JInes for tor right of way parallel to each ench other down the Meadow Mcadow Valley wash and both sides are making rapid The Pioche grade from Clover I progress Junction has been completed and rolls rails I can now be laid There Thero Is no dispute over this line and the Short Line peo people plo 1110 can put It h Into operation at any anytime anytime time What will be the outcome of or the present legal arrangement remains to tobe tolIe be lIe seen seen Been The Tho year yent has hns been of ot interest and und uncertainty In connection with tho rho movements of tho the Central which at nt tho the time of ot Mr s death was preparing to build a 11 short cut to Ogden Ouden across the tho treat great lake thus avoiding the heavy Terrace and Pro Promontory Promontory montory grades and saving distance time and cost of ot operating Material was even stacked up nt at Lucia station preparatory to beginning work worl when Mr Huntington died President Hayes es failed to approve of ot the lie plan and It died at Its Inception Then the scheme of or building south of the lake was sprung and a corps of engineers ran lines from rain Wells and und Tecoma on the main mainline mainline line south of ot the lake to this city and It wo was found entirely feasible But noth nothing nothIng nothIng ing further has lias been llone The South Southern Southern ern Pacific Pad lie fell tell Into the hands of the tho Union Pacific representing the Harri Harriman man roan n Interests and with the th segregation of ot the Central from the Southern Pa Pacific cine chic system and Its ItA addition to the tho ho hoUnion Union Pacific system m the proposed cut cutoff cuton ort off waits on the pleasure of Qt Mr liar Har ilman riman for ids hl decision The proposition proposition proposition tion has hns stirred up Ogden In opposition an en Is very ver natural and It has also stirred up hopes hop s of or realization In Salt Lake where Its consummation would prove rove a n great gret boom for far the north part of ot the tho city besides adding to the pros tko of the city at nt large as a n growing railway conter center There were high hopes that the narrow gauge road to Stockton which belongs to the Short Line would be bo broad gauged and rebuilt But Dut noth nothing nothIng ing has bi been brn f n done llone beyond making te repairs with longer ties tlell However widening tho rung 1 will soon be Imper Imperative alive as the motive mothe power and rolling roiling stock tock are fast wearing out and It will not pay Ia to rebuild them This line pusses an and If It the Central Cen trill Pa Ill Pacific clOe builds south of ot the lake i It must also pass Garfield and perhaps the I i 1 E 1 1 1 Stockton road will bo be absorbed tnt Into that Great Interest has hns been manifested In tn l tho the Ilio Hlo Orando Grande Western which Is now no noa 1 u a part of at the tha Missouri Pacific system syster with the D fc Il II H 0 O proper It H hod ha been known for tor Homo BOmo time that hint the io d was for tor sale Bale an Ie to any all one who was will willIng lug InS to pay pl the price and till the expected Happened f d when then t George e Gould put up 1111 u the r hJ piles I the toad ceased ease to td t bo be an nn Independent line Humor Rumor now no has It Interested In prospective cons coast connections connection and Mr Gould Could has been beer busy in making ranking denials There have been lIeen reports o of the Burlington extending Into Salt Sal Lake from Guernsey Wyo Und timid sl six sh if ago It dip did look as nil though thou h at nt last 1111 all difficulties 8 had been solved and tho extension would be built nut limit with will the tho reported absorption of ot tho the hurling Burling Burlington ton Into tho the Northern combine tho flu scheme went Into n state of ot coma In It It remains The Union Pacific was reported as about bout II to build a n JO 16 6 short cut Into Salt Lake Lale by b a r l pipe pijo dreamer In Cheyenne who fooled it a morning paper Into printing tho the Mary Mory tor but the sauce samo was Immediately denied dented by Mr MI Dickinson The Tune old Midland scheme born over ever a n decade ago of ot a desire to extend the tho Colorado Midland to Salt Lake City still con continues continues as II of ot old on riper raper and lint on nn paper It Is likely to remain The future of ot the Salt Palt alt Lake and Ogden road rod Is uncertain Mr III Bamberger Damberger Is ready to sell at his price and appearances would Indicate that certain New York parties are lire about to make a deal with him with the possible view of oC extending the road to Ogden over the bench reducing the tho distance from this city by six miles mites milesOn milesOn On the tho whole the lie railway outlook aH nH asfar far tar as ns Utah Is concerned la is promising enough Prominent railway officials am cia Is predict a n great future for tor this city and not the least of ot that future tu turo Is tho the promise prom promise promIse ise It has hns of ot becoming n great railway center With the completion of the flue sari Finn Pedro road rod an nil immense traffic will willbe willbe be he thrown In here and that there will willbe willbe be a n big increase of ot the population Is III certain Oregon Short Line The progress of at the tho Oregon Ore on Short Line for tor the current year yeu has been bee II re remarkable remarkable in do all nil of ot Its departments and the building of at the lie St Anthony bronchi branch fourteen months ago was but the forerunner fore forerunner runner of or continued construction this thin year and what has been built during 1901 Is In turn only on the forerunner of continued and anti valued construction for tor 1902 The Tha year ear has hns also been unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented In the tho history of ot the tho corpora corporation corporation tion by reason renson of ot the contest with the San Pedro road rond In the courts as well as OH In the field and the result of ot this dual contest Is that the disputed ter territory territory Is being occupied Jointly al although although although though with different rights of way and ami what once threatened to tl become an Interminable wrangle and snarl has hils now been straightened out and the op opposite polte sides of ot the tho Meadow Valley wash w will be occupied by the Short Line Lino and the San Pedro roads The years ells construction begun began In February with tho the building of ot the Wyo ruing Western Vestern a n coal road rood running from Moyer Junction In Wyoming W to with a mileage of ot 1902 miles This road was wall constructed to open up the Cumberland and coal coni mines which ere arc now maw producing the Cum Curn Cumberland Cumberland berland mine averaging tOO COO tons tonti and the 1000 tons dally approximately The Tho next move on the construction checkerboard was vas the acquisition In April of ot the Utah Pacific road of at miles running from Milford to Uvada near the Nevada state slate line tine the tho price paid being reported nt 15 This road rand had been built by b an Inde Independent Independent pendent company of which A W Me Ic Cune won WM the the president and who owned the tho controlling Interest It had been Mr Ir Intention to go over Into I Nevada but the hostile attitude of ot hc the Southern Pacific to nay any nn move of ot this kind as ns being considered In the na an nature nature ture lure of ot a n threat to continue Into South Fauth Southern southern ern Pacific territory was believed to have been the occasion lon of ot the tho failure to proceed further The Short Line im immediately mediately took possession and the 1111 ut ford tord division was extended to cover the tho new line The third move nIO and a 0 very el Import Important ant one was the tM resurrection in May Mayot of ot the t e corpse of ot the old Utah Ulah Nevada |
