Show ST t GEORGE AFTER SALT lAKE ROUTE Southern Utah City Believed to toBe toBe Be in the Lead for Re Relocated Relocated located Line SENDS IN AN APPEAL m SO Say That or Of Business Over Ocr the tho Nevada Would Cut Little Figure As the probability that the SnIt Salt Lake Lako Route will not reconstruct Its t line Ino through the washed out dIstrIct f the Meadow Valle Valley country countr be becomes beComes comes more pronounced competition becomes stronger between St George and for securing the location of the tho through road At a conference held In this city between W V H Dan Ban Bancroft croft ot of the Salt j Route J Ross Clark second E G Tilton chief en engineer ineer and It H E Wells ells general man nger ager of oC the thc r road d It was decided that will be sent out outto outto to survey probable routes for Cor the new newline newline line through both sections and that upon ullon the completion of these surveys recommendations will be made as tu to the location of the new line The rhe i surveys will be under the direction ot of Chief Tilton who made madea a tour or of the hooded district last w i I and ho he will bo be assisted b by Curl Stradley one or of the most promInent locating engineers connected with thu Harriman system amt Arthur Mc lc I r 1 GuIre n a wun known locating engineer I of the Salt Latko In attendance e at the conference wan wa I James Andrus of St SL George un one of off f t the leadIng men of the southern Utah tell city Nr Andrus made mad a strong plea pica w for the location ot of the road throuGh n his lIs assuring the officials that the people of St George would contrIbute liberally oth in the matter of rIght ot of tray WIl and In work to assist the line linc to get through Surveys had been made through this country several f years cars ago but the rough or of tune the 1 Rio VirgIn country countr after aCter leavIng St StGeorge I George Gcorge was the greatest drawback for t locating the road there In the first firt But since the of C dl disastrous floods have overwhelmed over overwhelmed whelmed the Salt Luke Route durIng the last few years ears In the Meadow Val Valle Valcy le cy wash the physical difficulties of the VirgIn rIver count country are arc believed I to be of less consequence than the danger of expensive floods In the thet t 1 section through which the route now passes PIOCHE IN THE TEE FIGHT The country countr Is hl not Idle and the leading citizens citizen of that r I ty through their commercial club have hae sent an appeal to the officers of oC the Salt Lale Route Houte to change Its hue lIno to go over oel tile the BrIstol pass f striking off of from the maIn maInline mainline line at Crestline and going b by way war ot of Pioche through the Delamar country and Bristol pass to the head ot of the Mud Muddy river and anel thence to the main mainline line over oer the calli cst grade accessible l The CommercIal club of how 1 j ever does docs not depend entirely I upon the advantages of the route toute offered i over Oer any other for securing the loca j i Lion of the new line but implies s a at threat l in a SI slam at the Mormon t ort Church h hh should h UI the O officials of the road select the St George route t One of the railroad officials saId today that other thIngs being equal there vas little doubt that the rae ree ot of the engineers would he In ta favor 01 of the St George Georgo route from th the fact tint that local business on that route Is much greater grenter than b ba by byway way a of oC the proposed route via Ia Bristol mass It will requIre a year ear perhaps to select elect the route and complete the eon con J 1 of oC the tho new line In the neighborhood of 2000 ut the Salt alt Lake Route me are out ot of work except the train crews and anel others who able to secure lions with alit the Oregon Short Line and Pacific The through business I formerly handled IW by the Clark road has been transferred to the Union P Pacific and anel Southern Pacific and anel a or more locomotives have been I n over ocr on these lines for Cor the of the extra volume ot of busl nr ne s I The of cf through ht fId anti en r business In the local yards and means a with of at least a year to the 1110 men who were employed In tIle the work and anel an estimated lo loss of halt half a million a year rear over oer the whole line LOCAL OFfICES CLOSE The uptown office or of tho Salt Lake Route twill close cloe and unel the tho ticket office of the Union ane and Oregon Short Line at Second South and Main will like likely I move Into the of c now occupied by br the Salt Lake Route Houto until the completion of the new Hotel Botch Utah where th the offices will be permanently located J T Ross RolS dark Clark second of the Snit Salt Lake Route left for Los Angeles Saturday night He expects to return In n a couple of weeks Before leaving Mr Clark said that the pro surveys would be rushed through ns as rapId rapidly I ns as possible and li as soon all as a feasible route had been de upon construction would bo be placed In the field and the tho work of oC Bible sible rebuilding completed as 38 soon as poss pos OFFICIAL STATEMENT T The following statement of oC w H Bancroft and J Ross Ros Clark with reference to the situation on the Sal I Lake ke Route tuns handed to The rhe News this mornIng The weather since tine tho washouts In the Wash rash have been such that a through ex of the present line naB has not been Possible and such an examina tion can not be made until later but ns m soon ns as the weather will permit tile the matter will viii be gone over carefully h competent engIneers to determine the exact extend of oC the damage damase done und and the feasibility ot of reconstructing the line through the can canyon on ot of the tho Meadow endow Valley rash In Its former fonner ho 10 cation or In the mean time lime are arc being made on two other routes with view to ascer Ir if Oa a satisfactory alternate Is If It Is not found Ce feasible to rebuild the tho lIne through the Meadow Valle Valley Wash on nn an absolutely sale basis then it Is possIble one of the tho r other lines being eln considered will be adopted and the road Constructed on I such route its Ii yet ret nothIng definite has 1138 been decided upon and nothing can an be or will he be decided ns as to what It to he be done In the future until full Cull reports are arc submitted by the engineers the results ot of their tI |