Show about he the two railroads SALT LAKE CITY feb 2 1875 editor deseret news As it seems to be a settled ques tion that there is to be e a narrow narro W guage railroad between this city and ogden the question naturally arise what is the purpose and what object is to be attained that might not be accomplished by less jess expensive means thus leaving considerable sid aid erable capital to be invested invented in other directions with more certain ty of a return and a correspondingly greater benefit to the community are the tile existing railroad facilities insufficient and if so can they not be made fully equal to the de 1 mand inand with far jess expense than b by y building an entirely new now line hue of road the answer I 1 think would be lay down a third rail on the U C it B R could be spiked to the same ties and would cost but a ae trifle in comparison P besides tery ter tiar y O minal initial arrangements adopt tile point switch worked by the sta tion master or deputy at passing places instead of the miserable f slid ing lug rail as at present put up efficient interlocking signals and then try what could be done 4 by putting thereon the same sitio attio amount ef of rolling stock that would otherwise se be necessary to work a narrow guage road to find tle the number of trains that can be run when thus arranged letus take the greatest dista distance between stations viz from ogden to kaysville kass Kay ville aville sixteen and a half miles this will be too much for por rapid transit so at about half way be tween stations establish a passing pas dag i ilace place place pince making the distance about eight t miles and a quarter then frim kaysville Kays rays ville to woods cross V nhu nhe I 1 miles idles and a half from woods cros cruis to the city eight miles and three quarters the greatest dis tance being nine miles and a half which at an average travelling velling tra rate of twenty five miles milea per hour J would take including time for starling starting say half nn all hour to each stage to two hours in |