| Show I SALINA CUTOFF CUT CUT- i OFF COMING I GOULD COMP COMPANY MUST MUST HAVE I I BETTER F FACILITIES A Railroad Officials Concede That Hew ji w Line is Only Solution by byThe byThe byThe The Traffic Bureau In an au article published cl in tho the Emery Em- Em cry ery County Progress last week the editor makes makos the tho following following- remarks in regard to tho tiro construction of tho the proposed d Salina off cut The editor last week n had the pleasure pleasure plea- plea sure suro of talking with a number of tho the lei ing officials of the Rio Grande railroad while enjo enjoying ib a trip to the tho l Io Montello salt Rat fields and aUll Wend cr a nc town and the fint division point pointon on the tho Western Pacific railroad out of Salt Batt Lake Cit City a distance of or miles General Manager l Rid Ridgway Var General Passenger tyer Ag Agent Agon n t h I i Di District OJ Pa r d e Ag AO Tit nt I. I I. I J A. A A ilo n ton and th the h he heal ll ri m n a of several Ll ut ot the various departments including Chin Chief Chi J Engineer T. T TJ J. J Wyche of tho the W Western Pacific all aboard and aud enjoyed the tho trip iby as aa macas mac muc as the governor various sl ate st-ate o officials am andl members of tho loo legislature and ami man many other guests Wen Wendover over is nearly on the Nevada Ne line Hac about GOO COO yards from it and 5 sev Y Cl al of the visitors amused elyes el- el yeS ves by standing with ono one foot in itt the state of Utah and then crossing and ning ing the line ao so o aa as t- t fco to be ba able ablo to state they had been to Nevada and ba back several times timea in one ono day But what was WM of mot interest at to the writer was wa the expressed opinion of even th a nt oft P pr senti f h ali at- at do t f our our- e- e Y means be e built huilt to carry tho the in increased increased in- in creased that that will come to the tho Rio Grando Grande railroad through the com completion completion pl of the Western P i ic c road which will bo be into San Francisco r sometime during the coming fail t All officials asked concerning tho te matter freely expressed the op opinion ni n that the great bulk cf the new bas ness uess that the new road would throw te the tho Rio Grando Grande could not be hauled haul hal ed over the Soldier Summit to any adv advantage because of tho heavy grade and the amI-the the consequent high cost of operating operating operating op op- that pie piece e of or road and tho the further nc of tho the slow time and tho the danger ol or wrecks thereon Just what would woul be bo be done about this matter the railroad men observed their usual conservativeness and reticence but it t was apparent to toa a person understanding g nil all Continued on page pago 4 4 r W JP lf Tk SALINA SAUNA OFF CUT-OFF COMING COMINGs s r Continued from page 1 1 stances connected with the proposition proposition tion that the early construction of the Salina SaUna off cut was the tho only solution solution 4 tion of the vexed question and this thi some of the railroad men qt quite te ad ad- The editor of the Progress therefore therefore there fore feels 18 almost justified in 8 saying yi K that it is 18 the opinion of or the railroad officials of the Ro mo Grand Grande system that the next piece of railroad work i undertaken in Utah will be the construction construction con con- of the Salina cut Many persons will be bo prompted to a ask k whether the line will run from Green River Mounds or Farnham But we can say that it is by no means means cartain that Green River will be the point that the off cut-off will tap the main line There is n no J doubt that all else being favorable the thee company would prefer Green River as a n. point of diversion but the grade from that v K point is not equal to that of Mounds or Farnham which the survey urvey of 1902 established asunder as under 1 per cent centor or to be strictly accurate 8 S tenths of 1 per cent Such a light grade as this thi is remarkable i in the inter intermountain inter moun moun- moun 4 tain tamn country especially for heavy freight trains and the great bulk of t tr travel vel over the Salina c ca off cui-off t off will be beof berd rd f of freight billed from San an Francisco v to Col Colorado rado and points east cast of f Pu Pueblo blo y where it will be diverted diverted- to the Missouri Mis MiR Pacific the Gould road roal to Kansas Kan Kan- sas sae sas City and points further eastward |
