Show SALT SAIl LAKE LAIE ROUTE I AFTER MORE SPACE Will Soon Break From Short Shor I Line Linc to Provide Own Yards Here I ROAD TO PORTLAND SURE I Work Wor on Extension and Expansion Expansion I sion to Northwest Already Being Pushed I I There Thero Is no longer much about the extension of the Salt Snit Lake I Route to Portland Ore Or Grading on tho the line lino has already been commenced on th the Portland end nd by the Portland Eastern Railway company which wn was Incorporated under time the laws of the Uw state of or Oregon on Omi June Jun 3 Vlast In t. t with a capital of or The Tho incorporators Incorporator Incorporators I ator of or the time company are nrc E. E P. P Clark Clarl n R. R C C. mills G Arthur thur IT Fleming E. E B. B Robert T. T Linne and anil C. C W W. Miller 1 III er E. E P. P Clark who heads the Il lit list l. l Is a n brother of r W. W A. A Clark president and I principal owner 0 of time the Salt Lake Route Houte and the Portland Eastern Hallwa Railway Rail Hall wa way company compan was form formed d In order that a l charter could b be obtained from that state the time laws law of or which require that all railways entering the commonwealth commonwealth common common- wealth mu must t do Jo so o under a a. state charter char char- ter distinctly separate from that granted grant grant- rant ed pd h by another I state stale to th the same ame s 's tem tein root Got oL Kl IU ht hl of Way Vay n Jh t. t That th time the matter ha has be been cn k kept pt from the he public so lon long Is because of a delre desire desire de de- de- de sire lre on the part of oC the thc projectors to tol secure l CUre rights of wa way Into Portland such much ns as S will grant th the com company pan Immunity nit ity from flom the rough sledding the tho Southern Pacific Pae-Ine has hall had there during tho ho past year to in r retain ft its franchises s son on n certain streets upon Ullon which tracks were vere laid by hy p permission of the tho city without understanding as a to how mow long tho the thoroughfares might be retained for fOl u use e h by the company compan However How lIow- ever er as the tho filing of or the articles has become public anti and the charter granted grant grant- ed d. d while the paltI parties s Interested are arc none more or less Jess reticent regarding the route nute decided upon thc they tb do not den deny that hat the purpose of the Portland Eastern East East- Ill ern rn Is to tnt make connection with the Salt Lake Route and th the properties prop prop- ertl s In this lila cit city The matter of securing the he rights of oC ofray way ray Into Portland has now reached I that hat stage where little apprehension Is felt cit regarding r the th success ucc s of or tho the company com Coin any pany In obtaining such mch terminal facilities ties ic s as may mar be bp 1 required ul Mr 11 Clark himself eJr Is authority for tor the statement that hat If Ie n ary c nry the company will re require re- re quire Cullo private right of oC way through Portland and not depend upon fran fran- ranh ran ran- h Already Ir ul l Work Voik tw That this part Urt of or the he he not ret retard etarl the pl progress progress' of the h road d r 10 is is Indicated ll b by that contracts ha have hac c boon a awarded eI anti and work orle commenced on a mile 15 stretch of or grading between n Blue BILIC Run Hun and Fairview Fair Fair- FairVIew view Ore This contract was awarded so 0 as ns to enable th the Portland Eust Eastern ln company to ha hare haie e Its supplies and materials materials ma ma- delivered ered by In the O. O R. R N. N road onel at from which point grading and anti track la laying can h be carried car car- led ried on In both hoth directions at the same time ime Sure Surveying ln on Ute lIme line lino has been heen com corn completed to a distance of or about sixty miles nibs from Portland and I options on property in central Oregon to together ether with water rights all nil along the line of or the Ime so EO far as the tho charter limit of 0 C the tho Portland Eastern En Is concerned have ha mave been secured Heavy lIean orders It Is said ald were placed several se months ago by hy tho the Salt Lake Lalu p people for tor rails and anel rolling roiling stock and when then this became known In restricted circles It was then predicted that the tho Clarks larks had something up url their slee sleeves s. s It t being helnA evident that nil all this material was vas not nol needed by their system m In Its pre resent present ent con condition 31 arc Yard arll P Fa ell it levIn lev- lev In this connection too V. V has leaked out ut that the tho company compan has boon beon quietly quiet juiet- ly Iy y negotiating negotiating- for rOl some time tin for the e of or large e a additions to its really holdings In this city for the purpose of or securing sufficient territory upon Lipon which to erect lal large e car shops hops and locomotive works While no record rec rec- old ord of 01 transfers being made are arc to bo he found round It Jt was wa stated tat d Friday that plans of oC f the company In this direction had been carried to a j successful issue so rat far us as securing options on the property prop prop- ert erty is concerned rho Tho arrival al in the thC cit city Thursday of or General Manager l Wells ells of the Salt Lake Route Houte a arid and d the tho fact tact that he I left Cl the regular northbound train at Cal- Cal lento and find came Into the city by a special cial cial which had orders to make record record- breaking time In iii order that he might arrive e here to keep I an appointment t with a number ot other officials o of the tIme company compa and that Friday a was devoted to 10 looking over eves the terminal facilities here I Is regarded C as an ort ot or t the e statement that the realty teal deal Is Js Isto Isto to bo he clo closed d up at once nce Mean It to Soft Salt Lake tle What hat the extension of or the Salt Lake 1010 Route to to Portland P through rough ono one ono of th the and j richest Idlest t sections of or the tho United States In minerals timber limber agriculture mill and stock raising means to this city cannot be estimated It will virtually put the city on two trans continental linN lines one leading leading- southwest through tho thu gold Holds fields of oC Nevada e Into the orange orange or or- ange and anet citrus growing bolts belts of oC California Call Call- fornia and the other into the y heavy 1 01 lumber coal an and great grain am amstock and stock growing sections of oC Idaho and Oregon thus tItus opening up a new country country coun coun- try tn with marvelous wealth Into which the business men of or Salt Lake City can enter and control to the time extent of millions mil lIon lions of or dollars carl It alto also means the time con construction of general car car shops shop and locomotive works for both boils the time Clark anti and Moffat forral systems as It willbe will wll be the tho most central location for tor such plants Then naturally will follow Collow the time location of or large packing houses am and stock yards which will bo ho necessitated b by the development de 0 of the new terri tern tor tory lory mentioned for foi market facilities And all these thoi-c Industries will bring a rapid increase Ii lii population and an arm In Increase In- In ease crease In the time general payroll to th the laboring mas masses amounting to several hundred thousand dollars a month 5 a |