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Show BAMBERGER ROAD HAS BEEN SOLD Eastern Capitalists Have Purchased the Electric Line From Ogden to Salt Lake and Are Negotiating For the Lines of the Ogdeu Rapid Transit Millions of Dollars Involved in the Transaction The Suit Lake & Ogden railway was sold vestcrday by Sonator Simon Bamberger to M. B. Ilerelcy ol Chlca-go Chlca-go who represents eastern capitalists. capital-ists. The electric line from Ogden to Salt Lake will be the muclous of nil electric inlenirban system, financed largely bv eastern capital, to inn throughout the state Mr Hcroley's plans include tho Immediate purchase of tho oloctric Unc from Ogden to Brigham and the proposed electric lino from Salt Lako to Payson. Tho deal for the salo of the Salt Lake & Ogden railway was consummated consum-mated vested ut a conference he-tweon he-tweon Senator Bamberger and Mr. Horely declined to confirm or deny Mip renort of tho sale It Is known, I however, as an absolute fact that the 3 sale was made and possession of the road will pass from Senator Bamber-5 Bamber-5 ger to Mr Hcreley thi3 week. The 9 amount of money Involved in the pur-I pur-I chase is not made public, but the sum to be paid for this railroad and the I other railroads, the purchase of which B is contemplated by Mr Hcreley, will J; be approximately $10,000,000 Si Mr Hcreley will meet David Ecclcs I I of Ogden todav and try to conclude B negotiations for the purchase of the I1 Intorurban line connecting Ogden and Rt Brigham Citv Within the next few a days Mr Hcreley, it is understood, 1. hopes to complete arrangements for making ot er the right-of-way of tho 1 proposed intorurban line between Salt f Lake and Pnyson Later, it is author-jhtaMvolv author-jhtaMvolv stated, the intorurban sys-I'lem sys-I'lem will be extended to connect with I '.the new coal road in eastern Utah. .The purpose of this connection will be to trnnsport coal from the eastern - Utah coal fields to consumors in va- irious parts of the stater If these plans are consummated cheaper coal mav be furnished consumers in Provo ' 'Salt Lako, Ogden. Brigham City, Logan Lo-gan and Intermediate points. Should the plans for the purchase I of the Interurban line now connoct-ing connoct-ing Ogden, Brigham City and soon-to soon-to include Logan nml the proposed line between Salt Lake and Payson fall, Mr Hcrelev plans to construct new electric lines between these points It is believed however, that the negotiations for the purchase of these lines, already begun, will be successfully terminated. Has Wide Experience. For man- years Mr. Hcreley was an official of the Chicago Railway company, com-pany, one of the largest traction corporations cor-porations In existence. A few months ago he obtained a year's leave of absence ab-sence from the company and began negotiating for the control of the intorurban in-torurban lines of Utah. These negotiations nego-tiations have thus far proceeded so successfully that Mr Hereley Is arranging ar-ranging to sever his connections with the big Chicago corporation and take active charge of the affairs of the Interurban lines of Utah. Thnsn fnmillnr with Air. Hprlov's financial associates say that he Is backed in this enterprise by practically practic-ally unlimited capital and' that the very near future avIH see the realization realiza-tion of the dream of electric interurban interurb-an railway connection with ecry section of the state. Through the purchase of the Salt Lake & Ogden railway Mr Hereley has secured the key to the Interurban situation in Utah. This railroad was the first electric interurban line In Utah Connecting Ogden and Salt Lako this link likewise Joins the extensive ex-tensive interurban system of the northern part of the state and the prospective interurban lines of central cen-tral and southern Utah. To Push Improvements. The new owners of the Salt Lake &. Ogden railway will continue Senator Bamberger's plans for double-tracking the road from Ogden to Salt Lake. The double track will enable the company com-pany to maintain a faster schedule than at present and eliminate a great deal of the danger of accident. Mr, Hereley likewise plans to double-track double-track the other Interurban lines in prospect throughout the state. To former Senator Simon Bamberger Bamber-ger will be due, In a large measure, the credit for establishing the extensive exten-sive Interurban system throughout the state More than twenty years ago Senator Bamberger undertook tho construction of an interurban system. Ho hoped some day to see from his humble beginning an Interurban system sys-tem that would extend to cvory portion por-tion of the state and connect practically prac-tically ecry thriving town and village vil-lage In the state. Indications now point to the fulfillment of his hopes. Twenty years ago Senator Bamberger Bam-berger established the Lagoon resort. re-sort. After overcoming almost Insurmountable In-surmountable obstacles, Senator Bamberger Bam-berger completed a railroad line from Salt Lake to Lagoon. The roadbed was far from perfect and the steel In tho rails was light, but nevertheless It was a beginning The rolling stock was almost a joke. Wobbly cars and diminutive "dummy" locomotives loco-motives were used. For several voars trains between Salt Lake and the Lagoon La-goon were operated Irregularly in the summer time. Turn of the Tide. After a great deal of difficulty a , right-of-way was secured through to the southern limits of Ogden The road was extended to this point Then came a great deal of difficult In securing a terminus In Ogden. Finally Fin-ally this difficulty was overcome and the road built into Ogden The accommodations, ac-commodations, however, wore far from the best antf the road was little lit-tle patronizod, snvo by ilsitois to Lagoon The next step was the electrification electrifica-tion of the Una. which was accomplished accom-plished two years ago. Some of tho finest interurban cars In tho country wore then placed in operation At the present time elegant and commodious com-modious electric trains are operated hourly over the line between tho two cities find the patronage of the line Is extensive. While Senator Bamberger wns completing the electrification of his line between Salt Lako and Ogden and perfecting the sorvlce over the line, David Eccles and others were establishing estab-lishing extensive Interurban connections connec-tions among the towns of northern Utah. Interurban connections have recently been completed from Ogden to Brigham City and soon will extend to Logan and other northern Utah towns. Other Plans In View. Other plans for Interurban lines which have been more or loss In prospect, but which appear now to be approaching realization, contemplate contem-plate an extension to the eastern Utah conl fields, and extensions from Nephi south to Beaver and on Into the rich Dixie country in Washington county. The Bamberger line, the Eccles line and the proposed line to -Payson are in the heart of the richest vallevs in tho west The' Salt Lake & Ogden railway is jp the rich valley between the two mosPpopulous cities In the, state. Rich bench land In this valley , provides soil for some of the host orchards in tho state This vallev is well watered by an extensive Irriga-1 tlon system. Much of'the land In the foothills is being placed under culti- j vatlcn and within a few years will yield a rich harvest of fruit i Rich Valley Traversed. ) From Ogden to Brigham City tho electric line passes through the great poach country "tf Box Elder anJ ' Cache counties Here arc grown vast quantities of peaches, and tho horti-culturol horti-culturol area of this iich region Is be-intr be-intr extended annually through more extensive irrigation. The deal for the purchase and extension ex-tension of the interurban lines of the statq is one of the most important import-ant eycr consummated jn Utah, and It probablv mean3 more in tho development develop-ment of the state than anv contemplated contem-plated in recent years. With Mi? cs- j lablishmcnt of a complete interurbar I system throughout the state, the vaiuo ' of Utah farms nnd the nrosperit Mid ' population of Utah towns will ma- J tcrially increase no |