| Show RIO EXTENSIVE PLANS HAS BEEN SPENT ON REAL ESTATE twenty two stall roundhouse as well as big freight depot are to be built arwa tuesdays standard it can be stated on eo good an authority as superintendent welby of the rio grande western that the changes that are to be inaugurated in ogdon by the gould road are oc a far greater magnitude than has been imag ined by those who have been following the moves of the of that system for the past few weeds and to whom it has been known that ogden was to become the central point in the intermountain country for the gould roads superintendent welby of the salt lelce division of the road E am aall son of the law firm ot sutherland van cott and aikson attorneys for tha road frank chapin who has been conducting the negotiations tor the acquisition of the real estate required and 0 B gilson local agent for the road were in yesterday afternoon and last evening in the city and when mr welby admitted that the that have appeared in the papers regarding the plans of gould tor the extension of their ays tern wore correct and from what coald be gathered from the conversation tho rumor regarding gould building to the north and that ogden Is to be a great terminal center la correct in all the purchases of real estate so far for the site of the now yards and terminals aa outlay 0 ever anal mr said that the outlay for land would aggregate before all the nd required had been secured he wae aaker it that woold not give them more land thin they required for the freight and said yes we are to tulla a 22 stall round honsa aa freight depot on twenty fourth street on the land that we hwa recently purchased and are to increase our force in the shops to the new freight house we are to run three tracks from the main line on twenty farst street to the freight depot on twenty fourth threet the improvements that are to he mad will give to ogden merchants a way to get out to new territory in nevada and a little later on we will be headed in the direction of oregon as it is necessary that we get the road into the timber belt and ogden ft enjoy the benefits of much of the railroad building that la going on and that is to be done in the future mr welby are a re you to invade the idaho and oregon territory he was asked to this question he evaded an answer and was then asked in what way ogden would be given an opportunity to secure new trade he replied over the gould lin to the west continuing he said by may of the coming year miles of rail to the nevada line will have been laid and within two years the gould trains will be entering california the conversation then reported revor ted back to the local improvements and mr welby was asked it the new roundhouse wera needed at present and it U would not accommodate more engines than at present were running into the city he replied that might be more engines running in here in the near future than there have been in tho past that statement coming from such a source vas significant and would indicate what has been generally rumored for some time that the western pacific is to have a terminal in this city and that the gould road is to invade the the purchases made yesterday aggregate and include four deals the property secured being from J E williams 0 T ociell 2500 M A R browning 1000 and frank M farrell 1900 that the company intends to push he work on the terminals at once Is evidenced by the fact that although the rights of way needed have been had ant a short lime less than a week in fact the company last evening had in in the city council a franchise granting to the road the right to cross twenty farat twenty second and awen ty third streets the franchise passed ita arat read ing and was referred to the law and street committees A significant fact and one that bears out the statements that the harraman Harrl man and gould interests are at odds and hat the former mill fight the invasion inva aion of its territory by the latter was the at the meeting of the council of W J sheally and P H cook both officials who remained throughout the session and who gave no evidence of having other business the council other than finding out what would be done in regard to the asked for by the gould road lal last night both mr welby and mr allason returned to salt lake in be formers private car when the man heard the sentenia sen tenca be almost had a fit and be complaining witness was equally perturbed for they have engagements covering ai number ot weeks and baat night the wiman spent in rustling the necessary amount while ohp brave man ebent the night in the cooler |
