Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-07-31 | Page 4 | Cut-off from East of Ogden

CUTOFF FROM EST EIST OF OGDEN The News of yesterday esterday eon con tamed thIs pIcco of railroad news rhe Plue plan of the Union Pacific rail railroad railroad road projected some years since for building a cutoff culon from the helo the road merges emerges Ironi Weber canyon across the tue Point of the eIght miles south o of Ogden and dIrectly through to Salt Sail Lake CIty seems to hu have ve taken material form Contracts Contract have been leSt lel to La double the tho Oregon I Short Line truck track from Woods Cro Croto Cross to at which latter point thu tho I cutoff wrom canyon wiLl join onto onlo the tracks of the Short Line Tiun Tho i plan Is to Lo tunnel through tile the mountaIn I point at the mouth of the canyon sue ana I make a connection there thero for through business whIch will make a reduction of between sixteen and amid miles and consequent say sayIng Ing of time on through business for forthe forthe the Union Pacific It Is II also said that It is the plan of the tho Harriman to eventually continuo continue the tho Salt SaIL Lake street rail railway way system north to Ogden parallel parallelIng Ing tho ho Union Pacific from flom Uintah this being a link in the proposed suburban line lIno reaching 1 from Payson on the tho Houth to Logan surveys of this proposed cut cul cutoff off of have made and each line run proved that great difficulties ero to tobo tobe bo be J it the built buill The Phie route Is through situ liar Har to the small sand dunes to the tho of Ogden Ogdon which the Ore Oregon gon Short Line was nearly a year ear in cutting through rhe ilie most moat favorable I II I I Survey survoy a tunnel over ocr a mile long and deop cuts In sand Vo 1111 I none of tho ho surveys was a maximum bTU grade O or of less than 1 per cent obtained If that is true truo the cuto cutoff would present no over tile line IIno through Ogden to Salt Lake whIle there thoro would be time the disadvantage vantage of running a stub train from Crom the tho junction point to Ogden ou or forcIng for tor Ogden to go o to Salt Lake an amId thence back to Ogden Of course there are certain Influences Influences at work directing all energy against Ogden Ogdon as a railroad con center lor but If the people of this city are arc to lo their best Interests much of the tho pernIcious work wont can be checked