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Show I mm i mgaai i.ii it i 1 1.1 mm u. imr r,-! . i n ,i in. u SALT LflKERDUTE WILL BE IMPROVED Salt Lake Tribune: Extensive general improvements all along the line and the possible construction con-struction of the Uinta basin extension are the features of tho work planned by the Salt Lake Route for the coming com-ing year, according to former United States Senator W. A. Clark, president of the road. Senator Clark arrived here yesterday yester-day morning from Butte on a tour of inspection of his western properties. During the day he conferred with Vice President H. V. Piatt. General Manager H. C. Nutt and Traffic Man-agor Man-agor F. A. Wann of the Salt Lake Route, with'.referenco to the plans for 1917. With Mr. Nutt he left last night for Los Angeles Angeles, and from there he will go to Arizona to inspect some of his mining properties. Decision as to whether the Uinta basin extension will be built is being held in abeyance, awaiting reports from engineers, Mr. Clark said. Awaiting Reports. Complete reports are expected within with-in the next few weeks, and upon receipts re-ceipts of them the question will be decided. de-cided. Senator Clark expressed the opinion that an extension into the St. George country was impracticable under un-der present conditions, on account of the heavy cost of construction and the limited amount of traffic that could be developed. The general improvements included in the plans for the coming year comprise com-prise tho installation of block signals over a portion of the line, the laying of heavy steel, replacing old bridges with structures of concrete and steel general improvement in the roadbed and the purchase of new and modern equipment. Senator Clark expressed himself as well pleased with the business busi-ness of the road, and predicted for it a great future. The senator also was enthusiastic over the result of the election, especially espe-cially Inasmuch as the west was re- sponsible for the re-election of President Presi-dent Wilson. He expressed no doubt that American prosperity was ' on a firm basis and would not be affected by the result of the eleiction and not to any appreciable extent by the cessation ces-sation of hostilities in Europe. Has Faith in Future. "Of course, the munition shipments will cease with the end of the war," he said, "but they constitute only a small share of our exports at the present pres-ent time. European countries will be in no position to go about rebuilding without the aid of America. Their resources re-sources have been drained and millions mil-lions of their citizens have been either killed or disabled, so that reconstruction reconstruc-tion necessarily will be slow. A de- cade probably will have passed before they can restore a semblance of order, and there Is no reason why Tn that time America cannot have established itself firmly at the head of the commercial com-mercial world. "I believe, too, that all this talk about a flood of immigration to America Amer-ica at the close of the war is little more than a stretch of imagination. In tho first place, foreign countries cannot can-not permit able-bodied men and women wom-en to leave, and the American immigration immi-gration laws will protect us against those who are not able-bodied. There is no good reason, in my opinion, why American prosperity should be affected affect-ed to any appreciable extent by tho cessation of hostilities in Europe." |
