Show A COAST competitor tho san francisco and great salt lake hallway railway scheme though for sonio some time it has Slum bore bora d it Is by no means dead but will become a fact something over a year ago TILE STANDARD published two articles on the pr proposition to run a cm competing line with th alie e southern pacific from san francisco to ogden full accounts were given of the work of the surveyors and the route had even been laid out from ogden the tile road instead of taking the promontory route and the conae consequent quent heavy grading would cut across the two bays of the great salt lake formed by the point of land known as the promontory and thence almost due west running almost parallel with tho the southern pd cefic until the sierra nevada are reached when the beckworth pass was to bo be utilized these articles caused a smile to the readers at the time but since then tile surveys have been completed the ca company in organized zed stock subscribed and much preliminary work done the of the peo I 1 I 1 S exe gall dc I 1 n fi 1 I 1 11 8 17 I 1 if I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 U 4 I 1 V V 4 re G 1 I 1 9 4 II I 1 10 C or va 41 0 V I 1 t ale of san F fancisco ran cisco almost caused a failure and for some time it was t i e was an end it now 1 however locks as if the san francisco lt great salt lake railroad will surely bo be built and add another spoke to the wheel of which ogden is the hub A prominent ogden gentleman who didiot wish his name mentioned and who always lias has his eyes fixed on the tile movements of railway officials and railway men when seed seen by a re representative presen t a of TILE gave tho tile Pl pleasing easillI information that at a meeting to we bo held in san francisco in the near future it will bo be determined whether or not the tile road will bo be a settled fact the capitalists bhavini having the movement in charge said the gent gentleman L eman held a meeting recently at which were present several canadian capitalists to whom was submitted a proposition the latter then packed their grips and returned homo home and will be ready to accept or reject the proposition made at the next meeting if the road ia is built will it come to oi ogden en direct asked the reporter it t will replied the gentleman of course it is too premature to defino define the exact route that will be chosen as the surveys cover several but one thi thing n 9 is certain it will be built across t the he lake into this city those are encouraging worda words and when work once begins should the capitalists ita lists referred to become interested it will mean a great thing for ogden with two western and three great eastern main lines of separate roads she will become tho the very center of the overland railways she will bo be in complete connection with north south cast and west and the traffic will become enormous ogden will then be in very deed the tile railway hub and should manufacturers and business men keep pace the dream of a great intermountain city in tile weber valley will be realized and become an undisputed fact |