Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-12-20 | Page 41 | Railroad Development and What it Means to Ogden Section

the ogdan gateway points the route or a linee and thia city i now and is destined to remain the great railway center of the west importance both city hid a railway emter came with the wilding of the pacific system which rera completed in the railroads are not alone i ing and carrying agents but are crea ive and developing agents a well ahey create opportunities by the vast of their own enterprise giving di act employment to many thousands of and indirectly by the of the product ot other they develop the whole auntry and especially those portions oneider cd before the advent of rail oad as inaccessible thus it was that ogden ae the ignal of two divisions the wyoming division of the union pacific end the alt laje laj e division if the So athern and ae the junction point for the atah northern now the oregon short ine and the kio grande railway ailt some acara later became the lost important railway point in the eat this importance was enhanced the building of the hops and the wonderful ond erful growth of the to ae continuous development of the v onerously wealthy country which is tri ottay to it the projector of the pacific ad central received I the government grant of eich aly mate ejection of land for mile i each ido of the roads and money subsidy of a mile thi ater to be paid in 30 year per cent nd secured by ii on tle romis id the bonds to be sold on on comi etton of each section 0 the road loe aade were pdt built by the original of the railroad companies it by credit aal finance companie imposed of alic ame toc khoder ie of land and bond axed on mileage of the aeme probably in fenced credit puig in ome of thoe great cure tha min atlon of which 1 e partial si for th great improvement ft hv t ahr aal which in A af I 1 vi in fa it ilai n 11 i ii ii g 1 V ajl I 1 au ere were none of tue au i ives pile dm era rock aking and air fira idi ainali e the ut 0 of eo anoro 11 and bcd and that kiwo thought to be p a great portion of the am irei nent n the ift had ix en planned ond a gathered it during alic timp of I 1 ton abdual rk did not commence until V 11 alolf nun control of tho 1 ai f pattii Iaci fie ditl itt d hop hern and it i 0 o lovidy iiii leu u feliy t n nf i in in alic nt along great k 1 or fac cauM tt lil anany of di of likic 1 the laborer lAbor cr and forup and a large ingime nill yet ing to he fiert of alii arent k of alic southern lalie aik oik ever nipped ni pled it i alje IN T willinia Wil linin hood clifft en pincer pt at san anc the credit for thi great of t far ll inning and general but the ile of e fetn arc su tl of 1 W 1 ilar sli J II 11 austin michael f or n 0 alio llio plin of ding groat work aarol it palt ans rega 4 it i dream by ciany and to the actual of work upon it the of salt lake city wro unit in conjuring lip obstacles to it but 11 engineers knew what they were about on the 4 miles by the old route around the northern end of the lake from to lucin were three heavy eradis thaw etere 1 cat out and the engineers were ati saied that this could be done by the luan ogden cut at the time the distance at least 21 miles himself came wet and after being furnished furnia hed with 11 II foible on it he gave the plan hie approval the contract for the first 14 aniles f the trading to alic lilar from udd n on I 1 of HI H to thi lanh cumi iny and alipy on 1 te lint car of dilca pilca for aliu voik in admi ou march ll 1 1 iun ahat on work lin 11 11 enell of i lift Ving ixta rut tn aej now alin rack JIB ixon laid to alie alio boint in grade made liy corey aroi aljan anil it to the aca diore grilc on 11 fillin fill in farm ahn o 0 alic binm end alic grade im been completed to the western shore of the lake the fall from ogdan to the east shore of the lake a distance of 15 milts is feet and the rise from strong knob on he west elboro of the lake to luan a distance of SS leilea feet the stretch across the lake i of course u dead level and be entire cutoff cut off franr ogden to lucid is practically level the work of and filling in for the track aaroe the lake ha been directly in the hand of the company from the point where the grade of thi utah construction company ended on the cast shore of the lake the real commencement of this wonderful feat of railroad construction is located here hie company it camp 0 annj 11 oufa aliet danl conr pure ere put in anil tins laid out to dwor 20 of lir ane by alio a hauling vt alie timit ito aej rail juial ao 10 1 in ahe ogdan yards a anut irthy y fro tami anil louixiana thit vina removed to alio cant biorn of the tin ci joiny etor edU n IM vt hi point up boily ars tars t ay the company to be wl alei indig nil jai u dining cars kitchens and offices for the army of laborer starting from the end of the track at shore of a kempor ay wd built jeff by tho subsidence of teeswater lo 10 athe edge of the water by laying down planking held in place pegs on each ide and on planking were fastened the bics tics surmounted by the rails in the meantime at little mountain the steam shovels had commenced biting out the aides of the mountain loaded it into cars end these run out on the temporary track emptied their loads at the eide the permanent grade this temporary track as thus jials a mile i tin naud to cag thai boint temporary truck for the ot alio train liall to bf by ft ml nl alin win done by lars of nind id blilie 1 chich wro capik i aith biana 1214 1 incho an 10 feet liin arum IK to iier fasl iichi ii cLi ami SO fact of rt ringers I 1 bins by piare i nn 11 din ii 4 rik alwn alii track lio dumn ims tte run further out into the uke IA completing the two mile fillin fill in to be to trestle work this fillin fill in extended into the lake two miles is 75 feet broad at the bottom of the lake and 20 feet wide at the top and J feet above the water then pile driving was commenced ten nf the gigantic pi gantic machines commenced work at different stations and the gaps were rapidly ailed up until within five after the construction commenced the east shore and the promontory point were connected thia point ie tho end of the promontory range of mountains which extending southward forma a conff peninsula in the lake thu narrows until ft here the railroad crosses it it is only four miles wide at the fm of there Is on taint reality two point or at emi ii ali laud uhe proper line df bo by a fillin fill in inlet lint corvy alian who lint th contract for 0 a nal track llin that alie rond froin tilis bijo MK 0 o the the bruino could run acront in alio work 0 etAr linK aln lill ln fl ait tit alio trestle vork froni alio nolier bide alio filp tiri vcra leavo hii wu of alic alje and are driving pile on that tide the entire work trill be completed for the running of train across to lucia early in I 1 the spring from the time the watce line is reached at the lake shore to the promontory and from the west side of the promontory to the west bhore 0 the lake all of the work ie being done by the southern pacific company under the superintendence of their own engineers As is frequently the cage in work of this kind un forseen difficulties rose in roadbed road bed construction for example at many points where prior to the commencement men cement of the work it was thought that olid ground existed of interminable depth it was found that a thick measure of mud laid for scores of feet beneath especially juet opposite the mouth of bear river where two 70 foot piles droop one on top of the other did not find secure bottom this was for only very short distance however and forms no insurmountable obstacle as the space can be easily bridged while the warm sun of the summer months rested on the waters of the lake it wa not difficult to find men who would take to the work of construction st ii the water in which they waded at times to their armpits arm pits but as the cold increased through the fall and winter it became hard to get men and the work of construction is progressing more slowly altogether there arc now about men who are engaged in this work the waters of the lake have been made a great help in this work in floating heavy timbers and in moving the ned pile drivers A beautiful small launch was used for rapid carrying of supplies and transferring of men the launch was named the lilay A large steam wheel boat feet in length was constructed and used by the company in the transportation of its heavier material and supplies this boat is christened the promontory from ogden to the cast shore of the lake and from lucin to the west shore of the lake the road bed is constructed after the most modern methods steel bridges are used at the weber river crossings and deteel cylinders where any irrigation canal or email stream is crossed when the cutoff cut off ts completed the freight division point will be removed from terrace to a point west of lurin at biontello SIon tello the track of the southern pacific from lucin to corinne will be abandoned the southam South cm pacific trains now come in over the oregon short line from corinne and will continue to do so until tho cutoff cut off is completed the southern pacific has this year dope millions of dollars worth of work along the line all the way from lucin to reno the alrack has been straightened and grades eliminated and the running time at the conclusion of 11 this work and distance will be most materially reduced all grading on improvement work between and wadsworth has been completed and track laying is now under way the work represents five contracts to the railroad company although a great amount of it ia sublet to smaller contractors the piece from wadsworth to browns station is now RAILROAD BUILDING ACROSS GREAT SALT LAKE FIFTEEN MILES OUT OF OGDEN UTAH 1 ann over iti 51 mile long 8 longer than it formerly was but the new route cuts out many hill graam and curve that alic tiia tonce over the new route ie nado in the kiima H thuie abid can be anile number 0 engine arc alao cut out ahe riwa and hittie tio isain is 44 niilo loii taft gunile is ciui alete S jhb cuts out arun buhil auml If itea the ei mile lu ut off 1 represent principally the elimination 0 heavy cur yes there are a number ot bridges to he put in in this stretch but the abutments for thein ere already in the next stretch includes the improvement pro ot a very difficult piece ot track it ii from mosci to carlin and through 12 mile and shoshone nc canyons barrow defiles with many dangerous dan gerou curves nearly all these curves are eliminated end the new piece ot rod cuis out the heavy grade known a the band cut over the mountain thil piece will be CO milea long when finished and practically composed two original con tracts from the railroad company from carlin to byndon ten miles will be saved this stretch will include three heavy tunnels which are nearly completed the nert of newly is a moors to boano toano this is 30 miles long and will eave 5 miles in distance the company is alio doing work on this aide of sion tello hill which would indicate that the company bas concluded to climb the bill by means of fill ins and cuts rather than to use egav work around it one ot the plans next year is to construct a five mile tunnel through the sierra nevada mountains thua ing over 40 miles ot enow sheds nd a grade of third ot mile in distance the southern pacific when all the cutoffs are completed will be virtually a new road and one with some of the greatest engineering accomplishments in the railroad world what this road to ayden ia wage income is shown by the following list on the salt lake division with eastern terminal at ogden there are engineers and firemen conductors brakemen with a payroll of per month one third of these lay over in ogden and have homes here so that the yearly payroll ot the southern pacific directly in ogden is as follows i conductors brakemen engineers and firemen sg gregath per year switchmen 20 aggregate wages effton Shop men aw wages station men 65 aggregate wages sapt office 25 aggregate wages union depot 50 aggregate wages Trac kmen 20 aggregate wages total 1000 men aggregate wages this is the yearly payroll of chis road to ogden residents alone THE UNION PACIFIC is the eastern outlet of the systems and is known as the great overland route daring the past two years millions of dollars been spent on the road improving it by cutting out curves and grades and ballasting th road bed heavier deteel haa been laid along the entire route two feats 0 engineer iri of mammoth proportion were completed the tun nel and the aspen tunnel on abe leroy bear cutoff cut off near evanston wyo the length ot the aspen tunnel ia aoto the distance bv way of the old route was miles the distance of the new route now in operation is adlee thua making a saving in bittance dit tance ot miles the maximum grade ef the new line is feet per anile against feet approaching the cast portal of the tunnel there is a heavy cut 2200 feet long and ona approaching the west portal 2600 feet the grade throughout the tunnel is 04 per cent falling to ward the fast the tunnel at the deepest point is feet under the surface the first v fark begun nov 13 ISM on a shaft feet from the cast end work was begun at the west heading starch 14 1000 and at the east heading april 2 1900 the steam shovel operated by compressed were especially ally built or this work the ot the tunnel the greater portion is of timber 1212 in posts placed from to 20 inched in the clear with arch ribs built ot three pieces of inch plank the tunnel inside of the timber lining is 23 feet and 17 feet wide in the biear beginning at a point feet from the nest entrance there is feet ot the tunnel lined with etehl ribs and concrete this wa found necessary from the baet that the timber lining wa found insufficient to withstand aith stand at this point the heavy pressure of rock both downward and from the bides the tunnel waa completed oct 0 1001 A short distance aest ot the ann nel the road reaches height of feet above the level ot the tea the men employed on this great work were 1 l all supplied eup plied from ogden and rame bera to spend the money earned at the ia bor t he laix if 1 godf im alln ol ln i i li hf work is being done be ins lii li i tin euguen firm which a the contract for all the repair work to b ilone on tho union diflo between aal tho of this firm are in tean anil here they pi r off their wen and naturally a erent amount of the wage mati finds its way into life of aien the bt atnes nes of hie past has tested to th the hauling lacity of thia road and a a more train arens h ive been put on with in ogden alio short and pacific to arether employ in birden about 30 men with tou ot SHORT 1 which extends from to the northwest with another line to and to fradet an extension sur keyed to ans angelea Ange lei ie one of the most important factor of the IIa ey tern the bouthern ou thern extension exten aion blocks in a vav the clark road to los anele and put in position to easily girad oil any of the cattorn that at have pained entrance into colorado thi line a been greist lv improved during bo wit vaar and chii leavington leamington Lea culot whick i in coulsn of vill reduce tho and time to irali 4 the northern cortson f tie road ti also greatly improved h wat work licati he emins 0 enn netting lw the line and the southern P delc Brish nu city 20 niile north if 1 orinn inia arii city ahr li cic 1 l continued on t L aal A A l L aa II 11 t L RAS bROAD development AND WHAT IT MEAN TO OGDEN CITY 1 40 1 bago 25 continued over this running their anyn of the line but on the of the bouth atno buciu ufa kcf ohp boltl abandoned aud the vill bo eni build from will line oregon factory sugar connito to the immense garland thence north now to idaho havo a peculiar improvements these that they picc to oden offices the general timo ehor a office and all the important road will bo located in ot the asden THE KIO GRANDE SYSTEMS 1 lines which connect gould arfe the and eastern points colorado with the the firmat bould system all improved line have teen