The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-31
SALT LAKE RAILROAD eENERl

Events now transporting point
, with prophetic directness to a
realization of the oft-repeated as
sertion that Salt Lake City is des-
, tined to be great RAILROAD centre.
For years it has been held by the
HERALD that this city was as GER
tain to be a point at which rail-
roads would meet, as that Utah
territory was destined to prove the
richest ard most powerful of the
. commonwealth between the Miss
ouri River and the Pacific Ocean.
Day by day are to be seen additional
evidences Of d contamination Of
this desired result, which evidences
at first seemed more visionary than
rational. In the first place, Utah
is geographically situated SO as to
make her a central point for INLAND
commerce and secondly, she
has those material resources which
are absolutely indispensable TO the
! requirement Of commercial power,
| and as decessary for its retention
| when it is once secured. Here are
to lie found in ilIimitable quantities
the raw materials on which many
of the most prominent industries of
the world are based. There
are iron, coal, lead, gold,
silver, anthony. copper, phos-
pilates, marbles, salt, sulphur, and 80
on almost without end, and all to
be found in inexhaustible quantities.
Sister territories and states in the
vicinity, have more or less of the
same resources, but it is a fact
which defies contradiction that in
no other state or territory is there
so great q variety of material re-
sources in such abundance. The
inference is unavoidable that in
time these resources will be en-
ployed and upon them vast and i'm
portant industries must be founded. |
These products will be sought after
and the wealth of our neighbors
must flow here to secure those arti.
eles which the poverty of resource
in their own section renders it i'm
possible for them to manufacture.
Such state of affairs may be more
or less distant, but if the progress of
the past five years be maintained
for a corresponding future period
no one would be surprised to see
these assertions fulfilled to the let
ter. With increase in population
and with the growth Of industries {
follow the demand for enlarged {
railroad facilities, and as all sur '
rounding sections will require Utah t
products, and as these products for t
their abundance and the cheapness
with which they can be man l
ufactured owing to the I
firm agricultural basis, the
,obriety Of the population and c
The stability and certainty of propri-
stary rights-can be purchased
cheaper than elsewhere, the means /
IF communication between Utah G
and those localities must also grow. [
The length Of an article of this S
character viii not justify details to L
prove the above assertions are /
'ationaI, but they are unquestion- a
IDLY susceptible of proof; and once d
admitted the statement that Utah V
S destined to be q great railroad il
centre is beyond controversy. The t
most superficial glance at railroad :
in the west will tend !
20 establish the correctness OF this
,he0ry, which, when viewed in con-
lection with the wonderful Inherit
snce with which naturehas endowed
Utah in her remarkable resources, /
gives to the theory an air of reality
hat is almost convincing-that is
to any intelligent person
with the subject.
If circumstances point to Utah as
4 railroad centre, they certainly
point to Salt Lake as railroad focus.
Within the foresight Of the wisest
-nhabitant there is no probable
rival to Salt Lake City. The COM
pletion of the Denver and RioE
Grarde Railroad here gave an im-
petus to and created an inquiry
about this city and it's probable
that has already been prof.
luctiYe of good. A brief iteml
published few mornings ago was
to the effect that the Central Pacific
would shortly run all its freight and
passengers trains to Salt Lake City
oy means Of third rail on the D
and r q RailFoadnoa, xuhiJostbav