Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-04
The Road seems Assured.

of leading newspapers in large cities
making chain from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, all going to show that a railroad
from Salt Lake to Los Angeles is assured,
that the work on this is already under
way, that it will be prosecuted with
much vigor, and that it is one of the inn
portant links in great continental sys-
tenn. The papers quoted are among the
most influential and trustworthy in New
York, Chicago, Omaha, Sioux City
and San Francisco. The outgivings
of such men as Bishop Sharp
and Mr.. Adams, of the Union Pacific,
and of Mr.. Towne, of the Southern Pa
cifc, are the opinions by which the
views presented by the papers are illum-
mated. They speak of work actually be-
gun on the extension of the road from
where it is now operated in Eastern
Utah.
Synoptically presented the matter
means just this: The Vanderbilt system
of railroads, whose western terminus is
ct Chicago finds itself practically handi-
capped in the competitive race for busi-
ness by roads whose close connections
reach not only the remote West
both north and south of Chicago,
but which also in some cases reach the
Pacific Coast. The Interstate Commerce
act, too, gives the Canadian Pacific a
great advantage over American roads.
1t is the object of this new combination
to overcome these disadvantages under
which the Vanderbilt lines are suffering.
The Union Pacific on the other side Of
the continent finds itself in the same un-
comfortable situation, and is as anxious
10 secure connections east and west of
Omaha as the Vanderbilt lines are
for connection west of Chicago. The
Northwestern system offers the necessary
link mutually to connect the Wander
bilts with the West and with Omaha,
and to connect the Union Pacific with
Chicago. With such a combination
there is ell ready to hand lines with
mutual interests between New York and
Salt Lake. The Union Pacific has cen-
nections from that city already reaching
Portland on the north, and reaching far out
toward Los Angeles on the south. There
are roads built towards Southwestern
Utah which might easily be extended to
Los Angeles and San Francisco. The
distance between Los Angeles and
Chicago will be greatly shortened
by the new route. A rich territory
will be tapped whose local business will
support road from the start. This last
is an advantage no road across the con.
tinent at present enjoys. All the lines
now operated traverse long stretches Of
desert country where their operation is q
dead weight on the system. The new
chain will be through territory all oi
which will yield paying local business.
No one will read the presentation oil
this matter made in the HERALD today
and doubt for q moment that there is
much earnest work being done in the
premises, that there is building now
being done on the road, that, barring un.
forseen accidents, the work will be
pushed rapidly to completion. And
those who take this view of the question
will not need to be taught its immense
importance to Los Angeles. More
than this. A careful perusal OF
all said in the clippings from
these important papers and due consid.
GRAFTON of it all will convince even the
most skeptical that there are three OF
four other systems of roads whose posi-
ton will force them at an early day tc
build to the Coast. The moral il
that railroad building on this western side
of the continent is only begun, and tha,
it will be very active during the next
ten years. With that sort of activity con-
tinued and increasing prosperity will be
our lot, and Los Angeles will grow as she
has not yet thought of growing.