The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-21
THE PROPOSED ROUTE.
The Sa.1t Lake & Los Angeles
Meeting Last Night.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED
An Addition to the COMMITTEE,
which VIII at Once Go to
Work Again.

meeting in support of the proposed
Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway, the
Grand Opera House was filed last
evening, and soon after o'clock,
President Lawrence, of the Chamber
of Commerce, called the meeting to
order and stated its object. He said
there was no division on the point
that the road would be big thing
cor Salt Lake. Between Salt Lake and
the Nevada line, there were twenty
mining districts which the road would
open up. These districts, however, can
only be developed by railroads. In
building this road we open up untold
wealth. 1t means a market for our
coal; our neighbors are willing and
anxious to exchange their pro-
ducts for ours. They need our
wheat and our four, our fruits and our
vegetables, and in exchange they will
give US their gold aud silver and lead.
The contemplated road would benefit,
and materially benefit, every man,
woman and child in the Territory, ana
all should do their part. 1t is question
whether we will build Salt Lake and
send her on to prosperity, or whether
we will let other cities reach out anc
Guido US. MIR. Lannan then ronlnsted
Governor West for chair man, and the
Governor took his seat amid great ap-
plause.
J.B. Walden was chosen secretary.
GOVERNOR VESTS ADDRESS.
He was pleased at the large attend
ance, and hoped that the citizens would
take the road in hand, and with vim
and enterpI Use coz plete it. The build
ing of the road means health, wealth
and prosperity to Salt Lake, the capital
of this Territory and the commercial
metropolis o! all the Territories. The
hardy miners in western Utah were
awaiting the coming of the road, in
order that they might further
develop their mines, and are
anxious to pour their wealth into
our laps, taking in exchange for their
money, our mining machinery, and
countless other products. With
proper appreciation of our own advant-
ages, a Comparatively small dsgree OF
energy. and we can make this city
citv without q peer. OF course. the
enterprise Will cost money, but we
must have the pluck and the nerve to
carry it on. The men who built the
great Pacific highway had less wealth
than many of our citizens, and they
had obstacles to encounter that do not
face us. Where are they to-day2 They
are the millionaires of America. The
Salt Lake q Los Angeles must be the
trunk line to the coast. and its feeders
will be the many big lines that are nov
heading this way. Every step taken
between this city and the golden shores
of California will meet with encourage
nent and profit. The railway that is
the greatest benefit is the one bull and
owned By the residents of the city nom
which it runs. Great men OF
brains have offered to come here
and build the road. If they have
brains enough to do it, certainly Salt
Lakers have. ALI that we have to do is
to put our best men to the front, work
with energy and will, aud in two years
from this time you can crowd x his
Opera House to celebrate the compile
ton of the road. (Applausel.
JUDGE POWERS
The reward to be reaped from the
building of the Salt Lake IL Los An
geles is great one. The proposition
that submit for your consideration is
this: That if you will subscribe a fund
of 500 600. the gentlemen whom rep
represent will contribute like 500, 600
for the preliminary work on the road.
1t will not be short line to Deep Creek,
but will not end until the sunny slopes
of California have been reached. Sew
eral surveying parties should at once
be put into the field, statistics gathered
and the facts shown up. This done, the
facts published and the project
shown TO be sound business
enterprise, my client will at once build
the road and equip it, and each sub
scriber to the fund will receive the
amount of his subscription in bonds OF
the road. This road must be built.
SAT- Lake is the natural commercial
center of the Rocky Mountains. Ii the
meeting will appoint a committee with
power to confer with nv client, he will
outline plan of organization and OPP
Grafton which will involve the least
possible hardship to the subscribers
and give assurance of immediate prac-
ticaI work and full s2ccsss.
COLONEL HoLLIsTER
thought the proposition good one, br
the question of accepting it was posi-.
pened for the present.
A. L. THOMAS
of the soliciting committee, reported
that they had received subscriptions
amounting to $1CO Oc0, On conditions
that S165, 900 should be subscribed be-
fore the amount was called for. NJ.
81. walker and J. R. Walker had
agreed to give $40 00c each providing
that the sum of $3.50 600 was raised
and Mr.. Auerbach had also said that
he would contribute sum
equal to that gwen by any
other citizen. (Applause). These
and other amounts promised would
leave only about $4,000 10 be raised to
place the project on a $3.50 600 basis.
The committee had also received sew
eral offers from fferent parties to float