The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-29
The Rich and UndevelOped COun-
try it Would Traverse.
TREASURES AWAITING TSADYENT
Been Over the Route-It Should
Be Built.

thursday issue, was tempted 10 NIiue
the following, asking publicity in your val
liable columns. Having been questioned by
one of the largest railroad companies as to
the practicability of building across tins
desert, I QUILTED myself and made trip
TO southern California, going what | con
slider the shortest route, coming back
the other. | now believe that could dt-
rect line be built it would be one OF the
best paving lines of railroad in the coun-
try. l had the privilege of stating my
views to the members of the chamber OF
commerce when some two hundred OF the
most enterprising capitalists, bankers aud
business men of Los Angeles were present.
[ was invited 10 San Bernardino for the
same purpose, and | know the people OF
Southern California would be only too
willing to
COMBINE WITH THE PEOPLE OF UTAH
10 build an independent line from Salt Lake
CITY to San PEDRO, the nearest point on the
sea coast TO Los Angeles and San Bernar-
dino cities.
Ibid succeed beyond my expectations in
Getting the enterprise started as will be
seen by the Los Angeles Sunday Times,
March Il, 1889, but certain obstructlonlsts
went to Los Angeles and by making prOmi-
ses that they would build this line, they
made the people there believe that the road
you'd be built at once without their aid,
and % upset at once the efforts made.
An association could be formed, and by
missing sufficient capital to build twenty
miles. the rest could be built as the most
Of the railroads have been built.
| would suggest that for a commence
nent road from Milford, Utah, to Bars
tow. California, be built, about three nun
dred and fifty miles; Milford to Cedar, 90
miles: to Iron City, 20 miles; down the
Magodsal creek to Jackson springs, 30
miles: to Beaver Dams Wash, 10 miles; to
Muddy River, 20 miles; to Los Vegas, 80
miles: to Bird Springs. p miles; to Good
Springs, 80 miles; to lvanpah, 10 miles;
TO sinks of Mojave river, - mile: to Bitter
spriu,rs Is smiles; to Bdrstow, 40 miles; these
distances are guessed in travelling by team.
There would not be one very heavy grade.
The average grade from Milford TO the
coast would be about ten feet to the mile {;
the work would be very light. The only
bridge Of any consequence would be at the
MUDDY. | crossed on "a bridge made OF
cedar posts about twelve feet long, making
the span. This road would
OPEN UP A MARKET
For the northern productions and manufac-
lures of Utah to Panacca, Phoebe and other
places in Nevada. TO where there should be
branch lines: also to southern Utah and
10 the mining camps of southern Nevada
and California. For such things as grain,
-four. potatoes, apples, butter, cheese, eggs,
beef. mutton, fowls, pork and hay, for
light wooden fabrics, boots and shoes,
bottles. and Salt Lake city could be made
the great centre for the supplying of east
e-n merchandise for at least half the dis
tance. and other articles too numerous TO
mention. This road would enable Southern
California TO send its products, such as
grapes, oranges, lemons, raisins and other
fruits, wines and liquors Of every kind, on
a shorter line by hundreds Of miles all along
It's route to Salt Lake city, Utah, Idaho,
Montana Washington, Eastern Oregon,
and all the eastern states.
This would enable Southern Utah to
furnish coal to Salt Lake city at 81 per ton,
and southern California at from three to
i've dollars per ton less than they are pay
Jug at retail prices to-day.
This road would make it possible to es-
tablish iron aud steel works IN Iron county
where pig iron, merchant iron and steel
could be made at as low prices as in any
part of the United States, thus enabling
southern California cities to
BUILD UP INDUSTRIES
FOR the manufacture Of machinery steam
engines, stoves, castings OF every name
and kind. not only for their own use but
shipping via San Pedro to the Sandwich
islands. the Psciic islands, to Australia,
South America, China and Japan and to all
the oriental stations.
Cheaper iron and steel would make it
possible for Nephi, Provo Salt Lake city,
Ogden, Brigham city and Logan to build
up foundries, machine shops and factories
20 a far greater extent than are now en-
oloyed for the making of castings, machin-
sry. implements of husbandry, etc, etc.
This road by carrying cheaper supplies
and fuel into the mining camps OF southern
Utah. Nevada and California, would open
NJ many new mining camps and many old
ones would be revived that are now Ian
gushing for the want of a railroad.
In Utah, there is the Bull valley district,
where there's gold, silver, lead and copper;
the Copper gulch and the Santa Clara lead
silver mines with a smelJer lying idle.
Southern Nevada has its mountain of salt
ana thousands of acres of farming land on
the Muddy. The surplus hay and grain
finds Il market ninety miles away, hauled
with teams. There has been
MINERAL DISCOVERED IN THE MOUNTAINS
all along to Los Vegas, and at the ranch
kept here by very hospitable, intelligent
lady, Mrs. Stewart. She has farm,
mostly lucern; grain is not a success.
They grow apricots, peaches, grapes, figs
and some apples, but not as good as Utah.
We resupplied ourselves with eggs and but
ter here. The land is irrigated by fine
spring of good water flowing on the level
Of the valley. This is on the east side OF
Timber mountain, where Mr.. Clark has a
saw mill. On the west side of Timber
mountain is the Pahrimp valley, where
there is similar spring to the
one at the Vegas. The farm kept
BY Mr. Yunt grows lucern and
peaches, grapes. etc. Here we met with
number of miners owning fine prospects
all over, anxiously awaitIuga railroad tC
make them all rich.
They showed US scores Of specimens OF
ore rich in gold, silver. lead, copper, etc.
Twenty-Five miles from here there is
a ten stamp mill, owned by Mr.. Osborne, of
Da~gett. Cal | called upon this gentle
man. He has built three steam wagons to
hai9l ore all the way from Resting Springs
10 Dapoett. at a cost of over one hundred
Thousand dollars. He is very anxious for
:. railroad from Salt Lake to California.
A short distance from here is the Coleman
Borax works idle for want OF railroad;
There ia the TIE COpa smelter and
the Ibey stamp mill, the owners of which
are all anxious for coal. They use for fuel
shellac. not so good as sage brush. There
is Kingston mining district, in fact a good
mining country would evidently be opened
up. but l must return TO the Vegas, where
we were shown good lmber Of speci-
mems OF ore. In the mountains, south
west. there is the Porte Sc mines. We
saw the old smelter and buildii gs erected
nv N. V. Jones and others where they made
lead which was sold in Salt Lake city
thirty years ago, but there was too much
-;I,-ay IN If tn make bullets Here Tor
GREAT distance north and south there are
EXTENSIVE SILVER AND LEAD MINES;
m fact mountains of lead, and some very
rich in silver and gold.
Mr.. Campbell who is working number
of men near Good Spring said he could
guarantee to railroad company ten car