Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-10
THOS. TAYLOR'S VIEWS.
He Writes About the Utah
Railroad
TO MAJOR JONES OF THIS CITY.
He Tells of Work Begun-A San
Diego Route Planned as q
Blind.


Last winter Thomas Taylor, Of Cedar
City, Iron county, Nevada, visited Los
Angeles and endeavored to arouse inter-
est in the project Of building railroad
through Southern Utah to tap the rich
iron and coal country in which he had
large interests. He addressed the Cham
ber Of Commerce on the subject, and
conferred with leading capitalists. The
scheme, as Mr.. Taylor outlined it. was
more or less intimately connected with
the completion Of the Salt Lake and Los
Angeles line. Ga his return to Utah,
Mr.. Taylor kept in correspondence with
the moving spirits in this latter enter
prise, and is well informed on the out
look. He now writes to Major Jones,
the President of the Chamber of COM
MERGE, as follows:
CEDAR CRY, Iron County, Utah.
October 81, 1889.
e. W. Jones, Esq Los Angeles, CAL:
DEAR SIR-On my return few days
ago from trip to Phoebe, Nevada, l
found your letter of the 9Th.
You are right about continual agita-
ton in relation to matters of this kind.
When wrote to Mr.. Higgins was feel
ing rather discouraged about this same
railroad, It having just appeared in the
papers that nothing was likely to be
done this year except the survey. How
ever, had just written an article for the
Salt Lake Herald, copy Of which sent
Mr.. Higgins, setting forth the advis-
ability of building an independent line,
etc.
There had been representative Of an
eastern railroad company here for months
figuring around to see what could be
done. On the arrival OF the paper con-
tanning my article, he telegraphed the
company that they had got to do some
thing. The result is that surveying
party was organized with wagons, teams
and surveying outfit, one division of
which left for the south yesterday. The
other two divisions leave tomorrow.
Mr.. G. d. Moore, who is the principal
engineer, told me that the company ex-
pect to build from Denver as direct q
line as possible to San Diego, but think
he said this to see if could say what
Los Angeles would do to induce them to
come that way. Now this company say
they will have the shortest line to
Chicago by 400 miles to the Pacific
Coast; but they cannot have that via
Needles to San Diego, hence l think
they only want inducements to build to
Los Angeles and San Pedro. Would it
not be better to see this company before
agreeing with the Union Pacific about
inducements?
In relation to the Union Pacific: Previ-
GUS to the appearance of my article, they
had protested to be going to leave our
coal and iron away off on one eide about
thirty.five miles, but now they are here
with company of surveyors and talking
OF changing their route and taking the
one l indicated. Should they ever 90
that, their route east will be through
Salt Lake City to Omaha. However, /
believe that the Union Pacific will COM
mence work very SOON now.
Last Saturday. October Goth. Mr..
Sharp, the Vice-President OF the Union
Pacific line, returned from Boston and
started the Salt Lake Herald reporter
on the clue that the Union Pacific was
going to build 200 miles right away, to
Phoebe, New, first, and then to Pah rama
gat, New, going out of the way some 125
4AA40S db lonbb, 81 tudt IL tul6 ubu6I TOuto
is improvised it will be much the short
est when completed, and should there be
two good roads you might as well have
your choice for Los Angeles.
At one time l had the matter all ar
ranged with your aid for an independent
line, which I still claim would be the
thing for Southern California, SO that you
would get coal for what it would cost
vuif hopvt c.1h, 10
monopoly, thus procuring cheap fuel for
which you must have to secure perma-
nent prosperity.
Your country may be down, but it will
need is people of the right kind the rest
is within your reach.
In last Tuesdays Salt Lake Herald the
views OF one Of the surS eying engin err are
given, in which he says that business
enough would arise by the opening OF
Southern Utah, Nevada and California to
pay two or three railroads. Allow me to
say that your enterprising men in Los
Angeles should keep up the agitation. If
you wish will introduce the subject to
the eastern company and refer to the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce or its
President. shall be pleased to coop.
crate with you further on learning your
wishes.
There will of course be play, as thore
always is, in advance of the construction
of any railway for all the Doodle that can
be made out of interested parties or COM
munities by sharp Spectators, who may
or may not be directly connected with
the enterprise, so the proposition to leave
Los Angeles out of the route will I'M
doubtedly be played for all it is worth
while the road is being planned and con-
structed. Yours very truly,
THOMAS TAYLOR.