The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-13
The Utah d. Idaho Railway.

Major Wilkes, chief engineer, F. NJ
Washburn, of Minneapolis, representing
syndicate of eastern capitalists, and MIR.
Worswick, commissary general of the
party "a number of whom remained at
Junction Bar arrived in Rocky Bar Mon
day evening to consult with our people re-
garding the proposed railroad from juno
ton Bar to Haley and from thence to Salt
Lake city. They came over the survey
line made by Major Wilkes few weeks
ago, and Mr.. Washburn is fully as enthu-
siastic over the great mineral and timber
wealth along the line of this road and the
easy grade TO be secured as was Major
Wilkes and his party of surveyors on the
completion Of their first survey.
These gentlemen, by request, met eight
or ten Of our business men at Major Cava-
mains office that evening, aud MAJOR Wilkes
gave an interesting description OF the route
of the proposal railroad from Junction Bar
TO Salt Lake city, .picturing in eloquent
words the beautiful scenery along the
route the wonders Of the Shoshoue and
and Twin falls Of Snake river, the great
lumber interests of this section, and last,
though not least, the immense advantage
this road would be toward the development
of our mines, by reason of cheaper trans
portat:on of concentrates and much less
freight rates than we are now paying the
Oregon Short Line for machinery and
goods laid on the platform at Mountain
Rome-causing saving of freight laid
down at Junction Bar of fully 81 on every
hundred pounds.
As an evidence of Rocky Bars interest
n this great enterprise, the few gentlemen
present subscribed several thousand dollars
IN aid of the road, and it was decided that
public meeting of our citizens be held at
the court house Saturday evening, Novem-
Der s, at O'Clock, TO give further favorable
expression toward a project that, when
completed, will with magic hand sever our
present isolation from the business centers
of the Pacific coast.
The business men Of HALEY and Salt
Lake are putting their shoulders to this
wheel of enterprise with viii that cannot
permit failure. Let Rocky Bar do her
duty and aid the good work to the utmost
point
Major Wilkes informs US that one even
ing in Salt Lake, in the short space of a
few hours, subscriptions for the Salt Lake
END of the line reached 100000, and that
was merely a starter.
Once completed TO Junction Bar, this
road would doubtless be extended up
Feather river and Bear creek. passing
through Rocky Bar and crossing the Mid
below Atlanta, thence on to Banner, and
the Salmon river and Seven Devils
country.
Several gentlemen have been solicited tc
get up statistics Of the past freight traffic
OF this section. the mine outputs of ore
etc, and also to give as correct g descrip-
ton as possible of the country along the
proposed line leading from Rocky Bal
north, for the information Of the promoter.
of the scheme, and doubtless they will ex
ert themselves IN doing 50.
Mine owners and mine managers ar;
earnestly requested to call az the Bullets
Office, or send by letter to the editor all de
sired information regarding their mines =
giving name OF mine, amount of ore pro
duced to date and its value, number of Fee
of shafts, tunnels, Slopes, etc-and by s.
doing it will greatly facilitate the compile
ton of an interesting and valuable report
Mr.. Washburn and Major Wilkes de
parted Tuesday on their return trip Il
Haley. They expressed themselves a
highly pleased at the result of their visit
and feel confident that Rocky Bar will hav
railroad connection with Haley within les
than one J ear from this date-Elnore Bm
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