Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-08
JAY GOULD CHARMED,
With the Bounteousness of Nature
Displayed in the West.
THE TEEMING FIELDS OF GRAIN
Will Yield the Largest Crops in the His
tory Of Many States.
ACTIVITY IN ALL MINING OPERATIONS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE p1spArcH.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW YORK, Sept. IA representative of
THE DISPATCH sought Mr. Jay Gould to-
day at Irvington and found that gentleman
not only in the best of health and spirits,
but disposed to talk, and talk most interest
ingly on various subjects that are at the
moment of paramount concern. Mr. Gould
has certainly derived great personal benefit
from his journey in the West. His face is
bronzed by the sunshine and the breeze and
is we'll filled out with flesh; his step and
bearing are elastic, and he has all the alert
ness and activity that denote a very sound
physical condition.
81 left New York." said Mr.. Gould,
eabout seven weeks ago, feeling little
worried and tired, desirous of trying the
effect of the drier and more bracing air of
the West and at the same time OF killing
two birds with one stone and seeing some
thing of the Union Pacific, which L had not
been over for eight years spent nearly
all the time in Idaho, Utah and Colorado.
of course taking in Nebraska, Kansas and
more en- route. / found the Union Pacific
in very satisfactory condition.
BoUNTIFUL WHEAT CROPS.
''The crops in Nebraska are simply superb.
The harvesting of the wheat crop was al
ready finished before left the West The
early corn is beyond the reach of harm from
frost, and on my way home from southern
Kansas found large portion of it cut in
that section of the country. In the States OF
Kansas and Nebraska the wheat crop is the
largest ever grown. ..
II visited the mines of the Union Pacific
branches in Iowa and Montana. In Idaho
the mining industry is in its infancy, but 1t
has great prospects. Many OF the leads
hat 90 1ood ciIr snd trfld q
fssure veins and rich in metals. Butte, In
Montana, shows remarkable activity-all its
mines being in operation, with the eXcep-
tion of Anaconda, which, it seems, through
some arrangement with the French syndi-
cate. has been temporarily shut down in or
der to give consumption q chance to catch
up with overproduction.
THE PROGRESS OF UTAH.
Passing on to Utah, visited Salt Lake,
the mines and other points of interest.
found, since the eight years had last been
there, that Utah had made great strides.
Salt Lake is rapidly becoming great city,
with fine blocks of buildings. almost with
out superior in any of our Eastern towns,
furnished with all the latest appliances OF
electricity and capital system Of electric
street cars throughout the city and suburbs.
81 came East over the new line of the
Denver and Rio Grande from Salt Lake to
Pueblo, taking full advantage of the. won
derful baths, the fishing and the gorgeous
scenery. Passing on through Colorado l
took the Missouri Pacific to st. Louis, stop
ping at various points in Colorado. Kansas
and Missouri, where the wheat was being
loaded and corn cut, and the whole country
teeming with unwonted industrial and agri-
cultural activity.
IMMENSE SALT DEPOSITS.
"At Hutchinson, in Kansas, where made
a short stay, the most remarkable deposits
of salt in the world have been discovered.
They are already down 800 feet in the vein,
and have not yet got to the bottom. This
salt business is growing rapidly, and prom
ises to be a great industry in Kansas. They
were turning out about 40 carloads a day
when was there, with a constantly increas-
ing output. The great extent of the fields
and the comparative economy of produc-
tion, may prove a serious rival to this in
dustry in Michigan and New York.
Eastward from Pueblo noticed that
great irrigating canal had been constructed
along the line of the railroad for Is miles,
the water being taken from the Arkansas
river and thus distributed over hundreds of
thousands of acres of land. At this point
met one farmer alone who was getting ready
to plant 5000 acres in potatoes, for which,
owing to their fine quality and flavor,
great demand and a ready market exist in
the East"