Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-14

to be smelted, and from midway to the
eastward would 60 to Salt Lake City.
Reduction works and steel and iron
works are generally placed in cities,
from the fact of the conveniences to be
obtained, such as the securing OF labor
at lower rates, and other facilities OF
equal Importance, and, as in our case,
to be near tide water. For instance. at
Phoebe, New, laboring men are hard to
secure at "a or SIS per day, as
those having families do not like
to live in mining towns while at
Salt Lake City good laboring men
prefer working for $3.50 to So per day.
You can readily see that with cheap
fuel numbers of manufacturing indus
tries would be started here. On my re-
cent trip through Southern Utah, l
saw mountains of hematite and mag
netic iron ore, the kind of which to
make Bessemer steel, which could be
reduced to pig iron, hauled in here and
manufactured into different articles.
such as rails and such like.
Besides the different articles for f1ux-
ing purposes, such as borax, lead and
all other commodities necessary for
the line of this road, and could be easily
caused me to firmly believe that this is
the point for the erection Of reduction,
steel and iron works. If told you all
that l have seen on my recent trip, you
might think it exaggeration, but | can
assure it would not be.
By the building of the road, Southern
California would be placed nearer the
east than by any existing road. This in
itself would be quite factor. have
no hesitancy in boldly asserting that 1t
is the most inviting and remunerative
field for railroad building in the United
States today.
Is there any way of stirring up the
people of Los Angeles and Southern Cal
ifornia to turn out en- masse to aid so
great an undertaking? 1 would suggest
that the chamber of commerce recon-
mend that committees of the most active
citizens be appointed in each neighbor-
hood, city, town and village in the south
ern counties for the purpose of procuring
rights of way, depot grounds, or any
other aid to secure this road, which will
ramify all through our southern country.
Let not the business man, property
owner or laboring man say he has not
the time to attend the meeting of our
citizens, but let each and all lend aid to
this great work by his presence, his
voice, and, if necessary, hisp purse. How
ever humble man may be, let him turn
out; do not let him stay at home and
wait for others to do this work, and then
grumble afterward that it is not done.
Your mere presence is of vast import
ance; therefore appeal to the people of
the southern counties, and especially to-
the moneyed men, bankers, merchants,
on1 NJ hIonlyo Il afh n x1ro arfx
to forget for once all sectional strife and
animosities and pull together for 80 great
public good.
Let the gentlemen who are to arrive
here this month, who, by the way, are
railroad builders. and who come for the
purpose OF building up our city and our
counties OF Southern California, receive
a proper reception we can at least show
them that they are coming among
friends. The gentlemen who are ex-
pected from the east this month are
coming here with the view of seeing
with their own eyes the resources of
this country. They wish to ascertain if
it would pay to build this road to Salt
Lake City, and, my word for it, when
they say that they will build it, they
will do more than they will promise.
have every assurance that if properly
met the road will be at once constructed.
Therefore, instead of waiting five or ten
years for this work to be done, let it be
completed in '92. Let us show them
our immense resources and the advan
tages of their coming into Southern Cal
ifornia.
The construction of this new line will
open up new markets for our fruit grow
ers and other producers, as it strikes
direct for Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Mon
tana and other western states, thereby
saving over 500 miles haul as now exist
ing over the other roads. This
guarantees our fruit growers and other
producers the disposal of increased pro-
duction of fruits and cereals.
There is another subject in connec-
ton with this matter to which wish to
call the special attention of the chamber
of commerce, and which / consider OF
vast Importance to the southern coun-
ties. This is, the improvement OF our
harbor facilities. Unless some concerted
action is taken by your honorable body
we are liable to receive no appropriation
from congress for any improvement.
Now is the time of all others
to press our claim for a mill
ion-dollar appropriation before con-
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cilities for deep water vessels. 1t
seems to me that this is within easy
reach if we do not get to quar-
reling over different points on the
coast, and end by getting nothing done
at any poinr. The location is undoubt-
edly already determined by the board
OF United States engineers.
By all uniting we can secure an ap-
preparation that will do much towards
getting better facilities than we now have.
| hope that the chamber of commerce
and citizens generally will unite in an
effort to press the Importance OF this
matter before the next session. of con-
gress. | would suggest that the cham
Der OF commerce send one or two active
members to Washington to assist our
able representative in securing this APP
preparation.
The people of Salt Lake City and
Utah are thoroughly aroused and unan-
imous in their desire to connect with