Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-16
A QUESTION THAT SHOULD BIZ AGI-
TATKD.

hold of the question of building road
from Los Angeles to Southern Utah with
greater earnestness than they do. We
do not advocate any particular plan or
scheme, but we believe that whatever
plan ultimately succeeds must be backed
by some one of the great railroad cor
porations now interested in roads reach
ing to Utah from the east, or that hold
the point of vantage from the Pacific
coast to make this valuable connection.
If Mr.. Campbell's proposition carries
with it the promise of success, that
should be encouraged by every means
in our power. What we want, and
badly, is direct rail connection with the
coal and iron regions of Utah, and we
want this connection at the earliest pos
sible moment.
We cannot make any headway in this
business by remaining quiet about it.
We must agitate it now and all the time
until we get it. An opulent commercial
center like Los Angeles ought to be able
to expedite work that means so much
to her. We have often shown in these
columns the great resources that lie dor
mant in the country that is situated
between Los Angeles and Utah. Rail-
road connection would at once vitalize
those resources, and add enormously to
the wealth and business of our city. In
deed, the advantage that the opening OF
this connection would give US in cheap
coal alone, would do more to build up
Los Angeles into great manufacturing
city than anything else that could be
imagined. We have great variety and
abundance of raw material to success
fully establish profitable line OF manu-
fsctures here. In preserving and glacing
fruits alone we are in position to lead
the world with cheap fuel. Then we
would be supplied with magnetic and
other iron, which abound in Southern
Utah, to work up into articles OF use.
The mineral resources OF Southern Cali
fornia, Nevada and Utah would contrib
ute to make great center for smelling
and reducing ores. There is g variety OF
natural chemicals in the interior basin
that would be resolved into valuable
articles OF commerce here, If we had raj
communication with our tributary re
gion.
But it is useless to try to enumerat:
! the wealth that lies ct our hand with
railroad facilities to reach it and bring
it into the activities of q manufscturin.
center. We all know that railroad tt
Utah would tap country which
abounds in rare and valuable resources
that are necessary to the highest devel
opment OF our local manufacturing ener
gies. What we ought to do is to agitate
in season and out of season, the buildinj
of a railway through this neglected
region. We should also stand ready t,
assist any feasible plan that will lead t.
the great object we wish to attain.
We have within our reach all tn
elements that enter into the building
up of a great city. With deep-se
harbor euch as the government is abou
to provide, we shall have the benefits G
seaward commerce with all the world
The Nicaragua canal will place US tel
thousand miles nearer the great mart
OF Europe than we now are. Nothin
whatever stands in our wa
to build up an immense mar
time commerce. Indeed, we are e1
ceptionally eligibly situated to secur
that grand result. We occupy tn
maritime position on the Pacific coas
that is the nearest by rail to the Altar
tic ocean, and this advantage cannot b
overestimated. At the came time ou
city is the commercial and financial fl
Gus of the finest, richest and most e.
tensive agricultural and horticulture
region in the union, assuring US wealt
enough from this source alone to max
us great city. Then, when we come I
consider that we have tributary to us
region of minerals that is unsurpassed
and that only requires the iron horse I
rouse it into unprecedented activity,
is impossible to conceive that Los Ang
les is not destined to become one of th
most populous and wealthy cities in tn
United States.
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