Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-02
NEWS ABOUT THE RAILROADS,
The Southern Pacific's New
Road in Texas.
Mr.. Taylor Writes Further About His
Salt Lake Road.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Line.
The Coast Line to be Rapidly
Bui1t-Today at Re
dond0--Notes.

As stated last week in the HERALD the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Railroad
is now the property Of the Southern
Pacific company. The line is $50 miles
long. 1t was loosing speculation from
the outset. Engineer Kennedy, now
engaged by the San Francisco and Great
Salt Lake, was one of its promoters and
dropped largo sum OF money in 1t. The
Southern Pacific company already owns
and has for years operated lines over
much the same territory, and the compe-
tition for the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass road was more than 1t could stand,
go that in July. 1890, it was forced into
the hands of receiver. The lines OF
the Southern Pacific referred to are the
Gulf. Western Texas and Pacific and the
New York, Texas and Mexican, running
from Beeville to Roseberg and thence to
Houston. Through the fret and third
the newly acquired line passes, running
almost parallel to the Southern Pacific's
lines and to the north of them. One of
the advantages of the newly acquired
line is its connection with the Texas
Mexican.
THE SALT LAKE ROAD.
Mr.. Thomas Taylor has made the fol-
lowing statement about his proposed
Salt Lake railroad:
The building of railroad connecting
Salt Lake City with Los Angeles in par
ticular, and Southern California in gen.
ersl, possesses possibilities that would
revolutionize this part OF the continent.
Iron county, Utah. through which it
would pass, is the scene of the greatest
and grandest iron mines in the world,
and within fifteen miles are unlimited
coal beds which, though barely opened,
are still seen to be Of sufficient extent to
warrant the location of stupendous iron
furnaces. Taking Iron City as the in
itial point, within radius of 500 miles,
there are no blast furnaces for the man
ufacture of pig iron or steel blooms.
These should be manufactured at this
point where all the constituent ingre-
dients exist in boundless quantities.
Millions of tons OF steel-making iron ore
are in sight together with coal, lime
stone, fire clay, all in close proximity
as they should be, as it takes about five
tons of raw material to manufacture one
ton of iron or steel.
The pig iron. or blooms, and coke
could then be brought to Los Angeles,
and run into the higher processes of
steel and iron. Mr.. J.. w. Nesmith, in
writing on tho same subject for Denver,
has this to say: "For all subsequent
operations in the production of the
finished iron and steel materials of com
merce, much expert labor is necessary,
and hence such manufactures are best
located in the suburbs Of city, where
any numbers OF skilled workers In the
various department of man ufacture
may be had to fill vacancies which are
ofdaily occurrence in the working force.
When Investigation is made, and the
conditions assumed are demonstrated,
and the result announced, this bureau
will be able to influence the necessary
capital for the establishment of iron
and steel works on the scale as indi-
Gated, and our city will quickly come to
the front as a great manufacturing CEN
ter, with it's half million inhabitants.
1.-THE phenomenal growth of Chicago
is the admiration of all. The manufac-
turing interests of that city have
gained most rapidly, by reason of the
recent changed condition OF iron manu-
facture, favorable to that place. But a
few years ago, Chicago was not distin-
guished for her iron interests and in
dustries, compared with her trade in
terests, and this importantimprovement
in her general business in the direction
indicated, has been brought about by
the recent development of the iron ore
mines of Lake Superior. There would
have been famine of ores suited to
street making, and 30 Chicago is be.
coming great iron manufacturing city.
The greatest mandatory of mining
machinery in the world is there"
This iron ore costs in Chicago $5 25
per ton. Lake Superior has no coal
comparatively little iron lie manufac.
tured in that region, but she shipped
last year about 100000 tons of iron
ore to lower lake points, equal to
$50, ,O0O, 900 worth Of ore.
If this ore, no better, no richer than
ours, can be shipped 800 to 1000 miles,
and then smelted with coke hauled 200
to 400 miles and then compete with all
others in that region, what could we do
with all our favorable conditions?
Chicago commenced about ID years
ago with an iron plant worth 81 ,000, 900
now the steel and iron plant is worth
1000, 900, and has paid enormous div.
idends from and after the first year that
it was started. This Los Angeles and
Salt Lake road would be built just as
quickly, and much cheaper, by estab-
fishing, as soon as possible blast fur.
naces and rolling mill for the
manufacture of its rails; then Of
soon as it was finished we could
commence shipping pig iron, steel
blooms, and merchant iron AMI steel. Of
we'll as our coal. to Los Angeles and al
the surrounding states and territories
for the coal and iron company does moi
expect to be satisfied with producing
iron and steel pig for Utah alone, bu
for wherever it can find market
Thus associated, this railroad company
can do more for Southern California
than any other, for while others coul(
bring you, perhaps, as cheap fuel as WI
can bring, no other can bring you th'
next best thing so soon as we could
which is cheap iron. This railroad
company has not asked for bonus, bu
if the people will aid in building them
selves railroad, the coal and iron com
pany will give them bonus for th'
privilege Of making the rails So per tol
cheaper than they can get them else
where. And should there be anothe
company offering to build another rail
road from Los Angeles to Salt Lake
YOU will be prepared to offer them
bonus by offering to make them thei
rails for less than they can be delivered
from any other point, and there will b
business enough betwixt the two point
to pay for the running of two roads.
believe the enterprising citizens o