Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-01
THE RAILROADS.
THOMAS rAYLoR.s SALT LAKE
RAILWAY sCHEME.
An outline Of the Way in which Hs
PROPOSES to Build = Much
Needed Line-News
Notes.

Mr.. Thomas Taylor, Of Iron City, Utah,
president of the Iron and Coal company
Of Utah, is now in this city, and will
endeayor to interest our citizens in
building railroad between Cedar City.
Utah, where connection will be made
with the Denver and Rio Grande West
ern, and Los Angeles. If the desired
support lie given by Los Angeles, there
is no question but that, in connection
with what the business men Of Salt
Lake and other places will do, the road
can be built at once. When that IL ac-'
complished, Los Angeles has secured
one Of the main things necessary to her
future greatness. The Coal and Iron
company owns more than sc, 600, 900 tons
of coal, the quality OF which IL superior
to the Arizona or New Mexico coal. This
can be brought here and sold for about
| $5 per ton. The CITY now uses about
$3.50 600 tons per year. The saving each
| year on this amount alone would be
over 81, 100000. When the road is built
it means, inside OF one year after com.
pletion, smelters, blast furracea and
manufacturing interests OF more than
double the present number; 1T means
more to Southern California than any
other one thing that can be thought OF.
| Cheap fuel means business and prosper
own over 1OO, ,000, 900 tons of the finest
quality of bessemer or steel-making iron
ore. The freight from those mines alone
would be paying business for the rail-
road, and when the vast deposits of pre-
cious metals along the line are consid-
cred, where the road would necessarily
be built, it is easily seen that it is q road
that will pay from the start. Mr.. Tay
Ior makes the very generous proposition
that the iron and coal company will, fol
every 800 subscribed by the citizens oi
this place, give an equal amount of non.
aeseeeable paid-up stock In the iron and
coal company. OF course the subscrib
ers also have their stock in the railway
company. Mr.. Tay lor says that if rea
sonable amount is subscribed here, he
will guarantee to commence building
the road within 80 days, and complete i
go that through trains can run between
Los Angeles, Salt Lake and beyond in
side of Is months. A survey has beer
made by another company, and an easy
grade established. This can be obtained
by this company without cost. A com
mittee has been appointed, and will
. commence at once an active and thor
ough canvass for subscriptions. Ever!
business man will be seen and given al
opportunity to see, if he really wants t.
see this country prosperous. If he doee
he can certainly do fair share toward
securing it. Now is not the time to b.
clam. Mr.. Taylor can be found a
rooms 45 and As, Bryeon- Bonebrak'
block, by any person desiring more in
iarmation, and he will be pleased to NEE
yone interested.
Mr.. ]. M. Crawley, assistant genera
passenger agent Of the Southern Pacifi
company, announces special train t
leave Arcadia depot this afternoon q
5p.m., to connect with an extra steame
} at San Pedro for Catalina island. To
steamer will return tomorrow, connect
ing with train leaving San Pedro 9
3:15 pm.
The Southern California is liable to b
heard from soon in the matter of d.
crease of rates.
Some passengers who had been qual
antined at Ogilby, just west of Yums
on the Southern Pacific, were allowe
to resume their journey yesterday, an
came on to this city.