The herald., 1893-10-31
CRRDITABLE DISPLAY OF PUBLIC
SPIRIT.

The HERALD has go repeatedly pointed
out the advantages to Los Angeles OF
the speedy completion OF the Nevada
Southern railway that it takes special
pleasure in the fact that our most infu-
ential people are warmly taking hold OF
the project. That is the true epirit
upon which metropolitan growth is
founded. Providence helps those who
help themselves. The president of the
road, Mr.. Isaac E. Blake, has come
amongst us. He has met our leading
citizens and the members OF the cham
Der OF commerce and has outlined his
plans. They have been appreciated at
their intrinsic worth ard have found
warm coadjutors. The character of
the man alone-his very presence
are enough to inspire confidence.
His high position in Denver and in the
whole northwest place any proposition
advocated by him on high ground.
His ezposition Of the riches which the
Nevada Southern railway will develop
ia sustained by ample evidence, and
knowing the importance of the rich
trade which will flow into this city as
result of the extension of the road, and
of its inevitable completion to connec-
ton with Salt Lake City, our leading
capitalists and most enterprising citi-
zens have made up their minds to CO.
operate with it's energetic promoters, its
President, Isaac E. Blake, of Denver,
and it's Vice President, Mr.. d. e. SEQ
field, of San Francisco. Both OF these
gentlemen, it may be remarked, have
been instrumental in the development
of the Newhall, Pico csilon and Ventura
county oil measures.
The present status of the road is, in
brief: Starting from Goff's station, on
the line OF the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
way, it has been built to within a mile
or go of Vanderbilt, one of the innumer-
able rich mining camps which will act
as its feeders. At this point there are
about ten miles OF very heavy grading,
which careful engineering estimates
claim will cost $4,000. From there on
to the inexhaustible coal fields Of Lin
coin county, Nevada, the road is as level
as barn floor, all that is required be-
ing to lay down the ties. The company
ia already provided with the iron
and ties it needs to complete the road
to these coal fields. An exhaustive sur
vey OF the country which the road passes
through has been made by celebrated
English engineering expert, MIR. Pith-
caithly, in the interest OF an English
syndicate which proposes to take the
bonds OF the road in the sum of 81, 500,-
600. MIR. Pithcaithly's report is en-
phatically favorable. 1t will be some
months before the contamination Of this
transaction, which will embrace the
Utah. Meanwhile, Mr.. Blake, being
desirous OF pushing his grading forward,
and reaching these rich coal fields at
once, desires to pursue the work with
out interruption. He makes the quite
liberal proposition of delivering 10000
tons OF coal, at So ton, to the people of
Los Angeles if they will advance this
$S0,000, insuring, besides, a remunera-
tive and constantly expanding trade to
the Angel City.
We can safely say that no fairer prop
osition has ever been presented to a
city. and it is q capital sign OF the sagac-
ity and enterprise that are beginning to
develop here that Los Angeles business
men see the advantages which will ac-
crue to them all, even on the coal prop
osition alone, to say nothing of the i'm
perial region to be exploited snd noble