The herald., 1893-10-01
SALT LAKE AND Los ANGELES.
They Will Soon Be United by
a New Railway.
Preparations for the Work Which
VIII Close the Gap.
The Nevada Southern Rosd to Be
Pushed Through-Rich Mining
Camps, Farm Land, Tim
Dor and Wstcr.
Special correspondence to the HERALD.

rwciative people will admit that the
present period ia one in which mems
eouls, their brains and purses are being
tried with the most severe fin ancial dif-
ficulties ever experienced by the Amer
lean people. And he who can stand the
test and march onward and upward is
man whose example will be enrolled
and his name psrpetusted in future his
tory. Such men are found in the per-
sons of President Isaac E. Blake, Vice.
President A. G. Scofield and their CO.
operators OF the Nevada Southern Rail-
road company. Their motto is onward
and to the completion of the Navada
Southern railroad. The tens OF thou
sands of people who read of the vast ex-
tent, the rich and marvelously inter-
esting country lying between Salt Lake
City and Los Angeles, and the proposed
railroad, 400 miles the shortest lines to
the east, are filled with hope and anx-
iously inquiries are made, Will the road
be built, and il 80, when?
Let the answer be indelibly written
and the announcement emphasized;
the road will be continued to com ple-
tion, and ct no distant day, when the
mayor Of Los Angeles may, in an easy
coach drawn over the Nevada Southern
railroad, visit the mayor Of Salt Lake
City.
The inducement is offered in the va-
ried, rich and unlimited resources of a
broad expanse of country, the profits
arising from the local traffic, and the
long haul of freight and passenger busi-
ness, over q route $50 to 400 miles the
shortest line to the east, are opportuni-
ties and exceptional advantages, with
commanding influence and well worth
the careful consideration of the public.
And notwithstanding the most terrific
financial depression ever experienced,
and the venomous conspiracy in con-
gress against the free coinage of silver,
ample means will be secured and the
road will be pushed to connection with
the Utah Southern.
When the unvarnished truths of the
merits Of the. country through which
this road will pass, the solvent facts
have been carefully examined and cor
rectly appreciated, which go warrants
the hasty completion of the road, all
banking institutions and money COM
pacts desiring to increase their capital
will eagerly bid for the stock or bonds
of the road when offered.
As an item OF information supporting
the above statement, and pleasing re-
ception OF news by the struggling min.
era and farmers of north San Bernardino
county, CAL, southeast Nevada and
southern Utah, who have go long toiled
under the heretofore insurmountable
difficulties OF wagon transportation at
the cost of $50 to 500 per ton freight
age, the following facts may be of in.
terset: That at the present time Mr..
Derwerth, chief engineer of the Nevada
Southern Railroad company, accom-
panied by Mr.. Pitcaithey, an English
gentleman who, in the interest of an
immense capital, is reviewing the sur
vey of the road from Vanderbilt to Mil
ford, the terminus or connecting point
with the Utah Southern Railroad COM
pany. s
Mr.. Pitcaithey's examination is care
fully made, that his company may in
telligently bid on the bonds of the road
when offered and those who are falnil-
lar with the enormous coal fields and
iron deposits and the large extent of
mineral and agricultural territories have
no question in regard to Mr.. Pitcaithey's
favorable report to his company. The
party will go on over the whole route to
Salt Lake Cit.
Another indication of work on the
road is seen in the movement of Messrs.
Bright and Crandle, the we'll known
railroad contractors. They, in company
with their banker, have just passed over
the roads survey, and are making fig
ures, preparatory to extending their con-
tract of grading.
Mr.. F. W. Cove, cashier of the Needles
bank, was in the party, and visited the
mines of Yellow Pine district, where he
was most favorably impressed with the
rich free gold and silver ores OF the
camp and its prospects Of future great
ness.
The preliminary work ia approaching
finish, and the time of important and
active work is at hand. President Blake
and other officials of the road are ex.
pected to arrive daily. They come with
an earnest purpose OF prosecuting the
work to the completion OF the road, the
closing of the gap, when upon mid
ground Los Angeles and Salt Lake may
meet, shake hands and give the counter
sign and grip of happp people, blessed
with railroad communication.
After long. hard and hazardous jour
ney of 10 weeks along the westerly sur
vey of the Union Pacific railroad through
parts of San Bernardino and Inyo coun-
ties, California, and Nye and Lincoln
counties, Nevada, returned to the Key
stone, Yellow Pine district, and Good
and Mesquit springs. And on my ar.
rival at the keystone, find it much
like arriving at ones own home. / am
greeted with friendly welcome and
cordial invitation to partake of the
hospitality of the camp. The visitor
here finds many omissions of the secre.
tive and Suspicious rules of other mines
and mining companies. There are none
of those~ obnoxious notices mo admit.
tance," Forbidden inside" ETC., stuck
up over the entrance of the tunnels, ore
dumps, etc., and the more of these
notices one sees, the less value may be
expected of the property as a rule.
This company has gold bonanza, and
are Indifferent as to either secreting or
publishing their property.
There is no person possessing a good.
will toward his fellow man, and having
an interest in deserving prosperity, who
would not be deeply interested to visit
the keystone mine and hear and see
how from natures Gods own planting,
the world has dug from the earth and
placed in circulation $4,000, ,000,O 900.
This company, 30 quietly and with
seeming ease, directs the diminutive
particles OF gold into the big stacks of
$40 pieces.
The townsite and place of opening of
the mine is much like that of Virginia
City, this state. 1t iH situated on a
round mountain side, $500 feet above
sea level, with houses and tents pro-