The herald., 1893-12-24
THE NEVADA SOUTHERN ROAD.
A Utah Papers View Of the
Enterprise.
Coal Fields Which viii Supply Thiy
Cily's Demand.
A Little Town in Utah which IL Dess
tined to Play an Important Part
in tho Progress of Los
Angeles.

The Review Cedar City, Iron County,
Utah--While there has been 60 much
talk OF late years OF proposed railroad
extensions from Salt Lake City through
southwestern Utah, Q few wide-swske
men have quietly been ut work on .
railroad enterprise that promises In the
near future to give the people cf Iron
county and southern Utah an outlet for
the product OF their farms, . market for
their coal and an opportunity to develop
the varied resources oil the country.
We refer to the Nevada Southern rail-
road, which ia now building this way as
rapidly as possible from point or the
Atlantic & Pacific road in California
known az COTS STATION, or Blake. This
road 10 now built and in operation to
Vanderbilt in southeastern Nevada, .
distance of 81 milee, and work from
there to ,iould Springs lie now under
way, and we learn that q contract for
another hundred miles has been let.
Los Angeles, CAL, ia practically out of
the coal belt and is eager to see q line
built into Iron county, go that ehe can
draw her supply OF coal direct from the
immense deposits OF Cedar City. So
anxious are her people ior this desirable
object that we understand they have
already subscribed the money for this
purpose.
What such a road means for Cedar
City but few can fully realize. Besides
unlimited quantities Of coal there are, in
close proximity, mountains OF iron ore Of
the best quality. With railroad facili-
tiee great iron works would soon be es.
tablished here, and manufactured iron
would be sent over the line to supply
the growing demand for cheaper iron
than can now be obtained in the west.
This means that hundreds OF men will
find work in this valley at high wager.
1t means demand for our coal and
iron. Ii means a ready and permanent
market for tha products OF the farm and
dairy. 1t means the establishment OF
many manufacturing and business enter
prizes; the upbuilding of Cedar City
from small country town to a city OF
metropolitan proportions; the enhance
ment of realty and the holdings of every
resident in this valley. This 10 project
we'll worth pulling for; an enterprise
that should receive every encouragement
from our citizens.
The Denver News OF November 18th
contains quite lengthy and interesting
article concerning this road. This enter.
prising paper 10 enthusiastic over the
project. as it seems destined to give the
thrifty city OF the Centennial state q
direct route to Southern California. The
News article is embsllished with q map
showing the line of the road, which has
Cedar City for its terminal point.
From Cedar the road will probably
connect with the Union Pacific or the
Rio Grande Western. d. Z. Burley Of
the former and James II. Bennett OF the
latter have expressed to the writer the
deep interest they have taken in the
progress being made by the Nevada
Southern. The Union Pacific has .
roadbed graded from Milford to Phoebe.
This roadbed could be utilized tor some
distance in building to this city for the
purpose OF making connections with
this new road. The Rio Grande West
ern has built as far south as Salina, and
from the new map OF the read and its
connections is shown the projected ex-
tension, which runs through Cedar and
down to the Nevada line.
Salt Lake capitalists. as we'll as mon.
led men from all over the country, are
watching the progress of the Nevada
Southern with more than idle interest
as the road advances they will keep pace
with it, and before the iron horse thun-
ders through cations and valleys into
Cedar City they will be here; and they
will not come here for nothing, depend
upop IL