Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-31
AGAIN THE Los ANGELES.
Railway 10 U,ah lion and Coal Fields
10 b8 Completed By July.
The Line Now firinz Constructed from
ninkr, eat. 60 Cedar city,
south 20 ltnh.


yer capitalist, has been in tho city or |
a wogb pact ln the interest ~ the SO.
yait Southern railroad, Gays tao los
Angeles Erpre,soi oct. IS. A. hAs
already buru .f,quoa.iy pointed out,
this route 81 the connecting link by
which ino most feasible aud long GOV.
cited railroad between Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Guy may bc secured. Mt
/ Blake is tnu owner aud president Of
the rond Hud there nrs now over thirty
miles o. it bui ant Ia operation, run
ming from Blake sauon Qormcry
/ G0tir) on the AllaGtiu AM Pacific
/ railroad, 10 Manvel, near thu well
| known mining c0ntur OF Vanderbilt.
/ a Q first it was stated that tue enter.
| Prise was smelly tor iuu uurI Ose OF
| opening up the riun Vanderbilt mining
| region, tut now II has tho much wider
/ scope VI pushing ON ~ ruh iron hud
/ coal iields IN Nevada ana Utah and
/ building to the northern termluu, ut
Cedar Guy, Iron county, Utah. From
! this point 10 IL but % short distance TO
! Milford aud 5alinn, to;h VI which
have railroads g. salt Lake cay.
These railroads would doubtless lose
no time ia building 70 Cedar CITY 90
get the great traffic which the Nevada
| southern would bring up from the
vast Huuthwesietn country. Tue
route tn salt Lake would be 900
miltH shorter than at present aud the
| tfaiiiC between our coast and Ulhh's
| metropolis would be- something
enormous. IL IN 900 miles from Los
! Angeles 90 Blake, and l3J miles from
there 10 the coal fields. AZ cheaper
coal Is toe great dtBiIufatum ia Los
| Angeles, the question BE-, how long
VIII II be before coal can be- brought
over the new f0ad 10 this oity2 Mr..
Blake said today thata wrong impress
sion had got out by published articles
that YORK is TO DE pushed At once on
the new road. This, he say, Il con.
tingent on aid from thiH section, anu
that n the very business that brings
him here. He does not cOmu nskiug a
subsidy, but simply a loan. Bonds
have been already sold 10 an EBglish
syndicate, but considerable unio must
elap'e before the proceeds will be
available, aud the loan IL desired 20
that the work may be catfisd on with.
out delay.
The agent Of tho syndicate has
already gone over the surveyed route
anu made mos, favorable report on
IT. business prospects, but the mo.
cnapical engineer has yet 10 make his
examination anu rVpUtl. While this 10
largely matter VI form, nud while the
result IL "a f0fegOne cUuvlusiO. iu favor
OF the road, yet IL all takes time, aud
temporary "sinrws VI war" are needed
% make every moment cuunt.
Mr. Blake says that all that Ia asked
Of tue people OF this section Is the loau
of $4,000, 20 be- secured by 100000
buudr, allowing always sufficient
margin on the bonds 10 make them
perfectly safe security. This money H.
wanted 10 d. piece VI heavy grading
nj the point now reached by the con.
slfuc,iOn fOrcelnrar Marvel, Du the west
slope Uf !the New YORK rance. Ihs
work Ia on the fourth TENN 10 teclion
Ol tho road.
The necessary ties anl rails to resch
10 the coal teiJs are secured already,
and II tne lunds can be obtsiuvd iuT
tho heavy gtading, the rest " tue trsck
laying can be caTuel ON over almost
dead level country at the rae Of two
miles per DAY, anu the ROAD can 10
completes 10 the coal fields by neat
July. This coal Ia claimed 10 ue Of tle
very best quality anu equal q the
nuvat PittsUutg bituminsus. II the
people here would prefer 10 ,ske their
loan out In coal Instead OF thv interest
bearing bonds OF the roa,l, Mr.. Blake
snys he viii out the coal down here at
a. p0r ton, 10 be delivered i've monthB
alter the contract Is let Tor building the
road, giving collateral security Tor said
delivery, He states that the contract
for building tho road wOuld be lot
20 Southern California people anJ
the money would soon lind its way
back mere. also that tho impetus 10
business alone should be sufficient In
ducement 10 make tho loan, 40 tie
upuniug up Of the Vast developed
mineral country between hero and
salt Lake and the Increased market
for Southern California products would
double the population OF this city IN
two years. The distance from Blake
| O. CcIut CITY by the surveyed ruu e Is
300 miles, Cedar tlty now has ABOUT
1000 population and the building OF
this road anu the connections Tor salt
Lake would give 10 wonderful boom.
| The trace OF PiOcnc, New, anu -.
George, Utah, both considerable lOwns,
would also be- greatly increased. a
large amount OF copper bullion Ii
now shipped from 81. George. BE.
sldeB the vast ron ana coal ntldh 10
be- reached by the new line, there
are IN southern Nevada great deposits
OF leal ores and nitrales, The latter
are close % the California state linenui
would have TO bee reached by q branch
line. Tue nittn,es are claimed o. be-
nearly as pure a. the Chilean product,
auu owing 10 the difference In distance
could be put on Tho marketgt "a much
cheaper yet very profitable rate.
So lar Mr.. Blake mas confined his
conferences 10 the Wholesale mef-
chants o, Los A ugclvz,aud he NJ pleased
10 mud them all iavJmoly disposed to-
ward the enterprise aud willing 10 eN.
tend Whatever aid they can. II Il the
object 10 distribute the loan among As
many Interests no possible, so tuat none
viii feel IL particularly, aId yet iucl
directly concerned, IL ls crr,ainly to
bu hoped that the money WI be- forth.
coming, rs the onturl rice haSall the In
ulcatiUus OF being Ou u saa busineis
basis anu one Of great Importance to
Los Angeles aud Southern California.