The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-09
By NO MEANS ABANDONED.
Hon. A. G. Cleveland Talks About
the San Francisco Road.
HIS NEVADA FRANCHISE.
An Extension Of Five Years With
Power to Transfer.
He Thinks Deep Creek Road Would BE
the Making of Salt Lake-The
Union Pacific sued BY
an Employee

Hon. A.. G. Cleveland, politician, rail
road promoter and man of affairs from
Carson, New, came in from the west yes
terday and Immediately went to the
Cullen, where he was seen by a HERALD
reporter last night. Mr.. Cleveland has
been resident of the western slope ever
since he was a boy, and that has been
several years, for his beard is now white
Shrewdness looks out al you from his
pair of gray eyes and there is sternness
and vitality in every line OF his face. He
is a pleasant gentleman and cordially
talked with The HERALD man about the
Deep Creek road and the Utah & Nevada
air line. He said:
tsThe building Of this Deep Creek ex-
tension will be the making of Salt Lake.
You have every natural advantage in the
world for large city, but natural advan-
tages count for little unless there is enter
prise behind them. Chicago, which has
been raised within half century from a
frontier military post in swamp ground
to the second largest city in America,
owes all OF her greatness to the enterprise
OF her citizens; none of it to natural adj
Vantages. Climate and scenery do not
produce large industries.
1.-TWO years ago, laboring under many
disadvantages and much opposition, we
secured from the legislature of Nevada a
| franchise for line from state line to state
| line, and also donation, If the word is
good, of $1,000 per mile. in all about 500
miles within the state borders.
IA line has been surveyed from San
Francisco to Sacramento, through Marys-
vile, Oroville, Beckwith Pass, Reno and
across Nevada to the Utah line. At Beck
with Pass, which is properly in Nevada,
| the Sierras are crossed. The grade is
| only seventy feet to the mile, which is
very low. the pass being 1000 feet lower
than the point where the Southern Paci-
fic crosses the summit.
Recently our state franchise has been
extended for five years, and the law so
amended that the franchise can be turned
over to any other company and the bonds
| follow the transfer.
StI am glad to see there is such a good
! feeling here toward the roads. Although
| the offices in San Francisco have been
closed, our accounts squared and the en-
/ gineers let out, the project is not by any
means dead. and we hope to open it again
IN the spring, to be followed by some tan
gible results.
seThis copper smelter is a good thing,
and instead of being harmful to the road
as some people say, believe it will re-
suit in benefit. 1t has had the effect oil
stimulating spirit of enterprise which,
to certain extent, has lain dormant, and
will only have good effect. There is nc
such opening anywhere in railroad build
ing as a road from Salt Lake to San Fran
cisco, and l confidently believe it will be
built before very long,
''What do you think of Senator Stew
arts proposition to unite Nevada and
Utah?"
"Upon that subject''- and with this
reply NTr. Cleveland babe the reporter g
courteous good night and went to bed.