Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-25
THE DEEP CREEK RAILWAY,
Councilman Mainland Busy laY,niIrg
Plans Tor lis Construction.



great deal Of his time nova lays In In.
iercsiing people on the Deep Creek
railway project. when one scheme
fails ho invenis another To q NEWS
reporter today he talked as follows:
"rimr, viii bo better Immediately
after tho dedication VI the Temple ana
the close OF the Conference. 1he pul-
ilc Rom Utah aui Idaho who c1mc g.
niiguI tHe del,ch,ory e ,romonle, and
tho Conference, will spend a good deal
OF money here. While tines are hard
OIL around, yet the people In the out.
eide Districts always have come money
slowcd away. Now, 10 Is esiimated
that thote win be $4,000 strangers visit
Utah dnsins the next three weeks.
Each ono win leave hero from 81 to $50
calling the average so will make
the gain TO salt Lake CITY, $4,000.
"Nady u million dJllars Will thus
be dumped into the hands u our
merchants, street cars, hotels, railroads
hotels, thcaiefs Hud miscellaneous In
siiiuuJus. Now, sup ose twenty five
per cent u this could be considered
pruhtub 10 not, the differences between
tho real profit and the twenty-five per
cent could be spared by the people and
the companies who get the money, anu
suppose the people who thu. profit
were pAlul 10 enough 20 contribute
that twenty-five per cent (which
mcaus s9lD,OOOl towards the Deep
Creek railroad, what n change
thoro would be Immediately
In the prospects and ntlaifs OF the city!
And this can be- done II collectively
iho people can be male 10 ray aud DO
all together what .hey say individually
they ARE willing to DO.
"rwO hundred thousand dollars In.
vested IN the road west either us
bonus TO outside capital or put Ia con- .
sttuodon work Tor home company
will pat the scheme on It's ieet 30 that
the rect viii bee plain smiling.
"rheru never has been n0re aggra-
waited case uf fh1usigute Inoss exhibit.
cd anywhere la tue west than the
danset1u course OF delay now being
followed Dy the people OF this city con-
cerniog the road west.
".3upposr tho Rio Grauie Western
or Union Pacific sbou u build wes
from Iinuu2 Who cIn sstimf &C.
the loss Of piostgc and dvanlaee'
which this city wOull tulie Whi o
the city would undoubtedly san
n the road should ttaIt from
Finite, still tho rslatlyc gain would be
no much less that the people OF this
town cught 10 stir up every point anu
get start west from here.
"lt is not simply tho matter Of a road
TO Deep Creek or Dugway or Fish
Springs. IL Ia also the main line Tor
the nUkt road 10 California. IL, there.
fire, means that SAT- Lake CITY will
DO the railway center without the
shadow OF rival.
With the start Salt Lake City has
in financial strength, volume OF busi-
ness aud sympathy OF men VINO con.
troll the operations In miues and range |
interest IN the surrounding diatricls,
the only thing needed to semi her
ahead is the western road.
"If the town was not able to build
the roai the excuse would be sut- |
ilcient, but the fact Is that II the
energy that has been exh bltud In
dozens OF towns OF the west, OF ono.
third thp size anu ability OF this city
would be an easy One TO solve,
Gland values are depressed. A man
who could have SOLD cut three years
ago for 100000 does not know now
whether he can get $50, 900 or not. q
small percentage OF h innd n put ilto
the Deep Greek scheme wilt make tue
balance OF It worth from 70 to 100 per
cent more. Then why not try n?
"rhis road would heels AL U Ian, and !
why not nsk all Utah to help build II? |
Labor will be contributed by people |
Outsida OF salt Lake county.
II the people viii not tuild the road |
Themselves 1t ought to be known |
quickly, and then another effort |
ought to be made to raise sly $3.50, 900 |
to give 10 some one else TO do Tor us |
what we ought TO do for ourselves. AMI |
that effort, ifproperiy managed, can he |
made 70 work.
suppose the Chamber OF Commerce |
would gtt up scheme to levy nn AZ. |
sessmcnt Of five mills on the assessed |
valuation of Salt Lake county, VI |
COURSE this would DO voluntary mat. |
ter and the pride OF tho people would
be brought into play. Would |
not seveuty.nve per cent OF the prop.
erty owners RESPOND? At least thirty |
per cent OF Salt Lake property is
owned by non.resldents. am satisfied
that at least ninety per cent OF the
owners would respond
and ifthe outsiders came to
time certainly our own people could be
begged or shamed iutO responding ana
IL ninety per cent OF the assessment
could be- collected the effort would DO
success, $50, 900 valuation would
bring $4,000; eighty rer cent OF this
would bring $4,000, which would he
a bonus sufficient TO bring the Desp
Creek road In hurry.
Something must b done. The smell.
ter will help US but It viii not
be sufficient 10 iend salt Lake
ahead IA manner that will helm
business NJ IL ought 10 he helped, or
that will enable landowners TO hold up
values or merchants 10 * sud the
business or M nuiaCluroIs % increase
he factory Interests.
"a u tn people seem now TO believe
In the alvln|aycs VIII ch viii come 10
The city II the western road Is secured,
II would mean quickly AN additional
10 Lls Augelrs or San Fran.
cisco, and then what additional
markets would ue Opsned up 10 the
OF the city
The travel 10 be directed from other
routes, the coal 10 resent 10 supply the
Pacific Coast, the iron OF southern
Utah To be- utilized and the Tcsourors
OF Utah to be finally Investigated and
developed are all factors IN the general
that would come to US. The
new mines 10 De opened up would re.
quire thousands OF tons OF grain. hay,