The herald., 1894-01-01
THE NEVADA SOUTHERN RAIL WAY
Progress Of a Most Important
Railway Enterprise.
Los Angeles and Salt Lake to Be
Welded.
The Most rar-Reaching Results VIII
Follow the Complet tion of tho
Road In the Development
of Los Angeles. ~

wave of the old time-had its second
birth-every man who has the welfare
of the town as one of his most earnest
wishes, has seen the Importance OF
direct rail connection with Salt Lake.
Reducing the distance to Chicago and
all points east several hundred miles; /;
avoiding heavy grades over lofty noun
tains, where no trains can pass at times
for two weeks or more; these reasons
alone make direct line to Salt Lake q
matter of deep Importance to Los An
geles.
But there are other considerations OF
etil greater importance. For years it
wac the custom among those jealous OF
the rapid progress Los Angeles is max
ing, to eneer at the city and say there
arc no resources behind it; that all talk
OF great future is idle, and kept up
only by boomers and to promote the
sale OF town lots. The growth of River
side, Redlands and other towns near
Los Angeles; the building of great
dams, canals and other irrigating works,
and the vast development during the
past few years of the culture OF oranges
and other valuable fruits, and also OF
general farming, has silenced even the
tongue of envy and made jsalousy
ashamed, so that detraction has ceased.
But it ie not only as the center OF an
extensive and fertile region that Los
CITY; nor is 1t alone her delightful eli
\, xvysl N, dro IN no
and capital to her bosom. The day is
not far distant when this city will enter
upon career that will make her the
center OF manufacturing interests as ex-
tensive and valuable aH are now existing
iu the United States.
All that is necessary to accomplish
this great end is the building OF the Me-
,ada Southern railway to the coal and
iron fields of Utah. Begun in the year
Just closed, this important road to Los
Angeles will reach those vast deposits
before the close of the year now open
ing.
OF all manufactures, those connected
with coal and iron employ the largest
number OF men and the greatest amount
of capital. The financial, rnanufactur-
ing ard commercial greatness of Eng
land are due to her coal and iron. 1t is
coal and iron that have made Pittsburg
and other great cities in our own coun-
try.
What the Nevada Southern will do
for the city may be judged from the fol-
lowing facts: 9
The first item ia coal. For the year
1891 the coal product OF Pennsylvania
wsH worth at the mines the great sum
Of Sill ,215,78S All that Pennsylvania
is to the Atlantic coast in coal the Utah
coal deposits will be to the Pacific coast,
aad this whole of that vast traffic will
come through or near Los Angeles.
The next is iron, and in this connec-
ton attention is invited to the following
statement from the United States geo.
logical report for 1897
1T is, however, true that there is a
scarcity of Bessemer iron ores on the At
lantic coast. Our importa OF
iron ore are chiefly to supply the wants
Of blast furnaces, and particularly for
those furnaces which produce Bessemer
pig iron. Ores low in phosphor-
ous are absolutely necessary for the
manufacture of Bessemer pig iron."
Now, the quality OF the Utah ore, in
which it excels all other ore, is its free
dom from phosphorus. The quantity
and ease of procuring the ore are the
wonder OF all scientific men who have
examined the deposits. With the Me-
vada Southern to deliver this ore at tide
water there would be great demand for
it. But more important fact is that
the building of this line will result in
the establishment OF great iron works
near Los Angeles, such as blast furnaces,
rolling mills, furnaces and machine
shops. Not less certain is that ship
building works rivaling those on the
Clyde, Tyne. Mersey and Thames in
Great Britain, and on the Delaware,
will follow, and that at no very distant
day.
In order to make Bessemer pig iron
Great Britain is forced to import ore
from foreign countries; in 1890 the i'm
ports reached the huge quantity OF
4.47l,7 tons.
A few years ago ore suited to making
Bessemer pig iron was found near the
ehore of Lake Superior. So great is the
demand for the ore, and so rapidly did
the business increase, that in 1890 the
shipments down the lake amounted to
9912,279 tons. This single item alone
shows the enormous value OF the bust
nees. But add to that the value of the
ore wher made into steel rails and
every 9th article of steel and iron.
and the mild is bewildered in irving to
grasp the vast total.
The railroad will run through the
richest and most extensive deposits of
lead and silver now known west of the
Rocky mountains. The quantities OF
ore in sight, and the facilities for mining
are so good, that although there was
no adequate means for transportation
miners have been taking out ore for
sears and holding on to claims, believ-
il that TOR that interest alone q rail-
road must be built into the country.
The only deposit of lead carbonate hux-
ing ore now known in the United States
will be tapped by the railway. This
class of ore is now shipped to Colorado
from Mexico, and the cost of trsnsporta-
tion is great; the supply along the line
OF the Southern Nevada appears to be
very extensive. Near Ivanpah, in San
Bernardino county, the ore has been
found rich enough to bear the high cost
OF transportation by teams, and from
& one camp about $7,000,000 has already
Z been taken out.
At the Copper Word mine 1000 tons
OF ore are now on the dump and hun
dreds OF thousands of tons in sight that
will go from 20 to 40 per cent copper,
25 ounces silver and some gold. With
rail transportation all this can be taken
out. Shadow Mountain is another rich
district waiting for transportation to
turn out great supplies OF ore.