Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-26
TIE RAILWAY WEST.
California Legislature Appealed 10 10
lis Behalf.
LINE, sALrLAKG TO Los ANGELES
Action Of Monster Meeting Held In
Les Angclu-A Road On tho
Taxation Plan.

L's Angeles 10 In share on tho Bali
Lane ami Los Augolos railway
project az shown by tho monster
meeting held Goo that city on Friday
night The iuausura ton Il the San
Joaquin valley road by San francisco
capitalists stirred up Los Augglts. The
people there eco That tao San Joaquin
p1olcc! means Uu extension 81 salt
Lake, 10 give new liau 20 tao coast
metropolis. laat road is projected to
Bakruluiii from .hcfr &. will 20 20
Piaohc, anu on 20 tlis city; uulcsl IA
other line gets DO nu.. 30 tho cit.zsns
Of Los Angeles come ou massc GA tho
latter scheme. Tao Los Aagcls
hfprc55 has two..5lumu art clio rly-
lux au atcJun, %, tho proceedings "a,
the metIiug,openips with the following
words
Tho Los Angeles aud Salt Lake rail-
road project uhR whIupui up Iu gtUat
shape 900 she mass muDuuya t tuuuhamurr
was largo and thOrs was % decided in-
cru1so OF enthusiasm. Mayor BRlor
Pre- .iuud and Nathan colo WIS secretary,
j. ~ q. Marble stated tho Uhiret uf 'un
meeting was 90 go. nu oapiosaiUu % uuJ-
l'e continent uu tho puciguulity Of
building tho road.
Then thcrc wCro vigorous speeches
! aud practical discussion OF what ~ do.
Finally the taxation plan on which
| thc Cincinnati Southern WnH built " 40
agreed upon, anu thcs9 resolutions
adopted.
Resolved, That this meeting endorse
/ what o. known aH tho Cincinnati plan us
% means fUr tho construction ola limo ~
! railroad between los AnEulDi and salt
! lpkouH ihu most feasible method OF con-
| siruuiluE such road.
kU"Ulyul ,IhHt a committee Of uyO Clii-
gems uf los Angeles Doc selected by this
| meeting, Who, bee connection with tho
/ chairman OF tho tuUuilng, shall appoint
] rom among hOuitizUuH " Los Angeles
/ committee uftwCuiy, who shall without
! delay proceed Go ~Ggramuuio,Hud Jay boz
| fOro tho legislature tho action OF this
meeting uui uHU 200 honorable means TO
| secure thu passage by the legislature " a
| law Incorporating thu aforesaid plan.
Mayor Racer appointed the follow.
ing committee. W. IL. Workman,
Capt. john Cfuss, J. NJ. q. Marble, A.
| d, LIuglgy mud Frank q. flnlaytou.
| They Immediately conferred Rud Rp.
pointed the following oImmiitgo % 70
90 Sacramento: Mayor Frank RAdes,
John CToss, a. \. Lolgluy, w. n.
Workman, John NJ. q. Marble, Nathan
Cole Jr., Flank q. Finlsyson, Charles
Forester, Frank sablohi, o. 5. Brnui,
W. &. Furcy, John 4. Galley, n. w.
Mayer OF Pasadonn, n. T.. LuhouA Of
Pasadena, Frank House, Judge h. NJ,
Widncy, q. y. Day, J. Fmnker Held,
| q. II. BOucUtnac, H. n. Breed, o. n.
! johnson, W, II. H0labird, John +.
Humphreys, Silas Holman, w. g..
Patterson, J. Bnruch.
The committee is Ia Sacramento TO-
day Tuesday 10 perform tho work
assigned 20 a.
fading up tue subject cdiloHally the
Les Angeles LIlTtU Of Saturday saysi
10 10 the common opinion that nothing
would 10 much TUdluud 10 thr az.
vantage OF Los Angeles aga cOuuectlu :
line ut railroad between this city nnd
SAT- Lake Cily, UAh. The project
has been discussed lime and time
again, meetings have been called -,
resolutions plssud, yet the road ha6 mot
maipfiallzrd Capitalists, HIugulatOra
aud scientific men, after thorough
investigation, have all agreed that 0,
railroad between Los Angeles AMI salt
Lake City would 10 moro Tor the prog
rss Of Los Angeles NJ distributing
point than any, and even all other
agencies combined. 10 10 tgiT % pre-.
sumo that these men knew what they
were talking about. In the nfst place
tho road between Los Angeles anu
Milford, Utah, h easy 10 build, anu, as
railroads go, inexpensive. The grades
are slight anu there II choice OF thrOu
surveyed routes. An OF the routes pass
through regions rich ia mineral and
metallic products, ana particularly
uuUl, 10 much needed for maui
ufnuiurta IN this city, Much
OF the country through which
the routes pass 10 susceptible
OF high cultivation. The looa
traffic on this ROAD would DO inoalou'
lably great and II there was q c0nnOc
ton made, ns thofe cert Ainly would be-
with atgau#cJutinButAl road, tho tim,
between Los Angeles and Chicago
would BIO shortened 10 two and one
half dnys
When all these magnificent ndvnn'
tagos arc c0nsiiUTud, Il 10 wonderful
that thry have not losn Improved long
Hg.. All YrCg, commercial points have
uugu made 30 BY fostering ,ho build
Ing N railroads. Not many years asI
~, Joseph was the greatest CONNER
cial cuutoF Ia Western Missouri. Kan
; sas City, then a growing town, win IN
eye 10 the maiu chance, uutbll ~
! Joseph Tor twO railroads, gud today
b Kansas CITY hiss gotten most OF St
, | JOseph'a trade. Tho same thing 10 ttuS
Of Chicago and other thriving towns,
) San Francisco threatens 10 tako advan'
: tuge of our tempOriLing and pFocras
! tnAti0u and garner TO herself all tue
b benefits that should naturally accrue 1l
3 this city.
> There Is tide In the atalrs OF mu'
inequalities which, taken NJ the hluul
{ ! leads on TO continual progress. A Sail
, Lake road would benefit every prof.
urty owner In this city, and In fact ~
Z All southern California. The time iOl
% discussion has passed AMI the TINT
b for action rs NJ hand. No mattel
what some may think adversely o th,
/ uroposeI action Of the chamber o
% commerce meeting last Night 10 Is 10
{ \ step looking towards the construction
d on Inc proposed road, and, being the
. first definite action, should have Che
% aupnort Of every one having the future
e. welfare OF Los Angeles at heart. Ih'
importance " this matter cannot ID