The herald., 1896-08-28
THE SALT LAKE RAILROAD
Interesting Chat With
Bishop Taylor
GREAT CONFIDENCE IN ITS SUCCESS
Important Factor in the Growth
of Los Angeles
THE PERMANENT BENEFITS
II Will Open Up a Rich Section for
Southern California
lnexhaustible Deposits Of Iron Ore and Coal
on the Line
1t Would Cause q Boom In the Manufacturing
Interests Of This City ami Add Thou.
sands to the Wealth Of
THE PERMANENT BENEFITS
II Will Open Up a Rich Section for
Southern California
Inexhaustible Deposits Of Iron Ore and Coal
on the Line
It Would Cause a Boom In the Manui,ctlfih h2
Interests Of This City AMI Aid rhou-
sands to the Wealth Of
This Section

in Los Angeles for several days in the
interest of the proposed Salt Lake rail-
road, was interviewed by q Herald re-
porter yesterday. The bishop is a gen.
ial, companionable gentleman, we'll in
formed on the resources of Utah. a
fluent, ready talker, and a splendid sub
ject for the interviewer, as he is deeply
interested in the subject of his mission,
and has the utmost confidence in its ul-
innate success.
Mr. Taylor said that he had been in
Los Angeles for some days, arranging
some business matters, and especially
looking after railroad interests at this
end of the proposed Salt Lake railroad.
In brief Bishop Taylor says it is pro-
posed to build a railroad to this city as
fast as it can be done.
Mr. Taylor owns near Cedar City,
Utah, large coal lands, also large iron
beds, one of which runs as high as 20
ed to erect large plant for making pig
iron, structural iron for buildings. steel
nails. etc, as at that point everything
needed for smelling and manufacturing
iron is at hand. The point where this
plant would be located lies about sixty
miles south of Milford, which is the end
of the Union Pacific railroad and about
eighty miles southwest of Marysvale,
the end of the Rio Grande Western. 1t
is arranged and expected that these two
railroads will extend their lines
to the point where this iron and coal is,
so as to bring in such heavy machinery
and freight as is needed in the con-
struction of the iron works. Then from
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build a firSt-class standard line rail-
road to Los Angeles, starting at Iron
City and running southwest down to the
Muddy river, thence through Las Vegas
valley thence to Goode Springs, thence
to Ivanpohe and running southwest
for this city, on a survey where the
grade will not exceed per cent.
Bishop" asked the reporter, "is it
Mormon church money that is going to
build this line?"
mo, sir" replied Mr. Taylor, 'it is
private funds. That is all arranged for
by my agent in Europe and am inform
ed that contracts are ready to be signed,
and l am trying to clean up lot of pre-
liminary matters and get to work.
However, l do not wish to explain or
give details about this matter as l eX-
pect to submit to the proper parties in
this city my plans and see what this end
of the road wants. That is my business
here.
AS a matter of course, you must
think such a railroad would pay?"
Yes, sir; l assuredly do. Why not?
Let me tell you why it would be the
best paying piece of railroad in the west.
"First-On account of the large coal
fields it would open up. Coal could be
laid down to the consumer in Los An
geles and all of Southern California at
about $3.50 per ton.
''Second-The market for manufac-
tured iron is very large You may draw
circle 5000 miles in circumference, with
Iron City as its center and there is no
other point to make iron; and all that
area of country would be supplied from
Iron City, because there is no place
where iron, coal, limestone and man
ganese are found in one locality. Iron
ore in many of the big plants of Amer
ica costs 1915 and upwards per ton.
Then the coal has to be hauled, and the
limestone and the flux, so that it costs
something for the raw material to these
plants to make iron. But at Iron City
the iron ore will not cost one dollar per
ton, and right there is the coal, lime
stone, and all that is needed. So you see
competition need not be even thought
of. And then, besides that, we are To-
Gated right in the middle of the great
west, where great improvements are
going to take place. Why if we had
our plant and railroad built, we could
furnish all the iron and steel that is
going into these buildings here today.
''Third-Hundreds of mines are wait
ing for railroad to get their ores to
market. Take Goode Springs Resting
Springs, and all through that country.
There are millions of tons of ore that
carry 40 to 60 per cent lead, 90 to so
ounces of silver, and from 50 per ton
upwards in gold. That ore today is
worth at a smelter $50 and upwards a
ton 1ess freighD. A smelter near Los
Angeles to treat that ore would give
work to hundreds of workmen:
and after the lead is obtained
works for the manufacture of lead
pipe could be started; also.
works to make white lead, and that
would give more men work and the rail-
road traffic, too.
All along the line of the railroad traf-
flc can be obtained. At the Muddy
valley, Las Vegas valley, Pahrump val
ley, are good bodies of fine farming and
fruit lands. Especially in the Las Vegas
valley is this true. There lies a large
valley that will give homes to thousands
of home-seekers, where the very finest
kinds of fruits, grain and hay grow to
perfection. 1t will make a great fruit
country, good stock country, and will
contain some large towns. 1t has a
great supply Of water. Don't you think
such valleys will furnish traffic for a
railroad?
"Fifth-Passengers or tourists can
come into Los Angeles from Omaha in