The herald., 1896-03-18
ALONG THE RAILROAD LINES
THE LOS ANGELES ROAD PROMISED SUP.
PORT FROM SALT LAKE
President DopneIlan Of the Stock and Mining
Exchange Points Out the TREMENDOUS Good
to Follow the Building Of Road to Tide.
water-Railroad Notes
AssociAted Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
SALT LAKE, March, 17.-Colonel W.
Donnellan, president of the stock and
mining exchange, addressed the associa-
ton at a special meeting this afternoon on
the mineral resources of Utah, and Incl
dentally touched upon the proposed rail-
road from this city to the Pacific coast.
Upon the latter subject he said: Ser
tain gentlemen have undertaken the stu
pendous task of building railroad SOUTH
west through st. George to Los Angeles.
thus placing Salt Lake on a great through
continental line to the Pacific coast, cor
recting the deficiencies in our railroad sit
uation and making this city great rail-
road center. This line will revive the lam
gushing settlements in The southern part
of the state. 1t will pass through the rich
gold and silver mines of Southwestern
Utah and Southeastern Nevada. 1t will
develop what is perhaps the most extern
sve range of iron known in the world and
will open immense coal fields. With the
railroad constructed to tide water at Los
Angeles, the entire Pacific coast OF North
and South America. as we'll as the great
islands of the Pacific and the oriental
countries can be supplied with coal and
the various products of iron and steel
from this section of our favored state.
1.-THE sulphur deposits in Southern Utah,
which are among the most extensive in the
world, will also reach tide water over this
line at a low freight cost and will enable
it's owners to compete with Sicilian and
Japanese sulphur in the worlds trade for
that commodities.
"This line will bring Salt Lake within
500 miles of ocean transportation over a
railroad operated and controlled by Utah
people, and must prove an important fac
tor in regulating tariffs over all lines seek
ing Utah business"
resolution was adopted endorsing the
address and pledging the support of the
exchange in the construction of the road.
Within six weeks work will be COM
menced on the railroad to Deep Creek. In
the same space of time all arrangements
for the first 800 miles of the road to Los
Angeles, and it is confidently asserted that
work on this line will begin shortly after
ward.
COLORADO RATES
CHICAGO, March 1.-The Denver and
Rio Grande has uttered another emphatic
protest against the action of the emfgrant
clearing house in taking all the proportion
of the Colorado Midland from that hereto
fore allowed the Denver and Rio Grande in
the westbound emigrant traffic. 1t claims
that the Union Pacific should have con-
tributed q portion of the percentage al
lowed the Colorado Midland. 1t declares
that only two courses are left to it. One is
to put up with gross violation of it's
it's rights, and the other is to leave the
to do either one, and makes a strong ap-
peal for its rights before declaring what il
will do in the matter.
Western roads have agreed that summer
tourist rates from the Missouri river and
points west thereof, to Colorado common
points, shall be the same for the season OF
1896 as for the season of 1895.
LOCAL NOTES
George P. Miller, general counsel OF the
Northern Pacific railroad. is shortly ex-
pected in town.
The Santa Fe will run special train
from San Diego to Los Angeles on Wednes-
day, March 25th.
Fl. X. Gregory, assistant general psssen-
ger agent of the Southern California rail-
way, was at Lordsburg yesterday.
General Manager Kruttschnitt and other
officers of the Southern Pacific are on
their way to Ell Paso. Changes, it is said,
may be looked for upon the return to San
Francisco.
The Sunset limited, the Southern Pacific
eastern flyer, will hereafter run weekly
instead of as heretofore, bi-weekly. The
limited will leave this city for the east on
Wednesdays, the return arriving here on
Cot,