The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-22
New York Bankers Want to Furnish
Cash.
INDICATIONS ARE GOOD
ST. GEORGE PEOPLE WANT THE
MAIN LINE.
Rates For the Knights Templar Con-
clave Advertised - Union Pacific
Meeting Will Be Held In This
City-Railway Notes and Per-
Sonals.

The press dispatches of yesterday
contain the following announcement,
which has caused considerable interest
in this city:
Los Angeles, Sept. 21.-A letter to
private individual in this city from
New York conveys the intelligence that
Kessler & Co., the New York bankers
who are attempting to secure the con-
troll of the water company plant here,
have also undertaken to finance the
extension of the Salt Lake railroad
from Milford to Los Angeles. In an
interview had in New York repre-
sentative of the firm confirmed the
statement. The local representative of
the firm, Mr.. Woltman, declines to be
interviewed, but stated he had secured
a great deal of information regarding
this section for his firm.
Those engaged in the work of build
ing south from Milford to Stateline do
not care to say anything concerning
this road just at present, but from IN
ferences which have been given, it is
believed there is a basis for the story.
The firm of bankers mentioned has not
been asked to do any financial work,
but have rather suggested they could
do something for the people on the Los
Angeles end and perhaps this end.
Up to this time Mr.. McCune and his
associates have not asked for any help
in the matter of the obtaining of
money. Local capital is building this
road, and no eastern syndicate has
been asked to assist a penny's worth
In connection with the construction of
a road TO the coast, the Washington
County News has the following article
on the location of the route for the new
road:
TT is generally believed that the pro-
posed railroad to Stateline viii event
ually be pushed through to the coast.
1t is also believed here that the promo
tiers will make a big error in extending
the line from Stateline to Marvel or
Barstow, as the better route by far for
the main line would be via Cedar City
and st. George.
1.-The main line should run from Sui
phur Springs to Cedar City, to st.
George, down the Rio Virgin and the
Muddy. The distance from Cedar City
to Marvel via this route is about $50
miles. The grade is better, the rim of
the basin via this route being about $50
feet lower than the Glover Valley pass.
There would be practically no climb
ing to do, the grade is good all the way
through.
"A marvelously rich section of coun-
ivy would be given an opportunity TO
develop and support a much larger
population than at present by the ad-
vent of the railroad. The rich coal and
iron deposits of Iron county would be
tapped. Rich copper and lead mines
the Dixie group, Grand Gulch, Savanac,
Copper Mountain, the Mammoth group
and others-all within 20 miles of st.
George could be worked at a big profit.
The manganese mines at Callville on
the Colorado river, would be worked.
Immense supplies of fine salt from Salt
mountain, on the Muddy, would be
shipped. The mines at Good Springs
and other places would be reached by
the route the same as the other The
sheep and cattle industry would be
benefited and greatly increased, as the
long desert drive to the railroad would
be obviated. Cotton would be planted
much more extensively than at present
and would be a rich and profitable
crop. Our Dixie country would have a
large influx of people every winter TO
enjoy the beautiful mild winters, and
eventually become a big winter resort.
Added to all this, st. George and sur
rounding settlements, including those
on the Muddy, would export large sup
plies of early vegetables and fruits of
the very finest kinds earlier than the
California fruits and vegetables, and
of superior quality and flavor.
''Messrs. a. w. McCune. David Eccles,
c. w. Nibley, Richard Macintosh, Jo-
seph F. Smith, r. c. Lund and T. D.
Dee are all Utah men. We respect
fully call their attention to these facts
and ask their earnest consideration of
them. We believe their first desire is
to serve Utah; here is an opportunity
to do so, and, we believe, as we have
before stated, it can be done with
everything to gain by the change Of
nronOSed route"