The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

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of the promoters of the Utah & Cali
fornia company to build railroad from
Milford, through southern Nevada to
Los Angeles, will come to fruition ulti-
mately, even if not in the immediate
future. The organization is still intact
and none of its cherished plans have
been abandoned. That the road has.not
been built and in operation by this
time. is due 10 no lack of effort on the
part of the projectors, but uncontroll-
able circumstances alone are response
bic for the delay.
THE PROJECT NOT ABANDONED.
Mr.. Allen is closely identified with the
Meyers interests at st. Louis These
interests were expected, either by them
selves or through their connections, to
furnish the capital necessary for the
construction of the southwestern coast
bound railroad. Their faith in the
profit and security of the investment
has not been shaken, neither have these
eastern interests undergone a reversal
of sentiment as to the desirability of
maturing the main plans so earnestly
and favorably considered up to about
a year and d half ago. Mr.. Allen viii
remain in the city several days. after
which he will proceed to California on
viii visit Salt Lake again on his re-
turn eastward.
AWAITING FAVORABLE CONDI-
TIONS.
Mr. Allen courteously accorded
Herald reporter an interview at the
Knutsford last evening. The gentle
man stated that he had nothing of
public interest or of a definite nature
70 at he
road question, but he would be glad
TO do so when matters developed. In
addition to what is related above, Mr..
Allen said the adjustment of monetary
conditions in the east would have to
be awaited, ana the war with SPAIN
must be satisfactorily ended before it
would be known how and when the
railroad project would materialize.
However. il seemed probable that with
in the next six months or less financial
affairs would be again in normal
state. so that some Immediately encOur-
aging news about the railroad could be
announced. At present railroad invest
ments are awaiting the policy of the
administration on foreign affairs.
ENCOURAGING MINERAL DEVEL-
OPMENTS.
Much satisfaction is found by Mr..
Allen and his colleagues in the rich
mineral developments at De Lamar and
the gold discoveries in Stateline and
Eagle Valley districts. The prospective
tonnage for a railroad reaching out TO
these points, as the Utah & California
would. gives renewed encourag cement to
the promoters of the railroad enter
prise.
DISAPPOINTMENT FELT.
The company, Mr.. Allen added. had
spent large sums of money in making
surveys and perfecting other neces-
sary preliminary plans. and the public
cannot be disappointed in the failure
of negotiations for construction capital
any more keenly than the promoters
feel over the temporary sway of adj
verse circumstances. No one had been
asked to contribute money to the en-
terprise with a promise of returns, and
nothing had been done to warrant crit
icism from the -'I-tOld-you-sO' class of
people. The public should withhold adj
verse comment, Mr.. Allen maintained.
THE PIONEER SQUARE GRANT.
Referring to the revocation of the
conditional grant of Pioneer square to
the company for depot purposes, Mr..
Allen said the grant had been asked for
with the best intentions. If the condi-
lions had been performed by the COM
pany, the municipality and the tax
paying public would have been bene-
fitted in a larger measure, relatively,
than the company. In his opinion, if
the city council should again be petit
toned to grant the square TO the Utah
& California company, or any other
railroad enterprise, it would be only
the part of business prudence to re-
uuire a sufficient forfeit TO assure the
specific performance of the contract.
UTAH'S SULPHUR DEPOSITS.
Mr.. Aliens special business on this
trip pertains to the affairs of Meyers
Dickert Sulphur company. whose de-
posits are situated near Cove Creek, in
Willard county. we have" said the
gentleman. the only known big depos-
its of almost pure sulphur in this west
ern hemisphere. While the financial re-
turns have not heretofore been salts
factory, the outlook is now very en-
coUIrag ing. We intend TO do consider
able work on the beds this summer, and
later there will be DEVELOPMENTS on a
much larger scale. a railroad connec-
ton would help us, but there is no i'm
mediate intention of building a. spur
from the Oregon Short Lines station at
Black Rock, some 40 miles away. We
have almost abandoned hope that the
Rio Grande Western would come to the
mines through Clear Creek canyon, for
tension is planned to go through Ere |
mont pass.
THE BEST SECTION IN THE WEST. !
I'VE have great confidence in the pos
sibilities from the development of /
southern Utahs resources. 1t is now
the best section in the west for invest /
ments by capital, but its greatest needs |
are railroad facilities"
LARGER DEMAND FOR OUR SUI
PHUR.
Speaking of sulphur, mining and ship |
ping, Mr.. Allen added: The worlds |
demand for sulphur has been supplied |
chiefly by Japan and Sicily. On account |
of its eastern troubles, Japan has with
in the last year restricted the export /
of sulphur. In Sicily the sulphur de- |
posts are practically worked out An
other matter that has operated in our
favor is the passage by the Italian gov
eminent of d law prohibiting the en-
ploymert OF children under II years of |
age from working in the mines. All /
this has tended to increase the cost of |
production. and now the Utah sulphur
viii be in greater demand. That is why
am out here to prepare for a larger I
output from our Cove Creek Mines
THE UNPROTECTING TARIFF.
Asked as to what benefit American
sulphur derived from the
Dingfey tariff law. Mr.. Allen replied
that practically no protection was Sc
cured from il. While a duty of So a
ton was imposed on imported refined
sulphur. the foreign product comes to
the United States in the crude. and the
intent of the law is successfully evaded
by refining the sulphur after it reached /
this country.
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