The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-15

million bushels ~ wheat oou'n 10
kota forty-fye million bushels. North
Dakota slxty-ayo million bushels and
Montana four million bushels.
In 1919 there came across the con
tinent reports OF the discovery Of gold
In California. but the only means oil .
reaching rs Golden Gate was by sea .
around Cape Horn. or the long and .
perilOus journey with OK teams. across .
the plains. including shat was then
styled In our Biographies the Amed-
can desert and through the hazardous
mountain passes Of the western part
OF the continent
The completion " the Pacific rail-
roads changed all this and opened new
helds FOR all kinds OF enterprises. In
an unoHplorcd territory stretching over
more than two thousand miles to the
west northwest and southwest OF the
Mississippi river, the products OF which
region were practically yaluoless until
the means OF transporting them we're
provided by the railroads.
The wheat crop OF California this
year is 100000 bushels. The largest
crop ever produced In California was
In 1850. when owing to exceptionally
favorable weather conditions that state
produced G3.OOO.OOO bushels. The gold
output of California for the year 1899
Is estimated at sl6.OOO.UOO. The vine
yards and orange groves Of California
would be OF practically little value
were II not for the fact that the rail-
roads, by their trains OF refrigerator
and ventilated fruit cars. make II pos
slhle TO transport the products OF her
fertile valleys to all sections OF the
country. II seems but yesterday that
the railroads were completed into
Portland. Oregon, Tacoma and Seattle.
Washington. and 70 IL marvellous that
FOR the year ended June go 1899. there
was exported from the Columbia River
valley 100000 bushels OF wheat and
from tho Puget Sound region. 10000
600 bushels. oregon and Washington
form the northwest corner OF the ter.
rltory Of the United statas south OF
the line OF British Columbia. and are
directly on the route TO our extreme
northwest possession. Alauka. The
wheat crop Of the states OF Oregon and
Washington for the year 1899 lie 49,.
600 900 bushels. There was exported
during the year ended June 30. 1899
from the Columbia river direct to for.
eign ports. 100000 barrels Of -four
and from Puget sound points 500 .0Ot
barrels Colorado. which. with It's In
eIhaustible mines OF gold silver, lead
iron and coal. forms almost an EN-
pire In Itself. will produce this year O
1899 OF gold. t2t 900 900: OF silver. ,it.
100000; OF lead. ~ 400 900. In addition
to magnificent crop OF wheat. fruit
and vegetables. Thanks to her rail
road facilities Montana is today tn,
richest mineral region OF It's size II
the world. The latest published sta
tistics-those Of iss7-glye the mlnera
output OF Montana as y5i 900 900
without railroads. Kansas. Nebraska
Minnesota North and South Dakota
Montana. Colorado. California, Oregon
and Washington would stlll DO tn
home Of sayages.
Our passenger service Is the fines
on earth In the United States las
year the hrst-class rates averaged 20
cents per mile. although on some larg
railways the average was several mill
less than two cents per mile; In Eng
land the hrst-class fare Ia four cent
per mile: third-class fare for vastly In
ferlor service Is two cents per mil,
but only on certain parllamentar
trains.
In Prussia. the fare Is three cent
por mile; In Austria. 3O5 cents pc
mile, and In France, 1886 cents pc
mile.
our passenger cars excel those {
foreign countries in all that goes /
make up the comfort and convenience
Of a journey. Our sleeping and parlt
car system ls vastly superior to their,
our baggage system Ia Infinitely be
ter than theirs and arranged upon
much more liberal basis. America
, railroads carry 100 pounds OF bAggAl
, free. while the German railroads carr
, only 90 pounds free. The lighting
our trains IL superb. while the high
I Ing OF trains on most foreign lines
! wretched,"