The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27

There are indications that the Utah
& Pacific viii branch out in the near
future to the extent of offsetting Coils
p Huntington's designs in this state.
by building towards Arizona and fur
Their run a branch line down to. Cedar
City in order to tap the vast coal and
iron fields that lie in the vicinity of
that settlement.
It is a WeH-knowu fact that caDital-
lists have had their eyes upon Iron
county for years past as a spot where
in to invest their capital to make the
properties. pay handsome returns. The
coal in that region is naturally adapt
ed for the manufacture Of coke, and the
introduction of coke ovens in the vi
entity of Cedar City. in conjunction
with the vast deposits of iron that crop
out of the ground or all sides, is only
needed to make that district the Penn
sylVania of the west as soon as there
is a railroad built in there.
That a road would be eventually
built into that region has been con-
ceded to be but a matter Of time. and
now that the president Of the Utah &
Pacific company, with the general SUI
perintendent OF the Oregon Short Line,
have spent several days in driving over
the proposed route and looking into
the resources of the iron fields gener
ally, everything points IN the direction
of the vast riches of southern Utah be-
ing opened up.
Something Likely to Drop.
The developments in the railroad sit
uation in Utah are crowding one upon
the other at a rate calculated to bring
matters to a focus, with the result that
dirt may fly IL several directions in q
fashion that win necessitate the issu-
anCe of new railroad maps as far a this
state is concerned.
Owing to the fact that Vice-Presi-
dent w. II. Bancroft of the Oregon
Short Line wired President a. w. Nc
Cune of the Utah & Pacific that he
would be unable to meet him at Uvada
this morning as business had called
him up to Portland, President McCune,
in company with General Superin-
tendent Z. z. Calvin of the Short Line,
came to town in order to meet Mr..
Bancroft upon his return from the
coast.
Another significant coincidence was
the arrival in town at noon yesterday
of President Horace c. Burt, General
Manager E. Dickinson and J. 3. Ber-
ry, chief engineer of the Union Pacific,
who came in quietly on President
Burts palatial private car.
When seen yesterday President Burt
stated that there was no significance
to be attached to his visit to Zion be-
yond the fact that he was here on his
usual tour of inspection and would stay
in the city until this afternoon, when
he would return to Omaha.
AS soon as the car came to town the
three officials drove to the Short Line
Offices, where. they were closeted with
General Manager w. II. Bancroft and
z. E. Calvin. Later in the day Presi-
dent A. w. McCune called on the party
and spent considerable time in their
company.
President McCune Talks.
When seen last night President Nc
Cune stated that the story published in
this column on Friday morning was
correct to the extent that General Su-
perintendent Calvin and himself had
been over the Utah & Pacific road dur
ing the past week and that they expect
ed Mr.. Bancroft to have met them at
Uvada today, but owing to delays the
latter had wired them to the effect
that he would not be able to get home
in time
However" he said, "Mr. bancroft
| came in sooner than he expected, and
but for the fact that we were coming
up - Salt Lake today he would have
Joined us in the south"
When asked whether it was a Fact
! that the Utah & Pacific would COM
mence pushing on towards Chloride.
Arizona, with the object in view of
| closing I'm the o9T and OVoT7iro tba
road to Los Angeles, he stated that he
could not at the present time give any
thing out for publication. In course OF
| further conversation he said:
I met Mr.. Calvin at Milford where
we procured a team and placed the
same on a car to proceed to Lund
/ From that point we drove across the
4 desert to Cedar City. where we made an
/ exhaustive examination of the iron
! properties in that district, to eventually
I proceed to Moneda, where we took the
! train home"
! Although Mr. McCune was not pre-
| pared to talk upon the significance Of
/ the trip in the direction of the opening
| up of the biggest iron and coke over
/ industries in the west. at the same time
/ he characterized the jaunt as being il
! the nature of zone of the biggest news
/ paper sensations that has ever occurred
/ in Utah"
It seems that the desire of the resi-.
| dents of the 1Ourishing little burg OF
| Cedar City, after years Of weary wait
| ing, is about to be consummated. ant
that they viii before q great IengtF
of time be put in touch with the out.
side world by the means of the intro
duction of the iron horse into Iror
i county.