The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-03

spered with humorous anecdotes illustrating his points,
Because Judge Goodwin had alluded Mr. Gbbon of Los
GB6on to defend himself The he" Los Ana aq GA n H
than defend himself He gave figures show the possibilities
OF overland traffic from California aside from the heavy eight
originating tab that slass area
OF southern California had produced last year
or shipped the railroads had paid freight
charge OF $500 In other words box of fruit weighing
-hve pounds paid 90 in freight Jim Hill of the Great
Northern had said recently that he carried bushel OF Oregon
wheat to Liverpool for Southern California
tied with $4,000 freight 1900 and $1,000 cars
O. this had originated there It took twenty of wheat
furnish Of freight; there hundreds yes
OF ranches in southern California would
OF the finest freight in the world passen
ger traffic Mr. Gbbon said line that would take from
dinner in Salt Lake and put him in Los Angeles time for
dinner twentouT hours later would the great burden
OF anscontnental passenger ahc Nowhere in mid conti
e was there such attractive place to break the long journey
leisure, would stop seeing
place the advantages OF the climate and the commercial op
Lake incacuabe and he believed they ap
precaed by the people here they by
interested in the construction of the road.
PRESIDENT SNOW SPEAKS.
AT the conclusion of Mr. Gibbons speech which was most
enthusiastically received Mr. Keith proposed the health OF
President Snow, the head the Mormon response
President Snow said he would only say words AS he
understood it, the gentlemen who proposed
Salt Lake to give them Pioneer and they wanted the
cooperation OF the people OF tab Personally Civ
ing them the square they would have good
VIII and active assistance of every in the state.
Just this uncture Senator Clark interrupted genay
say: We want your good will much than want the
And President Snow responded most energeicaly ~and
road an expression that evidently Senator Clark and his
associates good deal of pleasure AS President Snow
down. Senator Clark that they beg
They wanted the assistance the cordial good will of the
and they cared for the good will than they did for
the ground that had been asked All would
diona the construction of the road
The time for the departure of Senator Clars train
drawing and Governor Wells said he
word He could Senator his colleagues
that the people OF Utah everything
power to make the road To the sentiment OF
the gentlemen he moved that be
assembly that the road should cooperation
all Utah Every excepting the
outside the
Mr. Mccormick for recall parallel
When Napoeons general told him the Italy
impossible because OF the Alps Napoleon replied there would
be Alps Referring the desert obstacle Senator
Clark had said there would be obstacles
OF the road; and" added Mr. Mccormick there will be
desert"
Reed Smoot said if all the present promised the sup
port and cooperation of Utah support
cooperation would be forthcoming
Mayor Thompson pledged himself to do all he could to
promote the of the road
After little informal chat gathering broke up SEN
Clark departed for his train Montana the din
a end
As sequel to Senator Cark's definite declaration
night the for
here will proceed with all the expedition possible
dersood the plans for the road will follow
determined and the final details outlined
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