The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-01
TAKING UP IANDS
ALONG NEW ROAD
People Have Faith in the Los
Angeles Project.
LOCATE $4,000 ACRES
DEEP CREEK ROAD MA BE
BUILT FIRST.
LOCATE $4,000 ACRES


Within the present week two corps Of
government surveyors, numbering in
all twenty-five men. will be at work in
southern Nevada along the supposed
line f,f the san FeSro Los Angeles &
salt Lake road Since it was definitely
announced that the road would be built
SO many locations nave been filed on
government land in the vicinity of the
supposed route that the government
has been forced TO make surveys OF
vast tracts that have never before been
1uched by compass tripod Colonel
II. =. MaXsOn of Reno, New. who viii
have charge of the work. came in from
Nevada last evening, registering at the
Kenyon. He had a conference with G.
-. WhittemOre. general counsel FOR the
Los Angeles road, last evening Colonel
MaXsOn viii spend today and perhaps
tomorrow in Salt Lake. ana VIII then
start out for Uvada and work across
the country with his assistants.
since Jan. 1 there have been $4,000
acres of public land filed on" said
Colonel MaxsOu 1.-The people feel con-
fident that this road Is going through,
and consequently they are taking up
land that otherwise they wouldn't look
at Nearly all those who are getting in
on this land are from California, al
though there have been few locators
from Utah. Most of il is suitable only
FOR grazing, although irrigation viii
make IL fertile. There is plenty of
water for a large section of the land,
if il Is properly used, too. ] expect TO
be I'm the field in southern Nevada for
some time now"
Colonel Maxson is secretary of the
Nevada state Association of Civil En-
gineers
General Counsel Whittemore of the
Los Angeles road says the principal Of
ficials of the road are discussing going
over at least a portion of the route this
month to familiarize themselves with
the conditions.
The directors VIII meet in the middle
OF the month" said Mr.. Whittemore,
and the plans will probably take tan
gible shape then. The idea is TO go over
the country and see exactly what there
Is. without being Obliged to. take the
Information secondhand It is wholly
uncertain Yet who would go.
Il should nave to be counted out of
trip like that" said w. ). Mccormick.
Il shouldn't exactly fancy the idea OF
going ross the country horseback
Line to Deep Greek.
Mr. Whittemore says that the Deep
Creek line is likely to be completed and
in operation long before the entire road
is fi9ished.
IF the route over west of Tooele r
finally chosen. that would bring the
line within about sixty miles of Deep
Greek" said Mr.. WhittemCrC. 1T
over 10 Ibapah and get the tonnage
that is sure to develop from that re-
gion. That is probably what will be
done. The time Of starting work of con-
strUctiOn from this end depends largely
on the result of LIE controversy over
the old grade in Nevada. We expect a
decision from the register of the land
office in Nevada within the next month.
Either part-- can then appeal, and the
case viii have to go to the commission
er Of the general land office and then
10 the secretary of the interior. This
may carry the matter well on into the
summer or even the fall"
The surveyors are working west of
Uvada. following along the old grade.
No report is expected from them for a
couple of weeks.
Regarding the possibilities for build
ing down into the st. George copper re-
gion. Mr.. Whittemore said:
1T looks to me as If the prospects
were for the continue tiOn of the Utah
& Arizona line from Kingman and
Chloride across the st. George country
and up TO place where Ii Will connect
with the San Pedro. Los Angeles & salt
Lake. The Santa Fe and the Los An
Seles line are not unfriendly, as has
beeen stated -