The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-18

IF US together. each having his own
cam Ny mules we're branded B. Il. 4"
and had done good service, no doubt on
Sen HOlladay's overland stage line.
We bought some produce and started
back to the mines. NY cargo consisted
principally of dried fruit, butter and
eggs. The eggs, Of course, frOze solid
on the way back, as the mercury fell
several times to 40 and 30 degrees be-
low zero Nevertheless. they were IN
great demand when we arrived at Ban
mack in the middle OF January. at So
per dozen. They Were used after be
ing thawed out III cold water. for max
ing Tom and Jerry That trip was
what they would call nowadays in ma
tional capital par1ance, a strenuous"
one
Need of Railroad Suggested.
I remember we were i've days in
crossing the range from Malad to
Marsh valley. We shOveled snow all
day, moved our wagons up little Dy
little. and took our animals back to
camp every night. In Marsh valley
we found very little snow, and when
We reached Snake river there was none
at all. but we encountered the same
difficulties on the Pleasant Valley range
or the main divide. As j TecOllect the
experience Of that trip. I tackled the
difficulties il presented with the same
determination. and had. the same hope
of success. as when ateT I got it into
my head that there ought to be d
railroad built from SaE Lake City TO
Los Angeles. and started out to build
it. 1 had a little snow to shovel Pn
that route but in due course all con-
tentionS were smOOthed out, and now
everything is "as merry as marriage
bell"
In 1853 Il took me twenty-fOur days
10 put hen fruit from Utah into the
Ia. E
mack. but il viii not be long until we
viii put the luscious fruits of Southern
California on your breakfast tables in
UWenty-fOur hours
Ever since that early day have been
a frequent visitor to your city, and
have seen il expand and develop to its
present magnificent proportions until
now il has become a railroad center,
and is destined to be the leading COM
mercial metropolis of all the great
.nter-mountain region.
In this connection. I cannot refrain
from expressing admiration for the
enterprise and Sagacity of the Mormon
people. which prompted them to select
This wild and fascinating region as a
suitable location in which to establish
their homes apart from the world
where they might abide in peace. and
without mOlestatiOn enjoy their relig-
iOus faith. Their advent TO this beau
-iful valley was followed closely by the
marvellous discoveries Of gold in Cali
-ornia. which induced d thrOng of en-
grants to set out on the overland
Quincy toward the golden shores of
he Pacific. They were confronted with
lutOld difficulties. and dangers. which
heir ineXperience and inadequate
equipment III prepared them to endure
they found here facilities for rest and
exchange Of their fOOt-sOre animals for
-reSh ones and new supplies, that
enabled thousands of them to reach
me goal of their ambition. and realize
The widest dreams and hopes that had
attracted them to the great EldOradO
Of the west. otherwise, many of them
must have succumbed to the perils Of
the desert.
Salt Lakes Early Development.
Likewise AT a later date. when The tide
Of immigration turned backward towards
the interior and set IN from every dlrec-
ton towards Nevada Idaho and Non
tana. ON account of the wonderful dis
-OVeTIeS OF precious metals i'm those ter
ritOries the rapid DEVELOPMENT of all this
lntermOuntaiu region was made possible
10y reason of It's easy access to this city
as base OF cheap supplies and in this
way the Mormon people became an essen
tial and potential factor in the develop
ment of the great mining districts of the
Rocky mountains IhIs has resulted IN
building up a number of pOpulous and
prosperous ueighboring states.
Growing out of the same influence. and
by reason of She early settlement by the
NOrmOnS of these valleys. there can be
r0 doubt but that the construction Of the
great Pacific railroads in the Sos was ad-
vaured by at least a decade of years. and
the beneficial results of that great trans
continental enterprise are beyond the
power OF human intellect 10 calculate
This Is evidenced by the fact that al
ready there have since been hu!lt five
other transcontinenral highways from
ocean 20 ocean. and others are cOEteIn-
plated.
The construction Of the more recent rail-
roads is of such superior type as to low
grades slight curvatures,s wide road beds,
Improved ballast. heavy steel and inf