Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
THE PIOcHE BRANcH,

districts that are Just awakening TO 10.
ceiye the iron horse
THE PIOCHE BRANCH.
Phoebe, which has twice been appar.
entity abandoned sem has thousands OF
tons of good ore, which are being work.
ed, Phoebe Is % have q branch line
from Caliente In the near future. ana
when this occurs Phoebe win leap 20
HE aud take up the thread that was
frayed 30 years ago, when beggars be-
came mlllIOnalres In few dys,
Just over the line and a few miles
north OF the Salt Lake Route are tho
famous boraX works In Amalgosa and
Death valleys. The product rs now be.
ing hauled to Mojaye In big prairie
scho0ners which are doomed 10 make
way before the big Atlantic locomotive
These natural products are practI.
cally on the main line of the now short
cut TO California with branches built
to Deep Creek and GoId0eld New, 9th.
er rich regions VIII be tapped and traf.
&c accordingly forthcoming that win
gladden. the hearts OF the st0ckhold
ers and necesstate the auditor hiring
additional help to keep clerical track
Of business generally
II the mineral outpu, along the limo
OF the Salt Lake Route will be cause
FOR congratulatlon what can be said o.
the fruit, farm produce and livestock
that VIII be transported by this new
llne2
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORANGES
When II comes to the vast tonnage
heretofore divided between the Santa
Fe and the Southern Pacific IN the way
of oranges and garden products con.
signed to the eastern market, the Hons
share will undoubtedly fall 90 the San
Pedro The shortest route WIN be tax.
en- with all perishable goods, and the
Salt Lake Route has that route. The
shipment Of citrus fruits alone from
territory adjacent 10 the salt Lake
Route totals up IN the neIghbOrho0d ot
% 900 cars during the season, and then
the growers leave hundreds Of tons 10
rot on the ground owing TO insult.
Client number OF cars and the congesiet
condition Of the railroads The total
value Of the products Of seven coun
ties tributary 10 Los Angeles last year
came close to S9OOoOOOO and a great
portion OF this was moved east
SOUTHERN UTAH,
While in Utah the agricultural pro-
ducts south Of Neph do not cut any
great figure, there Is stu plenty OF
land that can be taken up and turned
10 good account The Irrigation pro-
iects outlined, however VIII have me
effect of ultimately bringing IN gooa
revenue FOR the new road,
In Nevada az present agriculture u
confined principally TO the Meadow yal'
ley wash and the Pahrump, Vegas Pah'
ranagat Eagle ana Spring valleys
part of Lincoln county is fed by sue.
terranean streams beneath the desert
surface that give hopes that ultimately
the rrigatOr may redeem large pai'
Of this territory.
Where water can be obtained sem
tropical fruits grow IN profuslon' Ahesu
of other districts luscious grapes mel'
ons figs, dates, almonds apples pears
peaches, and other fruit reaeh ma.u'
lty and the lucky p0ssessor OF q rahc.
In this belt has a small fortune az manu-
as soon as the Salt Lake Route com
mences TO receive consgnmens ior u,
less fortunte markets 10 the norJh anu
east. Hay grain and vegetables sioS
and attain prodlglous size on iTlga'el
lands IN this section, .-..,.i
ADD to all this the transcontInenlal
traffic that win be one OF the lealuI.'
of this cutoff 90 southern California
and It does not take O very acute Fl'
son to figure out that the SAT- L4H \,
Route rs a very pronounced factor ~
the western railroad world from 'h'
! outset,