The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-15
BIG CROWD FROM
LOS ANGELES
Coming Next Month on Salt Lake
Route Excursion.
Mr.. CLARK BRINGS NEWS
SAYS LAS VEGAS SHOULD BE
GOOD TOWN.

Q ENATOE and Mrs. W y Clark ar
y rived in the city from Los Angeles
yesterday morning in car 10l and
I were the guests Of Senator and Mrs
| Thomas Kearns during the day, leaV-
ing for Butte on the midnight train.
In an interview Senator Clark eX-
pressed his qualification over the sue
cess of the Commercial clubs visit to
Los Angeles. and said he had arranged
| before he left for a return visit from
the Chamber of Commerce of that city
4 told the president Of the organic
ton said the senator, that the salt
Lake route would place two special
| trains at their disposal for the visit
I They viii come early i'm June. probably
leaving there on the night of the tenth,
unless the plans are changed, and I was
told there would probably he about
three hundred guests. I hope TO be
here myself then and enjoy the meeting
| of Salt Lake and Los Angeles as / did
when the salt Lake people made their
| visit last week"
Traffic Opens Well.
Discussing the outlook for traffic on
the new line the senator said the initial
operations had been satisfactory. both
/ in freight and passenger business De
/ velopmentS i'm The southeastern Nevada
camps had been a large factor, but gen
eraI traffic had also been better than
was expected
1T looks now" he said. "as though
we would have to put ON a morning
/ train to Los Angeles by September il
addition to the limited To accommodate
traffic. and by that time the roadbed
viii be in condition To stand Il much
faster schedule than is now i'm force.
| As I said lin my Los Angeles speech,
/ we expect To run trains through I'm
| twenty-fOUT hours when everything is
smOothed down. so Il Salt Laker can
| leave here. say. in the morning and be
I in Los Angeles early next morning.
With d running time of practically
three days from Chicago to Los
Angeles we expect to get Il large share
of the tourist travel To the coast from
! the east during the fall and winter
months
Lively at Las Vegas.
Senator Clark said the interest in Las
Vegas property had astuuished him and
everybody connected with the town
company
Il did not want to have the lots
auctioned." he said. but there were 50
many applications for all the desirable
! lots that there seemed no fair way out
except to make a public sale I hope
to see the lots 80 to people who VIII
improve them substantially so the
town viii be solid from the start It
! ought to be fiTst-ClaSs business point
and am particularly interested IN see
ing it start off right
People affiliated with the road have
arranged for a new line of fast auto
mobiles and four new machines of fifty
horse power to carry twelve passengers
each will be put in operation from Las
Vegas to BulIfrOC just as soon rs they
can reach there. The railroad COM
pany viii sell tickets through 10 Bull
frog in connection With these machines,
and if il pays the auto line VIII run
clear through to GoIdfeld and Tonopah-
Provisions For Water.
Part of the pipe has been shipped
for the line To carry water from the
spring to the town at Las Vegas and
the mains viii be laid as quickly as
possible Distributing pipes VIII be
run in the town and out TO the Armour
plant. SO that everybody viii have an
ample supply Of spring water for do
mestic and culinary purposes y pro-
visionaI plan has also been made for
a sewerage system. which can be H.
stalled easily. and As soon as the town
Is organized the pTOpeTty-OWuerS VIII
probably put in the sewer system
| u believe there is "a possibility OF
artesian water i'm the Las Vegas valley.
and if it Is developed I'm quantity the
whole valley can be made one of the
garden spots of the west AltoEether.
the outlook for prosperous. solid bust
ness town Is good and with the devel-
opmeuts that ought to follow the vlEor-
Gus campaign of prospecting around
there. the permaneuce of the place
ought to be assured
The difficulty in getting fast mail
service i'm and out Of Las Vegas viii
be remedied soon. the senator said The
railroads contract with the govern
ment has been signed and mails viii
he operated through in the company
postal cars as soon as they can nc
/ secured and equipped for the service,
which he hoped would not be long.