Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-09

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! HEBER M. WELLS, PRESIDENT
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been closely identified with the under
taking, and to work with them in being
instrumental in bringing Salt Lake and
Los Angeles closer together has been a
delight and an honor.
"The Salt Lake road is an accom-
plished fact. All promises have been
confirmed. Vast mineral resources lie
in close proximity to the new road.
The gold region of Nevada possesses
the Comstock mines. 1t is the expecta-
tion to give these districts ample rail-
road facilities as soon as the conditions
warrant.
From the reports of our engineers
| am confident that artesian wells may
be developed throughout the. arid dis
trict.
1.-THE completion of the isthman
canal and the open door in China, with
the rise of Japan to a world power,
mean vast commercial relations, by
which Los Angeles and Salt Lake are
both to profit.
"A line of steamships from San Pedro
to the orient is no idle dream or vagary
of the mind, but is possibility of the
near future.
'In the autumn the Salt Lake road
will give a limited service from Los
Angeles to Chicago on what it is be-
leved will be seventy-eight hour
schedule, while between here and Salt
Lake the time will be lowered to twen-
ty-four hours. Local service will be
improved as soon as traffic demands,
even to putting on two trains a day,
not including the limited.
1.-The same opportunity of transporta-
ton is extended to Los Angeles for a
visit to Salt Lake as has been given to
Los Angeles visitors from the City of
Saints"
Applause for Mr.. Gibbon
Hon. II. E. Gibbon the man who
first dreamed of building the Salt
Lake road, was introduced amid an ap-
plause almost as enthusiastic as that
which greeted Senator Clark. Mr.. Glib
bon in a short concise way told of the
birth of the new read in the organiza-
ton of the Los Angeles Terminal rail-
way over fourteen years ago and how
when eastern capital was sought to
extend it across the desert, capitalists
refused their aid.
Senator Clark was the man who had
taken hold of the enterprise when all
others had refused and he had borne
ir mind not the mere money making
incentive, but of being one of the fig
ures in the solving of what he believed
was to be the last great transporta-
ton problem in America.
The road had been built and today
as a new road is second to none in the
country.
IF it had not been for Senator w. A.
Clark" concluded Mr.. Gibbon, ''the
tuilt for the next quarter of a CEN
tury and for that matter might never
have been built at ALL"
Judge e. F. Colburn of Salt Lake.
followed with tribute to Mr.. Clark,
saying that mems lives are not wholly
measured by their years, but by their
achievements. The greatest monument
to the enterprise and ability of the
man who built and financed the Salt
Lake road is the $50 miles of steel rails
which bind the Mormon and the
Gentle city together.
Senator Smoot Speaks
Senator Reed Smoot came as the
last speaker on the program and with
an earnestness of expression and a
wealth of figure that carried his au-
dience with him, he described the
growth of Utah, its possibilities, its
loyalty and it's patriotism. Following
this he paid tribute to the beauties
and the enterprise of Los Angeles.
Utah is the youngest of all the
states" said Mr.. Smoot, and then as
If to answer the remark of a previous
speaker he said, IL do not wish to see
the time when Utah shall take its
proper plice aiming llS SiStSr StdtSs
for that time is already here. No state
s more loyal to the old flag, no citi-
zenship is more patriotic than that
within the confines of the little state
of Utah."
Then turning to Senator Clark who
sat to the right of the speaker, he
said, Senator Clark, as a representa-
tive of the people Of Utah, l say that
we honor you for the great deed you
have accomplished in uniting these
cities. May you live to reap the reward
of your great effort.
"Also let me pay tribute to the Hon,
Il. r. Gibbon. who when others
would have faltered. stood as a rock
and said. NO the project cannot fail,
nor was he wrong