Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-13
GOVERNOR CUTTERS SPEECH.
State Executive Makes Ringing
Address which Visitors Like,

Gov John &. cutler made q ringing
speech which the visitors liked very
much II IL ~ follows
IN behalf ot the state ~ Utnh, ana
volcinp he sentiments of ~ people, J
extend the hand of welcome and friend
ship and fraternity To our visitors from
California
II " not In my power TO express the
warmth Of our friendship FOR YOU, You
ana We are nv brethren, standing on
the same ground, ana possessed Of the
same ambitions, We remember the
Welcome extended TO M ~ the guests
OF our sister state IN our twin city Los
Angeles We ,nrc DESTROYS That your
stay here shall II possible, be made
~ pleasant IN ours with YOU, Thnt
this may be so We east aside AL re-
serve, ana Opon our gatqs and our
hearts to receive YOU,
Ana we are grateful that the cone
sttuctlon Of the fallway between our
ely and the rily of the Angels, has
rendered possible the close ANA free.
qucnl association we are beginning TO
enjoy,
Great ns hay been the work IN con.
Nluotlng and placing IN operation the
magnificent piece Of railway engineer
ing now 90 be popularity known uA the
salt Lake Route and which connects
van Pedro, Los Angeles aud Salt Lake
tiiy giving u new and splcndldly
equipped short line from tho Pacific
coast across California Nevada
ana ftah, 10 the heart Of the IN.
iormounlain rpalon, | say that great az
has been that work ~ real magnitude
cannot Do measured by contemplating
only the span Of monihe occupied Va
the actual physical labor performed
We must look backward, say half u
century and forward over about the
same period ~ time,
Hair u century ago, what was the
scene whore YOU are now carried ulonR
IN lalntial railway pouches az 80 to 10
miles mn hour 4 few spots Of vor.
duro, few springs OF water u Few
Villages nnd towns, a vast cNpansc of
rock aud desert, u workable death.
irail from the mountain 10 the sou,
whore none but those possessed ~ I'M
usual Yigor Of body aud Injured 10
hDrdships, might venture IN hope OF
uavcring II mfclN Az the yours
pyfsod on. the towns AZ either end
gov into cities the villages into
towns, but the intervening space re-
manned almost a sthe valley ~ the
shadow Of death" IN It's resistance 10
Development by The energy Of man,
This was the condition Of the route
when Wllliom A. clark Of Montana
gngcd upon the sccnc, having had In.
Hlillcd into hle mind the dement's that
would accrue 10 the land through the
building of a trunk line Of railway
there Others before him had had IN.
slilled INFO their minds similar
thoughts there were discussions I'M pa.
Irrs and on paper NJ tho possibilities
and nrnclcnbilllos of such line, and
~ tho good results tO noW ~ The poo.
plo thcrofrum, but when those others
actually behold the difficulties that
Wclo there aud the disadvantages that
0omcd up ~ giants I'm tho way their
hearts and they woro stoul hearts too
failed them and they turned lholr
fproH IN other directions, Not so win
senator clark. Vast nv were The OBJ.
flnclcs To be sdrmountcd, he had faIth
I'm his ability 10 lead to that accom-
pllHhment and h. moved on
ward II is only n deserving need Of
praise IN him TO way that his mental
action of determining 20 10 ahead was
Of ns great importance 10 the west IN
~ time us has been the actual physl.
cal labor Of constructing the line
Half u century hence, what Of tho
fcone2 The cities are grown
greater tho towns aud villages are
multiplied, Tho Verdanl fields nro
expanded In every direction, and even
within that space whore the shadow OF