Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-12
Words of Wisdom That
Indicate the Faith
of Newcomers

j. Dounan Reavs a prominent real
estate dealer of Salt Lake City, has
just completed the trip from the city
of the saints to Los Angeles over the
new Salt Lake route, and with Mrs.
Reavis enjoys the distinction of being
the first all-rail passengers to make
the trip.
During the journey, which occupied
nearly five days. Mr.. ReaVis made a
careful investigation of the region
through which the new line passes and
expresses the most sanguine views of
the benefits which are in store for Los
Angeles and Salt Lake. Mr.. Reavis
believes that the new line will confer
inestimable incentives for the growth
of Los Angeles, which will add new
stones to the broad foundation upon
which he thinks the prosperity of this
city is founded. So pleased is the Salt
Lake real estate man with what he has
seen of Los Angeles in less than a
week that he has decided to open an
office here under the name of the Com
monwealth Realty company, to co-ope-
rate with Salt Lake business in the sale
Of Los Angeles property.
Mr.. Reavs is one of the founders of
the Salt Lake Real Estate association,
having been a member of it's first board
of governors and one of the chief NOV
ers in the great celebration, Real Es-
tate day, which took place at Saltair
beach on Great Salt lake last July, and
attracted $4,000 people.
Mr.. Reavis thinks that now is the
appointed time to establish closer re-
rlations between the commercial bodies
of Salt Lake and Los Angeles and he
has evolved a plan to unite the real
estate associations of the two cities
into a bond for action by an original
suggestion Mr. Reavis' idea is that
the members of the real estate asso-
Citations of the two cities travel in
special cars, attached to the inaugural
train, to a point along the line where
the trains from the north and south
are to meet.
At the ceremony attending the meet
ing of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake
delegations Mr.. Reavis' idea is to have
the Los Angeles Realty board confer
honorary memberships upon the men,
bers OF the Salt Lake association, re-
ceiving a like honor in return.
The matter will be brought before
the Realty board on Monday.
Regarding the Salt Lake line Mr.
Reavis says
''It was the hand of destiny which
inspired the promotion and marked the
way for the building of the Salt Lake
route. For forty years the construc-
tion Of this road has been dwelt upon
Many promoters attempted its con-
struction, but it required the executive
ability and sterling qualities of Senator
Clark to complete it. To him we can
not extend too much credit for the
people of Los Angeles and Salt Lake
are to be the beneficiaries of this great
project. 1t requires a personal inspec-
tion OF the route to grasp its poten-
tialities as a factor in the building up
of Los Angeles and Salt Lake.
''In the first place, it connects the
intermountain region. the city of the
saints, with the acknowledged metrop-
oils of Southern California, the City of
the Angels. Thus 1t becomes a great
artery of trade and commerce, bring
ing to the doors of the cities of the
intermountain region the California
products in less than forty-eight hours;
conveying the goods of the Orient from
San Pedro on the Pacific tide water to
Salt Lake In less than fifty hours; Civ
ing passage to the immense travel
backward and forward to the Pacific
coast and Salt Lake in about twenty
four hours, and last but not least, 1t
opens to the world the means of devel-
oping the region which is noted for its
mineral wealth and agricultural possi-
bilities.
For almost its entire length the new
road is flanked by chains of mountains
replete with veins of mineral wealth.
niSh him with mataTfaIs at u,orI,i,, =.