The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-01
OILY DAILY ON
MARSH'S PROJECT
Utah Merchants Chsry of Entering
the Goldfield District.
WILL INVESTIGATE CLAIMS
ANOTHER MEETING TO BE HELD
TONIGHT AT THE CLUB.

As result of last nights meeting
at the Commercial club. the proposition
of G. L. Marsh of Coldhcld, New, to
transport merchandise delivered by
Utah merchants at CaIiente into the
Goldfeld distrist at less price than
the same goods can be shipped in from
Los Angeles or san Francisco, was put
into the hands Of = committee of three
Salt Lake merchants, with instru CtiOns
/ to report tonight at O'Clock BY that
act the Commercial club was practic-
| ally absOlved from all responsibility in
] the premises.
! tiatiOnS which have been pending for
! some time between Mr. Marsh and a
committee Of the club That there was
! a good field for development i'm the
! Goldfield district has bsvu admitted by
men VINO have had some experience in
/ that part of Nevada, but titan business
men have been chary about enga ging in
| trade there until they were assured
| that the freight could be handled.
! At last evenings meeting Mr. Marsh
| explained his proposition and made an
| exhaustive statement OF the condition
| of the wagon road which he has con-
| structed from Caliente into the Gold
/ field district.
J The meeting followed as "A result of a
| call issued by President Heber II
presided over 10y {. p. Mason. with Da-
! Nid Dunbar as secretary There were
about thirty business men from Salt
Lake present.
Wants Practical Support.
Mr.. Marsh said that all he wanted
was the practical support of the bust
, ness men and jobbers Of Utah III order
+ to carry out his plans. He stated that
! he had an investment of more than
L., l.
hente III the way Of water rights and
| stations, together with corraIS and
! freight yards at Caliente, and that the
| wagon road was in first-CIasS condition
To meet any requirements that might
| be made for the safe transportation of
/ freight. no matter how heavy the ton
mage might be. He said he was willing
| To be a party on the one side for the
/ formation of a company. ana was pre-
I pared To subsG<poe $4,000 of the stock,
( providing that an equal sum was taken
! by representative business men of
/ Utah He preferred, he said. that the
| other side of the company should be
comprised Of 100 business men at 800
! each rather than one at $4,000 or ten
at $1,000. for the reason that he wished
| all could be the beneticiarics or the
| work that could and would be done
His proposition did not seem to meet
with the ready response expected. and
! thereupOn he said that he was will
ing to put the whole freighting out
fit he had built uD into escrow or d.
security to buy in the outstanding stock
at the expiration of six months at >
per cent interest on the $4,000 the
/ other side might subscribe.
Apologies for Utah.
Ct Il. Cleaveland. who said that he
! was from Missouri and that he would
have to be shown the values of the
] property before he would engage in it,
10.
appointed To investigate Mr.. Marsh :
proposition, the feasibility of it. and
the various titles which Mr.. Mash said
he possessed as to water rights and
| stations
| There was a long pause after this
motion and, no one seeming anxious TO
second it. Mr.. Mason said:
! Il do not consider this a TCpTCSeu-
tative meeting OF Salt Lake jobbcrs,
M Marsh. with all due Difference to
the gentlemen present. We should have
had a larger gathering. but during the
twenty years 7 have resided in this
state / do not recall single instance
| when an appeal of this kind did not
i meet With an immediate response from
/ Utah merchants. Ctah>has been TWEEN
ty years behind the times and ! think.
if this meeting is a criterion. she will
always be behind in the matter of state
development
- This admonition of the presiding of
ficer seemed To have the desired effect,
for the motion was seconded, and the
president appointed G. r. Cleaveland,
{. W Hartley and W. =. Mccarthy
! members of the committee To nNeSti-
gate MI Marsh'S claims and to report
at 4 meeting to be held this evening
ut O'Clock.
After the meeting Mr.. Marsh said:
| I think the jObberS of Utah are max
ing Il serious mistake in not taking
more concerted action relative to invad-
J ing southwestern Nevada. The oppor-
tunities are far greater than they seem
. | to realize. At present the OppoTtUnity
I * theirs if they viii only avail them
! selves of it
He declined to say how long the
| proposition would be open, Jio viii he
! at the Commercial club from 10 a IN.
to = y m. today for the purpose of an
SweTiug any questions which may he
: propUunded to him relative 20 the pro-
ject-