The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-24
HIGH FESTIVAL
HELD At BEATTY
Railroad Day Celebrated by the
Citizens and Visitors From
Neighboring States.
ADDRESS OF J. ROSS CLARK
EXcURSIONISTS START HOME
THIS MORNING.
ADDRESS OF J. ROSS CLARK
BY z. 3. PALMER.
Especial to The Herald.O

Beatty, New, Oct. 23.-Speech making
and ball this evening closed the rail-
road day festivities at Beatty. These
events took place in the Montgomery
hotel
George Edgar Jackson, an attorney. Of
Beatty. delivered the address of wei
come. He expressed the gratitude Of
all persons interested i'm the RuIlfro,
district to Senator w. A. Clark. ]. Ross
Clark and r. c. Kerens, for building
the Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad IN
open this rich mining district He vel
ceIned~the officials of the road and All
the VISITORS from Salt Lake, Los An
geleS and the other places. who had
come to help Bullfrog celebrate.
Response of J. Ross Clark.
]. Ross Clark. president of the -
Vegas & TOnopah road. responded fp
behalf of the road. Mr.. Clark said:
we appreciate your cordial welcome.
we know that you have watched long
ana patiently for us and regret thar
circumstances over which we have no
control have prevented reaching YOU
months ago. Now that We are here. we
prlng you the assurance of orr desire tn
cooperate with you in rhe deValopment
OF this wonderful region Of which the
world at large knows but little as Vet.
ii Will be the policy of the Las Vegas
& Tonopah Railroad company to afford
you every facility in the way OF freight
and passenger rates and service to de-
VeIop the resources of this wonderful
country TO the fullest extent. We hope
you VIII understand that conditions
are new as yet and that there will be
mistakes made which we will endeavor
10 rectlfy as fast as we know of them.
Fair Treatment Promised.
Our object will be to treat You fairly
and justly, and to serve you to the
fullest of our ability. This is a new
country, the railroad is new. the con-
ditions are not yet settled, and IL will
take some time for us TO get running
smoothly We ask you 20 be patient
and cOnsiderate. and I'm time we will
give you service equal TO that of any
railroad that runs into similar coun-
try under similar conditions Our OBJ
ject viii be to give you such rates on
machinery and supplies brought into
the country and ON ores shipped out OF
it as will enable you 10 profitably han
die the great quantities of low grade
ore in this district.
Road Will Push On.
and now that we have reached
DtdllS We want you TO understand
that we are not going to stop. Ii Is
our purpose and intention to push on
to RhyOlite, your sister town in the
hills above, and then on the Goldield
and TOnODah as fast as labor condi-
lions will permit and construction ma
terial and supplies can be obtained. IL
is our purpose TO extend spurs to your
big mines so that ores can be loaded
directly from the mines into the cars
and in this way save expense in hand
ling. / again thank you for YOUR vel
come, which I feel is as sincere as # is
cordial
Other Speakers.
r. W. Sloan was called for and he re-
spOnded in behalf of Salt Lake City
Senator Geo. y. Lawrence also talked
of the intermountain metropolis. There
were speeches by W. r. Taylor, Billy
Grifhths partner. on behalf of RhyO-
lite, by W. A. Harris for Los Angeles,
II. L Moody for Beatty. and General
Attorney G. o. WhittemOre ard Pub
licity Agent Douglas White of the Salt
Lake route. After the speeches the or
chestra started up and the dancing
began in the hotel dining room. The day
was spent in trips to Rhyolite and to
various adjacent mines. At RhyOlite
the chamber of commerce had arranged
an exhibit or ores, and there were men
on hand TO tell all about the properties
from which they came and TO pan
gold out of the rich tale and quartz.
The Salt Lake excursion train will
leave tomorrow morning, arriving in
Zion Thursday morning.