The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-29
GOOD SPRINGS
A MODERN CITY
Dream of ''Tug" Wilson Becomes a
Living Reality-How It Was
Accomplished.
EASTERN CAPITAL IN LINE
STRONG COMPANY FORMED TO
BUILD TOWN.

Some day I shall go up this valley
in q Pullman car remarked W. H
(s0Tus'O Wilson of Provo to a friend
as their wagon tofled painfully along
a. hot road of southern Nevada toward
Good Springs years ago.
That prophecy has been verified
Tug has passed up the ravine in a
Pullman coach on the salt Lake route.
Another of his predictions made
years ago is now about to be Ver1-
fled
"eTug'' has been boosting Good
SPRINGS, New, for a round dozen years
or more. He has carried an adveT-
tisement of Good Springs on his visit
ing cards and has insisted that he
would live TO see the city OF Good
Springs in sober truth instead OF in
the dreams which have filled his mind
1.-THE railroad has got TO come and
when it comes, Good Springs VIII fol-
low" he said
Coed Springs on the Road.
The railroad came and Good Springs
win have to come before Santa Claus
visits southern Nevada again. Good
SPRINGS viii begin to arrive early next
month. Some Of the men who are
bringing Good Springs are IN Salt Lake
today. Others are in Los Angeles. All
will meet at Good Springs in a few
days.
Tug met q well-lnown New Eng
land business man in Toledo, o., last
summer The dowu-easter gazed at
"T1g's'' card. "Tne Good Springs Wa
ter & DEVELOPMENT Co. What is that"
inquired the man from New England.
Now let me tell you about that
Tug replied. He spoke at length and
the man from New England listened.
oil Al "a
man from New England when Tug
paused
you bet yer life. I can! You come
out there and have a look at it for
yourself"
The appointment was made on the
spot and the New Fnglander came out
four months ago. He learned that
TUG had underestimate the reaH-
ties and possibilities Of southern Ne
vada in general and Good Springs in
particular.
Now, you just keep quiet about
this" said the man from New Eng
land as, he shook Tugs" hand from
the step of the Pullman just before
the train pulled out for the east. Tn
going back east to get some Of my
friends in on this. No promoters, no
stock jobbers-just straight business
men with money Well get together
OF this thing and put her through
Without Sounding Brass.
With no prospectus" with no pub
IiCity with no sounding brass or tink-
ling cymbal the Good Springs Smeit-
ing 6. DEVELOPMENT company was in
corporated under the adamantine laws
OF the state of Massachusetts with a
capital stock of $500, 600, most of which
is paid-up. Some Of the men closed
out their business in the east, sod
part of their household effects, loaded
the balance into freight cars, bought
railroad tickets for themselves and
their families and started for Good
Springs.
They got as far as Salt Lake yes
In the party are c. H. Raymond. wife
and son Of HaverhaI. Mass: c. E.
Mccarthy, wife and son of HaVerhill;
Warren W. Potter Of Haverhill, Frank
c. Came of Denver, Louis z. Barker
Of Bangor, Ne; W. a Morton and D.
D Heating Of Haverhill, who are
guests at the Wilson hotel.
These men will meet local mining
men today to discuss plans for the i'm
provements projected for Good Springs.
The plans include a smelter Of a pos
sible capacity of 500 tons per day, a
general store, a water works system,
an electric light plant a boarding
house and tWenty-four cottages. Work
is to begin as soon as the plans are
approved.
Joseph Dederichs, the Salt Lake mill
builder, viii meet with the visitors to-
day and will go to Los Angeles in their
private car tonight There the parry
from the east will meet Tug and
others and the entire party will Jour
ney to Good Springs, where Mr.. Ded-
er1chs will go over the ground with
them for the purpose Of securing in
formation on which to base estimates
for the construction of the smelter
plant. Major H. P. Myton of Salt Lake.
who is interested in the vicinity. will
join the party at Good Springs. also.
Officers of the Company.
A. H. Gates of Chicago is president
OF the company; George w. HinkIey Of
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