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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES
AID LOCAL CONDITIONS

On Nov. "A the reductions made vol
unfairly by the Hartman lines on
freight carried between eastern markets
and Utah common points marked the
beginning of a new prosperity in this
state. What is known as the Montana
scale was used in compiling a new set
OF tariffs for Utah. In many instances
utah's rates are now lower than those
OK the state on the north. AS the rates
apply to Utah alone, points I'm this staic
are becoming the supply points fof
trade centers in neighburing states. Inc
cenents resulting from tne cut are
sweeping, as substantial reductions
We're not confined to the ten classlned
ifeights, but were applied to long hsl
OF commodities in constant use
Probably most important among the
varied reductions are those made upon
building materials Bricks, Windo"
glass, structural iron. lime, cement
mineral paints and all the things need
ed in the construction world are ilciuu-
ed in the commodity rate cuts WIN
building going on more than ever III
Salt Lake and throughout Juan, thsSe
changes are important ana VIII slVe
building an impetus. They mean ihu 81
for the industrial growth of utah. 10
convert the varied resources OF oean
into wealth, mills and factories are
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alone. AS a collection of books its
value cannot be exaggerated. The lee
ture courses, the Y. Nj. c. A. and other
institutions are educational factors.
The churches are also exerting a splen-
did influence on the community. This
was never truer than at the present
time. The Presbyterians and Method
lists have just completed fine houses OF
worship; the Catholics are looking for
ward to the near future when the fine
St Mary's cathedral viii be thrown
open for worship; the Mormons have
erected and enlarged a number of meet
ing houses in various parts of the city.
L.. Salt Lake on Dress Parade.
No tourist ever thinks of crossing
the American continent without stop
ping in Salt Lake City. The place has
an interest for travellers that never
flags. To see the Mormon tenn
pie, the tabernacle, Great Salt lake and
other points of historical interest is on
the program of every man, woman and
child who sets out to see the great
west, no matter where the starting
point. Nor is this all. Thousands each
year wish to see some Of the great
mines and smelters of which they read
so much With many this is mercen-
airy interest, but with the large major
ity the interest is educational. They
have grown to know that from SalS
Lake they may run out to Bingham or
Park City or Tintic and see some of the
great mines with the minimum of hard>
shin and with little loss of time. The
smelters are of easy access. There was
never a time when Salt Lake City coulS
present so bold a front to the sight
seer. The generous, wide streets have
always been a pleasing sight to visitors
from the cramped and crowded marts
of the east. Now with these same wide
streets beautifully paved with asphalt,
with beautiful lawns and trees on each
side, with the melted snow from the
nearby mountains running through
the cutters, with the magnificent mod
ern homes on all sides, there is no rea-
son why even the most sensitive or fas-
tidious resident should hesitate to show
his critical visitors from abroad over
the city.
Marked improvements have already
been made in this direction and still
more important ones are in sight. The
improvements planned for Salt Lake,
the expenditure of So, 0O0. 600 by E. H.
Hartman jim the betterment of the
street car system, the building of the
interurban lines up and down the val
ley, the opening up of new parks and
pleasure resorts, the steady growth OF
the trees in the streets and parks. the
stimulated pride of property owners
that is resulting in better yards snd
gardens, the laying of hundreds OF
miles of sidewalks, the removal of I'M
slightly buildings to make room for
fine new residences or modern business
blocks-all these are factors that are at
work to make of Salt Lake City one OF
the most beautiful cities in America.
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Silver Zone is to be the first tunnel
driven out of Salt Lake. IT is TO be
just one mile long and one of the long
est tunnels on the Western Pacific.
The Utah Construction has been
awarded the contract to drive this tUn-
nel'and will employ the ''twO-way'
method of hurrying the bore TO compile
ton. Shafts will be eunk at several
points along the line of the tunnel to
the level of the bore. Gangs will then
work in these shafts, digging in both
directions until the different holes
meet. The present survey continues to
the west to Flower Lake pass. where
a second tunnel is to be driven. This
will be over 5000 feet long. and while
it is being driven, shoo-flies and other
forms of temporary tracking will be
used. Temporary tracks will be laid
in several places to permit the line be-
ing put into commission as quickly as
possible. These will be used until the
heavier grading and tunneling has been
finished.
From Flower Lake pass the line runs
parallel with the Southern Pacific on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
POULTRY PRODUCTS REACH
TOTAL VALUE OF S1,5O0,0OO
Farmers of State May With Little Added
Expense Increase Output
100 Per cent.
BY JAMES DRYDEN,
Agricultural College.

The poultry industry of Utah is more
important than some others that get
more consideration. Very few indus
tries promise as much in the way of de-
velopment
The importance of try-keeping
can be shown in several ways. The avail
able statistics. though not very COM
plete, show, from the standpoint of
value Of product, that it is one of the
big dividend-payers of the state, as well
os of the nation. The nearest approach
we have to an accurate conception of
its extent is from the last United States
census, now six years old. That census
gave the amount and value of the eggs
and poultry produced on the farms, but
did not take into account the large
amount produced in towns and cities,
and any one acquainted with the condi-
tions knows that Il large proportiop or
the Utah hens do business IN the viii
Ia ges. The census. moreover. did not
include the value of the chicks under 5
months of age, and at the time the cen
sus was taken a large proportion Of the
POULTRY was under the prescribed age.
As it was, the census of six years ago
credit of the poultry in Utah. 1t is safe
to say that the actual value was at least
81, 100000 That was six years ago Since
then the prices of poultry products have
Increased at least IS per cent, and the
amount of product, it IS safe to say, mas
also increased % per cent.
Equals Sugar Beet Crop.
In another way We can form an esti-
mate of the value of the products. Sec
rotary Wilson of the national deDart-
ment of agriculture has estimated the
value OF the poultry products in the
United States at $500, 100000 If this
amount were divided among the differ
ent states on a basis of population.
Utah's share would be about s.. 000.00O
After making a liberal allowance for
poultry and eggs shipped into the state
from other states it would be safe 20
say that the poultry products for the
year had q value of fully 81 900. This
is about as much as the sugar beet crop
was worth, and as much as the com
bined value of the potato and oat crops.
The enormous poultry product of the
United States looms no big besides
many of the biggest crops. 1t is the full
equal of the wheat crop. the value Of
the latter in 1905 being s450,000,000 Il
writer with a hankering for statistics
has figured that the hen money in one
year would give 1000 600 boys and girls
a college education, paying all their eX-
penses; and il would build hundred
frst-class battleships, and the beauty
of it is that. so far. the hen is PROOF
against the blarney of trust magnates
and pays her dividends to the masses.
IT may be for this reason that the poul-
try business attracts 50 little attention
from legislatures. though probably no
other business would respond so readily
to A little encouragement. The great
amount Of money made by the poultry
is not due to any systematic manage
ment.
The poultry industry is capable OF
great development. In the first place
the market is practically unlimited
for poultry and eggs. Though the pro-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

Frequent and earnest conferences
held by representatives of the Gould,
Clark and Hartman interests failed to
bring about a greatly desired result-a
union depot erected for the use of Salt
Lakes four big railroads, the Oregon
Short Line, Salt Lake route, Rio Grande
and Western Pacific. No agreement
could be reached which was satisfac-
tory to all, and finally the attempt to
agree upon one plan was dropped and
arrangements We're commenced for the
erection of two depots, both to be as
modern as any in the west.
The site of the Gould station
centers on Third South street
The DEPOT will be 575 feet long,
running south and north. The remain
der of the site will be laid with passen-
ger tracks and made attractive with
lawns and gardens. The south half of
the building will be arranged for the
accommodation of the travelling public,
while the business offices and depart
ments will have space in the north half
of the building.
The building will be two stories high.
The first floor is divided Into hfteen
compartments. These are, main bag
gage room. baggage room, baggage o.
flee and parcel room, ticket office, Pull
man office. mems waiting and smoking
room, barber shop. wcmen's resting
room, lavatory, restaurant, tea room,
lunch counter kitchen. pantries and
store room, immigrants room. wash
room. conductors room, general room
for employees, news stand. telegraph and
telephone offices, emergency hospital,
depot masters offices, janitors' rooms,
for supplies. and cabbies.
The building with incidental improve
ments will cost half million dollars
Work will commence upon the struc-
ture early in the spring. Former resi-
dents of the neighborhcod now owned
by the Rio Grande company were mott
fled to vscate months ago, and since
then many old homes have been razed
to the ground TO make room for tne
most complete terminals and depot
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duction is increasing at a rapid rate.
the prices have also been increasing.
Opportunity for Great Profits.
When the poultry produce so much
while receiving so little care, what
might they not produce if given better
attention? There are one or two things,
if given attention, that would enormous
ly increase the poultry production. The
average farmer could very easily keep
double the number of hens that he now
keeps, with very little care or expense.
would also bring down prices If the
that would bring down prices If the
same thing happened in every state uu-
til the demand reached such proportions
that prices would be sustained. But
there is no danger of every farmer dou-
bling his flock just yet. 1t will require
little evolution. Utah could easily
double or quadruple her production
without bringing down the prices. since
we do not produce enough for home con-
sumption and there Is an unlimited
market in neighboring states. Why not
get to work and do it before some other
state gets ahead of us?
I said there We're one or two things
that would enormously increase the
money returns from poultry. One OF
them has been mentioned The other
able. IL is for the farmers to kill off all
their hens before they are two years oil
and raise enough young stock every
year TO take the place of the cid stock.
The money received from the sale OF
the old hens would pay the cost of rails
ing a puIlet. The hen males her biggest
profit in her first year of laying. She
seems to be so glad that shefwas born
and so proud of her achievements in the
most that I7pF- VrbOIp life hqfVppU r77p2lz
and between morning and night Is
song ana a lay. But after her first
years performance she gradually begins
TO lose interest in life, or, at any rate,
in the egg basket. The hen comes into
life with a limited capacity. Unlike q
| Winchester rife, she cannot reload the
magazine after the bullets have 0nco
been shot out. The hen may, unlike
some men, gain reason with age, but
she loses capacity for filling the egg
basket If any one doubts this. let him
write to the experiment station for a,
report of experiments on this point.
Double the FIocks.
Along those two Iines-doubling the
| fiocks and replacing old hens with
young stOck-the farmers and poultry
men of Utah could very easily add
81, 500. 900 to the value of the poultry
piOuutlS u tIS SldIs- II - iiOt dShtu
chat they change their methods of hous-
ing or management, about which there
are unsOlVed problems, but that they
double Up their hOcks or kill off the old
hens, two points that are not debatable.
What would, this mean to the state? It
would add to the prosperity Of every
hamlet. 1t would pay the grocery bills
of all the farmers and buy a new hat
for every farmers wife. 1t would pay
the subscription price of The Daily Her
aid for every farmer, the cost OF MAIN
tanning the Agricultural college and
university, consolidated or unconsoli-
dated, and after paying those small
items there would remain to the owners
of the hens nest egg of a million dot
lars to, be used in building two sugar
"a ctOrieS q year.
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growing is just now receiving consider
able attention and large groves are be-
ing set out In Oregon and Washing
ton much attention is being given TO the
production of walnuts.
Very little has been done in Utah to
foster the nut-growing industry. AL
monds have been grown in Dixie and in
other parts of the state with some sue
cess, but the late spring frosts make
the growing of this crop very uncertain
even in the most favored localities, as
the tree blossoms so early. A little
warm weather in February or March
will bring out the precocious blossoms.
to be later nipped by Jack Frost. The
English walnut is much more certain
producer. and gives more promise than
any other nut tree. tried in this state
1t has been grown successfully i'm a
desultory way in all the central valleys
of the state and in Dixie. At the state
fair i'm 1905 there were exhibited fine
specimens grown near St. George, and
others from Lehi. The writer recently
received n small lot grown this year in
Centerville, Davis county. which are as
fine as any to be had in the market
from any source. These examples DEM
onstrate the feasibility of producing
this nut in Utah, and are sufficient
proofs of the adaptability of the eli
mate TO its extensive culture.
WaInuts Can Be Grown.
That walnut growing can be made to
Ray is vouched for by Hon. Thomas
Judd. president of the state board of
horticulture In his annual report just
completed he states that q Santa Clara
farmer planted an English walnut in
his doOryard thirteen years ago, and
this year the tree which grew yielded
S24 .-orth of mark stable nuts. Even at
half this figure there is good money in
a walnut grove. A New York grower
reports i'm an eastern farm paper that
he has English walnut trees thirty
years old from seed, which yield an an
nuaI crop of fifteen TO twenty bushels
of nuts for each tree.
Not all so-called English walnutS will
thrive ir Utah, however. There are
several varieties. some of which are
very tender and will not survive the
winter. Others have the bad habit of
blooming carly; these. like the almond,
get nipped with the frost and no crop
ensues. To be sure to get hardy va
ricties, nuts should be grown from Utah
grown trees, or those from Oregon or
Washington. where the climate is less
mild than that of California. where the
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rounding country
Where Brains Are in Evidence.
As an educational center Salt Lake
City presents advantages such as are
seldom found in a community of equal
size. This is in part due to the nature
of the surrounding country, the pOpu-
latiOn being so sparse that the sup
port of institutions of advanced edu-
cation would be too much of n BURDEN.
Salt Lake City is recognized as the
educational center for the intermoun-
tains. the Mecca of thousands of am
bilious young men and women. At the
foundation of the educational SYSTEM
of the city is the free public school
This has been the special pride of every
citizen for many years In point of
well equipped buildings, strong teach
eTs. wise supervision and all-rOund
good mana cement, the schools of Salt
Lake City challenge the schools of ev-
cry ether city in the country. In addi-
tion to the public schools there are good
UNCONVENTIONAL schools, well supported
and strong in every way. The largest
of these is of course. the Latter-Day
Saints university. Catholics, Presby
terians, Congrega tionalists and Fpisco
palians take pride i'm their schools and
keep them ever at a high standard. In
not be forgotten. 1t has long been cor
sideTed one of the strong factors in the
educational system of the city. 1t Is
stronger now than ever before. 1t is
an institution i'm which every resident is
Justified in taking pride. From It's
walls have gone forth many boys and
girls TO win honors i'm the best educa-
tiOnal institutions of the country At
the top of the entire educational system
of the community stands. of course, the
University of Utah, the best institution
of the kind in the west: an institution
that has forged forward with giant
strides in the past year; an institution
that presents opportunities surpassed
only by the older universities of the far
east At the close of the year the Uni
versity of Utah occupies magnflceht
position. 1t has grown TO be al instl-
tuition OF which the whole state is
proud. 1t is turning out the best type
of citizens.
Closely allied to the educational sys-
tenn of the city is the Packard library
From an architectural standpoint TINS
building is a thing of beauty. 1t ex-
erts a powerful influence in this way
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Rio Grande Western Soon to Expend
Half Million Dollars for New DEPOT

buildings on the Gould system. Tracks
OF the Rio Grande Western and West
ern Pacific will be brought TO the depot
site from the west. The Utah Light &
Railway company will operate another
loop service back and forth between
uptown and the Gould depot. Tracks
down Second and Fourth South streets
viii be connected by line running di-
rectly i'm front of the depot yards on
Fourth West. This will make a con-
tinuOus service possible
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WESTERN PACIFIC'S TRACKS
EXTEND WESTWARD
FROM SALT LAKE $50 MILES
Continued from Page 9.


comprises 1.12O acres. 1t is bounded on
the west by the Jordan river, on the
east by Second West street and on the
north by Twelfth South street. The
Mormon church owned it for years,
hence it's title. When James C. Jeftery'
son of President f. T. Jeffrey of the
Western Pacific, was in Salt Lake IN
Nav. 1906. he ANNOUNCED that all roll
ing stock. with the exception of engines
and passenger cars, is to be made IN
Salt Lake.
The Denver & Rio Grande shops IN
Salt Lake at the present time nave q
capacity of from sixty to seventy-IiNe
cars a month, but the new SHOPS are
to have a capacity several times great.
er than this In the neighborhood OF
1000 men are to be employed Ill the
Church farm buildings alone; promis-
ing a 100000 monthly payroll Tor TINS
department of Gould's Salt Lake ter
minals.
Equipment Arriving.
Equipment has been arriving In Salt
Lake for the Western Pacific during
the past fall, in good shape over ooo
ballast. flat and freight cars are here
The ballast cars are beng USED Ill iay-
ing the roadbed on the desert. me
can be put into service. Big mooerh
freight and passenger engines have
been brought into Salt Lake These
are awaiting their initial run. A few
have been put into service already,
hauling material and work trains from
Salt Lake to the track-end, on the des-
ert.
The Gould people say they will have
the fastest line to the coast, explaining
that the elimination of heavy grades
nv tunnels will hermit better time being
made. AS a result of these tunnels
one per cent grade will be maintained
throughout the line, and some IlIty-
four tunnels. aggregaung S3,ooo 1eet,
are to be driven. work Is progressing
under the personal direction OF Chlef
Engineer Virgil Ct. Bosue, VINO mas uh-
der him an array of able assistants.
n M Mccartney is assistant chief en-
gineer Both have headquarters at San
Francisco.
Enojneers Are on the Ground.
Mr.. Rogue has tramped over the
largest portion of the entire survey on
foot at various times Inc entire
length Of the road has been divided into
five sections. with an able engineer in
charge of each district. t. J. Wyche
has charge of the line from Salt Lake
to Wells. Nevada; Charles Harlowe
from Wells to Deep Hole; ]. O. Jane
son from Deep Hole TO Spanish Creek:
Emery OLIVER from Spanish Creek to
Marvsville. and John T. Williams from
Marvsville to Oakland. Construction
gangs are now at work on the desert
on the Salt Lake division, and along
Feather river, Beckwith pass and other
points in Nevada. and at Oroville. CAL
After leaving the western edge of the
desert the tracks will run due west for
about twenty miles, where they will
pass through Silver Zone pass. The
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SALT LAKES SPLENDID
PRESENT AND ROSY FUTURE
Where Brains Are in Evidence.
Continued from Page 2.

shipped into a wide stretch of sur
rounding country
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duction is increasing at a rapid rate.
the prices have also been increasing.
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needed. Under the new rates upon
building materials independent enter
prises can be launched. The new rates
stand not only for smaller costs of Nv
ing. but more mills to produce and en-
ploy the hundreds of workIngnen VINO
are coming west. and greater prosperity
on all Sides