The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21

In an extended interview last night
Senator w A Clark discussed his rail-
road plans for the immediate future and
outlined the commercial possibilities for
Salt Lake in the new Nevada territory
now being opened up.
LAS already announced he said, the
Las Vegas & Tonopah line will be ex-
tended Immediately to TonOpah 'and sur
yeyors are now on the line fifteen miles
toward Goldfield out of Rhyolite. In my
trip through Nevada | went in from san
Francisco and looked over the country
through which our road will be Dullt ana
it looks very promising. The people OF
Tonopah, Goldfield and the BullfrOg
camps were exceedingly cordial and APP
preciate very much the cOurtesies they
extended The mining and business men
of the new camps are an enterpflSlng- ca
pable set and in large proportion Oh
them know the mining business thorough
ly, so developments and operations are
prosecuted on the right basis. l look Tor
a remarkable growth all through Ne
vada and my railroad operations snow
my faith in the future of the state
Zone incident occurred which was a III.
tie UNPLEASANT but hardly worth men
tioning. One of the Goldfield newspapers
quoted me in an interview Tor WIlcn
there was no foundation and asserted that
il was a we'll known fact Mr. Hartman
San Pedro railroad. When | was asked
about this statement at Rhyolite sim
ply sad it was not true. but the inter-
viewer quoted me as saying | owned the
control The public understands pretty
well the conditions under which the San
Pedro is held and the misstatements IN
the interviews were a little annoying.
particularly as the subject is an old one
Studying Phoebe Carefully.
When asked as to the likelihood of i'm
mediate construction of q branch TO
Phoebe from Calente, the senator said:
Il went into Phoebe purposely TO study
the probable tonnage of the camp. the
outlook for its mines and general business
conditions affecting such branch as IS
proposed. The only question TO be de-
termined Is thu amount and class OF ore
that can be furnished regularly, ana the
freight rates the mine owners Will pay
The final decision as to construction has
not been made and the matter will DC
considered very carefully before any
definite announcement can be made. We
have surveyors going over new line re
study tODOgrap1icai conditions and II may
require some further data on the mines
to complete the information needed In
any event it would take some time to Sc
cure material. if we decided 70 build,
and the construction forces are so BUSY
on the Bullfrog Branch that it will be
impossible to make any announcement as
to the Phoebe line just vet / am salts
fled a number of the old Phoebe proper
ties could be opened uD and worked sue
cessfully if a road were put in; and it
would also lead 10 a more thorough pros
pecting of the country around there"
Salt Lakes Chance in Nevada.
Then the senator asked whether the
Salt Lake merchants and JObberS had
made or were likely to make any concert
ed effort to capture the Nevada business.
When told the subject had been under
discussion within the past few days, he
said:
II was impressed during my trip with
the opportunities for Salt Lake and Los
Angeles in Nevada business. The San
Francisco calamity has naturally divert
ed Nevada trade. to d large extent. from
that city. 1t must go to some point con-
venient for Nevada and Salt Lake is so
situated geographically that ii should get
its share if the effort is made. Nevada
people know Salt Lake, a good many of
more or less business with your smell
tiers. and their eyes turn this way natu-
rally. [ would like to see trade relations
between Salt Lake and the Nevada camps
cultivated and am sure merchants heYe
will find it a profitable field"
Salt Lake Natural Smelling Center.
The senator has been credited by some
of the Nevada papers with having plans
in contemplation for a smelter at Las
Vegas or Caliente. but when he was asked
about the matter he said most of the
rumors were conjecture based on desire.
Some day a smelter might be desir-
able in a place accessible TO the Nevada
Ores he said, but it is not considered