The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-24
BULLFROG CAMP
IS GOING SOME
Advent of New Road Gives De-
clded Impetus to De-
velopment.
;. 0. WHITTEMORE'S VIEWS
PEOPLE PREFER TO DO eUsI.
NESS WITH SALT LAKE,

= " Whlttemore returned yesterday
from Los Angeles and trip over the Las
vegas * Tonopah road While absent he
| attended the annual meetings of the rail-
road company and the Las Vegas Land e.
Water company.
AT the Bullfrog camps, Mr.. Whittemore
IOuild thihSS booming because of the ad-
vent OF the new road and the rapid deyei-
opment of the mines there and al Green
water Half a dozen new business houses
We're under construction and between Ian
and 20 new houses, business is hilnnrnins-
a great many new people are coming into
the country, and the indications for the
approaching spring are about as ROSY as
Couid De Gfeenwater is proving up IN
great shape and demonstrating the ex-
-lstence Of remarkable copper deposits
The completion of the Clark road to
bulltrog has made it possible for the COM
mumtleS there to get material for build
ing and handle their orders for supplies
more expeditiousiy, and they are ali feel
ing good over it.
Conditions couldn't be much better
than they are there" said Mr.. White
more last night. Some Salt Lake men
went in with me when the road was OPEN
ed on the 18th and orders for goods were
fairly thrown at them. There is no doubt
but that the people there prefer to do
business with Salt Lake and it is only a
question of rustling on the part of the
merchants here to set the business.
Things Are Moving.
Contractors camps are strung out to-
ward Goldfield now, working on the ex-
tension of the road from Bullfrog to the
camp north. Material for construction
is coming up fast and the road will be
built as rapidly as the contractors can
get action on it. The weather is southern
Nevada is as nearly perfect as can be-,
sunshiny, crisp and splendid for outdoor
operations While l was there the people
had their houses thrown open in the day
time, It was so pleasant.
The labor conditions are firSt-elass and
have not been affected by the trouble in
Goldfield at all The MOntgomery-Sho
shOne the Gibraltar and several other
properties are getting ready to ship as
soon as spurs to their plants can be COM
Dleted and the traffic outlook for the new
road is bright When the line reached it's
BuilfrOg terminal 125 cars of building ma
ings along the line ready to go in That
will give you some idea of the way things
are moving down there
Work on Phoebe Branch.
Mr. Whittemore said preparations were
Phoebe branch to begin soon after the
first of the year The material is all
ready and contracts are being prepared
now. One or two minor right of way mat
tiers remain to be fixed up. but they will
be settled very soon. If the Weathe- is
at ali favorable. construction work will
be pushed right from the start as the rail-
road company IS anxious to see the de-
of the old camp go ahead rap
idly and realizes that the road Will be a
big factor in mine operations.
All the officials of the Las Vegas <
TCnOpah road and the Las Vegas Land &
Water company were reelected excepting
that Judge Kelly. the new general cOun-
sci of the San Pedro. takes Mr.. Gibbons
place on the board of the land company.