The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-18
PUSH INTO NEVADA!

| uc iilbuut Hdo HtIeIOlbTf spoken
in favor of an excursion of the bust
ness men of Salt Lake into the great
Nevada camps of southwestern Neva-
da. In support of this proposition we
have the following from a business
man of Tonopah:
I have read some OF your editorials rel
| atlFe TO an excursion of your business
| men TO visit the Nevada camps and j
| hope you Will agitate the project until we
have the pleasure Of meeting you all. face
TO face. | believe Salt Lake should get
more of our trade. especially If better
railroad facilities could be had.
We believe that no more profitable
excursion could possibly be entered up
on than the one Indicated Salt Lake
City is in frst-class condition TO on.
ter upon the competition for that trade
Wc already have the facilities for sup
plying machinery and other requisites
in mining camps nearer at hand and in
greater quantity and opportunity for
choice, than any other place affords
The railroad facilities comprise, first,
the Los Angeles road and it's branches
up to these camps; and, second the
Southern Pacific and its line down
there. There is, besides, the proposition
for building directly into that coun-
try from here. The Western Pacific
will soon connect with the Nevada
Northern and give us an entry to Ely.
The branch promised by Senator Clark
from his main line westward beginning
at Tintic junction direct to Ely would
give us also another and direct con
nection with that great region, This
line from Tintic Junction to Ely would
also open up large section of the rich
Deep Creek country in Utah, and in
Nevada near the State line. There has
been talk also OF a cut OFF on the West
ern Pacific line DETECTING southwest
ward TO Ely, which would also be a
valuable aid in developing the north
western portion of the Deep Creek coun-
try.
From Ely it is inevitable that line
will be pushed across to Tonopah. There
are rumors Of such project already
That it would be a profitable line, open
ing up a rich mineral country, there
can be no question, There is also a
project on foot with good prospect of
naturalization, as we understand, of
railroad from the Western Nevada
lines over through the Mono lake region
into California. 1t would not be far
meet with the California railway sys-
TENS, and especially with some of the
numerous lines auxiliary TO the West |
ern Pacific company, which has bought |
up considerable number of those To- d
cal roads. a road from here through !
Ely, Tonopah. and the Mono Pass into
California would be the shortest, east
est, and most popular line from here
to the coast at San Francisco. There |
can be no doubt but this would be one !
of the best paying roads, both locally I
and as a through line, of any that could |
be constructed. 1t has always been |
marvel to us that George Gould in
planning his Western Pacific ran it
away up to the north, as he did where
as ii he had pushed il straight west
from here, detecting TO the south of
west after passing into Nevada, going
through below Eureka and close to
Tonopah, thence onward through Mono
Pass, he would have had the best pos
sible line from here to San Francisco;
a line much easier built, shorter, and
with greater local wealth to contribute
to the road s traffic when completed,
than the route which he selected Such
a road would pass through region
now unscryed and would have the com
plete field to itself across the whole of
central Nevada.
But the particular point in touch
ing upon this more direct line is TO
show the advantage Inat Salt Lake City
would derive therefrom in commercial
rela tions and business intercourse The
Nevada field is one we'll worth cult
waiting by Salt Lake business men, and
the time to begin that cultivation is
now, A business men s excursion from
Los Angeles has recently been in the