Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04
Southeastern Utah Needs
Railroads More Than Anything

Der and timber for centuries-all lying
idle within 50 70 40 miles Of where the
san Pedro road turns southwest beyond
Milford.
An who travel in that direction know
that the picture Is not oycrdrawn.
with such soil and resources and
. climate i1Nor,ng home production why
2 rent?
So.cly because there IL no railroad
running into the mineral region, che
Virgin River valley and Kaibab tores:
county. and for these reasons.
The san Iedro. los Angeles a. sat
Lake railroad, lured by silver mines.
bore tu southwest into the Meadow
Valley wash, the Denver q Rio C;rando
stopped near Marysyale at high cleya-
ton with Il nearly impossible mountain
and six months snow ahead OF H. and
our Utah capitalists have been too
much cngrossed 30 FAR with other in
tcrcsts 10 undertake railroad building
into the southern country. leaving IT
Isolated and ~ wealth Of resources as
country, and for these reasons.
Men all over the state, engaged In n
hundred pursuits. who know every
square mile Of the country. have for
many years urged the building OF a
road southwark from Milford In BCatc.
county.
AWAITING THE IRON HORSE
They know that. provided with rail
road transportation 90 convey the prot
uts Of the country To- northern. eastern
ana western markets and accommodate
travellers, the southern country would
develop at lightning speed, and In =
few years be the home OF 100000 pco-
pie as well rs winter resort for thou
sands Of transient visitors from colder
regions attracted south by the climate.
These observing men know that the
by taking the place OF similar products
now imported, would enable Us to keep
In circulation here the millions of
money now sent abroad and make tho
state constantly prosperous.
PAYING PROPOSITION.
AZ to whether a railroad into Dixie
would pay II built, business men aveIy-
whore are convinced that IL would pay
big returns from the hrst day II Is
opened for traffic as FAR az the coal ard
iron and by stimula ting the develop
ment of the country through which it
passed and beyond would in a few |
years become as profitable as any |
transportation line I'm America.
With the urgent invitation the cnun- |
Try on both sides OF the Virgin river is |
holding out and the subsidies being |
offered by southern commercial clubs /
the people down there will certainly |
not have to wait much longer for u
The country * becoming well known.
II has been sparsely settled for 30
years, and It's inhabitants have proved
In convincing manner the value OF
many ~ the resources 1t possesses.
what a handful Of pioneers have
done without adequate transportation
suggests what a large population 'oNid
accomplish in agriculture. horticulture
pastoral pursuits, mining, iron and
.sI a
oil boring and general manufacturing
II rallroad transportation were pro-
yided The strong companies having
failed to build a road will the people
lake up the work Of providing the |
'outh country with transportation?
MONEY RIGHT AT HOME.
They can build railroad. II is less
lifncult than II was for the pioneers
10 settle Dixie so years ago, and make |
Z productive by irrigation
There Is no necessity OF going east !
or the money 20 build a railroad from
Milford or Lund To the iron, coal, st.
George city and the timber land.
The people can DO the work with |
heir own means.
II Will cost a great deal but the |
money ana labor spent win not be
brown away. but on the contrary they
vii be expended in a most profitable
manner.
This public Improvement alone Will
% sufficient to make Utah almost on
irely SELF supporting 70 make her
moro than double, and to |
-rently enhance the happiness OF every
nan, woman and child In the state.
VIII the people build their own road
n continue to pay out their money for
he benefit OF other states?
Salt Lake, June g.