Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-24
C. R. Pugh Sets Forth Some OF
The Tonnage Awaiting
The San Pedro.
RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY.
Delegates to Good Roads Convention
Tell of Coal, Iron, Copper ana
Fruit Outlook in Dixie.

eral and timber country when mas
been waiting these 90 years for trans
| portation facilities and furnish
| constantly increasing tonnage Tor tho
road, but would receive It's entire
| right OF way through the country free
| OF charge, besides substantial bonus
| to assist In the construction OF the
| line," said C. r. Pugh, one OF tho
| board of county commissioners OF
| Kanab county, this morning. MI
| Pugh Is one of tho delegation from
Kane county here to attend the good
! roads convention which convenes In
| this city Jan. 26. and Is accompanied
| by John f. Brown, prominent
| lawyer and stockman, "A, ID. Flndley,
| probably the largest grower OF STOCK
| in southern Utah. j. NJ. Thompson,
| also q prominent stockman and John
| e. Smith, representative In the leglSla-
| turo from Kane county all OF whom
| are delegates to the goods roads con-
yentlon,
The building of the road through
| Cedar City and St George continued
Mr.. Pugh, "would open up the coal
| mines in tho Harmony district, which
| are vast in extent and would begin
| shipping coal almost from the start.
| II would also tap the North Fork coal
| district. where there are unlimited
quantities of the best quality of can
| mel coal in the mountains In the
| corner OF Kane Washington and iron
| counties. Eastern Kane county is you
| might say one vast coal field, and
numerous productive mines would be
| opened with the advent of the rail-
road
RICH COPPER DEPOSITS.
1.-THE rich copper mines In the Buck
| skin mountains would also be deVel-
oped The ore in these mountains goes
! from 10 to 80 per cent copper and
| smeltcr costing 5000 900 is already on
! tho ground ready to operate as soon
| as transportation facilities are afford
| ed The smelter was built four years
! ago, but has not been kept in active
operation because of the expense at
| tached to hauling the ore and Its prod
| ucts so far to a railroad. In Kane
| county there lS one company now
| working on u 14-foot ledge OF coal, This
| is the Bald Knoll company. and Its
| properties lay near the old extinct cra-
| ter mine, which has been idle for many
| wears. but there are those who assert
| that the old property would become
| productive shipper II the railroad were
| anywhere handy.
"Then there are the cattle and sheep
Industries which would increase III
value 80 per cent with railroad intG
the country. From 0.000 to 1900 mead
of fine fat cattle arc shipped out of the
| country every year as It Is. but with a
| railroad near the number would De
| doubled and trebled In short time.
! Fully 1000 head OF sheep arc
| shorn in the three counties named
every year Tho hockmasters are now
compelled to drive or haul either tc
| Modena or to Marysvalc, and the eN-
pense is 50 great that the industry Is
| not developed anything Ike what
| would be the case were the railroad
more accessible Both the cattle and
sheep Industries are In their infancy
and would receive mighty Impetus
| and he a source of ever increasing ton
| mage for the new road.
TIMBER INDUSTRY.
"Of no small moment. is the timber
| industry which would be opened up.
In the Buckskin mountains today there
| are four billion feet of the flnest Knu
| of timber, In most all varieties, rang.
| ing from white pine to mahogany, ana
| this vast timber belt would soon re-
| suond to the woodsman's axe II there
wns a way of shipping the lumber
| nroduct out The timber Is located In
the Kaibab national forest. and already
many applications are under consider
| alton for permission to cut this timber.
I'm the matter of agricultural and
horticultural products, the southern
| country is not exccllod in the country
The railroad would naturally increase
| tho number of acres placed under cul-
tiyation each year, and this source OF
shipping tonnage would go on growing
larger as long as time lasts. The fruits
produced in the Dixie country are un'
surpassed The st. George grower
could put his strawberries. raspber-
ries. cantaloupes, grapes. pomegranates
and other fruits on the breakfast taole
of tho salt Lake consumer In much
better condition than those now
brought I'm from California. The sun
shine of the south produces the finest
Favored fruits in the world. and Salt
Lake would be right at our door fol-
everything the country produced.
I'm this connection a firm of Chicago
capitalists Is now working on prof.
cct for opening up several hundred
thousand acres of fine land in Wash
ington county. located along Zion's
creek, embracing 100000 acres This
land includes much fine fruit and "Tain
land and when under cultivation will
add materially to the shipping re-
sources OF the country.
MOST FEASIBLE ROUTE.
There Is a population of probably
10000 now tributary to the country
through which the Salt Lake Route
would pass, and the number would In
crease by bounds as soon as 1t becomes
possible to get in and out by rail The
most feasible route, it seems to me
would be to branch of at Lund on the
present main line. passing through &C.
dar City, striking the coal mines at
Harmony and on to Bellevlew in the
noted Black Ridge district. Thence
the road would go through Toquer,
which Is the sheep center Of the dis
trlct. and on through Hurricane 10
Washington City and St George, The
entire district is full of fertility and
possibilities In agriculture, stockrais-
Ing and mining. and / can safely say
with the advent of a railroad would
become one of the leading sections OF
the state. The state Itself. In my opin-
ion. could afford to pay the railroad
500, 900 TO build through the st. George
country, on account of the enhancement,
of the value OF Its lands which would
, surely follow. And as for the people
of that section. last spring when the
: , matter of building a branch line to the
district was broached, the resident,
agreed to give the right of way for tho
, branch for nothing and the Cedar poo,
pei egreed to raise 100000 In cash and
the people OF the lower country On.
other 100000 us bonus to Induce tho
building of the branch. And with tho
main limo I'm view-well the St Georg.
pcoDlc do NOT do ANYTHING nv Ina lypa