Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-18
RAILROAD into
DIXIE COUNTRY
,,,,,o Reasons Cited Why the
'"''y ptouosed Line Should
Be Built.
ENGINEER BURGESS PAPER
49,. Mountain. st. George ana
lS c.ovon Railroads PROPOSE
lion to the Club

meeting Of the sub o ,'l,a,Say 70, 70
-, = commercial club hela ! VT, n r. Rur.
ne ''' hearing to Engineer NJ l. pul
81" .ho represents the proposed
s 's,.,l into the pixie ountry' an e
RAM. S paper was submitted by Sr.
tenor Following are the man
bu's .A,ch IT contains, all OF "meh
p.' taken under advisemen' by the
es'''D' .-. many who believe the fa-
l'''' communication between the
..D' ,,, sections Of the state are in
o. ,ns,e and that the development OF
sae'''. one mart Is in consequence
ss'W g,n.,rate. salt Lake business
.,,h,ns TO reach the hydro car
na' ,,,r,, Of Uintah county by rail-
p' ,,.yel TO Mesa county COLO, py
rll' nsnyer & Rio GRANGE rd,i ran, a.
,ns hen back to Dragon, utan, py ,ne
CIV ..ag eage, a trip OF nearly uTus'
~ NJ visit the county sea, VI
A. .,on county, ne mus - y.a.,,.. e.
L. - line to Modena ana tnvr'S 90
liz In a stage colcn throusn '''" "''
"a 81 George. -, ococ, of direct
..,,,oaA lines from SAT- LAKE W 800
Tai.i,s W., In, ,ha son Pedro road to Wash
guy co,,nty. there can be no dlner-
soce Of opinion. -. a ,.o,,,,uni,v
AHn, s by keeping within its bor-
y ~ earnings Of its people, and 10
o.s .s,er M less extent impoverished II
s,Ss IN the outside for commodities
~ coild producc at home. particu-
Wy n nv PRODUCING them II furnishes
ns,,hls employment for It's people.
EARLY FRUITS.
4, ,h,s time. June Il. we are con-
~ ,s melons produced in Texas, fruit
sl..ns ss,load grown In california, and
Ems ~ carly We getables from the
p--is. cast while the same character
- ,r,Aucts Of better quality are going
. a,,e IN southern Titan and northern
,,5,o,a because there is no suitable
cans Of Transporting them to the
r5rthefn consumers.
no importation Of foreign produc-
,,,, and the waste Of home productions
4. rot stop with the month of June,
IN, continue through the entire year,
ssd have not stopped FOR 40 years. The
,,,,ev IN nav for these ruinous imports
/. armed by the people Of Utah and
s.,, away In every direction, and
.sryes 10 enrich farmers and fruitgrow-
~. In Texas. California and more than
% other states.
Tvery dav In the year hundreds or
wagons are seen in the streets OF this
I'M delivering coal mined In other
states 10 the consumers here, and at
1 o'clock In the morning the riNeting
o, structural steel manufactured east
Of the Missouri river is heard on SAT-
Lakes new SKY scrapers.
The funds 10 pay FOR this coal and
steel ior the rails used In the tracks
Of lnttrmountain railroads. and for the
millions NJ feet Of lumber consumed
10 the state, 20 out by every train.
Besides these. a hundred other COM
modtles are imported steadily. the
payment for which aids In keeping the
people Of the state In poverty.
BoUNDLEss RESOURCES.
Yet am safely within bounds when
| say that every important one Of these
Imported commodities may be produc-
ed a. cheaply in Utah and the Arizona
strip as In any part ~ the world.
All know that we have a country as
a-ge as several eastern states south Of
Beaver county that Is rich in soil and
minerals. and blessed with a climate
superior TO that of Texas and Califor-
na' and that It's resources are to n
great extent undeveloped.
Down there In plain sight OF the san
Fedro railroad are nearly inexhaustible