The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
METROPOLIS Hl}
SPLENDID Fun
Remarkable Record y
Nevada Town Durin
Twelve Months.
POSSIBLE 0.S.L. TERI
Road South From Tw;,
May Connect With g
Agricultural Cent,

1t has been but c;sh..
since the first work or ~,
sagebrush on the site OF WI.
Metropolis, Nevada, began H.
brief space Of timo so muo,
accomplished in the build;,
tie city and the scttlcmen+ Il
lands IN its environments.
most familiar with tho y,,o;,
oil whom have been on the ers.'
the beginning, can scaresTv -.
tho limo between the .ipano,,,
the work and its presen. STAT.
reSs has been so brief; s,1
stranger who sees for tho f;rst
visible proof of the enerpv 1,
that has been expended, the a.
meDts arc little less than avn.
And what has transpircd r
eighteen months. both in tha /,
railroad and business and ho,
ing, and the tilliug of the soil .
ing of crops, is 10 be mo,.
cclipscd In a similar length
If tho predictions Of thosa s..
terested in that new agricult.
tion of Nevada are any er;ts-
Tho announcement recently .
leading officials of the Oreec
Line that 2 railroad is IA
south from Twin Falls throuch
to tho main line of the SoutI
cifie, and that thcre IL .
chance for il to como 10 Met,.
tho way through, has stimuli
energies of tho members Of
tropolis Commercial club, ths
ship of which consists Of all Of
aons Of Metropolis and all Of
tiers on tho surrounding ian
railroad will tap the Contact
district and afford an mtlet|
ores OF thai district to tho An,
Salt Lake and Ely. There il
g. branch limo from the main
the Southern Pacific at Tulase'
tropolis, and as tho road woul
ally come very close TO this
thero would be n saving Of mil
that distance, besides openiu
new market for tho produco
farms near Metropolis.
While no definite statemer
tho terminus has been mado
railroad officials, tho citizens
tropolis feel confident that
route will connect with the rol
In business blocks and hoI
ing Metropolis has establishfl
western record, and the pisns
coming year include q numbeI
stantial business blocks, two u
churches and many cottages.
the thriving town has the II
most modern hotel in the staI
thin" unheard Of in the aver
town. where people havo usua
compelled 10 rough it during
necriug period.
The town is but short
from two transcontineutal rail-
enjoys daily freight and pasesn
ice. A sterling class OF PED
gone thero to make their ho
social and business llfo is ev
that can DO desired and the q
eiIities arc such as few town
west can boast Of al so early
At the present. time there is b6
a $25, 900 schoolhouse in ord1
ford ample accommodations
This, In particular, is a most u
thing to consider, as it was "a
the improvement was necfsszl'
ing the first year in which q
work was established
The principal crops on the
surrounding Metropolis, both
dry farms and irrigated Ian
wheat, oats, barley and potn
Of which have been most sue
grown. The demonstration
those who have gone TO this
ricultural center in eastern
| proves conclusively that the
ties for the reclaiming Of the q
of the state ara practically ~
Uuquestiouably within a e!
| time. if such work as that tan.
on the Pacific reclamation pI'
tends TO other districts OF
where in the past little .,
thought Of tho possible wolt.
land from an agricultural q.
| Nevada will take it's place q
the leading producers Of gram
products in tho west.