The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24
METROPOLIS REGION
|MPRESSES UTAH|V
Former Governor Black En-
thuSiastic About Nevada'S
Agricultural District.

Former Governor George A. Blac
paints an interesting word picture OF Il
possibilities OF Metropolis, New" and n
surrounding country. district that
being opened up by Salt Lake men.
Mr. Slack. upon being asked what HI
ideas were OF the future prospects
this community. said:
returned from Metropolis last
Tuesday, having gone there the sat
urday previously. spending Sunday
and Monday on the ground. ] was
more than pleased with tho outlook.
my trip In general being much more
pleasant than anticipated.
had sleeper from here to
where ] changed. cars. taking, the
branch road running from Wells TO
Metropolis. ' was absolutely COM
fortao Die and had no herdships what"
ever on the entire trip. One OF the
most favorable impressions created
was the confidence shown by the
Southern Pacific railroad. in that 1t
has built an excellent line from the
main line at Wells into Metropolis,
where II has built the finest depot
between Ogden and San Francisco.
Upon arriving at Metropolis. was
escorted To a splendid hotel, which.
while possibly not as elaborately
furnished as the Hotel Utah, has all
the comforts This hotel is three
stories high and OF brick construc
tion. with ample accommods tions,
steam heat, hot and cold water,
In nearly all the rooms, electric
lights and all OF the modern advan
tages possessed by a modern no.
tel.
They have one OF the hest chefs
in the country, and the only ncon-
venience I suffered on the trip was
by being over fed.
The town OF Metropolis. near which
+. j. Moran is putting In a big dam
tied. The people are coming in there
at the rate of st least one family a
day. bringing with them their house
hold goods, horses. cows. etc, pre-
pared to locate permanently. The
country Is settling up rapidly, little
homes are being established all over
the tract 7 learned while there that
some parties who had several years
ago moved into Canada had come In
as little colony and purchased 1000
acres OF land
The land OF the district. controlled
ny the Pacific Reclamation COM
pany, comprises somewhere between
$4,000 and 100000 acres, and the
great surprise TO me was that it
should have been allowed to remain
there without settlement so long.
1t is certainly as fine land as l ever
saw. The bulk OF it today Is COW
cred with sage brush ranging from
three to six feet high. SO immense
that the brush is used for fuel.
They raise everything there excep
ting umbrellas and cain. On their
demonstration farm. without water.
they grew forty eight bushels of
wheat 20 the acre, and with water
they grew eighty eight bushels OF.
oats 10 the acre.
In my opinion. this district Is
destined TO become within the next
TWO years one OF the most progress
slve farming communities in the
state of Nevada. and ! look forward
10 seeing within that time n popu-
latlon OF between $500 and 5000 in
Metropolis.
The company handling this project
is bringing In all the different kinds
OF business necessary to supply the
demands OF a community. Taken all
in all, 1t Is one OF the brightest out
looks ] have seen In many years.