The daily sentinel., 1914-05-09
s20,0OO,O0O STEEL
MILL FOR CLAPP ROAD
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of the various associated interests.
Sites have been selected for the con-
structlon OF storage reservoirs for
the surface waters, and these will be
constructed as quickly as they are
needed. That is the only part OF the
state in which sufficient surface wa
ter may be found to make possible
the operation of a steel plant The
mill aud the mines 10 supply it will
employ several thousands of men.
and will take care OF Utah's share of
the iron and steel trade OF the Pa
cific coast and the orient"
While the steel mills will not be
built by the Southwestern Pacific
railroad, Mr. Clapp says the inter
ests in the steel plant will be closely
identified with the railroad interests,
and the various separate corporations
will work together in complete har-
mony to one end-to establish in
southern Utah a second Pittsburg.
President Here Last May.
II was the intention of the South
western Pacific interests to file their
articles of Incorporation in this city
during this week d. c. Collier. for
mer president OF the California-Pa-
cific exposition of San Diego, who
AtaAr r-lafA W NtNbilt HANlaANfNA VI AhF
road. was named as delegate to
the Imperial council OF the Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine nj Atlanta, Ga.
and will not return to the west un-
til late this month. Upon his return
the final details of organization will
he perfected.
Mr.. Clapp, accompanied by f. h.
Robinson. chief engineer of the road,
will leave Saturday for California. to
be gone two weeks. His final re-
port on the resources of the terrific
ry in Utah to be trayersed by the
Southwestern Pacific railroad reads
like a chapter from the Arabian
/ Nights, so wonderful and varied are
the riches and resources Of that sec
tion of Utah.
Storehouse of Wealth.
The report which was compiled as
the result of eight years constant
application to an intimate and eX-
haustive study of the territory to be
opened by the railroad. says in eff
/ feet that It is world storehouse of
wealth. and that its potentialities for
industrial Development cannot be
grasped by the ordinary mind.
The report is exhaustive in its de-
tail and outlines the resources of
that section in clear and concise
manner A digest of the report has
been prepared from the several
thousands of pages of notes made
| by Mr.. Clapp and his corps of civil
engineers. who made a thorough sur
vey of the Colorado river basin for
the purpose of constructing rail
road to run diagonally from Denver
to San Diego. The area of the basin
is S225,059 square miles, all of
which was charted and surveyed.
Although the railroad is project
ed through country that has here
tofore been looked upon as a value
less wilderness. the report shows
not only that the railway is entirely
feasible and that Its international i'm
portance will make it one of the
most important. If not the most i'm
portant, commercial strategic rail-
ways in the world. but also that it
will pass through the richest country
in the world, not even excepting the
Nile basin. and that from present
available tonnage il will earn above
an costs of operation over 10 per
cent net on its total cost of construc-
ton the first year, without counting
upon receiving a single ton of freight
from it's 100000 acres of rich
farming land directly tributary to it.