, 1923-07-05
ZINGSHEIM DESCRIBES
CONDITIONS ON COAST
RUDOLPH ZNGSHENM in letter TO REPUBLICAN
Tells OF VISIT in CALIFORNIA. SAYS
CONDITIONS ARE Coon There

i'epupllcdn IS IN receipt OF
the following very interesting letter
from Mr.. Rudolph Zingsheim, who,
ACCOMPANIED by Mrs. Zingheim, left
Rawlins the latter part of last month
for a visit in California:
Los Angeles, June IS. '23.
Mr.. Roscoe Alcorn,
Editor Rawlins Republican:
Since leaving Rawlins have re-
celved a number of copies OF the
Rawlins Republican which have
been received with much interest.
and those of the Rawlins people who
are located in this vicinity and whom
l nave had the pleasure of seeing
ana renewing acquaintance with
since my arrival here are all reading
the Republican. I know this to be a
1act as the first words they said were
y e we knew you were here as we
saw 1t in The Republican"
When we left Rawlins on May End
1t ha dbeen raining and was cold,
Our trip as far as Ogden was during
the night so that we were not able
to obtain a view of the country as
we went along and observe any in
dustrial activity such as the addition
al track westward from Granger for
63 miles and a short stretch of nine
miles near Evanston to make the
Union Pacific a double track all the
way from Omaha to Salt Lake except
Tor a distance of 81 miles, the long
est double track system in the
United States.
There was no hitch in movement of
our train, and riding so smoothly
that we were not disturbed during
the night, arriving in Ogden about
1890 A. NJ. where we laid over a
short time before departing for Salt
Lake.
We arrived in Salt Lake shortly
before noon, weather fine, sun shin
ming, trees and grass green and a
delightful change.
Salt Lake from what we could see
OF the city from the train is a large
city, fine depot, clean and wide
streets. but not as active in a bust
ness way and hustle as we shall
mention later on of Los Angeles.
AS the train left Salt Lake on its
way southwark we had a fine view
OF the various small towns and the
country. Just south of Salt Lake
the view of the mountains was grand.
They are different from those in
Wyoming In that they tower up in
the air to great heights and their
sides so steep that they appear as
IL 1t would be impossible to ascend
them without great difficulty. Their
tops are enveloped in a cloud or haze
so that at times their tops. which
seem to tower up a mile or more,
are dimly seen outlined against the
sky.
The country through which the
Union Pacific goes is mostly a large
level valley and in parts rolling hilly
ground, a great deal OF sage brush
land and as one gets further south
small scrub pine.
There are n number OF small
towns, all seem to be thriving. as is
also evident by the large amount of
new track work being done by the
Union Pacific at a number OF points.
Gravel pits with steam shovels load
ing cars and ballasting OF the tracks.
At Lund. Utah. which is south OF
Fillmore the new single track south
ward for n distance of about 80 miles
to Cedar City. Utah. makes easily
accessible Zion National Park the
wonderland OF southern Utah, and
opens up new agricultural territory.
There are miles and miles OF ter
ritory between Salt Lake and the
south end of Utah which when water
is available will all be cultivated as
the climate seems very favorable. At
present there seems to be n scarcity
OF water.
After we left Lund. Utah II was
we'll along in the afternoon and we
began to enter what Is called the