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Show I BRIGHT PROSPECTS 1 FOR IRON COUNTY 'M Rio Grande Western Plans Extension M Into Iron Fields. H REDUCTION PLANT AT GREEN R1YER. jff The Coming: Summer to be Fraught MB X With Important Events for S This Section.' B Tho Dosorot Nows : $B This coming summer is to boo a big V construction campaign on tho part of U ho Rio Gratulo Western mid tho Don? ' m vor & Rio Orando, nud beontifio of M this activity, A. 0. Rlgdwny has boon jf appaiutod gonorttl mauagor of tho m system. Mr. Rigwny, who is osso- tially u construction man, won his I laurols on tho ooiiBtruotiou of work T already accomplished by tho Moffat . road, of which bo was gouoral muiiu- I ii gbr until Tuesday last I ' Onoo moro doos tho Salina-Grocn I River cut-off bob up. B This time, howovor, thoro nro iudio- f ntloiis that tills pioco of railroad oou- struotion is going to bo pushod Bf through to completion whilo tho i . Marysvalo branch is to bo oxtondod B ' to tho iron doposlts in southorn Utah H that aro now bolng dovoloped by a 1 big forco of mon in tho employ of B tho Colorado Fuol & Iron company. Hi In this counootiou tho wolcomo nows f is forthcoming that plans havo boon drawn and tbo bluo prints nccoptod for tho oreotiou of an auxiliary plant for tho Golnrndo Fuol and Iron com-B com-B pany in Utah, representing tho outlay B of millions of dollius and tho steady omploymont of sovoral thousand mou. 'I Two sites havo boon undor oontem- I plation. Ono in tbo vicinity of Sa- I Una and tho other at Green River, Utah. From rocont dovolopmonts it I Booms 'n- (foregone qonolusldu that Green Rive? wiU.'Sbe'itbe.irfaWiiel'X W "t", " Vhllo Saltan vould lx nearer tho I- ' iron-floldB'; Groou'Rivor has', It is .ur- ' god, all 'jtli'o natural advantages. Thoro is practically nn unllmitpd I water supply at this point, which, is I also situated oloso to the famous cbko I camp of Sunnysido, whdro an uddi tlonulorrnco of coko ovens is schod- uled among tho earliest improve-' improve-' monts. fl Tho fact that some mysterious indi- I vidunl is Rotting options on all the avnllnblo laud at Groou Rivor, to- gothor with tho visit of Ohiof Etigln- eor E. J. Yard sonio montIi3 ago to I Groon River, whon ho spont sovoral (' days In tho vicinity survoying and H'' taking copious notes, shows that tho fl railroad company bus designs on that fl sootlon of eastern Utnh. B Slnoo tho stand taken by tho Stale B of Utah on tho labor question and -.m ciilianminnfc rlnvlnnmntifn ill flurlinn B county, capitalists havo boon fnvorn- B bly Impressed with Utah ns a safo B stato whoroln to invest capital. Ju fl manufacturing enterprises, us onm-, B pared, to Bay tho least, with- Colorn- B do. fl Tho ono troublo with Puoblo in the B past, has boon tho long haul on iron fl ore and also tho dlilloulty in scouring B it at, all times in Buliloiout (luautities B to warrant running the big plant at B full capacity. With tho erection of fl an auxiliary plant In Utnh oloso to B tho hugo iron deposits and adjacont fl to an unlimited coal and onko supply B this will bo obviated. B'' This is ouo foaturo of tbo era of H construction that is to bo luuugurutod H by tho Gould linos. Hj Tho construction of tho Salina cut- HJ off, that has boon undor coutamplat- HJ ion for sovoral years and 20 miles of flj which has already boon graded, con- Bj tomplatos tho oxtusion of tho Marys- HJ valo branch to Codar City nud on to HJ tap tho Salt Lako Route, so as to HJ afford an outlet to San Pedro harbor BJ for tho shipmout of material for tho BJ Panama canal, oxport to South Amor- BJ iou and tho Orlout, In addition con- HJ nootlon is to bo mado witli tho Wcstorn H Paoillo wiiioh, if persistent rumor is H to bo croditod, is to take ovor tho BJ Saupoto Valley branch of tho Rio flj Orando whon tho road is oomplotod, flj somowhat along tho linos of tbo no- BJ quisitlou of tho Oregon Short Lino BJ holdings south of Salt Lako by tho Bj Suit Lako Route, which was n foaturo HJ in tho Clark Ilarriman deal that is now history. Whilo tills is ouo of tho main piocos of construction to bo undor-tnkon undor-tnkon by Mr. Rlgdway nud his associates associ-ates tho Donvor & Rio Orando is to launch out in other directions. Tho lino now building to Fnrmingtou, Now Moxico, it is assorted, is to bo oxtondod ox-tondod south to provide an outlet to tho gulf now that tho Colorado tfc Southern has boon acquired by other intorcBts, presumably tho Rook Island. Tho main lino of tho Rio Grnndo Western cast of Sprltigvillo is also to bo thoroughly overhaul od, grades out down nud curves rcducod prior to tho completion of tho Wostom Pacific whioh will form tho Inst link in tho Gould ocean to oooan chain of railroads. rail-roads. Tho ubovo reasons, whioh conio to tho News from nn nuthoritntivo sourco, aro glvon for tho rccout ap poiutmoutof A. 0. Rldgwayasgeuorol muungcr of tho Donvor & RioGraudo. What Horace G. Burt was for tho Union Pacific, A. C. Ridgwny is to bo for tbo Gould llus in Colorado and Utah. Tho foregoing Is tnkon from tho Desorot Nows of tho .'Jrd inst., nnd is cortdiuly very interesting reading for pooplo in southern Utnh. Just how roliablo it is wo aro not nblo to say, but as far as tho Colorado Fuol and Iron Company having u big forco of mon omploycd in tho dovelopment of thoir iron deposits in this part of tho country, wo nro sorry to .say that this at least is not truo. If tho other part of tho artiola is ns far out as this, thoro is little room in tho roport for rejoicing, but thoro is certainly nn air of probability in tho roport as a wholo. It seems dlflioultto bo-llovo bo-llovo that tho Colorado Fuol and Irou company will bo satisfied to lot tho valuablo properties which tlioy hold in this county Ho idlo long, and with tho oloso, proximity of tho S. L. & Los Augolen railroad. If thoy "do antmtJotwllIdoubUosH soon bo found ovor tbt road for tliOiOrtiBiliaioBKliig tv- Cdl."innor''a,iidv'othora wfafeh will have a stimulating offoot on that ppmpany to put their ores also on tho market Pooplo hero will ' wntoh with deop interest tho moves of thoso railroad and iron companies. t , , , |