THE SALT t LAKE ROUTE ROUT A year ago this month the salt laa route or more strictly speaking the san gan pedro los angeles salt lake railroad completed its line between bet salt lake lak e and a nd los angeles and already it has proven great blessing and benefit to the immense area of country that it has brought brou into touch with the outside world and the vol ume of business transacted by this new road has been much in excess of the most sanguine hopes and expectations of its promoters As a cutoff cut off from salt lake to lo 10 los a angeles it has had a wonderful passenger traffic and its business in the freight carry ing line has been most satisfactory in every respect As a matter of fact every officer of the company is well pleased with the business for the first year but the most gratifying feature of the th 0 building build 1 ng and 1 operation of the road has been the decided stimulus it has given to fo numerous mining camps and districts along its route and these are ara forging to the front in a manner that la is astonishing toni shing to those who are acquainted with conditions under which they formerly labored in lincoln county nevada especially are to be seen the beneficial results of 0 convenient and speedy transportation and in this locality there has been a resurrection of old camps that is truly marvelous to behold while many new ones have come into existence since it if has been made mad e possible po S s 11 be to advantageously operate in sections alor the line or contiguous thereto callen calien nevada has scored substantial growth since the completion of the road las vegas now a giant of the desert owes its origin and success to this new through line searchlight i the camp without a failure has more I 1 than doubled in size and importance since i the salt lake route went through i no and crescent have taken on new life and I 1 vigor and all is push and pleasing activity at good springs and adjoining camps while i as for pioche and delamar more heavy I 1 work and successful operation is noticeable I 1 in these great wealth producing sections I 1 than ever before I 1 mining camp traffic has been heavy with t the salt lake route ever since its first through train announced the completion 01 of 0 its line since then there has been a great brej influx of men and money into the locality above referred to all along the line at every siding there has been a steady ia loading of mining supplies and machinery machine of every kind and character while calnin cofflin 0 04 to the smelters shelters sm elters of salt lake valley berf ler has been a constant stream of ore vw whick 44 in itself is undisputable proof that I 1 in the country opened up by the road there abound mining camps that are rich in their possession sion of great wealth producers the success that has attended the salt lake route during the past year has placed this enterprise far beyond the realm of an experiment it has done more for it has demonstrated the wisdom of its promoters and it has given to salt lake and los angeles and intermediate region something for which they will ever feel thankful