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Show d V TO AMERICAN 1 FORK CANYON ! OfllcUl of th0 0rem 'nrurbaB fjkltto haro recently gone over the ZULteai routo for a new spur from !J iManlla station to the Amerlcun Btk canyon are enthusiastic over i'HtlK prospocta of the now line. gjM ,t , contemplated that the spur fB,, be bum straight east from the " &Wm ugnll station and then north along 1. 3:45 ffltta foothills to the canyon. ; The filnTtaue for the road is expected SB g, the passenger traffic and the fl freight shipped from the mince and ifl esarrles along the route. lim paring tho summer months thou-fl thou-fl HBds of pcoplo both from this 'fl county and from other parts ol the fl state would visit the canyon and I the wonderful caves that have been I dlKovered there lately. Much of this transportation would come over w fl the new railroad. 2 fl The mines of the American Fork m canyon would gTeatly increase . Z fl their out,rits as ths freight charges """ $ fl on tho oro to the 8;nelter8 wou,d I considerably decreased with the S I coming of tho road. At present all by ol the oro has to be transported i fl by am. to u Bat,0B nt American jn I Fork and thero transferred to' the 4 I railroad cars. jn I Another source of revenue yould X I bo tho cxtcnBlvo llmeand clay de-t de-t I posits north of Pleasant Grovo. " B Most of theso deposits belcns to 'a the Wadlcy brothers of Manila, who lb? of fl hare been shipping several ear-week ear-week fl loads of tire clay daily to smelters arril, fl in this and other states for several Wed- fl years. Tho city Is being .hauled fl trom th) deposits to the Pleasant fl Orovo station by teams rad. then arlea fl loaded on the railroads cars. Lo 'fl Two carloads of lime roes have 4 fl "been shipped out dally twflieiii) 'cor- 4iBie to the sugar factories tai TJta Ur fl county. These- deposit; of Nm fl rock are as yet almost tmn4biji; """ Wen who are la a' position to know fl sy that the dejgoslts w are tttayilarax H est to be found anywhere fa the west H Railroad officials are anxious to H start tho building of the spur so that H they will be on the ground when the H steel mills in Utah county become a H reality. It la understood that en-I en-I eouraging reports have been received from experts rcpresovllnFT ihe steel H interests who have tested the lime tjB nrd the clay. |