Show the colorado trade an earliest ell effort ort is being madu made by some of the leading merchants of thi this S city to increase the commerce of this p port oil t by lad adding dingo to it I 1 the he trade of the regions drained by the colorado Colora ao river the objective point poin t at present is pally utah territory a large portion of which cau be supplied with go goods 0 atom this city by way of on tile the colorado river cheaper than ly 1 y any other source it is proposed to organize a company with a capital capit il of some to place proper steamboats and barges b upon the colorado for th the C purpose of I 1 transporting freight from the mouth of the river to the town of at present tile the head bead of navi navigation 0 fortunately the probable success of the proposed enget iise should it be undertaken taken is placed places beyond a it is no longer a matter of speculation ula tion actual experiments have been made by which the perfect ability of the enterprise has been demonstrated onie omo deais since captains plains Oa adams and trudo thy with commendable energy made a thorough thoi ough exploration of the colorado and proved its navigability to a point on the borders of utah terri 1 doiy thus showing b that tho the river i ig the outlet and inlet hilet of a very large and fertile region already pretty numerously settled by an industrious population later mr the president of tile the chamber of commerce and a merchant who is ie keenly aye alive to ever every y opportunity fur for extending the commerce commee comme ice cc and influence of this city shipped a cargo of goods to Cal caziville callville Call ville iville for the use of tile the utah people the cargo was quickly purchased at a handsome profit at and the fact demonstrated eino it that goods could he be delivered ati at that point from this city for 3 cents a pound freight orders were forwarded by utah merchants chants lor jor another caico but owing to the of the owners of the independent dependent steamer and its attachment ment by their creditors the goods could not be foi warded yarded E experiments made by headed merchants having eu that the colorado river is is navigable at all seasons season of the year and that by its means a large portion of the valuable trade of utah can be secured to this city there is no reason why the now new enterprise should la lag our merchants have been too laggard in in opening up avenues I 1 of commer ce b by Y which the trade and wealth of the city were to be increased the colorado region promises to yield a rich harvest if liberally treated all that is needed to make that country a valuable adjunct to our commerce is transportation por tation there are extensive rich mines located on and near tho the ri river v er which cannot now be worked with p prof it owing to the bi high g h price of freight if our merchants will only reduce the price of freight 11 to reasonable proportions they will vill bring not conf only a large portion ot or uio ole utah trade to their doors but they wl have a myriad of customers amon among g the mines bordering on the colorado and in a short time the business of the colorado region would be worth more to this city than that of nevada lias been what is now most needed is a good supply of steamers and barges fur for river navi navigation aaion if the company now in in process of org organization ani by the merchants of this city will supply these and give the community cheap trans transportation or tation the enterprise will yia yield a handsome profit to tons and create a nice little stream oft wealth which in the future will increase in volume and add to tile the stores of riches of the commercial emporium of the pacific lot us express the hope that no jealousies or short sighted business views will prevent the success of the now new A matter of this kind interests all in the community if it is successful all will be mure more or less benefi tedi whether they ate aie mer chants manufacturers or real estate owners 5 F T call oct 1 |