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Show THAT r.AiXKOAll. It Is generally beliecerl liiat the f.p; jued railroad to Staiel'iie will evnt-ually evnt-ually bo puahed through to the eo . a. It Li also believ: 1 hcrj th-it tV a"uiuo-ters a"uiuo-ters '.Till make :t bigerr-j'- ir. exte-ndii.g t'l.j line from S'.ateline ro Manvel or Ear.-Jtow, as. the belle;' loite by lai- for tlni muin line would be viu Cedar City and 9t. Gsorge. Tito nlain lino should run from Gil phur Spring3 to Cedar City, in fit. George, down the Rio V.rgiii aLal tiic Mudey. The diatarue from ' ed n- City to Manvel via tlua route -j -a.;oat miles. The jrrd-? is oetter, tlie r.ia oi tho basin via this route being a ioat 2 jU feet lo.ve;' ihit.l tho Clover Valley pas-;. Thero would be pra;ticallv no climij Jug to do, tho grade is good all the way through. A marvellously rich sec: ion o! country would be given an vjX;rri:nity to develop and support a much larger population tern a,t present hy l.'ie ad vent -of the railroad. The rich coai and iron deposits of Iron county would ce tapped. Rich copper and lead mines Tho Dixio Group. Grand Gulch, Savanac, Copper Mount.-iin. The Mam moth Group and others All within twenty miles of St. George could be worked at a big profit. Tho Magancse mines a,t Call? ile, on tho Colorado, river, would bo worked. Immense supplies sup-plies of fine salt from Salt mountain, on the Muddy, would bo shipped. The mines at Good Springs and other places would bo reached by the route the same as by the other. The sheep and cattle industry would be bcnenUed and greatly increased as the long desert drive to tho railroad would be obviated. Cotton Cot-ton would be planted much more ex tensively than at present and would be a rich and profitable crop. Our Dixie country would have a large influx of people every winter to enjoy the beautiful, beauti-ful, mild winters, and eventually be come a big winter resort. Added to all this, St. George and surrounding set tloments, including those on the Muddy would export large supplies of early vegetables and fruit of the very fines! kinds, earlier than the California fruits and vegetables, and of superior quality and flavor. Messrs. A. W. McCune, David Eccles. C. W. Nibley, Richard Mackintosh. Jos. F. Smith, R. C. Lund and T. D. Deo are all Utah men. We respectfully respect-fully call their attention to these facts and ask their earnest consideration of them. We believe their first dcs:re is to serve Utah; here is an opportunity to do so, and, we believe, as we have before be-fore stated, It can be done with everything every-thing to gain by tho change of proposed route. |