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Show I TUB WASTII A JORUO.N VAL-' VAL-' I K V II. K To leave Silt Luke at 2. p.m., go dowa the valky to Sandy, then off eastward to the nouth of Little Cottonwood, Cot-tonwood, pay a vUt to Granit' and the granite quarr;, lo.k in at the Davenport bxcli'.r, and re:urn to town Via Sandy, arrivi? a: 7 p.m., U a feat that can be accomplished anydy now, thankj to railrolio, anl without casing into re-iuLiuon any facility other than th- ordinary paasCDger tiaind. Quite recently tiiia enterpriiDg burgh was dwelt upon aud dccnbed in the Ukrald, but it is open for another report. We call it enterprising, for the town of its bize that can have a free fiirht, a general shooting match, a homicide, and a coroner's icuest in one alternoon, is not ol the kind that the appellation "eiow coach"ajpies to in ibis western region. Saody is growing rapidly, and is destined to be an important point at an early day. At present it has lour emeltera, with nine or ten furnaces in operation and under construction; anoiher smelter within a fehort distance, and still another, an-other, if not more, projected within easy accc?. It is the terminui of two lines of narrow gaujre railway, cue running and the other bein pushed rapidly ahead; iu people will start a houo in the afternoon and propose leading the bui.dine next morning while puttiLg on the shingles or something after that etyle; and it can look east and west, north and south, see a rich valley spread around, mountains containing a woudeiful wealth of mineral, and Salt Lake city in the distance moving down gradually to attach to its southern edgo this latest Swanea of America. So much ior cauuy, wmiu iuc iiitu oumuuru train paatcss on, and the traveler steps into the handsome little car one of tho handsomest imaginable named "the Granite," behind a lively little locomotive, for a dash up Tle Narrow jiauge. Mr. Jennings, president of tho road, : or Mr. Benzon, acting superintendent, I is sure to be around, and cither will be ready to do everything possible to expedite ex-pedite business or accommodate travel and traffic. The locomotive moves off, leaving Sandy in the rear, and gently making a curvo proceeds to stretch onwards up tho bench and towards the mountains. Passing to the rear of the train you bco by tho lino of rail stretching away behind that you are 1 steadily moving up an incline, and learn that a grade of some lil2 feet to the mile is the heaviest that has been met in taking tho road to Granite. Still tho train winds aloDg approaching ap-proaching cloeo to the bed of Little Cottonwood, and hugging the mountains between tho mouths of Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, Qnally ascending what secma to bo the last terrac; of the disianeo and roach-ing roach-ing comparatively level ground above. And while tho ascent is being made, tho view from the cars is mot magnificent. magnifi-cent. Tho U'uirrh rango rises grand and rugged on tho west side of the valley; "tho city" nestles at the foot of tho Wasatch spur to tho north, while mountains rise toweriogly on every hand; and away to tho northwest the great lako stretches out its shining bosom, bo-som, while its mountain islands pierce tho bluo azuro above; light, shade and sunshine, mountain and lake forming a picturo once seen to bo ever remembered. remem-bered. Tho distance from the level of the bench to the Davenport smoker is soon passed, and this smelter with that of the FiagstntT on tho other eido of tho creek, attracts attention. At the Davenport, as a samplo of what they can do, last week they had several tons ot f'JuO base bullion on hand. These smelters will furnish a largo amount of freight, and it is understood that the railway company will build a trestlework and lay rails over tho wido bottom of tlio creek, ior tho accommodation of tho Flagstaff. While these observations observa-tions aro beiug made, Granite. a roeached. It is not a Vienna in beauty nor a New York in size, but it is crowing fast, and could do at present with full eanitary board and a few extra officers to attend to little matters during shooting eeasons such BpelU aro said lo occur thcro occasionally, and a glance up the hill sido shows whero a jrraveyard has been started in this prematura fashion. G:anito will bo a placo of note during tho next thrco months. Besides the granita quarries, which will furnish trillions of tons of rocks for Salt Lako builders and will give tho town permanence, it will bo tho terminus of tho W. & J. V. H. B. until tho lino is completed to Tannersvillo, and during that timo the rallying point for tho hundreds of teamsters hauling ore down tho can- , v. ino company prupusu 10 uu iu road finished to Tauoer'a in ninety days, and tho engineers report that tho heaviest grado between Granito and that point is 25U feot to the mile. The road from Sandy to Granito is doing an excellent freight and passenger passen-ger business, and will havo another loeomotivo and more rolling stock here shortly, to bo prepared for the natural and inevitable increase. It was a much needed enterprise, and tho projectors and officers aro pushing it with eommcudablo vigor. Ladies, call on Geo. M:nwaring for your Groceries aud Provisions, you will bo well served. my JO Home Missionary Appointments. Tho following list of appointments is republished on account of several alterations alter-ations having been made in it: Sunday, May IS Tnylorsvillo (Ben-nion'B (Ben-nion'B district)- Klders Goorgo Teas-dale Teas-dale and 0. MeKonzio ; Fort llarri-niao llarri-niao Klders C. U. Savage, S. W, Sears and A. W. Smith; Noil's district dis-trict Klders 11. Miller, 1. Candiand and J. F. Freeze. Sunday, May 'Jj South Cottonwood. (Uollins' w;trd). Kiders Lsaao Gmo and T. Harris ; West J ordan Klders Geo. Swan mid .1. Nicholson ; ?ugar Uouso Klders Milo Andrus, .David Candiand and J. V. Freeze. Saturday and Sunday, May -Uh and Llli, Lehi, by invitation of president A. O. Sniot lvders L D. Young. U. Miller, W. G. 1'oung. B. F. Set I en and G. Tcvdalc Saturday. May oNt, and Sunday, June 1st Mill Creek1 All the members mem-bers of tho Salt Lake County Missionary Mission-ary Quorum aro expeetej to attend. Suuday.Juuo ih lioutiful K;ders J. Nicholson and S. W. Sears. It is not intended that these meetings meet-ings shall interfere with the Sunday schools. The elders above named are requested reques-ted to bo punctual in tilling their appointments, ap-pointments, and those umblo to do so will ploaso to give notieo in time to admit of their places Wing tilled. Saints from adioiuing wards and lend. In continence of the meetings appointed ap-pointed to be held at Lchi, those previously pre-viously announced for DraperviUe, May -5th, are postponed, L. V. Youg. U0. boxl-i) |