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Show WAKI.NO UP. No bettor illustration of this idea presents ittelf than the vast amount of freight that is coming to this city and passing to points beyond- In the month of Uctober 14,000 tons of freight oame by rail over the Utah Central, and the railroad south of the city is occupied to its full capacity. The merchandize for the month of November, just passed, we are informed, in-formed, will exceed that of October. The route to Pioche all stage travelers trav-elers inform ua U lined with teams ; but we Bupposed it was more owiDg to Gen. Page's railroad iron, on its way to join mill and mineB, than the great amount of merchandize for Pioche, Yet the Pioche "Daily Record" says, under date of November 27th : "We learn from Gen. Page that there are not less than 300 freight teams on the road from Salt Lake to Pioche, laden with merchandize for this place." This shows the merchants of that section arc awaking to the fact that this route is better and surer than any other ; transportation being plenty the year round ; the road passing through ; the principal towns of the Territory, j Gorom & Murray, our enterprising : forwarding house, took this iron contract, con-tract, and have proven the fact that eighteen miles of railroad iron can be moved withio a period ot two months, besides shipping immense quantities of goods for private parties. Why, then, Bhould we neglect the opportunity opportuni-ty to retain the freighting within ourselves? our-selves? Every dollar can be kept within tho Territory, by improving the ; roada aiuing the teamster, and thereby there-by helping all the merchants of this city, Evon the wagon trade at Salt Lake has become enormous, and the supply is not equal to ths demand ; showing at once tho increase over a , year ago, when our yards were filled, j Lt is full time the road commissioner ; put this great highway of travel io the j best order; and we call upon those who I : have authority,to see that it is promptly j ; done. Tho old bridge over the Sevier has been torn down and rebuilt this is good; but every portion ef the road must be overlooked, so that other competing com-peting lines will be forced to admit we have the best road, and can move larger quantities of freight than it is possible for them to do. Wo have ourselves, within the city, done very well towards improvements during tho past year; but there are still grand opportunities for the future, which we should not neglect until it be too late to grasp I Tho constant finding of mines; the opening of new mining districts; the fields of coal and iron, at the south of us must not be lost sight of, or passed by carelessly. The Southern railroad Bhould bo pushed ahead with all possible vigor; for every mile added, every hour shortened, short-ened, brings business and greenbacks to our own doors. And it seems to us that our business men have been napping, nap-ping, expecting "timo and tide" would come to them; whereas, if they would take a lesson from Chicago and do a little pushing together, the year 1873 will become a marked epoch in our history his-tory I This we shall be proud of. We must become a great inland city, and a great railroad centre; but to effect this wo must not loiter. ' Work, unceasing, vigorous work is imperatively neoes-sary. |