Show RAILROADS NEED NEEDS S ADDED WATER J o s Teli of c to toS Gr Gf Salt Lake S t S H IN CITY 5 I ADMINISTRATION OF MORRIS I DENCE Nov that the Of f 4 Is to so that the sup supPlY supply PlY will be to the demands 1 of t much Thuell larger Salt 4 Lake Is most moat enviably In solved a problem which perplexes dUes cities less for Cor t located r Besides settling the qu t health and comfort 4 the provision Cpr a large water 4 al ali the growth of at tile the city In hi other 4 ways One of the first questions i t 4 in considering railroad ce centers t is the water supply Without i it t It no great shops are possible t no large number of employee tan be maintained No success l 1 I ful operations of any kind on a at t tt t t large scale can an be concentrated t t i in a city without good water t t 1 and lt it I t I 4 ln Los Angeles with J 4 floes Clark vice president of the San Pedro Los Angeles Angel S Salt Lake road The American party palt is its 4 ca campaIgn In large measure on opposition to the ow being carried out b by Y Mayor r Morris to en 4 J water supply It Is 1 seeking to improve improvements meats ments if adminis of r Morris and his solution or of problem has I 4 eft capital confidence in the city th t I OS ANGELES Cal Oct SIn ye rc yeL LOS L sp to a request for a statement of hi his on the growth of Salt SaIt I Lak laJ CIl City Vice President J Ross Hoes J I Clark Cmrk of Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad company today gave gac out the following interview It gives me pleasure to record 10 my opinion as to the and future prosperity of Salt Lake as requested by byThe U The Herald because no careful observer cOUld hoW hold any but optimistic views on tills this subject To n with the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake road was project projected ed and built In the belief that the two I terminal cities as as the route I en them great groat I ties for tite 1116 which ures tIe oot ilU of anew l Uto u Ang m tm Ib J grat Lake also abio pled ped a p t n anti nU fn nit ItA wM 1 Ju justified th the boils ff It would be I one of the greatest Inland cities in the I Iest west est certainly the most important be between I tween the find th the SIerras I to Outsider I IThe The results following tile the opening of I our line have conti confirmed the most san sanguine guine hopes as s to developments at the Salt Lake and ond Probably people themselves not see as clearly as an I outsider the growth of the I II city r and Its tt territory because they are areso so near the scene of operations Those I of us who have an to stud study I growth b by tile the figures of railroad I that your cit city is going loing forward I II b by leaps and only in the I region near by but in the ad adjoining joining the new road rad dependent upon It for tion and supplies PrImarily the opening up of Bing Bingham ham Stor Stockton and the camps close to tile the city are or of tremendous im import m i port but less Important in the neal future js is the awakening of the camps further The rhe enterprises at Newhouse the activity at the camps along the line the revival of mining In and around Pioche the I now In proGress on the branch from L Las to Bullfrog and the encouragement offered by oper operations operations at Good SpringS the Crescent district and the other southern camps campsall all have a direct bearing on the future of Salt Lake because their ore go goes s to your smelters and business mUty lf centers in the smelting point for forthe forthe the mino Railroad d a Factor I In Iii this connection I ma may bl be nar for tor pointing out the fact that the Salt Lake route has shown hown its in interest interest terest in the development of the mines and the future welfare of Salt Lake by In freight rates on oras oresto to Salt Lac Lako from points point along its sill ill serve sene to ant and its d industries to toa a 8 marked degree The rates on grain and hay have also been reduced and facilitate teaming operations an ini im portent factor in wagon freight rates The new line to Bullfrog should bring Into with Snit Salt Lake a ayery avery very important series of camps add adding ing much the potential wealth of tIle the cit city and offering oftering a 3 tempting field for merchants as well s for investors Chances for Agriculture fIn In addition to them ining develop developments ments th ro isa IS a of oC agricultural turn tural growth which has hardly been realized as yet by b those unacquainted with the country south of Salt Lake From Moapa for instance Salt Lake has had shipments of this season and a larger acreage Is to tobe tobe be planted for fOl next season Fruits of almost every variety will vili grow In tile the warm valleys of the Muddy and the Vegas valley The newness of the country and lack Jack of large water sup supplies supplies plies has restricted agriculture but there Is doubt as to the possibility of developing water and under the stimulus of demand the area of cultivated cultivated ted land will bo be rapidly The field for groth or of small fruits for early shIpment is practically unlimited and the experience or of present growers grower shows a profitable market is close at hand In the camps and the cities at either end or of the line Those who have gone over the line nd Its possibilities will agree that the La Ve Teas as valley vaHey as aa all the natural condItions for tor a great winter a place for health and resi residence residence dence for all those who require a mild as associated with good altitude dry air plenty of and the pf outdoor 11 lifo Co It of course COUlSt require some time to this pha to provide iroide suited for the travel which will ultimatelY d a stopping place there then and to provide a means ot of livelihood for those who must seek a meane meana of support a as well aft an health But In time thos p WUl be e n ni l t and Las 1 e t C nt n Page 2 RAILROADS NEED t ADDED WATER Continued from Page 1 that has lias lia com with such amazing rap rapidity rapidity rapidity to the time inland valleys s of California which have much the time same environ environment ment and have been peopled by health seekers and othen attracted by hj the time advantages of life under pleasant con conditions conditions conditions as contrasted with time the lined hard hardships ships and amid ills IUs of at a more rigorous rl orous clim cHum climate climate ate v Future Is Rosy I have hae gone into int these details as a preliminary to their natural effect ct on the th future of o SnIt Salt Lake with t tim th growth of the tho territory Along the Salt Lake Route the eastern ea tern terminal city will Inevitably go forward Many of the who study the Intermountain tain tam and amid desert de ert regions will make their home hr itt the fhe Utah capital Population follows opportunity and opportunity comes celtics with commerce and Industrial development Salt Lake already alre com corn commands commands mands a splendid region commercially Its capital controls many mummy of the host best mines and mining industries Its tern ten are the center of a 3 tremendous field Held and control its ores by the over overwhelming overwhelming whelming advantage they thoy th have hal In geo sea geographical geographical graphical location unequalled equip equipment equipment ment accessible fimi supplies sU and practical practical practical experience In operation Time The smelters of or the time Salt Lake valley would justify time the most moat sanguine sanguino pro pie p dictions as to the tIme future greatness s of f tho the elt Apart from Its commercial and indus indU industrial trial advantages apart tram frOnt its pres pros present Present ent eat and future greatness as a the most Important railroad center of the Inter region and apart from front tile the rapid growth of the new territory opened by b the Salt Lake route tha th Utah capital has the advantages which go to make a city There Is little need to on its climate h it is pretty retty well known that Utah has one of the best climates In America More Water l a Necessity Salt Lakes water supply coming as It does from mountain streams is the tIme wonder and deight of men from less tess fortunate cities clUes Although it it is liS not a surprise t tn Salt Lakers ft it 1 is a new newe experience e p for outsiders to tei find nn a m water walor supply so pure that everybody uses the ordinary water from domestic taps for r drinking purposes Now Kow that the t quan quantity quantity tit of ot water Is to be increased so that the supply will be De equal to the demands of a much tuch larger largel population Salt Lake Lakei I is 15 i most enviably In having baying a problem which usually per perplexes per lexes less tess fortunately located Besides settling th of health and comfort the provision for a 0 large Jarg water supply will wm be an important force for tor the growth of tho the city in i other ways as One of the first I in considering railroad centers cont D Is the water supply Without It no great lt are possible no large number of f employees can etin be e maintained No sue suc Uc operations op of ot any an kind on a n large larg scale seale can nn be concentrated In u a f city without good water and plenty plenn of ot ott ofis is t Finally and of ot importance Salt Lake has a splendid educational system In Itt its public and state university its social so lol life is pleasant as very every visitor will wUl attest tt St arid ar 1 Its pee peo people plo pIe have a n reputation re for integ integrity rity energy en erg and amid ability a m With these conditions as a foundation n there can be b no question qU about the tho continued growth of Salt Lithe Lako ke It Is bound b und to be b bea bea a great city without a n rival rhal or pr com corn competitor in a very 01 large larga area aret a desirable rable place for fOl investment ana and a delightful d pla place e for tor residence resl Nwe |