Show FROM MARYSVALE TO THE COAST in the last issue of the mining review mention was maile made of the organization of the iron mountain mo buntain st george grand canyon railroad company formed for the purpose of building a line from a point on the salt lake route in iron county utah to st george in washington county and from there to a connection with the santa fe in mohave county arizona the review however was hardly on the press before still another announcement was made concerning proposed railroad building through southern utah and this by the denver rio grande company which it is understood now proposes to carry out its cold sto raged intention of building from marysvale Marys vale the southern terminal of its san pete branch over the mountain into the escalante desert and then in a southwesterly direction to los angeles and the coast surveyors are already in the field and the line in utah according to the bestin be tin formation obtainable extending on from fro in marysvale Marys vale will be by the way of orton ten miles from beaver prom here the line will continue on through iron county through or near parowan carowan and cedar city tapping the great coal fields and iron deposits in the near vicinity of cedar city and then on to st george in washington county touching on its course the anthracite coal fields near harmony the road may be built to within speaking distance of the grand canyon of the colorado and expects to make san bernardino in california for fila one of its principal points the proposed road also may touch or pass in the near neighborhood of st thomas alv ing an easy market for the semitropical semi tropical product to the great muddy valley for some distance in all aa probability the new line will practically parallel the salt lake route and yet especially in utah it win will open up a practically attractive virgin country that is rich in its mineral and agri cultural resources |