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Show months ago lie went to Suit Lake, and now he returns as the accredited agent of the Salt Lako chamber of commerce, and real estate exchange, says tho- S an Diego Sail Diegan. lie is organizing excursions to the Mormon city, and has arranged to have one leave Los Angeles every Thursday. . 'flow's your boom?" was asked. "I have no boom and Salt Lako has no boom,.'" was the quick answer. "But Salt Lako has a steady and justifiable growth. Prices of property arc advancing ad-vancing because a development is being be-ing made." Yes, that's what we said in '67. Hut that's all right." Turning to the railroad question Mr. Jlixon said he was personally acquainted ac-quainted with Mr. Tiernaii, "and in Salt Lake we do uot have the least doubt about Ticrnan's road being built. We look upon it as among the absolute eeituinios, and we are as anxious to get a lino down hero to Southern California as you can be to have the road built up there. We have some coal we want to exchange for voiir fruits." "Do you feel that Ticrnnn has good backing?" was asked. "There is no doubt about that in Salt Lake. The banks credit him, ami be- j sides maintaining his surveying forces, ho has imw about :J00 men at work at construction. His intention is to build into Salt Lake, but the construction work has begun about eighty miles south. "Hut who is backing Ticruau?" was asked. "He don't tell us that, but wc know that Rock Island people have declared their intention of building to the coast, and they consult with him a goo. I deal." In regard to the Union l'acilic, Mr. Hi.Non says 1.7(10 men are at work, and traeklayi'ng will begin on eighty-live miles of graded road from Milford south, June 1. AN OLD COMItCTOR TALKS. lie T.-IN uf Suit Lake ril.v'Grealnffs and liefer to a Railroad. William Hi'sou is iu the city from Salt Lake. Of course it is taken for granted that everybody knows who William Ili.xon is. For years he was one of the most popular "Punch lUothers-' in the Santa Fe train service. ser-vice. Then during the boom ho becama a real estate dealer in San Diego, and everybody in this part of the country got acquainted with him, and everybody every-body that did so was glad of il. Some |