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Show ture of Hot Spriugs, Ark., hanging in his office. The well known ealof the Missouri Pacific iu one corner is evidence evi-dence that thu portrait is ofiicial. Roses All the Year" is the title of a handsomely colored calendar issued by the Missouri Pacific. The pictures represent rep-resent the cities and countries through which th pre.it line passes. S. V. Dorrah is the passenger agent for Salt Lake City. . - . THE tfpiVJUMOADS A Conservative Citizen Talks About Ealt Lake's Future From a Bail-road Bail-road Standpoint, THE HEW PBOVO-PARE CITY LINE Tat Five Eoads Mean Millions to the Piouarty of This Place Reference Refer-ence to tit Routes. A conservative business man read with interest in last night's Times the account of the Droposed building in the pring of the Deep Creek railroad. He panned after reading and, looking up, motioned to a reporter, who dropped Into a vacant chair. . "I have lived iu Salt Lake city for more than lif teeu years. Tonight I can candidly say that never before in the history of this place does the future of iho city appear to me to be so great. Theieare people here, possibly, only for speculation; there are others who feali.u that this is destined to bo the thy of homes in all this wido west; others may see signs that indicate an unrivaled manufacturing center, and, no doubt, the foregoing ideas are correct. cor-rect. In my opinion, Salt, Lako will, at a day in the very noar future, be the greatest railroad center west of the Mississippi. "You ask, What will make her such? Now, listen: At the present time the Union Pacific, K. (i. W. and the Utah Central lines make Salt Lake their most important point in the territory. What matters it if the Union Pacific construction department's ollice here be discarded and the dispatcher's ollice ho moved to Ogden? 'There are better things than these iu store for the people if they but know it. That Deep creek road, for which J. II. Hacou and his associates must be thanked and supported sup-ported will infuse additional activity and prosperity into Salt Lake and the surrounding country to an extent never dreamed of by the most conservative "The outlet from hero to the western side of Utah will be of great signili-cance. signili-cance. The expert engineer who went over the proposed route has made, I am led to believe, a report that is flattering flat-tering in detail. If at this time his report re-port be made public thousands of speculators, spec-ulators, investors and prospectors Would llock to the Deep Creek country and take up claims. T he very fact that so many long-headed Salt Lakers havo already sent men there to locate claims and survey for patents is an indication that tho mineral land is of exceedingly great value. Practical men can easily see whether or not if there is any value in tho lands composing a mineral district. dis-trict. "The work of constructing that railroad rail-road next spring means an exodus to the land of inestimable wealth. The samples from the prospects assay away up and the Lord only knows what will be the result when development is done. "Besides the Deep Creek road there are others to be considered. The Boise City. Seattle & Salt Lake railroad will bo another great feeder to this citv. Here is an opportunity for the people of this city to assist in an enterprise that will pass through great mineral, timber, grazing and agricultural agricul-tural counties. Afajor Wilkes is championing cham-pioning the enterprise and he deserves the linancial support of all people who have the welfare of Salt Lake at heart. "But this is not alone in the enterprise enter-prise of building railroads. Within a very short time a new lino is to be built from Provo City to the famous mining district, Fureka, Tintic. The men at the head of the affair have an abundance of capital and thev will see that Ihe line is a sure thing. Now some people are inclined to believe this road will be an offsping of the Rio Grande Western. True, it is pretty difficult to pav yes or no in this case and bo able to back up with facts. However, when the road is built, Provo will be bene-litted bene-litted and Salt Lake will obtain a share tu. "And now let me tell you of the latest railroad scheme. It is the ono to lie constructed from Provo to Park City. The line is to pass through Ileber and it will give that important city a grand send-off. The people at Provo are awake and they will assist in all possiblo ways in the construction of tho lines. Then there is the Utah, Nevada fc California road, in which Colonel Moore is chief actor. Not long ago ho told me the thing will be dead sure, ami if the Salt Lako people give sufii-cient sufii-cient assistance tho road would be extended ex-tended here: Hero are five new roads which will undoubtedly contribute rail-lions rail-lions to Salt Lake's prosperity. "I'm sure tho public will agree with me that the outlook for this city is particularly par-ticularly bright at tho present timo. But this is only from a railroad standpoint. stand-point. There are many other things and reasons that might be mentioned as feeders to the wealth of tho city, but what I have said will suffice for this time. "And let me add that the men in Salt Lako who are earnestly working for the interest and advancement of the city deserve to be encouraged. True the"y have to earn their bread and butter but the work they are doing cannot be measured by money in these days. They are endeavoring to advance aud build a city that is not a boom but which shall be mighty, powerful and important in this intermountain region long after you and I shall have been dead. Utah today is the ttnfathomed tnapire of the west." It Means Millions. The Deep Creek fever is spreading in all directions. Shell & Wamplcr, the Salt Lako headquarters for news from that country, aro busy selling lots at Clifton. Dr. Nunn of this city bought a lot and sold half of it yesterday to another party. The Deep Creek means millions for Salt Lake people. Railroad Notes. The Union Pacific receives $123,000 per month from the ore business done at Eureka station. S. O. Nielson and L. Nielson of Fair-view Fair-view will furnish 100,000 ties for the Rio Grande Western. S. H. II- Clark, general manager of the Union Pacilic.. is expected iu Salt Lake city some of these tine days. Harry Parker, formerly with tho Burlington, Bur-lington, today entered upon his duties n freight solicitor for the Rio Grande Western. Tho road to Garfield beach will by the time the bathing season opens have improved facilities for carrying tho multitude to tho resort. Another Union Pacilic man today entered en-tered in the employ of tho Rio Grande Western. S. E. Dewey, who is holding down the claim clerk's desk. Contracts for ties and rails for t he new Tintic lino will soon bo let. The people of Tintic are awake and will push the road for all it's worth. Tiokct Agent Hedges has a nice pis- |