Show a SAN PEDRO NEW LINE Routet to Reach the Steptoe Valley in Nevada L ALSO TO THE NEW SMELTERS Nows From Whito Pine That tho Company Has Changed Its Route to Take in Pioche Bristol Ely and tI Other Mining Camps of Southern v Kevada Some Engineers Havo ii Lately Been in That Section W BLeeds B-Leeds of the Pennsylvania to Be President of Bock Island Notes The White Pine News says Private L4 advices received here this week from Salt Lake City state that there Is no longer any room for doubt that It Is the I f Intention of the San Pedro LoA Lo-A < Angeles Salt Lake Railroad company I O to bulld their road through Steptoe valley k val-ley thence via Bristol and PIoche l through Clover vallej and on to Los Angeles thus forming with only one t slight dotour almost a direct line from Salt Lake City to San Pedro ffl It Is further stated that a civil engineer en-gineer representing the Clark road l I went over the proposed route within I j I the past few weeks and prepared field J notes for a road both through Steptoe I and Spring valleys the former being Ift I I decided upon as the most feasible route 1 J for the reason that after entering I Steptoe the road through to Bristol j I I and Ploche can be built without a i I curve and over a country that I 1 offers scarcely an obstacle to railroad r rail-road building I That this Information Is based upon IjJ Eomcthlng more than fancy and that It I has In some manner been conveyed to d other sections Interested Is proven by Ii i the fact that Gov Sadler who returned q c to Ely last Thursday evening from a 11 trip through Cave valley and surrounding 1 surround-ing country Informed us that the people d peo-ple of that section are convinced that r i the road will pass either through Step i toe or Spring valleys that Information J J having reached them from a source HI whIch they regard as being thoroughly Is Sellable fill Who the civil engineer Is who Is re uq aorted to have examined the two val Seys for the San Pedro company Is not n 11 nown here unless perhaps it may Ul 1 liave been O M Parsons of Salt Lake i 1 who It will be remembered spent soy I fcral days In Steptoe valley during the 4 latter part of October although of course It is possible that any number U J of parties may have passed over the J ground without attracting any attention atten-tion tionThat i That a change has been made however 1 how-ever In tho plans of the Clark company com-pany has been apparent for several 1 weeks Since the announcement was made that Ploche and Bristol would t be on the main line of the new road f followed by the agreement regarding J the Joint survey it has been plain that ill 1 the contest between the rival companies com-panies over the disputed right of way has been robbed of some of Its bitterness J bitter-ness Then too It is known that tho Importance of Ely has been recognized I recog-nized by the San Pedro people V for some time past and now that there fJ is no longer ft qucstioippisto the permanency per-manency of our Immense copper deposits J de-posits It could not be regarded as good business policy for hem to leave out the most Important point between Salt Lake nnd the coast l The line thus proposed would be almost I al-most a direct one from the point of J I entrance Into Nevada to Los Angeles and In addition to securing the business of Ely It would pass In closo proximity to such wellknown districts as Deep II Creek Dolly Varden Spruce Moun tain Kinsley Cherry Creek Shell I Creek Muncy Creek Aurum Oueen Springs Duck Creek Warm Springs Ward Taylor I Saw Mill Canyon Troy Broom and many other camps the I mines of which are only awaiting the I advent of a railroad to become heavy 1 producers and the tonnage of which 1 would road alono warrant the building of a |