Show EDITORIAL correspondence september the air is full of railroad rumors all sanpete and sevier counties alie only thing that one eleias to think about is either the extension of the valley railroad the burldine buil dine of the U P line from juab to the great coal deposits of orthe D K G branch from thistle station through sanpete and sanpete counties that there is a foundation for some of this is evident from the fact that surveying parties for each of these projects are now at work the fact is assured also that the S P V R R will extend at least to manti and that too right away A surveying party left salt lake city for this purpose today to day and as rights ul way li ive been granted through the cities f ephraim and manti und a block of land donated in each place for depot grounds on the conditions that work is to be commenced inside of six months the people in the south end of sanpete may rest assured that the iron horse will soon snort in their direction this extension will not only be a good thing for the railroad but it will be a great blessina to the community the great amount of business being done in shipping cattle wool lumber liay grain produce etc and the increasing passenger traffic to Manti on temple business has made the contina aaion of this railroad a positive necessity As much as alie sanpete valley lla il road lias been ridiculed it is a fine little road and one that hae done and is still doing much towards the development of sanpete county the roadbed is remarkably mar kably good a fact demonstrated by alie easy manner in which the cars glide over the rails superintendent kerr whose headquarters are at moroni is a 5 oung gentleman of enterprise and he lets no grass grow under his feekin look ins after the welfare of his road traveling from moroni to nephi on alio S P V R II 11 we met mrs ellen T jakeman jake man the talented wife of mr jas T jakeman editor of the manti sentinel this lady is president of the comans womans association of sanpete county and is remarkably gifted as a writer while a mere girl the public first became acquainted with her from a beautiful poem from her pen lier first attempt it bearis published in her early days east ern authors have written to her acknowledging her abilities mrs jake nuin is one of prominent writers and one that will yet bo recognized sanpete county has experienced a season of misfortunes this summer what with the drought and the floods As a result most of the men are away from homa working on the R G W this condition is entirely different to that of county there the crops have been almost while water has been plentiful the people in savier arc looking forgard for vard to a busy time this winter getting out railroad ties the timber is situated away back in alie which will make the work not only more difficult but considerably more pensive alie reported gold discovery at the valea in the northern end cl diute piute county lias more than ever made the prospects of the building of alie it G W into eliat district a probability one of tha owners of the mine mi charles crano of kanosh is said to received in cash for liis interest B that RS it may the assay otten g discovered ar kably elal sa u we doubt not but that a big business will be done there the fact cannot bo disputed that county is one of the mineral sections in the territory it is not rs notable for the abundance of tho precious ns for alie possession of unusual minerals in a remarkable state of purity it is an opinion entertained by tho most competent judges that the purity of the antimony beds found in this county is BO great as to justify its shipment to manufacturing centt es in europe at a profit to all concerned prospecting recently done in this county has resulted in the discovery of vast coal beds of a peculiar character it burns readily and can be had in quantities the P K G is to tap cheso beds with its line from thistle diute piute county has no railroad the D RG being the most accessible and alie nearest 0 o inconsiderable amount of money has been in llie county in pushing forward alis mining interests and when the time arrives as it is certain to do within a reasonable period that alie active utilization of the varied mineral shall have been permanently undertaken i new era of prosperity will set in sanpete county is one of the finest counties in utah in all that is calculated to enhance its material welfare the people there manifest unusual shrewdness and skill they inbreed the best strain of blood into horses and cattle they take the very best care of their block they own large herds of cattle and the numerical of their flocks of sheep is greater than in any other section of tho samo area in the territory the county is by no means without mineral deposits it has vast coal beds and the opinion is expressed by a thoroughly posted gentleman it would be that impossible to sink a depth of feet along any of the foothills of the mountains on the east of the valley without striking coal tho coal is of a coking c tor and the asp sec u market for coke aoa establishing coking wor icsis said to hay been the motive that induced the construction st of the sanpete valley railroad the magnificent temple ai manti in aliis county is built on one of ahe remarkable oolite hills that exist in the county and from stone of the same character taken from a quarry within half a mile this stone is a valuable building material and is found in great quantities all over the county proving of great commercial benefit to sanpete San pete there are several cities and any number of thriving settlements in the county county probably suffered more than any other portion of the territory from indian attacks and hence is not as forward in development and population as she otherwise would have been any one who lived in those places seventeen or eighteen years ago vill recollect the dread in which the indians were held how many lives were lost and how much property was destroyed at one time all the settlements in sevier county south were broken up and deserted the effect of these conat nat and aggravated assaults was materially to retard developments in this section this county is named after the river which runs through it it is an excellent grazing district and is inferior only to sanpete in its capacity for raising the lack of ready and cheap transportation has operated seriously against alie more rapid and development of the county the opening of alie mines in marysvale Marys vale and the ac tiye operation of the antimony works both in diute piute county would overcome in a large measure these drawbacks but the disadvantages arising to the former because of the absence of cheap transportation affect tho mining interests similarly and until the one is relieved unless there should be a great deal more profit in mining the other is likely also to be dull the pushing forward of the valley railroad Eail road and of the D R G as are now settled facts will both interests A rilford ril roRd to live in that section will have to be moderate in its tariffs and moderate tariffs with the rapid transformation rail communication gives towards obliterating the geographical conditions now operating against sevier county W |