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Show Soutlnvesteia Ulah. Walter C. Maxwell was vi-ite-d this morning liyauirprewrejiorter. This gentleman recently returned from a trip of several weeks in Southwestern Utah and Southeastern South-eastern Nevada. He returned about ten day ago. To the reporter Mr. Maxwell said that the outlook for tiie e-ar!y completion of the railroad rail-road lietween Salt Lake City and l-s Angeles was very encoura -ing. Ninety er cent of all the grading is completed of the 1 i miles of road south of Miiford, Utah, including the tweutj -iight miles branch road to Pioche, Nevada. Meadow Valley Is the present terminui. A larjte qiiautity of ties aud rails area!-r-aily delivered at Milfcrd. Mr. Maxwoll imparted the information, winch will le news to the great majority of people in this section, th.it tiie ik w road is celled the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line and Utah Northern itaitroul. it being a p-.rti.n: of that feeder of the Uiilou I'aeifti-. Sir. Maxwell ln-lii-ves that tin road wiil I in oiieralinn before tlie end ot the year. When tht portion rounecting the road with Lo-A Lo-A ngeles stiuil be ennq 'eted thlg city will be alit 7i miles closer to Ogden by nilroad than it now is via thoCeutral I'acific. It will save a whoii- day on the overland routeauV a great era of prosperity will then open lor I Angeles. Mr. Maxwell packed a Ivodie camerj witii him on hih trip, and &s he is quite an expert amateur photographer, he suciteeled in securing a laige col Iee-tlon of views if the counlrv through which he pass-wl. link' lievestbat somewliere in Southern Utah will rl-e the 1'ittsburg of the i I'-N-ific. v rich isthatcemiitry iu coal aud irou. All that they are waiting for is railiuad -omniunlcn-thin. The hills are m luutains of iron nearly cheniicallv puie. Mr. Slaxwell exhibited many choice spscimeus of anthracite "enal and iron which he livl collected. He al-o say tlfit the hilN are covered w ith a dense grewth of nut pine, nil valuable fur fuel. He looks for quite a revival in sliver mining as soon as the road is onened. ami Pioche he re(rts to lie a lively camp. Angtlet Exrrttt. |
