Show I SALT LAKE CITY AS ROUTING CENTER That Salt Lake City Is 15 th the logical shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping and routing c center for lower California Cali Cali- fornia shipments from Montana Idaho and northwestern points is the statement statement state state- ment merit of J. J II l assistant genEral general gen gen- eral freight an and passenger agent of the Salt Lake route who returned from a trip to those sections last night Mr 1 lies has made mado a lon long bug and circuitous trip covering al all the northwest territory on behalf of his road an and de declares de- de clares clarea that It is cheaper for shippers from that territory to route via Ia Salt LaJe e than It would be to ship down the time coast In Inthis Inthis Inthis this declaration Mr Ir Manderfield considers the long hauls which would be avoided by shipping through this city and also says that 0 owing to the freight rate tariffs as now existing it would be cheaper and more macre expeditious Mr l found general business conditions vel very good and amid states that the northwest northe territory Is yer very prosperous |