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Show TIIK WKbTKItN U0.VI). nhat Ihc los Angeles Pcoplo Think of tho Proposition I litre. Willi tlio work that is being dona on tho prrjectcj Bait l.ulo nnd Pad Ik lotd In this city, tbe Donver, Bait hake and Ban FmiicIio line In Den ver, and the roul icaohlng this way from Los Angeles, it nppcars Ulllloult to discern how the construction oi a new railway west from UiIiliiv ran be troveuted. All things cuiiuecleu wltn theiu tobemes point to tbo build-lug build-lug el eucli it toad lu the near future, aud Indicate that now Is iho opportune oppor-tune time for tho movement. lie-kardlng lie-kardlng the Los Ankclre inoceedliigs which wero mrutlancd lu the Ntwa latt Monday, lu u ulipalcli from the City cf the Angela, the fjllowlng la from tho tzj rut of that place! Tho most lmiortaut railroad contract con-tract for long tliuo lu this riglon was awarded within thopaet lew days, aud Ir regarded us thu most definite step yet made towards Iho much-talked-of railroad from I,ui Angeles to Belt Lake City, lhls tuntract was given by the Los Angcluf, Owens Vail. & Utah railroad company lo I'. 11, Ureeu of thla city, to construct a lluu ot railroad Iroui Mojave to InJiponJen a dl-tancuofulMutlSO dl-tancuofulMutlSO miles. Tlio coit li uoouh.,iot,uw, and Ibo work la to bu done within ntno mouths. The mil. road company is au l.ngllih syndicate aud la backed entirely by l.ngll-h cat 1-tal. 1-tal. Theaaiue company Is building n i anal 110 miles Ijii;, to run from six-teen six-teen inllea above I dejendenco Co the ludlmi Wills valley, lty means of this great Irrigating miln, It la Intended Intend-ed to open up to settlement S3S,UOO acres of laud, and the new railroad will pass through them lands, Frederick otook, the president of tho company, ataloi that work will commenoeuu the new line as soon as Surveyor H. L. It; an and hi. corps ofmeu getln, which will bu about the 29th luataut. The line, Mr. Bteek says, la entirely Independent of any olUercomrau,aud Is to bu built entirely en-tirely with Ungllih eupltal. Honda ol the road havo all been sold. Tlio surveyors sur-veyors will next lay out a route to Los Angeles from Mojave.ooiulmr through tho Ban Feruaudo valley by way of Paoolma. ll la proposed alter this la uoue, to survey n line lo Bait Lake City with tbe view of aucurlugoveutu. ally tho muji needed aud much die-cuiied die-cuiied Una of railroad from Losj Angelea to Bait Lake, The great Importance Im-portance of thla road liua time and agalu beeu Bet forth, aud It looks like ino construction ot this aectlon now under contrsct will go a long way to-wards to-wards securing tho way to cheaper fuel for this riglon, aud ait stores or useful use-ful and precious metals, to say nothing of tho Increased market for the products pro-ducts of this section, Mr. Block aald nothing bad yet beeu decided as to the terminal anilities at this end of the line. F. U, Green, who lias tbe lint big contract, is n well known resident oi this cily.and Is well acquainted with tho oountry through wlilcli he lias lo woik. Commenting edltorally upon this lutjrot, that (mper loyii Tho Irpreti today prints the gralliylng now u,,t a nontrael lias teen l.t f.ir thu ,.... Btructlon of a railroad from Mojave to lndeptudenoe,the county seat of Inyo. This is a prsctlcul realisation of n project pro-ject that haa long been talked or In this part of the state. It means great benerlti lo Ii Augelea, rer tbl. lino will certainly divert from Ban Frau-clico Frau-clico thu trade that now goes over the Carson and Colorado and connecting lines to the hay oily. Hut thla la not all. Thu company that has taken this enterprise lu nand is to bull! a railroad giving Los Angeles direct oouueolloii with Ball Lake, Thu road from Mejave to ludependsuco Is but a section of tbo prelected truux lluu from tbls city to Bait Lake, President Block, of thu now Los Angeles, Owona Valley and Utah rallroal con.. (any, announces that such Is the Intention In-tention of thu com( uny, un J it appears that abundance of Uugllah uaplt.l Jj forthcoming for thu construction of tho road. A railroad to Bait Lake la ono of tho great needs of thla city aud of Uouthoru California, It means a large increaio in our trale and prosperity. It will bring cheap coal, which is thu great desideratum for nmt'UIaoturlug enter-I enter-I rlieo here, aud It will lurnlih ii new aud highly iidvautagoousoullufo! the produots uf this region, I he now road will connect with somo ot the moat liuportantrallroajsjslimi ou tlio con. tlnetil, aud 111 msuy n)i u ill add materially to the commercial Importance Import-ance of Los Angeles, |