Show FORA RAILROAD survey now being made of route for railroad to connect grand canyon with salt lake route the preliminary survey of the railroad that 13 to connect alic grand canyon of the colorado with the salt at lund will be started this week the company which is organized by salt lake and eastern capitalists was incorporated in salt lake city last thurmay Thur day and will be known as the utah southern railroad company the company has a capital stock of m shares of each of which shares arc held in the treasury the officers are frank A dudley president victor E huntzicker first vice president and treasurer H C edwards second vice president A H peabody secretary and these with H P dark 0 E asleton and jay milner form the directorate the company takes for a report mado by J 0 ahito co and by frank A dudley on tho feasibility of the road all hold one share of stock except dudley who holds 94 shares frank A dudley and charles T inman were in cedar city monday awaiting the arrival from new york of J W burke an engineer of the well known firm of railroad construction st J 0 white co of new york on tho arrival of mr burke that day or tuesday a preliminary survey of the proposed railroad route will be commenced from lund going by way of in order to get an easy grade on to the hurricane plateau tho party expects to bo at la verkin by friday or saturday the fact that mr enmin is with mr dudley seems to confirm the rumors that they have joined interests it will be remembered that mr inman was at the head of a company proposed building a line to connect the harmony coal holds with the salt lake route at lund and also to connect with cadir city and the iron and coal fields in iron county the main object of tho railroad now proposed seems to bo to tip the immense body of timber four billion feet on the kaibab plateau this side of the grand canyon then there will be a big tourist travel to the grand canyon during the summer months which will doubtless assume big proportions alien it becomes known that the view of the grand canyon from alie kaibab plateau is vastly superior to hit obtained from the south side which is reached by a branch of the santa fc from williams it ia cs imater that this branch camba tourists each year to the 3 rand canyon they get an inferior biow with the superior attractions afforded this side it may 30 supposed that the tourist travel would greatly exceed that of the williams branch of the santa fe if the preliminary survey shows no senous obstacles the lino will no doubt bo built for there will bo piling business for it from the start fhe figures given of the amount of saw timber available four billion feet are by tho government timber experts and they aro more to the amount thin go to the other ex this alono ought to justify the building of the road providing always there arc no serious engineering obstacles to overcome and wo understand there arc not but tho timber and tourist travel are not the only incentives although wing at alie timo the chief resources they undoubtedly command first attention there aro several mineal properties on alio route that will become active pro lucars when transportation is assured copper silver coal petroleum and other minerals all wait or a railroad besides this the proposed road will go through part of the lands which aro about to bo reclaimed by water from tho virgin river giving an impetus to settlement and cultivation eliat will quickly bring the country to tho aront we hope the preliminary survey will justify a continuation of work until the road is completed it would bo the means of making a rich little empire of this dixie country and would open up scenery to the bount that cannot bo equaled anywhere else on the face of the globe s E M mcarthur and ed M brown leh this morning for la vcr kin to join the railroad party composed of frank A dudley and others who are surveying a railroad route to the grind canyon each of the men going from hero will take a four horse team baggage wagon and provisions the entire party will consist of about twelve persona f A liappa family M but an earlier |