Show THE RAILROAD MAY BE BUILT dudley and burke are still continuing their investigations prospects very encouraging the railroad people who have been investigating conditions here have gone leaving very pleasing and encouraging impressions behind them mr burke the engineer of the firm of J G white co new york who was one of the party left saturday going by way of the eastern settlements cedar city Paro vvan and beaver city to marks vale where he will take the train for salt lake city he looked over the bellevue edgo en route as a railroad to the grand canyon traversing the hurricane fault would probably branch off there mr geo R lund tooker took Mr burke out mr and mrs frank A dudley left sunday morning for moapa nevada where they will take the train for salt lake city mr H J doolittle went with them as far as moapa they will take in shem the settlements down alie virgin river and the muddy river settlements en route and also some of the lands which it is proposed to reclaim in that section dudley and burke started early friday morning for the narrows going as far as possible with a rig and then taking to horseback they went nearly through the narrows fording alie virgin river many times and did not return here until eleven at night beang on the go the entire day alie gentlemen stated that a railroad can be built through alie nor rotta alight but that it will be an expensive bit of work mr dudley will meet mr burke in salt lake city and then the gentlemen will spend a few das on business connected with the contemplated railroad before proceeding when been leaving mr dudley told alie editor that if it is decided to build a railroads through this section it will bo a comprehensive road and a good one one tiling very necessary here said ml dudley is the proper conservation of the waters of the ilio virgan and santa clara rivers now going to ak waste by building storage reservoir 80 eliat alie maximum amount of power may always be available for electrification of a line and that large bodies of land nov idle may bo irrigated he also said that alie different companies having rights to water in alie virgin river should get and arrange to leavo all clear bo eliat no hitch may occur when the water power is needed mr dudley seemed pleaded til eliat had been gotten together for him but of eluh give no definite nite of a railroad he did efty it adeina to me from alie figures at blat there would probably be to justify a law being built you people show that you blant the road and are milling to do your part to ard getting it in I 1 chopo the road may be constructed no further ord is expected to be hero from the gentlemen before about six weeks as mr dudley said before leaving that it would take about that length of time to investigate matters before proceeding any further in the meantime the people may feel encouraged cou raged because the interest shown by these railroad men is not mere idle inquiry and because they are not the class of men to haie been drawn liere by a proposition it is more than probable that if a railroad is built by these people that it will afi on an even more ex scale than is generally imagined that it ill be as mr dud icy said a comprehensive and good road |