Show WANT MONEY 1 FOR RAILROAD salt lake commercial club asked to assist iron mountain st george and grand canyon railroad 2 ja decisive action in the movement to build a railroad to st george and the southern utah country now beems imminent as alie matter has been brought before the salt like commercial club and referred to alie ways and means committee of that organization M T burgess a well known local engineer and director of the iron mountain st george A grand cannon railroad which proposes to build into the southern country appeared before the meeting of the board of governors of the commercial club held thursday afternoon and asked for the support of the commercial club in constructing the line mr burgeess burgees presented some in favor of the building of the line and since it was impossible for the organizers of tho road to construct the line without the support of the commercial club he said that the field was one of the best in the country for the building of a railroad and one which would guarantee the doubling of the money invested in faide of two or three cars after the railroad was completed lie said tho proposed line would start from alie main line of the salt lake route at thermo between milford and lund and extend southward to cadar city from cedar city two branches would be run one extending southwesterly to st george and eventually to a connection the santa fe at kingman ariz the other branch extending through the virgin oilfields oil fields to alie kaibab plateau reaching alie timbered districts of southern utah and extending on to the grand binyon of the colorado in anzon i mr burgess said that a railroad alie country named would bring the tropical and semitropical semi tropical products now shipped in from california and florida within a short distance of salt lake to be had at considerably less cost and of an increased quantity fruits of all kinds and early vegetables would be at the at a doors and a country would bo opened up for winter resort purposes 11 not excelled in the country the country through which alie road would pabs is rich in agricultural horticultural timber and mineral resources and the completion of a railroad would open up a vast empire which would be immediately tributary to lake city and assist wonderfully in building up the il of alie state of ut ill news |