Show h salt lake route plans extensions plans are under consideration consi dention by the salt like route to build in an ex tension 20 miles long to the st thomas branch which leaves the hamline main mam line of the road at moapa that the coil coal iron and ti timber in ber lan ian is of the southern counties of utah may be tapped in addition there is a large icer acer age of agricultural land in the bouth south ern counties which can be dellop ed thru the building of a railroad already there hae have been formed several companies in southern cal to develop the coal and tin ber of southern utah and build ir it projects in the event the branch is coil constructed sti acted officers of the silt lake route said yesterday gome some work had been done in connection with the build ing of a railroad into southern utah but that it had not been fully de tor tenn mined ined whether to build the line as ar extension of the st thomas branch or hare have the branch leave some bome other point on the main line traffic offic officers erzi of the salt lake route said yesterday that all mat of construction are considered by the operating department they bould not comment on oil the propos e ei I 1 route other than to aay ay that it would tapa tap a rich country ahe the line would be located midway k 00 between salt lake and los angeles on the salt lake route if it is built as an extension to the st thomas branch moapa is antes from salt lake and the st thomas branch is twenty one miles long herald republican |