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Show THE BEST ROUTE. Iron County Record. We would call special at tention to the article taken from the WASHINGTON County News concerning the railroad situation, a3 appears in this issue. We jau fully endorse what is therein contained con-tained regarding the advantage of constructing con-structing the new road to tho coast along this route. There is perhaps but little to add to the inducement cited by tho News. To a few points however, how-ever, we would call the attention of the promoters of the prospective line. As remarked by the News, St. George is an ideal winter retreat; and Cedar mountain is an ideal summer resort, and with a little trouble and expense jould be made a splendid summer watering wat-ering place. With a railroad, connecting connect-ing the two places, situated within 60 miles of each other, they wo aid become famous the continent over for summer and winter homes. Cedar City is located in the very heart of a rich mineral region. It is surrounded sur-rounded on all sides by the precious and useful minerals. Gold, silver, copper, cop-per, lead, iron, coal, lime, gypsum (or plaster of Paris,) and good building stone .ire all found within a few miles of here, and in large quantities. There is unlimited tracts of vacant goverment land here which could, by the aid of reservoirs, be brought under cultivation. cultiva-tion. With a railroad extension along this route, via Cedar City, Kanarra, St, George and intermediate settlements new farms would be cultivated, new towns spring up which, added to the manufacturing industries that would be conducted here, and the market . for the products of the farm, orchard and garden all along the line which would be opened, would make this a populous and prosperous region; and where there are people and prosperity a railroad flourishes. With a railroad to furnish an outlet for Dixie's products her fruits and vegetables veg-etables would furnish the Utah markets, now dependent upon California. Besides Be-sides this, Dixie is the natural home of the Canaigre root, which has recently been found so valuable for tanning purposes, it is fouuu there in its wild state in large quantities, and as a cultivated cul-tivated plant would rival the sugar, beet industry, and. would be shipped to all parts of the United Status. Again work for th" railroad. The mining industry never fails to; furnish attractions for a railroad. On almost every hill along the line which we propose there are mines of low grade ore which would pay for shipping ship-ping by rail, but will not justify the long haul to the terminus. The cattle and sheep industries of this reg'on are not to be overlooked. Hundreds of jar loads are annually shipped ship-ped from Milford, and if the road penetrated pene-trated this region, it would not only enjoy the advantage of the additional haulj but would transport the output of Kane County, much of w.hich now goes up the other valley and ever the D. & R. G. , Where Mormon settlements are located, lo-cated, more than elsewhere, ii is profitable prof-itable for a railroad to touch at as many of the settlements along the line as possible, pos-sible, for reason of the custom in vogue of holding general quarterly conference in Salt Lake, which as many of the membei'3 as can make it a point to attend. Feople who otherwise would perhaps never venture outside of their native town, make long journeys jour-neys by wagon to attend conference. With a railroad touching at t heir town many more would attend. Besides the settlements cf southern Utah which would be reached by this line, Beaver-dam, Beaver-dam, Buukerville, St. Joseph and Over- ton, all Mormon settlements, would be touched. nd the distance from Overton Over-ton to Ludlow, the probable connection with the Atlantic & Pacific road, would be only about 150 miles. We might go on without endenuiner-ing endenuiner-ing the advantage-i of the routs we P.3.-vo-'ate, but believe enough has already been said. We believe the promoters of the Statelica extension will eventually build on to the ccast: wc he'ieve before they do so they will carefully con-i shier the possible routes, and we be-' hevc when they have din;! so there will he no hositatloi on frjir part in d-iiUiag in o ir fivj.-. By gia? dr.vn he other way the company would shorten the route a few miles, but ivou'd h ivj an uninhabited dc3.:rt to build throagh, a'al wju! 1 rn'ss ali the a3va itigis iitd, ou'y to scj thotn er.-jjyjd er.-jjyjd by aait'ia. rjil; fjr any p ;r.-:or, whe h is wat:h?d tha eo H'33 of tho R-. G. W, in the p ;st knows f til wj'.l that it is .h 3 vr.' ) 1 1 ;j a ) i iy ti ctnil idly by ail sn . ri'i! rjil rj such j prospsjts without -'ailing itjjif of I ihrrp.. Wo join cost hc-.rf.lv in the d-.ntal i i '.h'S t;-cirl"v-7- '. ".!.-- r I |