Deseret News | 1865-03-29 | Page 8 | Navigation of the Colorado

Type issue
Date 1865-03-29
Paper Deseret News
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Navigation of the Colorado
Type article
Date 1865-03-29
Paper Deseret News
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 8
OCR Text navigation OF tiie tile COLOR i ADO in a eon con volition foil with captain ja thos K I 1 True worth we have lorn learned ed some inter interesting estlin items in relation to thu the navigation I 1 of the colorado river and if all that I 1 the capt so san gan ganguin oly ely antic antie anticipated etin ean can bo be accomplished the citizens IS of fals fais this territory will be greatly benefited as ws well as those who embark in tile lucrative business of bringing merchandise from san san francisco to calls landing from what we have learned it seems that there is considerable able abie opposition to any person or company attempting to bring steamboats or barges above hardys Lan landing landine dirig and alid there are arc obvious reasons for ibn this but the true interests Inter of if itah I 1 tali tail are or should be first and a till foremost ith avery tery true truie el citizen altizen and whether tin tilt gentleman gentle gentie nian ahone named be toe enga engaged ed to assist in overcoming the ilie obstacles that have to in ili overcome or not pot we c ha ila t duty to perform ill in this tins matter cap tip T frohn that lie lu brought from front tile the mouth of the colorado about one hundred tons ol 01 freigau frei frel 0 giu gih lii iii a portion ot of which he lie discharged at la paz pa part of his liis cargo consisted of tf iilo feet of lumber which ile lie at first calculated lie stated for lor 1 ill gil I I 1 s lan cintr but hut learnix learning 91 when within I 1 evvi renty ny eight ma miles point that arother eail call a 10 I 1 lidid it ad iett left for his home hoine in da is county ile lie h hit bit it lt ft his boat and a large harge 1 12 16 ly loy 2 2 16 feet and made his way to this rity eity r ity according to his liis estimates mates it is ninety eight mills milas from froin hardy s to alls landing and wid lie feels i freight ean bp be brou glit from S han san an pr francl franci an accio eio elo cio 0 for oue our third I 1 rei rel less les than it now HOW costs and tind further says nass sas has he lie will agree to bring iriki 71 une unc hundred tons bateas rate as tn in experiment and for the purpose of of denton denion demonstrating that it can be ile lone done the capit i ile he thinks will vill littlie greatest obstacle to overe cn ome oine in dle the twenty ei eight t bi will onti bolich enli lie liaw lias not vet yet navigate i tutt I 1 with the ri lii ili elit eilt erit clit dilli of providing HI tor for boats bonts eliat ill iii it ma may tu tj brought up the river the Cup eup captain raili is of tile the opinion that it will till take tike about a i ill ili month olith to make dw trip froidl irom tiit flit boulli 1 h of the river riven to Call Vall ville villu I 1 lu ludith tur rith u itil the natural iner itier tv tui tut t ut of facility s t upon the tile tit nil att out of algell a it laudant lau iau dalt dalde entire froin the gnit it at western emporium will s in ill a short time it 11 tt 11 oti ini inside f thirty days the Mert veda Vena wilile itile A liboi bovia lalion tion of 0 lf alila illis city cloy eity cloy i ity loy we are informed an arv res resolved nivea alved lo 10 do lii all ill ili ill their power to demonet demonstrate nate rate tiu tin ilie ilu I 1 feasibility and anil iw ss odthe ot tiie ol 01 4 orado route
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