Show FOR THE WHISTLE TO TOOT e certainly hope that some honest to goodness results are derived this time southern utah has had railroad scares and its ally nv gizelis izeris have built many air the coming regarding otles ties railroad and some will eh when a railroad ua sprung on them but oil Q is erth eless such a thing as railroad might inight bo be possible d ri the time was never more pe e than tu at the present king e understand that a great many busand dollars have been spent ely ly in gather gathering I 1 ii g data regarding tho the her ber livestock etc that could bet be dipped aped out of tills this section and that matter has been gone into la it from reliable sources we ra n that the money powers that be very muc much h 8 satisfied atis fied with the out t and we can call see nothing more 01 i able than A railroad when wo we IM that the mountain states telene one company has ventured to spend e amount of money they have in them utah and the union pacific s made the expenditures I 1 they have etien en one looks back and thinks v r people laughed at the fact that these things would happen and y happened and now that the tunis I 1 being completed and the bridge s been built across the colorado bringing moneyed people into the and they becoming interested d having faith in the greatest un eloped country in the world who res es to say what might or might adow now happen this paper wishes for tile the benefit the country the taxing interests I 1 all that that such a thing might ipen and will wel welcome corne a railroad matter what company builds it the be following item from last weeks bune abune may be of interest to our ders what Is regarded as one of af the bt at important railroad construction yemen amenta t s in many years from a endpoint of its effect on pros ri hy was launched wednesday when executive committee of the utah appers traffic association adopted revolution urging the building of a mlle line of railroad from the athera terminus of the denver 0 graude grande western at Marys Mary valo ivale rough southern utah and northern izona to connect with the santa F fe e flagstaff arizona two great benefits are seen by the wets through the building of the i as follows opening up a large consuming toy ter ory iry for agricultural mining 1 manufactured products in artna new mexico and texas a an n area tell ch nort nol no rt is practically closed be boise of rail distances the development of resources in 1 southern part of utah 4 by pro tog direct routes to the large cona coning aing centers port convinces shippers of feets feasibility the resolution was adopted ater after W counsel tor for the asso had submitted a report brov to the satisfaction of the shippers a teas feasibility or of the project the position had been studied carefully 9 last six months mr said there would be we re than enough traffic to justify 26 mile road and that large ton ia would originate along the line in atlon to tile the through traffic mr and W S mccarthy a abr of the executive ire a to present the matter W B 13 stor storey or president of the ich loon on topeka santa fe F 13 Ouch won buchton ton vice president in charge traffic lc and J S pyeatt president ue the denver deliver rio grande western MT aud mr mccarthy left it i lake wednesday night for the ito t to attend a hearing on the south 1 pacifica f fourth 0 arth sect section loil applina III lIl new york en route tp new rk they win will visit santa ro fo officials alft chicago aal will present pent the case r P pyeatt beatt at denver upon their turn PI pe for agreement for y int construction it Is hoped that these two railroads be 9 Coli convinced vinced of thi ta benefits of heeling if line ne and that an ag agree iea at can call be reached for the joint ruction of tile tha mile link re of 0 the greatest natural roi rei 4 e 8 t at t could be developed mr lih e k t sat bald in his report as Is the I 1 a forest rest there are L 0 1 iain feet of timber in great eat stand a n from if IC could be a ut ht feet of timber timbe r A year r without destroying the 0 of the 1110 forest in fact judi c etor utting g would woula bo be of OE benefit to bt bince millions ott reea dlo dio from overcrowding mr air estimated that it the railroad were built the shipments of 0 timber after a few years yeara would amount to between 2000 and carloads annually or about one fourth the amount consumed in utah at present pie sent the largest portion of tile the timber used here cornea comes from the northwest the remarkable agricultural possibilities bili ties of oe the region which the line would tap also were brought out graphically in mr air Pric ketts report region now one of Great greatest undeveloped areas in tact fact mr air declared declare the southern utah and northern arizona region Is ono of the greatest andev undeveloped loped areas tit in the united i states at the present time the railroads circle it and it is languishing because of 0 inadequate transportation ile he pointed out that southern utah is an ideal dairy country and that a railroad line would result in developing hundreds oi og carloads of dairy products each year for shipment to outside markets the possibilities for raising potatoes lettuce and other vegetables are ara unexcelled and accessibility lity to markets would result in the tha production of oe between and carloads dAr loads of potatoes alone each year he said the line would originate between ono one and two million pounds of 0 wool every year and would afford a direct outlet for the movement of livestock to the los angeles market it was pointed out by mr the other great benefit lie he said would be in providing a direct route from utah and other intermountain states to arizona new mexico and texas shippers must send goods by indirect routes at the present time tima utah shipp erp in sending their goods to arizona Ari zonay for instance must ro route ate them firsti first to io daggett or colton calif via the union pacific and then back into arizona on the santa pe fe or so southern u th pacific a the distance now from salt lake to flagstaff ariz via the union pacific and connections is 1014 miles while via a direct connecting route through marksville marysvale Marys vale ville it would only be miles or a saving of miles mr said there would be commensurate savings of distance to other points in arizona and new mexico 1 1 it Is obvious mr Pr said that utah shippers would realize a great benefit by this shortening of distance at the present time they fire are practically I 1 shut out of oc flie he arizona no new mex mexico ico territory shippers also vision greater tourist traffic the he shippers also vision a heavier tourist travel to the southern utah parks if the connecting line is built the santa fe fa takes approximately visitors to the tha south rim of the great canyon each year many of whom undoubtedly would make tours into utah and probably as far north as the yellowstone the grand canyon which the railroad would have tos toa pan on a huge bridge similar to the one on e recently completed at lees ferry feny always has been a barrier between utah and arizona it was pointed out it also has isolated what Is called the arizona strip from the main part of the state and greatly complicated the administration of governmental affairs in that corner of the state thus according to the shippers the proposed railroad would not only unite utah and arizona but two now practically alien parts of the latter commonwealth i plan interview with state commissioners while in the east mr tt and mr air mccarthy will interview members of the public utilities 0 of f arizona and new mexico ath regard to the proposition tho the two loc local at men upon their return n will furnish additional reports to the utah shippers traffic association members ot of the executive a committed who were present at wednesdays wednesday s meeting were C P castle chairman F W horning J S taylor roy butlen bullen C B hawley V A tracy leon sweet gus gua P backman mr me mccarthy and mr herbert S erbauch Auer Au banch president 0 the association and J ID earley arley E see sec rotary are out of the city |