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Show I From Mormon Zion I To California's Paradise I Utah and Nevada are now Linked with Los Angeles by Salt Lake Route New Road Penetrates a Land Replete with Money Making B . , Opportunities, and Presents an Added Means of m Growth to Utah and Nevada. I (By J. Doniion Rouvls, llrstpnsson- I gor ovor tbo Satl Lako Routo. ), I "Two ovonts, ono already como to 1 puss and nnothor, to bo fulfilled in I loss thnn GO days, aro destined to 1 bocomo Integral parta of tlio hlBtory I of Salt Lako Olty and tho Stato of I Utah. "Tho day tbnt Senator Clark nnd bis nssooiutoa began work on tho Salt Lako Routo to Loa Augoloa la tbo llrat of tboso historical milestones, and ' tbo dato of tbo inauguration of i through train sorvico from Snlt Lako ' Olty to tbo City of tbo Angola will I constituto tho other. "Dating from tbo hour in which traitiB begin to rnovo ovor.tbe groat stool highway'botwoon Salt Lako and tbo Soa, a mighty forco will hnvo boon put In motion, which will bo-como bo-como a potont factor in shaping tbo dostiuy nnd futuro groatuoss of Salt Lako and ovory olty In Utah. Ovor this now artory of trado will inovo tho goods of California and of tbo Orient. Booking among othor places, n market in Salt Lako City, thus inducing lowor prices for uoodful . commodities and thereby creating now V Holds for merchandising. "With this trallio will oomo moro pooplo Booking n business foothold, an invofitmont or u homo. Witboll, moro berths will bo oponod for tho working man and tho moobnulo, and f , , , with, tbo dovoiopmont .of- tbh JuoJ 3jr dbptwiU along" ho new lltto? ninunfac- I tnrlug will bo foatorod and fuotory S" wbistloa will ovoutually bocomo tho Blogans of n greater industrial pro- r siority than now provuils. . "Iu'ordor to brnco thoso prodio- i ' . tions with somotbiug moro than a ,? foundation of hopo and promise, lot ua for tbo benefit of our loss sauguino 1 readers, oousidor tbo inlluoiioo whioh ' baa boon oxortod upon tbiB comniuul ty by tbo coniplotlou of tho othor- railway systoms. "True prosperity began with tho W . opening of tbo Union Paoiflo und Central 1'aclllo, moro prospority followed tho ovont of tbo Rio Gruudo system nnd to tho Oregon Short Lino ; do wo owo countless gnins in popul- I ntion and commoroinl groatuoss. Wo cannot Bparo any of tboso linos, thoir discontinuance would bo a veritable calamity, a blighting frost upon our ndvunoo as a stato and city. Each of thoso linos baa opened now territory, terri-tory, has oxompliflod tbo law of gravity grav-ity in making easy tbo movement of trado nnd population to Utah und bor sister stutos and tboy now constituto tho trado artorlos of tho region. "Thus, by taking tho rulo of tbo past as tho moasuro of tho futuro, in arriving at tho bonoflts to bo conferred con-ferred upon this region by tho operation oper-ation of tho Salt Lako Routo, ono can safoly predict that thoro aro groat things in storo for Utah. This bo-liof bo-liof la strongtbonod by a glanco at tho industries uwaiting dovolopmeut along tho 700 miles of tho now rond. "Beginning within tbo limits of tho county whoroiu Zion 1b situated, tho Salt Lako Routo enters mining districts whoso worth has boon proven nnd whoso output has boon mugnill-oont. mugnill-oont. Tho possibilities of thoso oloso to-homo cumps is maguillod Hovoral diumotors, whon tho coppor-rioh region of Mllford ia reachod. Horo sovoral promising mines nro boing rapidly dovolopod into stars of tbo llrat magnitude in tho category of coppor produoors, und Samuel Now-houso Now-houso is, among others, making now conquests aa u prombtor. "Howovor, this present notivlty in llouvor county is but tho koruol of its futuro proaporlty for tho oponing of through tnivol along tho now road will rosult in bringing hundreds of prospootora und promotora from tho coast end. This influx of now pooplo will iuovitnbly result In a tromond-ous tromond-ous revival in Bouvor'a minoa and. f thoso who now own want to think twice boforo tuking tho llrst oifor for thoir holdings. "With tho same careful scrutiny that will characterize prospcotiug for thoprooious motals, llkowiso will tho nowcomors along tho lino look into tho doposits of iron in Iron couuty and coal in Codur. Tbcso tronsuro troves, whioh nnturo baa dopositod for tho bonotlt of man and which havo thoso many years awaited dovolop mont into great money making enterprises, enter-prises, nro destined to soon feol jtho magic touch of monoy nnd transportation. transpor-tation. Accossibilty is tbo secret of tho rapid dovolopmeut of any region re-gion und this is tho forco tbnt tho railroad, provides,. "Side by sido with tbo minornl developments, de-velopments, will como tbo iuovitablo investigation by,, capital its, both largo and small, into tho feasibility of irrigating vast and fortilo trnots in tho Escnlunto valley. This rather prosaic rdgion, visited now by tho comparativo few who travel along tbo Cullonto division, may next dovolop into tho niaguot with which to attract tho dollars of capitalists, who seek a chance to redeem a dosort by tbo square milo and thou rotnil it by the aero to the public. Thero is room ouougb in this valley for 5000 farms. "As wo go south from Modoun, tho lino crosses tho summit into No-vndaand No-vndaand descends to Calento it-town worth watching. Cullonto lias many things to reoommend it as a sure growor, for besides being tbo division beadqunrtors it 1b tbo outlltlng point for Piooho, Gold Reef, and nil othor mining enmps within a CO miles radius. ra-dius. "Tho town baa already begun to omoko with municipal onorgy. It has throo botols, half a dozon rooming houses, n saloon to ovory 50 of tho population and with a population of ovor 700, is rapidly growing to u 1000. Thoro is not a hotter plnco along tho lino to locato in ouy mor cantllo, businoss and fortune is in sight for tho man or woman who opona a good hotel or restaurant. Calinte is also tho boudquartora for n numbor of mining companies whoso operations begin at tho olty limits, whoro Humorous workings may bo soon, and oxtoud ovor tbo ojitiro nd joining rogion. Somo of the moro sauguino of Cnllonto's citizens bo-llovo bo-llovo tbn inevitably this town will bo tho site of a smelter and othor reduction worke, to treat tho ores of tbo uoarby initios, and this prediction predic-tion ia strengthened by tho fuct thut Cullonto baa tbo finest water supply of auy part of thut region und is situated situ-ated in n basin to whioh all roads lead. Calionto's merchants aro very prosporoua nud building, lota havo gone up in throo months from $200 to $800, on tho Main Streot. "From Calionto to Monpa, tho noxt town of iraportuueo, you puss down tho Mondow Vulloy Wash, tho hlstorio old trail followod by tbo Mormon pionoors. On pithor sido of tho trnok, tbo mountains givo indications indi-cations of boing hoavily minorulizod und tho mark of tho prospector is ovidonood by tbo tunnels nnd dumps, scuttorod along tho hillsidoo. "Upon reaching Moupn you hup-pily hup-pily omorgo from tho nnrrow dollies of tho wash to tho broad, greon Holds of tho Moupa vulloy. Fod by tho sprlnga at its source, tho Muddy riv-or riv-or Hows pouoofully through a rogion whoso fortuity nnd climato aro ro-mnrkoblo ro-mnrkoblo to tho oxtont, tbnt tropical fruit grows thoro utitouohed by tho frost, tho your round, . nmld a totn poraturo wannor than that of Southern South-ern California. "Suoh udvnntagos in climato nnd water supply aro Buro to mnko Moupn a town of slzo and Importance and thoso foaturoa havo ulrondy resulted iti'beavy buying of tho town lota, lu- 77i sido lota aro soiling nt $00 and corners cor-ners at $70 ami' tho townsito ownora' claim that low than 350 out of 1000 lota romaltt ntHBoid. This foretells much noltvlty and with tho nucleus I nlrondy forniodiiuraoly, a lino gon-oral gon-oral store, several residences and a sohool, Moapajs futuro seoms prno-tically prno-tically nseured.jjHumo porepootors aro outUttliig bore for Hull Frog whioh Ib about 05 mJloa "distance. "Thus far, Mr. Roader, vj mvo now trnvoled ovor lalf iho dlstanco to Loo'AngclcBvteCuHoulo boing UHO miles south .oft Salt Lako Olty, with Moupa nbout'an oven 400 miles nway. "Now, ua wooliinb up from tho valloy of tbo Mjiddy River, tho road gradually ascends to tho broad plain whoro rosta La'aOjgas, tho oasis in this land of drynosajaiid tbo peer of all spota along tho lino for beautiful ouviroumont andjoHnintlo oxcolloiico. Horo, amid tho endless acres of sago brush and desert you vlow tho vorduro-clad Stownrt runoh known for half a century, ua tho paradiso of tho region and tho Mecca of cross country travelers.")! This ranoh con-tains con-tains 1700 aoros aiid on its broad ox-pausoa ox-pausoa grow all ofT'lho fruits, grains und ilowor8 common to ton"thorn California. Cal-ifornia. An nbundunco of wuter to irrigato la provided by springs of puro wnter Howitigj3,000,000 gallons every 21 hours, undi thus adding to tbo natural advantages of Las Vegas ns n townsito. Possessing a tompor nturo equally as unvarying as that of tho soa-tomporod, ozono of Honolulu, Hono-lulu, combined with an elovation whioh strikes n happy medium between be-tween tho soa levol und tho clouds, Las Vegas is dostlnod to bocomo tbo groat halfway point botweon Los An-goles An-goles and Snlt Lako City whoro tourists will stop over nud whoro our businoss men will go for reouporatlou. Physicians Phy-sicians say that Jnthls bracing air all sutforors fiom'lung disoases will bo healed and" the waters, of tho Bpriugs uro suldtojfposscss great curative cura-tive virtues for stomach-troubled humanity. hu-manity. r & MLasAgSB lMjLlh Jhoiiiu of over. 300 omployees ofrtho railroad who alono with thoir families will easily constituto apopulnliou of 1500. Tbo company baa already begun tho construction of a largo round houso and maohiuo shop und will soon begin tho erection of n $15,000 dopot. Other improvomontauiow on tho road to commencement aro a Largo numbor of omployees' housos, freight warehouses, fuol oil tanks nud coal storugo biiis, while tho Refrigerator Cur Companies have almost oomplot od a hugo ico and cold storogo plant at which nil ovorlund fruit tr ins will bo ro-icod. "Thoso certain iniprovomonta by tho Compnny, coup'od with tho fact that tho town 1ms nlrondy oloso to 1 000 poopulntion warrants tho bo lief that Las Vegas will in a yoar bo a town of 5000 pooplo. "Already thoro aro in operation many stores, rooming housos, snloona nnd restuurants, oaoh doing n laud ofllco businoss. Tboro oxista horo tho host opening of any pluco along tbn lino for tho muii who wants a businoss location. Morohnnts, doctors, doc-tors, doutlsts, contractors, carpontors, barbers, restaurateurs .can't muko u mlstakoiti locntlug, fordozoua of now pooplo aro arriving every day, bailing from ovory part of tho Unltod Statos. Most of thoso drive ovprlnnd bringing thoir household gooda-by wagon. Another branch of trado whioh greatly hoi pa tho inurcbnnta of Lna Vegas, ia tho business of mtllttiug for null Frog, GoldFlold, Tonopuh nnd othor Novnda mining enmpa. Thla business is of groat volumo, a fnot which is boiug zealously eupproaaod by tbo prcsont tnorohants, who nro ro-luotunt ro-luotunt to invito competition. "Thirty-flvo uilloa south of Lus Vagus, Va-gus, ia Good Springs, o promising town-sito, blossod with plenty of puro spring water and onvirouod by mountains moun-tains roploto with minornl weulth. Many claims uro being worked 'noar horo nud n settlomont of pooplo ia collecting. Tho town 1)0,8 been platted plat-ted and quito a fow lota havo boon disposed of A foaturo of Good Sprlnga townsito that should bo considorod by investors, is tho fuct thut tho town sito is eight miles froth tbo railroad station of tbo sumo nnmo. "Aa you continuo'Wi-hwn d you oomo to SidingXo. M, u vorv livoly fcpot just now. ThlBVtho locution of ,tho lnrg03t conBtruotiout.iraiit; on tbo Southern tllv,8n'i Its mom- 9 bora compriso a motloy couoourso of Indians, Greeks, Ohinumeu, ncgrooa and white a, all messing nnd Bloopiug togothor na ono big family. "Particular interest nttnohos to Siding No. 10 from tho minors' point of viow, for wlthn 120 miles isthofn nioua Death Canyon Camp, a honvy producer of precious motala in tho curly dnya nnd 10 miles further hi tho hilla ia altuntod Sonrohlight, n camp of much promise thut is now livening up. Considering that whon workod undor tho trying disadvantages which characterized nil mining oporntlous in this desort region prior to tho ndvont of tho Suit Lako Routo, thoso camps wore mudo to yield millions thero la reasons to boliovo that tho record of tho futuro is to eel ipso that of tho past among nil of tbo mining cam is along tho lino. , "Hero at Siding No. 10 tboro can bo soon from tbo trnok, tho cabins occupied occu-pied by tho minora employed at tho .... .!- . - -m miff Al. miliums in i hum in xiuuiiy, uiu ill- mous Now York jowolor. Tho mines hnvo been operating for ton yeara und produco qunntitios of tbia beautiful bluo gom. Many turquola prospects havo boon locntod nearly by und opuls uro found in tho ndjaoont canyons. "Siding No. 10 is only nbout 115 miles from Daggett, tbo junction point botweon the Suit Lake Routo and tho Snnta Fo. Tho intervening territory with tho oxcoptlou of Mojuvo Canyon, Can-yon, ia characterized by deserts, whoro tho wind frolics with tho sand, catrylug it llko chaff boforo n gulo nnd piling it into odd shapes und constantly changing mounds. "No town of any groat importance has as yot sprung up but thero is tho nuclous of ono nt Kelso, 30 miles from Daggott, whoro a good sized ouud houso has boon built and ox-tousivo ox-tousivo trnokugo provided. "In Mojnvo Canyon, wbloh, lies botweon Kolso und DaBgolt", groat iron deposits nro oxtant, whioh uro said to rjvl thoso of Iron Couuty, Utah. Theso ores could bo mined ohenply and loaded with steam sbovr jefe n'tbByocor'iri hills. of-Joow forl I t n f 1 1 1 rt m "From Daggett to San Roruurdino tho Suit Lako trniua run over tho Snnta Snn-ta Fo und thou tnko thoir own superior super-ior rails to Los Angolcs und on to Sun Pedro, nt tido wnter. "With Lcb Angeles, tho fastest growing city in tho world. Suit Lukers should bo proud of so inti-mato inti-mato a bond of union ns is provided by tho now road. Los Angolans nro nil hustlors, boosters nud cosmopolitans. cosmopoli-tans. Tboy uro friendly to Salt Luke, tako a grout iutorost in bor bis tory nud progress nud will always bo loyal friends of bor people nnd banner, ban-ner, carriers for bor advance Loa Angolans An-golans uro tho most blossod, most sauguino nnd most determined bund of pooplo on tho Pacific oonst and thoir Ohambor of Commcico, with 1700 loyal membors, of whioh I am proud to bo ono is tbo grontost oxnm-plo oxnm-plo of municipal unity of purpose oxtant. "Tho groatost mutual iutorcst for tho dovolopmont of tbo Intervening region baa now sprung up botweon Los Augoloa and Suit Lako, und with ita 100,000 population couplod with 200,000 pooplo who livo in n radius of GO miles, Loa Angoloa ia going to givo ita united support to fostering and dovoloping nnturo-glvou resources re-sources of tho Salt Lako Routo. With invoiitivouosa and resourcefulness, piuua uro ueiug iniu to turn into mo counting rooms of Los AngolcH busi-uosa busi-uosa housos, tho trudo of tho sprouting sprout-ing towns nud mining cumps. l)y pionoorlug tho wny Loa Angolos mor chants realizo that tho llibt onos who soouro u foothold in tho jobbing trado, will bo hard to displnco and tboy nro playing this plan to win. "Lot Suit Lako morohnnts lay con-cortod con-cortod plans to cupturo its just shmo of tho trado, for upon tho oponing of tho lino to travel, tho prcbont thin stream of trade, will suddenly bocomo bo-como a rivor of doniaud, with two mouths, Salt Luke on tho north nud Loa Augoloa on tho bouth. Thus tho quostlon of tho hour, now, ia: "Shall Salt Lako rocolvo equal benollta with Loa Angolos?" -nnd tho uiiawor ia: "Ho that usks shall rocolvo." |