Show spotlighting UTAH UTA L highlight in utah histo history ory the tenth of may is a reminder that 77 years ago the first transcontinental railroad line was brought to completion at promontory station utah a point some 40 miles directly west of brigham city and not at promontory point as many historians mistakenly declare practically all utahna are arc familiar with the story of the great celebration at promontory how whistles were blown bells rung and cannon salutes fired in such cities ci ies as new york and san francisco very little however is recorded of the bitter disappointment of brigham young over the fact that despite the twenty years promotion he had given toward bri bringing nging a rail line westward that the builders should ignore his pleas and bypass salt lake city by running i in aro c celebration e le of the new expansion p program g r a will ill be held wednesday may alay 22 according to company officials fici als the public is invited to inspect sp ec t the store 0 re d during u ri n g t the ade d day a y R remodeling e m n g completed c 0 m p i et e in includes c clides increased ncr eased display space warehouse 4 the line down weber canyon and then around the north end of great salt lake leaving salt lake high and dry as he called the situation the story of how hov brigham young recruited a large number of mormon workers of his building a branch line from ogden to salt lake of his securing rolling stock from the union pacific railroad in lieu of money owed the mormons cormons by that corporation of his completing the line into salt lake city february 10 1870 1970 of his driving 0 his own specially engraved spike made from utah iron at a state an interesting bit of utah history also vital is the fact that soon the line into salt lake city was extended to growing cities and mining districts of south utah eventually many years later the line wide celebration in salt lake is even reached los angeles thus brigham youngs eagerness to get a rail line into salt lake brought south utah and los angeles rail connections to salt lake many years earlier than otherwise might have been accomplished utah wins award in washington governor herbert B maw has been presented with an award he accepted it in in behalf of the state of utah from th the national safety council because utah has the best safety record for pedestrians and general traffic of any western state in accepting the award governor al maw aw said only with volunteer service can a successful traffic safety job be done on a national scale plenty of power available those utahna who live in isolated communities or on farms or ranches where electrical power is not available might be interested in knowing ng that at the ogden service i forces force depot the war assets corporation has dozens and dozens of trailer mounted motor generator sets for sale at a fraction of the original manufacturing cost T the he only catch is that the buyer must take alon along 9 a huge trailer mounted searchlight as part of the bargain some of the sets are new and sell for the used equipment sells for the units un its generate about 16 kilowatts of direct current and have 85 h p six cylinder motors the units are ready to operate complete with switchboards by adding storage battery capacity these units might do very well for small communities where the call for electrical power is not too great promoting more alore industry the carbon county associated industries have announced that they are out to expand the dairy business in that area and insist that dairy money be kept at home for the dairy farmers 1 in addition they want a brick manufacturing business and a foundry and machine shop such industries are needed it was pointed out and would be job providers for a large number of men saturday evening post features san juan monument valley the san juan river mexican Alex ican hat and the norman river trip will be featured in color in the may issue bissu e of the saturday evening post the story is done by the posts feature writer neil al dark clark and wilt will do much to direct the tourist interest to southeastern utah arizona stealing utah thunder r the utah department of publicity and industrial development has received an attractive tourist folder from richard F harding a salt lake real estate man on business in arizona the folder is interesting because it immediately gives a tourist the impression that the rainbow bridge monument is located in arizona along with navajo mountain and other attractions all of which are found in utah net arizona utah is unfortunate in not havin having improved roads into this vicinity from the utah side the roads i to bluff are safe enough but from bluff to mexican hat the cottonwood wash always carries somewhat of a threat to motorists the improvement pro of this situation however has been promised by the state road commission |