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Show NtW RAUKUD ' S0U1UERN UTAH I Another railroad for eouthorn Utah, to run from Mllford, on the Salt Lake Route, through thy rich agricultural and mlnoral belts of Boavor county, to connect with tho proposed Grand Canyon railway, now being built from Dixie, Is expected to result from negotiations ne-gotiations now under way In Salt Lake between southern Utah Interests and o.istorn capital. The route of the proposed road runs south from Mllford to Beaver and Bouthwest to Cedar City, through the Buckskin valley, said to be tho richest undeveloped farming belt In Utah, making Cedar City a Junction of two railroads that will tap a largo part of the potential wealth of southorn Utah and creating an outlet to a country of unlimited natural resources. "Tho development of that part of Utah, which Is only delayed by lack of transportation facilities, will bring more wealth Into Salt Lake annually than can come from any other section from which tho city can claim commercial com-mercial and industrial tribute," said George B. Greenwood of Mllford, who Is In Salt Loko at present in. the Interest In-terest of the proposed road. "Tho wealth of Beaver county and 1 parts of Iron county, Into which the road will run, Is greater than any other district of its size In tho world," he continued. "There aro the greatest great-est known deposits of iron in Amorl-ca Amorl-ca and coal bods ranking In size and quality with tho wholo state of Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. Rich In Agriculture. "Tho Buckskin valley alono can produco -1,000 carloads of potatoes annually, an-nually, and the land in this valley has scarcely been placed under tho plov. "In Its present state of development the tonnage that would bo taken from this valley would alone more than Justify Jus-tify the building of the road. Two freight trains a day could be run already al-ready if tho road were in operation, not to mentlo ntho increased production produc-tion suro to grow out of tho coming of the railroad It Is the richest unappropriated un-appropriated field for a railroad anywhere any-where In the world." Mr. Greenwood, who is vice president presi-dent of the newly formed Utah Development Devel-opment league, declares that the awakening awak-ening of southern Utah Is Salt Lake's hope of greatness, and that the building build-ing of the rallroadt, now projected into in-to that territory gives ample assurance assur-ance of such awakening. So anxious arc tho people to have tho railroads come In that scoreB of them have contributed" free right of way and are ready with financial assistance as-sistance to Justify the beginning of construction work at once. With the building of the road contemplated con-templated by Mr. Greenwood and his uBsodatea, and the completion of the Grand Canyon & Marysvlllo roads, for which surveys havo been made and contracts let, southern Utah will have several hundred miles of railroad tapping tap-ping torritory admitted to bo the richest rich-est In the state, hut heretofore thought ' to bo hopeless because of its isolated location. One road Is to run southeast from Marysvlllo, tho present terminal of tho Sanpete Valley branch of the Denver Den-ver & Rio Grande, crossing1 Wayne and Garfield counties, taking in tho oil fields of San Juan and down into the Grand canyon. Another, upon which construction work was started J last week, will run from Lund, on tho Salt Lake Route, through Cedar City' and down to SU George, the metropolis me-tropolis of tho Utah Dixieland. Backed by the Santa Fe, tho road will be built from St. Georgo down to Searchlight, Search-light, Nov., to connect, with the transcontinental trans-continental line, thus giving the territory terri-tory It traverses connection with two main lines and Insuring a healthy competition beneficial to tho cntiro region. re-gion. Tho final link in the chain will be a line from SL George, running due cast through tho rich timber bolts of Kane county, to connect with tho Marysvlllo branch somewhero along tho Grand canyon. oo |