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Show NEW UTAH R. R. 1 i IS AUTHORIZED Lund-Cedar City Line to Be Completed in 1923, Officials Say i SALT LAKE. Oct. 21. The first I train between Lund and CVd;r Ctt3 ' will he In operation by July, 1923 :i- i cording: to a statement Issued today by officials of tho I'nlon Pacific system, j following advices received by them to, the effect that the lnt-rstatf COOH-I mcrce commission had authorized the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad romp-any to construct 32 miles of line between Lund on I Cedar Cltj Tho lln will tap rich deposits of Iron In the vicinity nnd will be con-) structed at an approximate cost "f 179S.0O0 In addition If will conn-rti with n rystem of highways to Join I Zlon national park. Cedar Breaks. Bryce canyon and the north rim of the Grand canyon of the Colorado! river. Th latter Is rapidly growing I IIHU II IBTlMrij KfttlQ CDDWri Ji.liniu- j liod by tourists from all parts of tho wor'd W R. Bnslnger. gnrnl passenger agent of the Union Pacific system, with Oeorge Goodwin, representative of the national parks service of tn department of th Interior, passi J through the city a few days ago. nfter completing a tour of the vicinity which the new railroad wlM react Wasie 1 here they conferred with Governor) CharUs R, Mabey nnd state road com-1 mission officers regarding the pro- posed system of highways Intended to! be constructed In southern Utah-Belief Utah-Belief that work will stnrt Immc- ! dtafHy on the construction of th nrtv hranrh Is strengthen- 1 by the statement state-ment of Cary R. Gray, president of the 0 P. system, while he was here only a f?w days ago that the rom-1 pany waited only on the Interstate' commerce commission's decision on th application for a certificate of convenience and neepslty to construct the line. According to reports, a partv of engineers are already In the territory terri-tory and have completed running on , line of a course for the proposed road to follow Construction of the T.und-Odar City branch Is part of th $5,000,000 policy program outlined by tho system sev- I eral months ago Construction of an- t other branch between Delta and Fin- I more. In Millard county, now und'-r way. 13 also part of the program. ( Purchase of the now unfinished ho- tel at Cedar City. Its completion and I operation, together with hotels and ! camps at each of the scenic centers In j the vicinity. Is also part of the pro- I gram to be carried out by the rail-road rail-road system oo I |