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Show 38 Oregon Short Lin e roads furnish expeditious commu~ication Ul)iOQ Stock_ Yard:,. with Oregon, \\' ashington, Idaho and M o nta na. Besides these the Budington and :\li sso uri, Chicago and :\"orthweste rn, ;\lilThe Union Stock Yard s Company was organized In October, waukee and St. Paul, Ro ck I sland and Pac,ific, Chicago and Al- · 18!)0, the stock being subscribed for by leading capitalists and ton , .Atc hi so n, Topeka and Santa F e a re extending th eir several citizens of Salt Lake City, Omaha and other western points. ti elcb of operation thithenvard with th e l east possible delay. A trac t of lan d co nta ining 305 acres, being a portion of what Branc he s of the road s centering in Salt Lake have .been conis known as the old Cooper farm, was purchased and preparation s entered upon for improving th e same. For so me months subsequent, however, a combination o( causes prevented the inauguration of active operation, finally, it was decided to issue bond s to the extent of SG0,000, to run five ye.i.rs with six per cent. interest, with the proceeds of which, work could be commenced. Thi s was accordingly done, and on the first of . last January, the bonds were disposed of to the Kansas City Stock Yards Company. Up to a recent elate the improvements were of limited dimensions, but work will be prosecuted to a successful finality without delay. Those contemplated embrace an exchange building, sta-. bles for the accommodation of stock, railway tracks, hay and feed barns, cattle sca le~. waterworks, etc., with every other known improvement requisite to a complete and satisfactory service. In addition to the se, the handlers of dressed m eats at Salt Lake City and elsewhere, have mad e proposals to the stock yard,; comREsIDE; c.:s oF Gov. A. L. TH011.,s A:SD ~[R. CLAwso:s. Ph otu by ShiplPr. , pany for the building upon the grounds of ,tru c tecl to Tinti c:, one of th e mos t promin e nt mining town s in extensive plants for th e slaughter and packing of cattle, the T erri tory; th e Uta h and l'\evada has been extended to Gars heep and hogs ; for th e e,·ection of ta nneries and wool tield flea ch and T ooele , with a suppl emental lin e known as th e sco uring es tabli shm e nts, and for .th e 111anufacture of lea th e r E c hu P ark C ity branch running to the Park City minin g from hid es and skins of all sorts by chemical process =c=...:<l.i.::.t1:i,·.L..: J_) ttl~ ---Cuttomvo.o.d....cafiou_ansl.Jh.e m ines at_l~i!:!.s.b_,111J. _ A large amount of ca pital is now b ein g expended in th e pre..:.'.'.:;i.o ~ ~ 'n:"_:&t,~ -•'fi:~'FB.ai-li11-t7tiy· ti"i ~m e:_..cig=:.hF fue':c;\fiiJ.~ l'imiiii-i i'..\;.:~vork~aJid':Itfr, :-at:i,,f_:tcro1,.pt:m:es ~-hTctio.~c::pfiijt,-aE-;:.:;,;....;;.;,;.~.===- G r,;11<.i e \ \ ' e ~ tern,a ncTc)tT1e r pot)\ [scoTi (i guous an cl re mote-wm==m>·,, Is, Irtn-~ m>jt:ffif"eftl: 1-fusi-fn.i~Ufig'l-.m,ffili°,~~ ::.. ;f'Ji:~~ds.:;...___,.,;_-~;;;..;:-b e drawn n,:arer to Salt Lake City in th e near future. Among · will be loca ted in Davis co unty, in communi cation " ;ith po-i~t~ - - --- --~ - • the p ros1,ec ts determined upon is a road to th e D eep Creek country, one of the ri che st mineral di st ri c ts in the world; the Utah, ::>:e,·ad a an d California to run from Provo through the ri ch so uthern country to ·t he borders of Utah: a road is also to be built from Provo to Park City ,·ia Provo cafion, connecting with lines for the city, also one from the city to Sultaire Keach on the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake an d Hot Springs road, in progress of con stru c ti o n. ha s b ee n completed to Centerville and is now in operation to that point. In 1891 th e a,·erage in c rease in the traffic of th e roads r: ri :-iing inw Salt Lake City was about twent y Jie r cen t. In th e month of April , 18!)0, th e c ity gra nted [ ranc hi ses fo r th e construction of two lines of street railways to be ope rated by elec tri c ity. Sinre th e n fifty miles of trac k have b ee n compl eted, and two electric· sys te m s with cars and equipment, of th e most modern and luxurious .Photo l,y Shipl~r. l\lUS. JENNINGS' HES1DENCK 1,attern supp ly a se rvice no t s urp asse d by that of any city in the United States. The ci ty contains over east and west by th e Rio Grande \V es te rn, th e Union Pac ific, one hundred mil es of stree t rai lw ays, radiating in all dire cGreat Sa lt L a k e and H ot Springs roads, a nd th e ir conn ec tin g tions and furnished the ve ry hi ghes t class of facilities for lin es. r.q,icl tran sit. It might here be sta ted th a t th e subj ec t of intram ural tra n s portation has been wid ely discus sed by ca pita li sts and citi zens of Sa lt Lake City, and every d e terminati on is maniTh e American Natural G as Company was incorporated fested to meet all possible requirements of an expeditious and Februa:ry 24, l 8!Jl, with a capital of S-'>,000,000, for the purpose thorough se rvice. Additions will be made to th a t at present in of developing natural gas di scove red in th e r egio ns north and " ·.e, and impro,·ements will be introduced as rapidly a,; n eede<l. |
