The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-06
SANPETE VALLEY.
High Railroad TariffS---Economy
in Lowering Rates Some
Suggestions.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 4, 1892.

SASSeO Ill POA AohCO " SeSu pOGO duU
Juab Counties has transpired. I
mean the opening Of the Sanpete
Valley Railroad.
The road starts at Nephi, and
passing through the fertile valley
of Sanpete, terminates for the pres
emit at Wales, though it is to be
hoped it will be extended on south
ward in the near future. The road
of course is bound to prove of the
greatest importance to our valley.
As a matter of convenience it comes
home to US citizens Of Sanpete just
now at conference time. The SAN
pete Valley Railway having az
ranged with the Utah Central Rail
way for low rates Of fare so long as
conference lasts, the happy resident
of our county can travel from his
home all the way 10 Salt Lake and
return for 81, and can reach the
capital by 10 o'clock in the morning
Of the same day he starts.
l tried it myself on the morning
Of the Sd, with large number of pas
semgers from the granary of Utah.
[ started at 2.30 am. l stepped into
the cars in waiting at Wales and
presently found myself bowling
along over good road bed, excel
lent culVertS and bridges. The APP
polntmentS are to be neat and COM
fOrtaUle. At o'clock in the morn
ing [ arrived safely at Nephi and
took the Utah Central for Salt Lake
City, the metropolis of Utah.
II on business intent, the traveller
can spend four hours in the centre
of Zion; can start for home again
at pm. on the Utah Central, ar
rive at Nephi at $50 and at S.15 ar
rive at Wales. Thus, with the help
of the pocket railroad, your cousins
of Sanpete can visit Salt Lake City,
remain there four hours and return
to the bosom of their families, thus
only occupying eighteen hours. This
is pleasing, etc., but the great qUeS
lion for us is will the road be of any
benefit commercially? What we
need first and foremost for the
building up of our county is cheap
transportation. Mr.. BamEerger, who
has built and is now managing this
road seems to be alive to the inter-
eStS Of our county and of course his
road. l understand he and Mr.. Cope
of the Utah Central Railroad, will
visit our county shortly to see what
the announcements of freight, ETC.,
are with view 10 policy Of lower
rates.
Great quantities of excellent pO-
tatoeS. grain and produce nave been
left to decay on our hands because
the farmers OF Sanpete could not
send them to your city with the i'm
mense railroad freight to contend
with. The larger portion Of this
business has been carried on be-
tween Saupete and this city by
teams. The charges for teaming, as
| learn, are from 60c. to 75c. to Salt
Lake, the great advantage to the
shipper being that the teamster
takes mis- pay i'll goods, on which a
fair margin is always had, while the
railroad receives nearly as much in
cash. Il is not, therefore, SurpriS-
ing that the teams have done so
much fTeighting.
One circumstance Will prove my
point just now. One small firm, in
closing their half-year's accounts,
found that they had paid during a
period of six months for freights
S547.SO. Of this amount the Utah
Central received only $3.50, while
$40 was paid to teamsterS, and dur
ing the time the roads were bad.
the same store paid $40 for freight
of which the Utah Central Railroad
received only $50, while $500 went
to teamsters. The above are only
two instances out Of a multitude.
Thus the Utah Central gains but a
1.-THE because of the high
rate of freight, and this loss
is swelled when we consider
that the returning freight-teams
brings home freight We are now
obliged TO ship our supplies from
our stores south to mining districts
while our goods come 10y the Utah
Central. but low freight would
bring al to Salt Lake. The Utah
Central could earn all this mOny,
build up this country and hence
themselves.
Besides there are number Of in
dustries which could be started, and
encouraged in Sanpete. Prominent
among these the inexhaustIble sup
ply of beautiful white building
rock, and superior friedrich mate
rial, also eXhaustless in quantity
The opening of these industries
would prove of incalculable good,
to the youth of Sanpete. 1t IS
painful, as matters now stand, to
| see the host of hale, healthful,
peaceful young men and equally as
healthy among our young women
needing prOftible work.
| We are, in my opinion, laboring
under the incubus OF high freights
hence no growth or expansion can
come to Sanpete without its re-
jmoval. l think am safe in argu,
| ing for the Sanpete Railroad
a degree of liberaliJy commend
liable and in consOnance with thell
truest interest the development OF
| Sanpete.
| The coal industry of Wales Is
destined to become a deserving Tea
ture, thanks to Mr.. Cahill, the man
! ager of the Sanpete coal mines, the
OI5tr,11I 1orOpaiSoS tO bn large and NJ