The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-14
FROM SANPETE COUNTY
Have Railroads a Divine Right
to Rule?
THE CALIFORNIA SHORT LINE.
Right of Way-RaiIroad PoIicy-Two
Manti Girls Led Away by
the Circus.
Regular Correspondence of THE HaaAID.l

Irregular Correspondence of THE HasALD.l
SANpErE COUNTY, Sept. II, 1884.
There must be some act of Congress
after 1876, the date Of our Compilation
of Laws that gives to railroad compan-
les enlarged powers as to right OF way,
powers that seem, from Constitutional
point of view, to overleap the question
OF compensation and due process of law,
of which law, if it exists, we are lament
ably ignorant. 1 think there must ex-
ist some right for the modHs op:rGndi
adopted by the railway company now
extending from a point north of Free
dom on to Salina and hence.
1 cannot believe that what appears
upon its surface most .glaring usurpa-
ton of right and justice would be prac-
tlced by parties who desire patronage,
without some legal show or shadow of
right.
THE CALIFORNIA SHORT LINE.
| see by the plats now on file here that
only so much of the land, say a strip
through quarter section of 50 feet on
each side of the track, amounting in
some cases to to 80, down to 50 parts of
an acre, is all that is proposed to be paid
for. The question of damages does not
figure as to the agricultural facilities i'm
peded and embarrassed, but the hind
RANGES to agriculture rendered by
these railroads passing through farm
are serious in many ways.
pTrpT
A railroad, it is argued, is public ne
cessity. 1t is essentially a private one;
so much so, that it is argued that
its determined onwardness must not
be impeded, nor distractions of any sort
be allowed. A costly appeal may be had to
the District Court to appoint commits
sIoner to determine the question only of
the condemning ones private land to a
private company's use, the decision of
which commission is final as to price,
etc., but while these citizens questions
are going on, the company it is said can
per decision of the commissioners.
Mr. Jacob Johnson has now the maps,
plans and specifications as agreed on by
the aforesaid California Short Line. Of
which his Excellency, Governor Murray,
is president, and l see the attorney is
authorized to settle with the much dis
turbed claimants in Moroni on the basis
of the plats furnished him of the guam
tity of land taken from each claimant BY
the railway company. The money is on
| deposit In this company to be paid out
| on the attorneys certificate order If
the terms of price are not agreeable the
redress IS the District Court-expensiye
| doubtful.
THE POSSIBILITIES.
If the vast possibilities of this and Sc
vler county are or can be utilized by the
advent of this company 1 cannot but
wish them success; the dormant wealth
Of Marysvale springs into active life.
THE FROST.
The frost blizzard did Us SO far as
this year is concerned an irreparable
injury; it was "nipping and an eager
air.
Yesterday at Spring City twenty-nine
carriages followed the remains of Mrs
Caroline II. Justeson, aged IS years, to
the grave. She was the wife Of a reput-
able citizen, Peter Justeson. Once in a
while, as in this case, we see
|
early by the glittering scythe oil
Father Time. Even his visits seem
always to be ill-timed and in this case
pre-emlnently so. She was good
woman; too good to spare from world
like this that needs so many repairs.
The snow line came down low in the
valley, and from my Office door I can
see the winter deposits of the needful,
and that old bald-headed "Nebo" has
donned his winter suit, his beautiful
snow-white cap crowns fttingly his
head. He seems very monarch of
all he surveys"
SWEET PEACE
seems to reign in all this region and
only when we see the calendar of the
District Court do we know that some
one is in jeopardy of the law. So much
does this ''sweet peace" reign that dis
ciple of Blackstone said crime Seemed
to be corraled," at least it was so far as
he was concerned. His briefs were cur
tailed brevities without soul, wit OF
money.
SOME THINGS ARE FATAL.
A well dressed soldier. A beautiful
pictured or real trapezist seem to be
fatal to some young girls virtue two
OF the weaker sex of Manti were be-
guiled by some attendants OF Sir-cus OF
Silver Plate fame as to leave home and
friends for the precarious life of a
mountebank. Guardians of their peace
brought the erring ones back from
Gunnison. What is there so fascinating
about these gents Of spangles, paint and
tights, that young girls are allured to
paths and ways and depravity of most
horrid improperly. d.