The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-31
The Juab Static l Matter.

There appeared communication in your
issue of Sunday, the oath inst, from Salina
signed Merchant entitled Complaints
about Juab Station" that for pure malici
GUS falsehoods has no equal in the history
of print, and but for the possibility of per
sons reading the article who are entire
strangers to the employees of this station
and ignorant of the facts dixie the said
"Merchant) it would be beneath the dig
nifty of any one to answer the dirty scribe
who is the author of the article. We deem
it but proper that we should state some
facts to the readers of your valuable paper
that they may see what complete ignor-
anus the said Merchant is.
In the first place he deliberately lies
when he says nearly every business house
in the county receives bad" treatment at
this station.
Secondly-He lies when he says ne
''knows from experience that the com
plants are well founded
Thirdiy-He lies when he says not one of
the business men of his place have re-
ceived notice of freight" in upwards of
three months
Fourthly-He utters contemplate dirty
lie when he says freight is car
ried past US TO Milford through
pure laziness and wilful neglect"
Fifthly-I am not able to express the
kind of liar he Is when he says that ''If
there is anything worth eating or drinking
these miserable hirelings never fail to sam
pie it or leave the warehouse open for the
tramps, ETC., etc, TO help themselves"
To all of these assertions we brand the
the author as a contemplate, malicious
liar and a scrub in the raiment of mem
apparel.
Now, that there have been some annoy
ances to the shippers of this vicinity, we
are willing to acknowledge. For instance,
there has been considerable freight carried
by this station TO points beyond, but in all
cases has this occurred where we had no
bill for the goods nor tor the car in which
they were loaded, freight being billed in
wrong cars or bills coming to US by mail
after the car had passed US. Our ware
| house is not open 10 the tramp, hog, ETC., as
he asserts, unless it be that he classes the
| transfers who handle the goods as such, as
they are the only ones allowed inside when
receiving freight, and in no case when
| goods damaged are visible to the eye, but
| what we have copy of damage and bad
order reports made to the general Office oil
the company, and same notations made on
expense bill to shipper. AS to oul
being miserable hirelings,' all we have
| to say is that this Merchant
| (who, by the way, is too much of cow
ardly cur to sign his name to the article
| like a man) when he comes TO Juab will d.
Welt TO stop on the outside of the town
| In conclusion, we challenge the inspec
ton OF our warehouse, and we assert tina
we have the best kept warehouse on tht
line of the Utah Central division, not eX
cepting any. Mr.. G. S. Wood, the agent
son of Hon. Lyman S. Wood, of Spring
vile, is one of the most upright and honor
able gentleman in Utah, TO which all of hi
acquaintance will testify. Mr.. Anton,
Brown, the warehouseman, has been EN-
ployed at this station for seven years ant
his equal is not on the road as warehouse
man; evidence of this is that every agen
on the line would be only too glad to secur
his services. As for myself | have nothin,
TO say, having been here about one month
but consider myself mentally, morally ant
physically so far superior to the thing tina
signs ''Merchantn to his communicable
that would not wipe my everyday brogan
on the best suit of clothes the scrub eve
had. hope, in justice to Messrs. Wood an
Brown, you will give this publication il
your Sunday issue, SO that the many read
erS OF your paper may learn the truth q
this matter.
The language may be strong, but | thin
the case deserves it. / am only sorrg
can't make it stronger, for can't conceiv
how greater insult could have been cas-
at any one who consider themselves me
Of they do happen to be railroad men) ths
that article conveys, and / cannot imagin
why anyone SO utterly ignorant of the fact
should write such an article, when, if the
had grievance, there are heads of the d.
partments to apply to for rectiflcatiol
Very respectfully, H. c. SMITH,
Telegraph Operator
| Juab Station Utah. Aug Is