The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-04
1 UNION DEPOT.
Is This What Recent IneurSi0ns
of Railroad Men Mean?
General Manager Bancroft
of the UP. and Col. Dodge
of the n. C. w.
Come co Provo, the One Fol-
lowing Closely on the
Heels of the Other.

Word reached Provo yesterday
morning that General Manager w. H.
Bancroft, of the Mountain Division
of the Union Pacific R. R. System.
would pass through this city in spec
ial, on tour of inspection over the
southern line of the Utah road. A
delegation of business men boarded
the street car and went down to the
depot to meet him. The party cen
sisted of R. H.Dodd, president, and
R. a. Wedgewood, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, w. II. Dusen-
berry, cashier First National Bank
R. A. Barney, of the firm of Irvine &
Barney, S. S. Jones, ]. F. Gates, OF
the firm of Gates-Snow & Co., L. A.
Holbrook, proprietor of the Hotel Rob-
erts, D. D. Houtz, of King & Houtz
VIM. Probert, superintendent Street
Railway Company, Propeller" Davis,
and the DISPATCH, and Enquirer rep.
sentatiyes.
Besides General Manager Bancroft,
there were Superintendent F c Corwin.
General Freight Agent S W Eccles,
Master Mechanic A c Hinckley, En-
gineer and General Road-master G II
Nickerson, Assistant engineer II F
Guther, R A Kiss, of G II Scott & Co,
Salt Lake and s Graves, official stem,
ographer.
Cashier Dusenberry, an old friend
of Mr.. Bancroft's introduced the par.
ty, at the conclusion of which Presl-
dent Dodd was called upon for his lit
tie speech. He stated he had left it
home, but could tell the U. Z, gentle
men that it simply consisted of this
one subject: Provo wants better de-
pot facilities.
Mr.. Bancroft acquiesctd, and stated
that when he was general man
ager Of the R. G. W., Col. Dodge, the
president of that road, told him to
confer with Mr.. ReSseguie, then gen
eral manager of tie U. p, and see if
both roads could not agree upon build
ing union depot for Provo. Mr.
Resseguie never gave him any
definite word, but now he (Mr. Ban.
croft could say. in behalf of the U. p.
That if the R. G. w. was of the same
mind now, as they were then, they
were ready to enter into negotiations
for the construction of joint depot
This statement gave the party to
understand that something, more than
talk, had been decided upon fol-
Provo.
Mr.. Bancroft's idea is to close up
the street leading from the pasture
and build the union depot at the foot
of J street.
The party were asked to stay
and take ride over town, but Mr..
Bancroft stated that they wanted tc
roach Milford that night and would
n OF have time. He said he would be
back Wednesday afternoon, and
would then possibly have time to
do so.
This afternoon at S:25, the party
arrived in Prove from the south, and
were met at the depot by R. H. Dodd,
5. A. Wedgewood, Wan. Probert, S. S.
Jones, Judge Dusenberry, w. II. Du-
SenberrY, Propeller" Davis and J. F.
Gates. They boarded the street car
and went as far as the Sun Foundry,
where they had the privilege Of seeing
the steamer now being built there,
which they pronounce a beauty They
were then taken TO the gravel beds
east of town, where they had the
pleasure of beholJing the city OF
Provo, the lake, and all the beautiful
scenery in the distance. which they
very much admired. On the return
trip they confessed they had heard
much of Provo, but had no idea it was
a city of such Importance and such
advantages.
They board ed tier pecial at ten
minutes to 5, and w,re soon rafting
off to Salt Lake
They all confessed themselves IA
vorably on depot matters, and there
is no denying the fact but what Provo
will see change after all.