The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-11
sANPErE AND THE RAILROADS.

SANfbIE AMI THE RAILROADS.
In another part of this issue of The
Herald viii be found communication
from the President of the Sanpete
Valley railroad We give place to it
that ne may not say The Herald has
done him an injustice by Withholding
it. But most of it is entirely unneces-
sary, as The Herald has made no .Sat-
tack on the writer nor his road, nor
has it taken any exception" to the
proceedings which were had before the
High Court of Justice in England
The facts are these: The gentleman
gave to Herald reporter some items
in relation to railway affairs in San
pete which appeared in this paper on
Saturday last. He commenced an .'at-
tack on what he called a combine
of the Union Pacific and Rio Grande
Western, and he managed to get into
the columns of The Herald not only
an attack on those roads as having
formed an alliance to kill some other
roads, but advice to the people of
Sanpete TO stand behind his road
switch all freight in its favor, and not
ship anything over the other line.
After that, he now has the assurance
to talk of an attack on his road, which
consisted merely of a statement of
facts that were called for by what he
had managed to get inserted in The
Herald to the detriment of the other
roads. We made the explanation in
fairness to them. The publication of
the proceedings in London he calls
SANDER" He had better consult a
dictionary for the meaning of the
word. He does not deny one solitary
statement made by The Herald, or the
accuracy of our extracts from the court
proceedings. On the contrary, in his
needless explanation of the reason why
the proceedings were had he naturally
admits their correctness.
Instead of our taking exception to
any clause in the report, he takes ex-
ception to what he calls charge
against his own road by their publica-
ton. There is no charge unless it be
the fact brought out in the. proceed
ings, that the purpose of extending the
Sanpete Valley line to Manti was to
make it possible to sell it out to the
Western. And that is stated in the
explanation made by the management
of the Sanpete Valley company. There
fore if there is any charge it was made
by the parties themselves.
The Herald has said nothing against
the building of the Sanpete Valley road,
has not intimated that it was of no
benefit to the people, has repeated
no ISLANDERS and made no attack upon
it. We suppose its manager wanted
to keep up some agitation for the bene-
fit of his road and so rushed into print
in very rash manner.
The Herald is advised as to the ne
once entered into between
the gentleman and the Rio Grande
Western people. and remembers that
there was little hitch as to the pay
ment of $4,000 to the gentleman,
which appears to have been due to
him from the Sanpete Valley road,
but which the Western people pro-
posed to place in bank until his claim
should be made entirely satisfactory
It fell through, but would probably
have been consummated but for that
little obstacle.
Now as to the combine" Some
time ago there was conflict between
the Union Pacific and the Western
people over freights on cattle and wool.
A cut having been made in special
case or two by the U. P folks, the
Western people made it apply in all
Eases and as a regular rate on their
'oad. This occasioned considerable dis |
0ute between the officials of the two
-oads. as the rate was ruinous to both.
And the great conspiracy, combine. or
whatever it may be called by sensa-
consists of an agreement to
'estore those two rates to normal
igures: that is all.
AS the matter has made some stir
n sanpete and a gentleman in that
ountv has written to The Herald a