The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-15

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the better. The long suspense is over,
and now we know where we are at"
The manufacturer, the banker, the
merchant, the laborer-all now know
the conditions they will labor and do
business under, and the lender and Dor
rover both may clearly understand
leach other. Republicans as we'll as
Democrats hereaboutS in general are
glad that the end of the long drawn
out fight has come, and are not slow to
so express themselves.
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
The railroads out of here are taxed
to their utmost these days, and the
general yardmaster of the U. p, the S.
P. and r. G. W., are kept busy all the
traffic they have known in the past
two years. This is a principal point for
're-icing' all fruit trains, and every
day there are about ten cars of ice fed
into the refrigerator cars at this place.
lThe work must necessarily be done
speedily, so all delays are carefully
noted and charged up to some one. and
each line vies with the other in getting
such shipments over the road with the
utmost speed. Lines that fall down"
for this reason, find it a difficult mat
ter to explain it away to the shipper
when they come to solicit next seasons
shipments. The road that has in any
way proven ubIeIlCI ana unnlnQIul OF
numerous little delays that in the ag-
gregate are extremely hurtful to the
shippers interests, will next season suf-
fer in consequence; another road
will get the haul and there are always
plenty more to make direct bid for it,
PASSENGER TRAVEL INCREASING
Passenger travel is daily increasing,
and may be accounted for in this way:
"A certain percentage of travellers who
wished to take a trip, whether on bust
ness or pleasure bent, awaited the re-
sumption in full of traffic after the
strike, well knowing that the railways
could handle trains in better shape
than they could Immediately upon the
heels of the stagnant period. And now
they have commenced to travel, and in
goodly numbers.
FRUIT FOR OLD ENGLAND.
At 80 tonight the S. P. will bring
fruit for the people across the water.
These are ''all the same passenger
trains in speed, and run in c. F. T.
cars specially constructed for long dis
lance traffic. Each car will hold
nearly ne twenty thousand pounds
OIL Ice, and no seals
need be broken between Sacramento
and New York, where awaits a fast
Atlantic liner to receive it, if on time.
And it must be on time. The run is
made across the continent in six DAYS
and half, and the fruit must be set
down in the London market within
twelve days from the time it is loaded
on the Pacific coast. This is the second
London shipment as yet this season.
eleven cars having been sent through
on the 9th inst q. a. Taylor is the
agent here for the C. F. T. company
during the season. and other agents are
stationed along the route to look after
and hurry up the business. 1t don't
take long to change engines and crews
on London specials here.
FARMING IN UTAH.
w. Fl. Rowe, receiver for the Bear
River canal and water works, was in
town today, and in conversation with
him he said: Utah is destined TO not
only go to the front in farming and
fruit raising, but she will lead, and that
in the very near future VIII state
hood help out? 1t certainly will, as
more people will come out and settle
here, and that will develop our lands !
When they are developed, all else de- !
the gamer In every sense. OF course, |
statehood don't make good land and
climate, but as we already have the lat
ter, the former will help out largely. |
Utah is fruit country-that has been
demonstrated to our satisfaction. 1t
is likewise a farming country, and
proves beyond doubt, as results crearly
show I want to cite one instance in |
regard to this. Last April a Davis |
county farmer took forty acres over in |
the Bear River valley, and broke thirty
of it. He didn't have seed for the
ground to commence with, and that was
furnished him. Yesterday in summing
up his assets, he found he had 1850
bushels of oats, 12O bushels of wheat: !
h. l. = 81 II 81
worth of squash. Besides, he has enough |
potatoes to carry him one year. Now. I
with oats at So cents, and wheat at 40
cents, it shows that he made $744 cash /
on that thirty acres the first season. L
think that illustrates fully that any
farmer who wants to go into the bust |
ness will get returns that he can't get !
in the old settled states"
Mr.. Rowe is also president of the Og- |
den street car lines, and assures me |
that now they are again on a paying |
basis. The company ran behind many !
thousands for two years, and expenses |
had TO be lessened. L notice that the |
street car travel here is picking up, an |
evidence that money is loosening up a |
little. President Rowe went down to |
the capital this afternoon, and returns !
again tomorrow. He believes that Og- !
den is on the eve of increased prosper
ity, as well as all Utah.
True to promise l attended a meet |
ing of the Ogden city council last even /
ing, and | was surprised. My surprise |
was occasioned by the quietness and |
celebrity they dispatched business, and |
total absence of grand stand plays, |
such as l have too oft witnessed by |
our fiery and sometimes excited solons, !
who grind municipal affairs down in
our beautiful capital. Within that |
council chamber the thought came
stealing over me that could our coun- |
cilors from the capital attend here in |
a body some evening it would be an
object lesson, indeed. The thought /
gence or clear mental acumen |
personally, remember, but collectively |
they would be taught that while so |
honored in their respective positions, !
they are after all but the servants of |
the people.
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
Travelling Freight Agent Warner, of |
the Santa Fe. was in town today, and |
went out over the Southern Pacific to |
rake in some shipments.
Travelling Freight Agent Guard, of |
the Denver & Rio Grande, accompan- |
led by the Southern Pacific local agent !
at the capital, came up on the next |
train. and are camping on the Santa |
Fe's trail The shipment is good and
during the night all the other fellows |
will be along, no doubt.
Major Washburne and Travelling Au- |
ditor Percy Perkins came in from |
CHEYENNE this afternoon and fastened |
down to Garfield beach.
Mr.. Markell is en- route here, and will |
arrive tomorrow Then there will he |
feminine voices telling him how mean |
he is about that uniform business, and |
OU1aD peOD1e will be on tha erirIs, eide |