Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-12

pllu, uut asa citizen Interested iu tuu !
welfare OF the beautiful AMI promising |
city Of Salt Lake. lie felt that the |
petition which hal Just been read I
b,ioro the Council, was suiil1i ar. !
gumsut M favor " grading Go 'he |
Company In qucsii0n, the tract % lanl !
osktd for He, not being very good |
mathematician, ami not having given !
The matter very thorough nsiIeta.
ton, dill not know oNtctly what the |
signatures favorlDg the proposition |
meant Ia moEuy value, bui he hal |
Teen informed on goOt authority
anu wns led 10 believe ~,
tnat over go pcr cent " Salt Lake /
Citl's wealth was represented by tho
signatures attached 10 the petition.
The bulldog Oh road 'tsm this city
10 tue coast wuulI be NJ ipcAiculsbls
benefit, moi only 10 Utah, On. o. all
tue adjacent country. A vert great
neCrasi y OF this western region was
the hull Ing OF road into tue Deep
Creek m mug campo, whore iuuumet-
able Cains Of low-gtsdo ore cries.
crossed uacn other Ike the lines uUon
checker board. Tue company ask.
ing the grant Of the Pioneer square Il
composed OF gUutltm-n who zfnId 40
the head Of salt bike's Influential
ciuzene. CUutCC,cI with our own
Ciilzins are some Of the most honor.
able, straightforward business men 90
tho Mississippi valley, Tue build
iug Uf railroads in cities IA aus
| the drawing into those citirs
Of trade anu commerce, aud 70
/ tho citizens u Salt L,Eo were not
| loyal enough In tbs ENCOURAGEMENT OF
rhilfUgls, to IHnate 10 the Company
that which was asked f0r, they might
/ i've g. zoe the day G. nj they would tU.
gfrt that by their actions Iney refused
| 10 foster and encourage tuch q piauai.
/ Die aud pfaisewOrthy enteTprisU, IL
/ meant everything TO Titan aud " uiI
| foI0uud & salt Lakt's incslcuHu|U
benefit In closing no aImDuishcd gll
members u the Council 90 yOto Tor ii'
a TALL; by MR. ALLEN.
Al the request OF Councilman I4e
ptOuon Mr.. j. NJ. a len ut So. Louie
was tue next speaker. lie utciafoI
that no was not GLITCH 10 tho aft Of SKY.
painting % the gentleman who hud
preceded him, but he Wa Possessed NJ
come stern facts with regard % what
this tlilrIn1 proposition meant 10 the
State OF Utah. The presentation %.
these iacls, however, hu lUokeI upon
ns something entirely uuurcrtfary IN
the lace OF tho uumufDusiy Egun d
petition which hau cen fral. FIR tue
past three yunrs he bad htuu engaged
in lOUkiug w ine proposition now uu'
der confederation, AMI haI vast q
many gallon " midnight 90 iu
thoroughly investigating the matter
Ho was not prepares TO Fay tha.
the company HUkluE the grant,
had eleven millions Iu cold Casu
~ cNuUud in the undertaking. 30,
such u statement would BE- looked upon
~ rrup0soru8, Tor suon was not Chr
CASE. But hv would say that the
movement wss not a premature one by
any means. II was one which hsd
been ClTuiully considered, aud bat
been declared by men Of mraus a. thr
most solid railroad proposition tuat had
ever been launched before The public
Of auy commonwealth. Iuu uudt 10
taking wac uau ia wAigh local CapiAl-
lat were Interested. rhoy were VIII.
Ing TO rick ihgir money Ia the enter
prise because they knew what u
meant 10 the lily Of Sail Lake anu the
state OF Utah, II Salt Lake dIdn'
build the road Denver aud the stale o
I
from DURANGO 10 tno c3ast In twtlv,
months. lie did not J o. ns "a philan
thtopist, but he was going 10 put hi
money Into u ut MI haEsrIs, hnd thor
we're Others who would no nkewite &
salt Lake Guy would DO its BIAro an'
grant the tquitc asked i1r
EN.MAYOR BAsIlIS FAvoHs IT.
lion. II. n. Ba.kin was uoKl Gale,
upon 10 speaa. lilo started out by sHy
lug that he was he ullly In favor 0
granting tho concessions asked for bl
the Utsh a Pau tlo Improvement cum
pauy. Some might think that hi
stand on this affair was entirely cuu
tTafy 10 that which he took on IN
Copper Plant proposition, but such WA
not the case. The bvllulng OF n rail
road was an entirely different mattUr
10 meant advantages 10 this city All.
state, the value of which could scarcely
~ appTox imuted. The building up %
cities, towns aud commonwealth
could be- iustly attributed 20 tho rail
road faculties found Ia and atoun
such lUcaliIef. The building oi th
PROPOSED railroad TO the cOas
meant great deal TO the Stale OF U.al
. and TO tue city OF Salt Lake.
would bring trade here, which propOrl.
belonged here, but which had bee
kept cut on account OF tho lack q
, roper railroad facilities. IL mean
d tue opening up OF the unused landg II
3 the southern portion Of the State;
: meant tho greater dtvolOI ment q
Uah's mining claims and tho bring
, iug TO the ifOut VI those minerals vii
watch tue mountains Of this Stat
we're literally filled. A few years ng
, he hau opposed the granting VI IA
, Pioneer square 10 railroad oorp0Ts
( ton; not because OF It's being suoh
% corporation, OF because Of the fear TINS
, n railroad would not prove hight
. beneficial TO the State, but III
y cause he did not believe IN
= proposition would 90 through. /
. lolEing up the present question, how
I ever, no was impressed with It, sut
!. slantiality aud believed that u W.
something whioI was bona lIe. tn
. gentlemen nj the head OF II, was
u sufficient guarantee 90 what the ~,
o position amounted tn, ana N Salt Ltb
3, refused TO take advantage OF what va
J, now offered, Denver would g1bblo u
that winch properly belonged mere.
J, CJuNCuMAN STEWARDS REMARK
Councilman Stewart was then n
?, cOguizpd by the CHAIR AMI to0E u
IT. Il VI. lie was also IN favor Of gran
70 Ing 10 tue Uinh anu Pacific la
I, ufuytmeut uUmpnuy tue tract OF Ian