The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-12
THE PETITIONS.

III h PETITIONS.
Numerous petitions asking that the
| Old Fort square be granted for ter
minal facilities, were read, the follow
ing being some of the signatures
Heber NJ. Wells, John E. DooIy, w.
| s. Mccormick. J. NJ. Stout, l. S. Hills,
Cyrus L. Hawley, ". S. Weber, S. H.
Auer bach, the Seigel Clothing COM
pany, w. P. Lynne, A. l.. Thomas,
| Walter Jennings, John H. White, Her
man Bamberger, Harry T. Duke, Elias
A. Smith, NJ. H. Walker, c. R. Savage,
James R. Walker, R. Kletting, Lewis
H. Farnsworth, F. D. klmoalI'
E w. Duncan. Josiah Barnett, Sam
uel Mcintyre, A. Hanauer, Jr.,
Frank Knox, H. S. Young, E. W. Will
son, A. NJ. Carlson, Louis Cohn. H. q.
Whitney, Salt Lake L. & G. company.
John c. Cutler Sam j. Kenyon, Isaac
Barton, George Sutherland, Glen Mil
Ter, Hiram E. Booth, Thomas Hull,
Robert N. Baskin, E. D. Hoge, j. E.
Bamberger, Sam Levy, Lipman, Nadel
& Son, H. G.. Mcmillan. Smith Drug
company. Hermann Hill, Charles H.
Brink J. H. Woodmansee, F. W.
Francis, Martin earn, Simon Bamber-
ger. P. j. Moran, Hoyt Sherman, jr.,
Browning Bros, James Anderson, Fred
J. Leonard, John Buckle & Son, John
Mcdonald, H. M. Bacon, Martin Lam
nan. James II. Bacon, j. Schenck, e.
G.. Wooley, w. J. Beatie, J. P. Gardner,
the Lace House company, Solomon
Brothers, Freeze Mercantile company.
James. Spencer. Bateman & Co, NJ. 8.
Wooley, Western Shoe and Dry Goods
company. Nat NJ. Brigham, Margetts
Bros, Young Bros. Co, F. E. Margetts,
NJ. A. Walsh, Manca Bros, George D.
Loomis. Mountain Stone company, Salt
Lake Gilsonite company, George d.
Loomis, D. Alexander, H. L. A. Gunner,
Grant Soap company, J. F. Grant, G.
T. Gunner & Bros, Wasatch AS
phaltum company. Bee Hive Shoe
Store. Kyune Graystone company,
the Denver Syndicate Implement COM
pany, Ed F. Colborn. r. Macintosh,
Costello E. Wilson Nelden Myers & Co.,
Simon J. Fisher W. c. Pavey & Co.,
Anderson, Taylor Co., w. D. Mathis &
Co, w P. B. Coalter, The Citizens
Electric Light company, Harrington
& Donnelly, Joseph B. Bloor, Chamber
of Commerce by w. A Nelden, vice
president; Nelden, Judson Drug COM
pany. The Salt Lake Pressed Brick
company Watson Bros, Bill Bros, The
Hines Mercantile and Cigar company,
Klenke & Co, F. ]. Hill & Co. John
w, Donnellan. George NJ. Downey, J.
X. Gillespie, G. S Holmes, Sam F.
Keyting, Mathew Cullen. George A.
Lowe, A. G.. Campbell Paine & Lyme,
Afidgley & SonsAH. Green, John c. c.
Glanf1eld. R. NJ. Jones. Brig Hampton.
Francis c. Gilds. S. G. Ewing, Fisher
Harris. Commercial National Bank,
The Commercial Block association, T.
A. Grant, Home Fire Insurance Co.,
H Dinwoodey, William Wallace, j. II.
Bennett, J. S. Jensen. Inter-Mountain
Electric company, Utah Plumbing Sup
ply company, Thomas A. Williams, +.
K Thomas O, r. Meredith, W. j.
Bateman. Salt Lake Grain company,
Sears, Young & Co, NJ. H. Desky, c.
W. Brand, w P. Alexander. W. Pc
terson, L. NJ. Earl. B. B. Mann, Edgar
Howe, Daniel w Owen, Francis Arm
strong, William Langton, Thomas &
Mott J. w. Saunders, Samuel Hep
worth, Oliver Hodgson, F. T. Ashton,
Nathan Sears, D. o. Calder, Lambert
Paper company, John Beck, Co-opera-
tive Wagon and Machine company,
Snencer Clawson & Co.. State Bank of
Utah, Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake ORA
matte association, John r. Winder.
Don H Porter, Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company, George Y. Wal
lace, George Naylor Consolidated I'm
plement company, George T. Odell, R1-
lon S Wells, Grant Hampston, f.
Forslund, A. L. Simondi.
After the reading of the resolution
as presented by Councilman Dale at
Tuesday nights meeting, calls were
made for representatives OF the rail-
road company, and Judge Colborn
came forward and in his usual brilliant
manner presented the proposition in
business way.
COLBORN'S BRILLINAT TALK.
Not as a. Gould or Rothschild, he
began. but simply as a citizen and
property holder interested in the sue
cess and prosperity of Salt Lake, l
have accepted the invitation of the dis
tinguished citizens heading this enter
prise to present the matter to you. l
look upon a councilman as in duty
bound to carry out the wishes of the
sovereigns behind him. The petitions
read show the wishes of your sover-
eigns. 1 believe fully so per cent of the
wealth Of Salt Lake is represented on
those petitions Salt Lake is practi
cally a railroadless city today. The
most tragic event in the west was when
the city of Leavenworth refused to put
up the money to connect her with the
marts of the east. The capital she re-
fused went further down the river, and
busting Kansas City is the result.
Leavenworth still mounns that mistake.
May not such a thing happen to Salt
Lake? If she does not act, Denver will
build the road to the coast. Now is the
time for us to undertake this enter
prise The new road would open I'D
communication by water which is need
ed to lower the rates CF shipment 1t
would materially shorten the distance
from southern California to the east,
would bring fruit laden trains TO Utah
and take from southern Utah coal and
iron to the California market. We have
also another hope. and that is rail
road TO Deep CreAk. where there are
thirty mining districts and whole
masses of ore awaiting TRANSPORTATION
With improved methods of treating ore,
a road to this camp would be the
greatest boon that Salt Lake could
have.
At the head of the project is George
Q. Cannon and associated with him
leading capitalists of the Mississippi
valley They do not desire to acquire
the property for its own vahe but to
demonstrate to the people 81 the east
that Salt Lake is ready and willing
to do its part to encourage such an en-
terprise They don't want the property
until 100 miles Of the road is built, and
You hear the whistle of the locomotive
in that block
Mr.. ALLEN SPEAKS.
When Judge Colborn has finished
Mr.. J. NJ. Allen of St Louis was called
upon. Il want to apologize in the first
place for not being able to do the sky
painting that Judge Colborn has in
dulged in he said 81 can. however.
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