The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-29
The Electric Railway.

On another page will be found the
Commissioners Resolution granting
to ID. II. Roberts franchise for an
electric road through this county. 1t
will be noticed that there are certain
conditions embodied in the resolution
making the acceptance of the same in
its present wording of no little ad-
vantage to the county. In fact, the
commissioners have looked so care
fully after the county's interests in
the matter, that Mr. Roberts says the
resolution is practically prohibitive-
that the capitalists who are backing
him can not, will not go further with
the matter unless certain conditions
are set aside and others modified
The first objection of Mr.. Roberts
is to the time limit in clause | of
Section /. He insists that six months
is not sufficient time in which to "dc-
termine the definite location of said
railway upon said highways" and the
filing of a map designating same, etc.
Mr.. Roberts wants one year.
His second objection is to the latter
half of clause of Section | where It
provides that 10 miles of road shall be
completed in one year and the entire
line in operation within three years,
under penalty of forfeiture of the
franchise, If the commissioners deem
it advisable. Mr.. Roberts deems this
an outrageous demand and one which
cannot be acceded to-
The third objection Is to Section 3,
which provides that the county may
place gravel trains on said railroad
and run them at the county's con-
venicnce, and free from cost to the
county. Mr.. Roberts feels that this
is asking altogether too much and
wants the clause modified, to say the
least.
The fourth objection Is to Section
I, providing that passes shall be is
sued to county officers, etc. The pro-
moter charactcrizes this as 'small'.
The fifth and last objection is to
Section 10 which provides forfeiture
of 800 for each failure of the COM
pany to observe each and every con-
dition in franchise. Mr. Roberts
can't stand for that.
The REPUBLICAN stands unQuali-
fiedly for an electric road through
this county because it believes that il
will be OF almost untold benefit to the
county. We are for progress, and this
is along the right line. The county
needs the road and the installation
OF the same must necessarily prove a
mutual benefit to county and pro.
motors. 40 miles of electric road
would add 100000 to the taxable
property, and it Is not doubted that
this would practically double in ten
years. 1t would be the means of con.
Meeting the extremes of the valley in
a commercial, social, and industrial
way so effectively that the conyen.
ience and advantage could hardly be
estimated. The residents of the out
side towns could come TO Logan, trans
act business and get home at convcn-
lent hours, and likewise Logan bust
ness men could look after interests In
all parts of the valley without such
great Inconvenience as at present
Residents and business men In out.
side towns could get freight from Lo
gan to great advantage and could
market their products here in the
same way Farmers could get their
milk to the creamerics and condensed
milk factories, and beets TO the sugar
factories. With such "A road it would
be possible for students Of the valley
to attend the educational institution.