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PLEASING TO MoNrANANs.

Helena. Mont. JuiI s6.-An order
has been received by g. ". Tatem as
saver In charge OF the United States
assay Office in Helena authorizing The
reception OF silver contained iu gold
deposits whenever the amount 81 sl-
Yer IN such deposits does not exceed
ln value the proportion oi one part sil-
yer 20 30 parts rold. and paw Cor the
same 90 the current rate Fixed by the
bureau NJ Washington.
The order. which becomes effective
Aug next u hailed with delight by
mining men as flc ratio l.r.info.
has been one part silver ~ so parts
gold which necessitatcd the shipment
% much 81 the product 70 eastern
minis. entallinr a DELAY often o. a
monih IN obtaining remuneration. The
new order viii also have the effect Of
increasing the receipts Of the local
Olhce.
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AGAINST UTAH COPPER.
Application for Appropriation Of Wa
ter of Adamson Spring Denied.

The application Of the Utah Copper
company for the appropriation OF the
water produced from what Is known as
the Adamson spring near the site OF
the companys new mill al Garfield, has
been denied and the protest Of Atty l..
II. GRAY sustained The application
for this water applies only TO the over
flow and was filed several months
ago. but MI Gray laid claim to il by
reason Of both use and possession
The specific grounds Of his claims
are that under the old law he filed with
the county recorder Of Salt Lake coun-
~ the necessary documents 20 entitle
him 20 the oWnshi~ OF the spring and
that subsequently he constructed lrri-
gating bitches for couyerging the wa
ter uDon "a large tract OF land and that
the ownership and possession have fee
NAMED with him undlspuled Tor O. long
period Of time.
The now OF the spring is estimated
10 be ~ second feet
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PRODUCE.
ClIICAGo.

Chicago. July 96-The wheat market
Ike other grains opened weak today
Lower cables and large local receipts
caused considerable selling by cash
houses September opened 81. TO = low
er az 20. 10 i6i4 and sold az i6i.
September corn opened i 90 = lower
az 5lt, 20 5lis and sold az 81.
The oats market was weak September
opened = lower at 35i. 20 5iss.
Provisions were easier September pork
was down 22is az lj.c1. lard was pa low
er at SO. and ribs were down shade
az e.lii7,
cash. wheat-No. req. icAaU4 No. 3
red, 15A d7Gis No hard. i'4Hi6i., No.
hard, i4nq5jh, No. ! northern Ishqso.
No. ? northern. i6&aN, no SPRING. '4a
Como. 2 nIaats. 40. g. N& 30
Oats-No. 2 a. No 2. 1913.
Close Whoat-Juiy i5A4'iA Sept. i6@
Q15s
Oats-July. 3i1 sept. Eis
poIk-Septa ITO.
Iard-July, s2ia sept. So
Ribs-sl0. sept. s.lie
Rye-Cagh. 59nle'a
Barley-Cash Ssa55
Timothy sept, i.GHs6
SUGAR AND COFFEE.
New York. July @-suFar. raw Arm
Fair refining. 3t, centrifugal. % test. "a
molases sugar, 3
Reancd-Firm Crushed So; powder
"a. p. gtanylaied 80.
Cofoe-No. Rio,
LIVERPOOL GRAGN.
Liverpool July 8.-Ciose, whest-July
g. I'D, Sept. e eizd Dee, Is nd.
weather fne.
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MoNTANA.s COAL OUTPUT.
Geological Survey Has Released Fig
urcs Bearing ON Subject.

The coal output o. Montana amount
az IN 1905 to l,643,s32 short tons, valued
OF i2s2S.350 The coal mining industry
OF this state has shown comparatively
little change during the last N years
Although the production On 1905 eNhb-
tied an increase o. 2s49l3 short tons. or
n per cent over that OF 1904, Il exceeded
by only $780, 00o tons the average produce
ton during the preceding 10 years and
was "a little less than the output re-
ported ln 1897 and IN l9o0
The Montana returns for 1905 do.
however, indicate an unusual demand
upon the coal mines of the state IN
that year. Tor there was not only
an increased production but prices
showed n decided Improvement ana
the total value an increase of S62S Sl2.
oi 2sG per cent from S2.lsiJ4S. or 2s6
Der cent. from S2.l9ijis in 1904 Go l2.S23.-
40 ia 1895 The average price advanced
from Si.d Go N1l per short ton The
larger part Of the coal produced n
Montana Is sold for locomotive use and
the improved conditions last year were
doubtless due 20 increased business
with the transportation companies.
Notwithstanding the increased pro-
hAl NlNN TT AHNNf NNf AANNINfN ~ NIliA
employed was considerably less than
$50 1904. while the average number II
working DAYS was the same. The
total number 81 men employed IN 1905
was 2.1S1. as compared with 1905 men
90 1904. The average number % days
worked was 2i3 in both years. The
average production per man IN 1895
was 1897 tons. against 52i5 On 1904
one mine in Montana was closed
from Jan. 90 Aug l9 hy a strike which
had begun in August. 1904. This mine
employed a total o. 200 men, ana Il Is
the only instance of labor trouble re-
ported IN Montana during the year.
There were o. mining machines iu use
I'm Montana in 1905. against 81 IN 1905
and GO in 1903. The machine-mined
production iu 1895 amounted to 1906
short tons. or i6 PER cent ~ the total
output as compared with is292i short
tons. or 355 per cent 81 the total out
put On 1904.
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FOUND ANTHONY MINE.
Thompson Campbell of Butte Be-
comes Interested in Utah.

Thompson Camnbell. one Of Butte's
well-known attorneys, has returned
home. says the Anaconda Standard.
from o tour OF the southwest In search
Of mining properties FOR a syndicate OF
capitalists. of which ne Is one. and
reports having found in Garfield coun-
ty. Utah. an anthony mine that Is
likely 20 be heard from IN the future,
The mine Is 40 miles from the ter
minus Of the Rio Grande q Western
railroad The vein Is fat and has a
width Of from six 20 eight feet Mr
Campbell says the ore runs from 10 20
20 per cent in anthony. and an view
Of the fact that this metal is valued
at $500 ton. and there Is $4,000
worth of ore on the dump. IL is not "A
bad proposition. Mr.. Campbell has
tied the property up and VIII inter-
est the syndicate in 70.
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RETURNED MISSIONARIES

Have you a friend or acaualnt,,..
IN your former neld OF labor. 10 WHOM
you would like TO send a copy NJ ~.
Semi Weekly Newsi N so taks al "a
vantage OF our special offer. mSs. !.
tld me great missionary work w.
tend the paper one year 10 any no,,,
IN the United States, Canada or NJ
leo at half price. 81 20 This DOE, ~,
Apply 70 points where there are res
lsf wards or Stakes Foreign pos,ss,
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REGULAR CALL

REGULAR CALL
Alice-2OO AZ 2.75.
Aiax-500 al q.
Carlsa-1. 900 az &C.
Uncle Sam-l0O AZ Az.
Beck Tunncl--500 az 81; 300 az So;
100 ~ So.
OPEN BOARD.
Beck Tunnel-j00 AZ SO.
Columbus Consohdated--500 at
$50; 100 90 1855: 1890 al 1885, buyer
60; 100 az 40, 900 at T95.
DAILY Judge--S00 az l0.62A.
Lower Mammoth-l,20O at so.
Little Cottonwood--i,j00 AZ 6.
Nevada Hills--iOO at 2.6o. co at
$50: 500 40 275.
Ohio Copper--3O0 at 40.
OnariO-l00 at 500.
South Columbus-i,5 500 al 60, 500
al 81. buyer 30, 500 at 81. 500 al 50.
Star Consolldated-i,OO 600 at 1914.
Uncle Sam-500 at a..
REHABILITATION.
shares. Value.
Regular call.... 900 l,6g3.50
open board.,,...15,3e6 3l06A50
Forenoon totals. S,066 S32,758.OO
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MEAT AND POULTRY.
BLISS, IDAHO.

Harvey Dixon Of Bliss, Ida. dIes rp,y
~ MS home. ocoasionod BY severe
attaek or spotted fever. Elder Dlro,
came from Hancock county, H.. IN iS5e
since which time he has resided An
Utah and Idaho. ~
A. the time Of bis death he was p,e.
siding over the Pr Grove branch NJ m,
Blaine ward, Cassia stake. He was a
thorough Latter-day Saint and Ave. .
life OF great usefulness
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LIVESTOCK.


Chicago. July 8.-Cattle-Receipts, g.
0Q: market steady Beeves. 35a6 %;
feeders Sai b calves. 5.@a7Oo.
Hogs-Recelpts, g2eg. market steady.
Estimated tomorrow. 5000. Mixed and
butchers. GWdb s1ia; good heavy. 6.9q
SSH: rough heavy 6.lja5 ~ lights 6.ygt
$50, pigs j.1jRG.ij; bulk Of sales 6.@g
f.St
sheep Receipts 1900; market steady.
Sheep. 2Uujj0. lambs i.l5aiI5.
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CONCENTRATES

The Car,a dividend OF 5000 was dis
bur-ed today
Alex Goliath Is expected home from
California tomorrow
The Mexico Consolidated Mining COM
pony has dlsbursed its July dividend Of
slg0oo0
Hugh Tarbet. who has been On a
prospecting trip into Nevada, mas re-
tunnel home
The Bingham Central stock pool has
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FAY AND GoLDsPRINes.

William II. Perry The owner OF sew
cral southern stage lines. is In the
city, He says Fay. Nevada. is looks
ing up aOd Indications point 20 a long
era of rosrar.ty On tfat cainn Mr.
Perry las much faith .a the future of
Go'1srro-s o. few miles east of Fay,
where Charley Short is opening up al
least two ~o0d producers.
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FINE JOB WORK

Turned out on short motto.
Deseret News. A big shlpmer, ~ N,
types and supplies Just IN. ON o. hss
ties for letter heads, bill heads " taclh.
', se'opes' pads; etc, etc. are ubes ss ssn:
THE DESERET NrWr
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ON MINING EXCHANGE.
Columbus Con. Conspicuous in Fore
noon Transactions

The participation Of several OF the
high priced stocks during the open
board session OF the Salt Lake Stock q
Mining exchange this forenoon sent the
totals up 10 s32.j7S. Columbus Consoli-
dated was IN demand and the stock
closed stronger. The development Of
new ore bodies in the mine during the
week undoubtedly being responsible FOR
the improved condition Of the market
for that Alta stock. DAILY Judge failed
10 recuperate from the indisposurc OF
yesterday. while Nevada Hills ana bust.
ness up 10 s2.75. South Columbus also
continued strong and ohio Copper held
its own. The closing quotations and
sales were:
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KANSAS CITY.

Kansas city. July 8-Cattle- Receipts,
market S.VlJ market steady to shade low
81. Native steers. A.0G62) native COWS
and helfers. g.50d4 %. bulls 2 6ai 90;
calves, jrQ5.j0; western FED steers. 500
$50. western fed COWS 2.OJa4.o.
HOgs-Receipts IOcD0. market steady
Bulk Of sales 6j1iqSG; heavy s.6Ja
cay packers, 6.j5iad6.65; pigs and lights
3. Sll6.10.
sheep-Recelpts 900. market steady.
Muttons. f50a5.6l; lambs, 59H7.50; range
wethers. 1Jq5 rs, red ewes, i.@a5.5.
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one hundred De Forest Wireless
stock az 1900. Must be sold az once,
so give us q bid. z. NJ West & Co.,
Tel. 1876. 327 d. T. Walker block
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
TOIDAY'S.

The Goss Printing Press Co. to
The Goss Printing Press Co, new,
lots J. ETC. block ., Brighton add.
The Goss Printing Press Co. 20 sam
uel G. Goss lots !. etc, block 2
Brighton add..........,,,......
Kean r Boutwell, q al 20 Louisa
: Yeck. part n lot 8 block r.
plat B..t.ts.t.-s...t.,s. .,...stss.ss.. .
= J Sanders a. Go. to David NJ.
Powell land in section H. town
ship 2 south, range ] wesi.......,
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WOOL.
ST LOUIS

ST. Louis, July 2f-Wool. steady Ter
ritory and western mediums 224R fine
medium, lsd20; fine. Nali
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NEVADA STOCKS.

James A. Pollock & co. furnish the
following san Francisco stock quota
lions today.
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T. n. Snow & Co, Stock Brokers.
% Commercial Blk. Both Phones 1914
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T0OAY'S MONEY MARKET.

New York, July 26-Money on !
call easy. cav per cent. Ruling 1
rate, ~; closing bid and offered. !:
81. Time loans dun and easy +;
for short dates: 80 days. 3i4aE: !!
20 days, iah; six months. 81. /
Prime mercantile paper. 5i4GiG. !
Sterling exchange weak. clos j
ing firmer at ls4s5asO for de- 7
mand and At lssoG5 for sO-day )
bills posted rates. isait and :
ass; commercial bills. AgiIa%. !;
Bar silver, s. !
Mexican dollars, t0r. J
Government bonds Arm. rail. :
. roads bonds heavy !.
=. A a
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YESTERDAYS.

Harry N Mayo. 20 Hyman Eckstein.
warranty deed, 21xlo rods south
cast from 9 rods south Of north
west corner q lot T. block 49,
plat B..........,..,...,..,...,...,....84g1
John n Lundquist to Fred Crane.
warranty deco, l1sXis feet north
west from ia feet west Of south
+ n.,,....'..,. ~ 2co
Louise McCarty 70 Lofett r. Dudler
warranty deed southeast quarter
Of the southwest quarter 81 sec
ton ., township ! south, range
east .ttt.-s-f.- ss-'sstss ..tsts.'stssss otts
James Thomas 20 Art Peck. warran-
~ deed, 2 feet by rods south
west from 30 feet west u north
east corner Of lot g. block .. plat
c .....-,....t .........t.,.,.,........... VI
Lettia r. Hgsmer % Edward l..
Sheets. warranty deed ls5Xb feet
northeast from - feet east Of
southwest corner o. lot 2 block
~, plat B.....,,..,....,......... loW
Thora klergard 70 l. J. VI. McCar-
~. warranty deed. 3inl2J feet
southeast from g feet south OF
northwest corner % Dot ?, block 81,
A. O. Green 10 John A. Hughton.
warranty deed, lot g. block 10
plat ....,s.......,............ ~
SAT- Lake Investment company 20 G.
r. B0thWel warranty deed. lot 3
block 49, plat D...................... CT
Lucy W. smith 20 NJ. woodruff 81 al
warranty deed. STA acres % sec
ton lG township south, range ]
east ..ssssst-satttatstst sfststsstsssssss
John " Walker TO Jos. r. Walker
Jr, warranty deed. 2yl0 rods
northeast from rods north Of
southwest corner u lot 2, block Is,
NIht lf.s.ss.s s.sstss.sss
Brigham A. Rad TO Fannie l.. Rod.
warranty deed 5Xl0 rods SOUTH
west from northeast corner ~ lot
s. block lfj Plat A...,.............., u
Brigham A. Rid 20 Fannie l. Ridd.
warranty deed. SKIS rods OF DOT
block lgi plat A. .............., y
LfGrand Young 90 ~ Young 81 al
warranty decd sectioss g g town
ship ] south. range ] West........,.
Brigham A. Rldd 10 Fannie /. Rldd
WARRANTY deed. a feet by : rods
rorfhsast from 80 fet south ~
southwest corner u lot T. block
lM plat A..............,,.,...... Il
Brigham s Ridd to Fannie L. Ridd
warranty deed, 2ryS rods north
west FROM ! rod east ~ southwest
corner ~ JOY 2 block -. plat C.. Y
Robert S. Walker 20 Sophronia Mel
sen warranty deed. 3a3 rods
northeast from southwest corner q
iot g block 10 plat A. Draper. 2,
Emna j.. ReNfprd 81 VI 20 William
& Han quitsclaim ded. Dolly Var
den lode. salt Lake County,. -
Elizabeth Russell 10 Sarah Morgan.
quit-claln deed lo' Il, block 8
Plat T. tc,....,...-.......s.s..... ~
s. Hays 70 n. @. Jarrard, qiit-olaim
deed parcel. Bingham canyon.
Lucy " Smith 70 ". woodruff 81 al,
qult-olaim deed interest lots ., -
~ North Waterloo ...,,.,......,....
". " Rivers 30 Utah Independent
Telephone company. grant deed.
east one-hsli o. the east ore-naf
81 section ., township south,
range ! west =
Estate Lestsr IT, Gllbort % i O.
Green. sdninistrator's deed, lot 4
block 10 plat D...........,.,......... 100
Estate r. 3 Watson % JEANNE l.
Watson. decree DIST part lot 4
block u. io-aeTe plat A.....,.t.............
Western Pacific Railway company
20 Julia Maurer 81 Al. decree
condemnation. vsrt .. VI { block
" plat c..'.s..s'- ~r--. cw--'ss.- n
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CANNON BROS. BROKERS, "a z.
So. Temple. Tel 90 Ind, si0-k Bell
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OMAHA

Omaha. July &-Cattle-R Receipts 300;
market steady % easier. Native steers,
1896 8: COWS and hcifers. 3.pd4 ".
western steers. 3.5lq5 3j: Gamers. ! .50a
2.7j. stockeIs and feeders. 2.15d4 %;
calves 3@a555; bulls and stays 40g
f3.
Hogs-Receipts. $500: market weak 10
cents lower Heavy 64Ga6 70. mixed, 6.
$3.50. lights. 6 $4,000; pigs, 5.j1d6 .;
bulk Of sales. 6.45dC.j2ih.
Sheep-Rcceipts. 500; market slow 10
easter Ycarlngs. Ions s.: wethers. ASA
$40. ewes. 4.iga4 %. lambs s sou
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A. S. CAMPBELL.
Stock Broker, ZIG d. F. Walker Block.
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Y ", WEST a Co. stock broken,
d. +. Walker Blk Tel les: res. sBIO.r
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+. j. Moore. Colorado manager Of the
Mining & Scientific Press Of San Fran
cisco, is in the city in the interest OF
that well known mining publication.
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Arthur l.. Pearse. consulting engl-
neer for the Utah Apex properties, has
returned from d trip 10 the eastern Of
fees Of that company
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been dissolved and something Ike g9i,-
90 shares have been released.
II. 5. Joseph IL In Colorado Springs
on mining business He Is expected
home about the end OF the week
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Donald y. Gillies and Malcolm Nc
Donald. Identified with the Schwab
mining interests IN Nevada, have been
in Butte several days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-21

Element of those matters is greatly to
be desired.
The memory of the great strike OF
1894, with its losses of life and prop
erty, has not faded from the minds OF
the people. They do not want a repe-
tition of that performance, and the in
terstate commerce commission seems to
open a way to permanent peace. The
really significant thing about the pro-
posal, though, is the fact that it comes
from the railway magnates, the en-
ployers instead of the employees 1t is
an indication that the old ''public-de-
damned" policy expressed by Commo-
dOre Vanderbilt is dying out. The rail-
way managers are now willing to con-
cede that the government and the peo-
pie have an interest in their business,
that the interest amounts to q right to
inquire into affairs and adjust them
when adjustment seems necessary.
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pAILRoAD ARBITRATION.

There is considerable significance in
the reported suggestion by several rail-
way managers that hereafter wage dis
putes be referred to the interstate
commerce commission for arbitration.
An agreement of this character would
certainly be a step in the right direc-
ton. The commission knows. or should
know, when railroad employees are JUS
tilted in making a demand for increased
pay. The commissioners also know. or
should know. when q railroad company
is justified in cutting down the wages
of its men.
Objection will be made to the refer
ence of wage disagreernents to the COM
mission on the ground that the time of
that body is now fully occupied with
the hearing of rate questions. It some
times takes years to settle a rate dis
pute. A wage question would have to
be taken up and disposed Of at once.
Neither the corporation nor the employ
es would be willing to wait for an un-
usual length of time for settlement
That is a point against the PROPOSE
ton, and it is about the only point
Perhaps the objection could be met
by the appointment Of a special COM
mittee OF the commission to handle
matters involving wages, and it could
be understood that all other matters
would be temporarily sidetracked pend
ing disposition of the case. The pub
lie surely would like to see the danger
of railway strikes averted. There is
at present no intimation of a strike,
hut a government tribunal for the set
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REVOLUTION PENSIONERS.

It has developed that the report that
the Revolutionary widow who died q
few days ago was the last surviving
pensioner. of the War of the Revolu-
ton, was a mistake. A century and a
quarter after that memorable gle
for human liberty there are three pen
sioners of the Revolution. They are all
their country from England. One lives
in Pennsylvania, one in New York and
one il Connecticut. The youngest is
So years old and the oldest is IS. Re-
ports say that all are in first-class
health and that they may survive fo1
several years.
1t has been nearly 100 years since the
second war with England, the war OF
1872. The pension rolls contain the
names of $50 widows of soldiers who
participated in that struggle. The indi-
cations are that some time will elapse
before the last of these names is
erased by death. The Indian wars
fought prior to the war with Mexico
FURNISH fenlarkS - GecOru 1HouSH
the last of them was finished more than
seventy years ago. there are 2,17S sur
vivors on the rolls and 1857 widows.
Fifty-eight years ago treaty OF
peace between the United States and
Mexico was signed. The soldiers who
Tough. under the American flag in that
conflict must have been an extraordi-
nary healthy lot Nearly 1900 of them
are drawing their pensions regularly
and the widows of 7.4SS are receiving
quarterly checks from the government
If the record of the Revolution may be
taken as a criterion it will be sixty-five
or seventy years more before the last
of these names is stricken off the list.
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SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.

The city council should, and it doubt
less will, extend TO the new owners
and managers of the Utah Light &
Railway company every facility for the
proposed improvement of it's lines. The
rights of the public must, of course
be properly safeguarded, but there is Nc
necessity for the introduction of ha-
RAISING technicalfties or any other mat
tiers tending to discourage this most I'M
portant work.
At the meeting of the council and
officials of the company Monday after
noon the latter announced their inten-
ton to begin at once the spending of
several millions of dollars in relaying
the tracks. in substituting heavy rails
for light ones in the purchase of new
and better equipment and in the cree
ton of an auxiliary steam plant of pro-
portions sufficient to guarantee centin-
uous street railway and light and pow
er service. Every citizen desires these
improvements installed.
Those who favor municipal ownership
of street railways and lighting plants
agree that the next best thing to public
ownership is an efficiently managed pri-
vate corporation. The character of the
officials of the company, their long ex-
perience in the work and their ability
TO successfully carry out large under
takings is sufficient warrant for the
statement that they will indulge in no
trifiing. They viii do exactly what they
say they will do. Every promise they
make viii be carried out, for they make
no promises until they are sure they
can carry them out to the satisfaction
of all concerned.
The council can be great help or a
great hindrance in this undertaking.
1t can impose captious obligations, it
can cause delays, it can hamper the
work in many ways. We would not
have the council give to the new COM
pany anything that is not fair and just,
both to the company and to the people.
But every reasonable request made
should be promptly complied with, to
the eni that there may be as little de-
lay as possible.
Salt Lake City is entitled to and
should have a fiTst-class street railway
system. 1t should have electric lights
and power upon which it can depend
at all times and under all circum-
stances. These blessings the company,
with the cooperation of the council
and the public, proposes TO furnish. May
the good work be speeded.