The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17

has met with bitter opposition. This com
mittee believes that If he had been given
proper encouragement an interurban cleo
trical railway between Payson and Logan
would before this have been in course of
construction.
Recommendation by COMMITTEES.
The committee goes on to say:
Opposition by representatives of inter-
ests which the interurban system is sup
posed to antagonize, failure on the part
of the people of the country districts as
we'll as residents of the city to understand
and appreciate the advantages aeeruing
to the public by the establishment or IN
terurban railways, failure on the part or
the investors 10 recognize the opportunity
TO make profitable investments In this
connection. constant chickering's mostly OF
political nature among the people OF TINS
state, are the causes which have contrib
uted for the most part to prevent devel-
opments along these lines
Your committee therefore legs leave to
suggest that this association take such
STEPS as may be deemed proper to recon-
Gle, if possible the yarious competing IN
tereStS and remove opposition TO any par
ty who may give evidences of good faith
and ability TO construct such a line as
conditions in this state may demand.
The report is signed by Chairman u. Y.
Wiley jr. c. o. Harris, A II. Cook, +.
j. Alexander and H. A. McCollem.
The report was unanimously adopted
Employees Allowed to Join.
After a recess of ten minutes a motion
was passed to allow the employees OF
members TO join the association for 81.
They would not be allowed to vote at a
stockholders meeting. motion was IN
troduced, which was unanimously passed,
to adopt uniform seal which shall be
printed on the stationery of the members
and that the committee on publlclty
should decide on the design.
Salt Lake as JobbIng Center.
Salt Lake was then considered as a
jobbing center and several members
spoke on the subject, all asserting that
Salt Lake should go after the trade In
southern Nevada. One member said that
the house he represented sent man into
that country and that he met with great
success, getting enough orders 10 SEND
out four carloads shortly after
Others told of the success of their
agents in that country and declared Salt
Lake was the natural Jobbing center for
that country especially atter the san
Francisco disaster. Omaha and Denver
were covering the territory, too, but Salt
Lake had many advantages over them
One man said that all the dealers in
southern Nevada were Willing TO buy
from Salt Lake merchants II they would
compete in prices with the other jobbers,
and that his house had secured a COM
modify rate of 81 cents on certain ar
ticles
Not Carrying Parcels.
g. NJ. Mendenhall, representing the
Utah Light & Railway company, ad-
dressed the association. lie said that his
company had been carrying packages for
merchants in the suburbs, but the bus
mess had become so great that the COM
pany was forced to discontinue it until
some special provision could be made TO
handle it, He told of how street car
companies carry express in the east and
in some places compete with steam roads.
He asked the attitude of the association
on establishing a system of this kind in
Salt Lake, and il was referred TO the
committee on railroads.
w j. McCorkindale OF the Utah Gas
& Coke company said that his company
had tried TO patronize local dealers, but
the foundries in this city could not put
in a bid for the mahcinery for their plant
because the railroad rates permitted the
eastern manufacturer TO ship his ma
ehinery in here cheaper than local
foundry could get the raw material.
Manager OYvin p. Morris told of the
work the association had been doing
about rates and said that there were sew
eral propositions now in the hands of the
Trans Missouri Freight Rate bureau,
which adjusts all rates. The meeting ad-
journed subject to the call of the pres
idaOt