Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-05

VT boltor - lHe huuuhl fallfO0o
Epidemic ID now raging In this end Of
Iron County, brought on, as has been
the case for the last three years by
PARTIES Of promoters from the
Estates" which may mean any local
ity outside OF Utah.
IL IL not always the case that the
men who visit our little city TO talk
no railroad matters present the situa.
tioD In such a logical aud business
like manner M did Mr.. Dudley, who
addressed our citizens In the tabor
nacle last Monday night.
Instead of telling as that be repre-
senteh company that was supplied
with ample funds, which they we're
anxious 10 invest In building n rail
road through our county sui city for
the purpose Of getting tho immense
deposits ofsooal, iroo, gypsum, sbsle.
etc. etc., TO the coast, he estoDished
some OF us by saying that until the
country hereabouts Ia more intensive
ly and extenisyely cultivated, there
Ia not enough In sight TO pay the Ia
terest on the money II will take to
build aud operate railroad. Now
We, With n few insien l6cant excsp
lions, have been inspired by the idea
that the Inducements for railroad
we're so great. and so plainly appsr
cDt. that capital must be- blind II 1t
did not embrace the golden opportuD-
icy. The plain, straight forward OK.
planetlon given by MIR. Dudley puts
an entirely different face on the mat
ter, aud makes plain tho reason why |
the surveyor who was TO begin opera.
tIons on the road leading from Lund
to tho OIL Fields via tho Harmony
coal measures, over two and half
wears since, within ten days OF the
time OF the departure of the dating
uished body OF capitalists who par.
took OF the hospitality OF the Corr
merolal club at the new Oedar's Ho-
toll did not show up Evidently those
gentlemen did not understand the
situation M Mr.. Dudley does or they
felt that 1t would be- but poor ie-
turn Co make the "Hsyseeds" down
here TO tell II to them In the fashion
that the candid speaker of last Mon
day evening did. Better let us down
easy, and at least part good friends
soon enough we should fiud out that
they we're too wise TO spend either
their own money or that of their
hackers on 30 uncertain a risk. There
10 an old saying that "the FLOWS OF a
friend nre better than the kisses of an
enemy" And II 10 u sure thing that
II wa will take 10 heart the blow
which the candid MIR. Dudley struck
our vanity, aud 40 to work ~ be REQ
commends, We shall get raiirosd
mroh sooner than II we hug TO our.
selves the delusion that We have such
"a wonderful lot OF Inducements for
railroad builders az some Of our ban
auetlng friends would make us think
they belteved. IL 10 mot sndrv Hoped
resources which railroad building In
NostoAh nIo hitots Nuut tuoN Woues
IL the business In sight, so that In
stead Of waiting for them to build q
road to help US develop the country,
they evidently prefer to wait till We
develop the country and help them
build the road And we should sin.
oerely thank Mr., Dudley for the bus
iness.like manner Ia which he has
stripped OF the bandase and given us
peep at our surroundings as they
appear Co the man on the other eide
Of the proposition.
Let just take his advice aud az we
do not get the road, we shall certain
~ have the improvements.
JOSEPH 4. WILKINSON.