The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-26
REDUCED RATE ON
UTAH COAL SOUGHT
Railways VIII Be Asked to Drop
Freight Charge at Least
30 Cents a Ton.
PETITIONS PRESENTED TO
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Club to Help Entertain Boni-
faces; Report Made Oh Irri-
CATION Project.

The board Of governors of the Com
mcrcial club has been asked to use Its
influence towards inducing the rail
roads 10 grant reduced or summer
rate on coal from the Utah mines. The
petitions presented to the board at the
meeting held Friday afternoon were
referred 10 the club committee on rail
ways and transportation and an effort
will be made to induce the railroads
TO make a reduction Of at least 50 cents
a ton IN the extremely high rate which
has been maintained for many years.
In this request the petitioners are
backed by prominent business men of
the city and the fruitgrowers of Mil
Creek district have added their re-
quest for lower rates on coal TO be used
IN heating their orchards.
The special committee, headed by
Governor William Spry, presented It's
report nthe irrigation project in Mil
lard county which was accepted by the
board
Fred r. Woolley, p, j. Donohue and
DR.. h. K. Wight were elected as resi-
dent members of the club and W. NJ,
McGill of Ely, A. j. Metcer of Prosser,
Washington, and e. NJ. Graham OF Den
yer were elected nonresident members,
To Welcome Bonifaces.
The board received letter from Sam
Porter, manager of the Kenyon hotel,
calling attention to the visit Of dele.
gates to the convention Of the Hotel
Men g Mutual Benefit association next
month. This letter stated that spe-
clal train from the New England states
and a special train from New York
Will arrive in Salt Lake April %. The
matter was referred to the committee
on public entertainment and ii Is prob
able that the Commercial club will
take part III the entertainment of the
hotel men during their stay in Salt
Lake.
a communication from the officers
of the United States Land & Irrigation
exposition was received, asking that the
Commercial club co-operat. in the 1910
exposition to be held in Chicago next
fail. This request was turned over to
the publicity committee.
Irrigation Project Report.
The report on the Sewer River Land
water company project follows:
To the President and Board of Cover
nors OF the Commercial Club:
Gentlemen.-Your special committee
appointed to investigate the plan of the
for the irrigation and colonization OF a
large tract of land in Mllard county
begs TO report as follows:
Your committee believes that any
project OF public or semi-publc nature
which contemplates the reclamation of
arid lands and the bringing OF new
population and new wealth into our stale
should receive from the Commercial club
ana from every good citizen all the en-
couragement that can be consistently
given, Your, committee spent the en-
tire day, Wednesday, March l6. in an in
spcction of the lands, the reservoir sites
and The proposed canal routes OF the Sc
vier River company, and was deeply i'm
pressed with the feasibility OF this
best ability in engineering. agriculture
and horticulture has been employed in
working out the details necessary to the
successful opening of this great tract
The land lies in an immense valley, with
sufficient slope TO insure good drainage.
and the different parts of the 90 600 acres
fruits.
1t was. of course impossible for your
committee To investigate the titles TO
lands and water held by this company or
TO pass upon other details OF n purely
technical nature. The committee be-
lieves. however, that the character OF the
men at the head Of this company Is
sufficient guarantee of good faith. and
this. added to the excellent quality OF
The land and the matured plans, should
guarantee a perfect success.
Your committee wishes to acknowledge
the courtesies extended TO IT by the San
Pedro Los Angeles e Salt Lake Rail-
way company, by J. Fl. Manderheld and
II. e. Van Housen. and also the cour
teous attentions of Messrs. Price, Kim
ball Mcpherson and Torshap of the
land and water company While the
committee is indebted to these gentle
men for delightful outing. it Is equal
ly obligated for having been shown the
possibilities that lie dormant in so many
of the desert SECTIONS Of this state The
success OF this project will. we believe.
result in the launching OF many others
of equal or even greater Importance and
would mark the beginning Of n new era
in the growth Of the state OF Utah Re-
spectfully submitted.
WILLIAM SPRY.
Chairman.
J.. VI. FARNSwORTH.
CHARLES S. BURTON,
IT. l.. A. CULMER.
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