The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-16
SOMETHING GOOD
UP THEIR SLEEVE


matter of this county inter.urban
road. They have been urged to grant
franchise to a local company, the
| Logan Rapid Transit Company, but
on Saturday last they informed the
SAID company that they were united
| in the decision that they would not
grant the franchise applied for, but
that they had drafted a franchise
that they would grant. The franchise
was read, after which the directors
of the Logan Rapid Transit Company
retired for n few moments and, re.
turned very graciously thanking the
commissioners for the consideration
given, and asking for the return of
their draft. stating further that they
would not be competitors for fran
chIse such as the commissioners were
6esirCus Of granting.
simers were almost certain that the
draft they submitted would not be &C.
copied by the local company, and nov
| hat the said local company Is out
OF the way. IT. is claimed that the
commissioners will get busy and sec
| that the county gets a road Mr. Go.
| lightly who hes been working on
road for the county for a number oi
months made the statement that ht
was positive the people would do
| something within the next sixty days.
and Mr.. A. j. Merrill, one of Smith
fields financicrs, and an orator OF no
small proportions, made q hair rails.
ing talk for peoples road. JUS
Mat Golightly and Merrill ca do of
course remains to be seen. A road Will
aost all the way from $4,000 to
SIP coo pew mile, and they may be
able to raise the money, but no on
to our kniwlcdgc has yet heard tNn
Jingle OF the tim
It was further rumorcd that Com.
missioner Parker would join The
movement and subscribe handsome
hllNhlls Allbt ' 'llllllloNl'INA N#A'll'lNln'
would follow. and that Chairman
Meiklc would be found doing his
share \ movement of this kind no
doubt would be effective Parker
and Cronquist are rich men, and
Meikle is wellto.do, and with their
assistance in such way the venture
could be made TO go.
1t is self evident that we wan the
road and now that the boards axe
cleared. the Shaw-Funk, Golightly
franchise dead letter, and the 10.
gan Rapid Transit company out OF
the field, il is up 10 the commission.
3 ers To get busy and secure the In.
vestment In this county Public Off
Gals all around us are busy in this
direction, and wherever they can get
a line on capital for investment they
are after their share. II Is to be hop
ed that the commissioners have some
definite, well laid plans to secure
this county n road. We do not care
whose n Is. We will support and pnsh
b the construction Of road headed by
Messrs. Golightly and Merrill, or the
commissioners or any other person,
persons and corporations, just as 10y
ally as II the Logan Rapid Transit
3 company had been given the fran,
Chise. All that we will require Is that
r the Tin begin to jingle" for we are
I firm in the belief that roads canno;
he built on hot air.
OF course It will leave somewhat OF
an unwholesome taste in our mouth
If an outside concern should be grant
y ed a contract, while home concern
was turned down, because we ar
lust clannish enough to think Just
u little more of the home concern, an
i had we the deciding vote we woul,
make the home concern just lttti
more preferred Out of the fifty o
: more stockholders in the Logan Rapi
J, Transit company all but two or tire
y are Cache County people. Thei
y homes are here, they pay their take
y here and are zone Of us, and for thi
, reason, and the further reason tha
;, pickering, knocking, and hot air
. railroad building would be eliminated
" ana actual work Of construction taxi
the place thereof we were anxious 70
the local company to get the fran
> chse. But as the commissioners hav,
said that an comors look alike 4