Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-03-20
NOW is THE TIME TO DO 1T.
IRON all that The Record is able to learn, it
appears to be the almost universal opinion

/ appears to be the almost universal opinion
of Washington county people that their in
terests would be best served by having the mail
for that county leave the rail road at Lund and
come on the turnpiked State road via Cedar City
and Kanarraville to Leeds or Toquerville, instead
of going from Modena to st. George over the
present route, which is very uncertain and unsat-
isfactory, particularly during the winter season.
There has been some opposition to the route down
through the settlements on the part Of the st.
George people, but we are reliably informed that
owing to the improvement of the roads on this
route the objections have been removed and that
the people of the Dixie metropolis are now anx-
ous for return to this, the original route. East
ern Washington County, from Springdale to Wash
ington are clamoring for it. Their present mail
service is positively joke. There are delays of
twelve to twenty-four hours all along the line,
and it requires at least week to send letter to
points less than hundred miles distant and OBJ
tain an answer.
Certainly the change ought to be made, and
continuous service, by automobile or auto truck,
so far as practicable, established on the route
from Lund via Cedar City to st. George. And
if anything is to be done in this line in the near
future, right now before the new contracts are
let is the proper time to push it.
to the Washington County News is very conser-
xatixe and does not fully state ths conditions Sf
the mail service affecting that region, but shows
the sentiment of the people of Eastern Washing
ton County on the change asked for:
Hurricane, Mar. "a mail inspector was here
last week and our commercial club sent representa-
tive 70 interview him regarding the poor mail service
given Hurricane Our out going mail lays from
twenty-f four to forty-eght hours at La Verkin and
a few hours at st. George. The incoming mail lays
over ut Meadows one night and again at St George
The mail only to Toquerville Sundays. We
are living in "hurry-up" age when time is very
important factor and cannot tolerate our mail
laying over from one to two days between here and
the railroad. The inspector had investigated con-
ditions thoroughly and said that he intends recon-
mending that all of Dixie's mail be sent from Lund
via Cedar. We believe he is right Considering
Dixie as unit it is fully via Lund as via
Modena, and a state highway to travel most Of the
way instead of the rough road between ST. George
and Modena. The proposed route would be traversed
by and all the towns in Dixie would get their
mail fully as soon and most of them much
than the way it Is at present 1t would also increase
the commercial intercourse between county and
Iron II Is probable that county will send con-
siderable early vegetables and fruit by the par
eel post system; and our nearest route to market
would be by way Of Cedar. If a man in eastern
Washington county wished to go to Iron county or
anywhere in the north, he must either provide his
own way far Cedar and then take the auto
go by stage from Toquer to st. George and thence
Modena and pay about two dollars extra train fare
to Lund, while IL the autos went from st. George
to Cedar and thence to Lund, the route would be
more direct Shall we not be united in working for
this change?
The Cedar City Commercial Club has been
asked to cooperate in this matter, and will no
doubt do all in its power to further an object so
worthy.