Show THAT inabu DL lii work iy ay the cilam nr of commerce OTTE POSTAL SERVICE A railroad from park city to gintic tintic via water works the attendance at the chamber of commerce meeting on fr day night was m t quite so large as at the last meeting in the absence of president dodd the meeting was called to order by first vice president S S jones mr jones stated that although mr dodd was not present his opening address had ap pearce in the ENQUIRER and would be read latter on W II 11 dusenberry in of the committee who had been appointed to alcure a morning mail servacy between bialt lake and ogden had secured a number of signatures to two petitions of which had been forwarded to the superintendent of mail service of this division at ogden yesterday and the other to day on motion of A A noon the report was accepted and the committee authorized zed to continue their labors J i jones stated that was some doubt as to whether a special committee had been appointed to consider the question of a union depot he would move that a recess of anve minutes be taken while the secretary went to his for the minutes of last meeting carried when the secretary returned it was discovered that no special committe had been appointed the standing committee on railroads were C D moore D 1 houtz willian probert oscar B young and W N dusenberry unsigned resolutions in the hands of the bj young as being from the the resolutions ere read abe secretary as ol toWs JJ i it to the camter of commerce of froio city your committee on railroads freight tariff s and transportation respectfully submit for your consideration the following resolution tow to w lt that prove city ais a las progressive and cial center of an region ol 01 territory rich in agricultural wealth mineral resources i and eaid cay point of distribution of the products of said region and numerous and important natural facilities for smelling ores working minerals and for oiher manufactories manu factories and WHEREAS the interests of the farmers mer chaut s stock growers miners aud mine owners manufacturers and all con in the development of the unlimited resources of our territory would be sub served by an increase of means of transportation and the people of and wasatch counties are thai railroads maybe constructed broin park cita summit county and eureka gintic tintic to pro 0 chiy and will in the construe tiou and maintenance of railroads and Wn aRBAS said roads would greatly facilitate commerce manufacture and add greatly to the prosperity wealth and material interest of the people and 1 1 W HABEAS the construction and operation of said roads an easy and practicable and with the cp of those int areste it in the growth and development of our territory can be made and aa well as necessary to offer aenus to induce the investment of capital now therefore be it ic that the chamber of commerce ot provo city ascertain the moat practicable route lor the construction of a railroad croaa brovo city through provo canyon to park city and aiom city extending through fork city in utah county and chah ce to tsuneka gintic tintic that the right of way for a railroad over said routed be ac and given as abonza to any railroad company wib within a length of time construct and operated oper atea railroad over the same C D t IT D HOUTZ OSCAR H YOUNG i W N committee on railroad Kail road and telegraph lines i J bjones moved ia the resolution and spoke in bayor ol 01 them he thou ht a right of efty through the various celiea could beadil oe ane would be ot incalculable benant to the ity mr Eld grede atiat a cupy of llie bif t orward tid to juam W young in new and to the manager of tairi kiu Ji rande western L railway J D jonea moved to amend i by instructing ting the to bend copies of the resolutions to all roads now passing through our city or leaila plating building through prove city alie 8 amended was carried J D jones in of alie commit deeon public improvements res lulious to the ellece eliat the live or six canals ahat derive vater from river be combined in one to b constructed ted from the war alie mouth of the cannon thereby greatly deal of water that otherwise be wasted could be saved the canal could bo built for 15 CCO the resolutions were read by the secretary ah follows to ike president ciul members of the provo city chamber afif commerce your shinning shin ding committee on public nil y the following report and resolution for alie jiuu of the chamber that the unprecedented light fall oi snow in alie mountains winter from ti our of water must came next bummer il at sll to moisten and sustain llie and vegetation of our city aau fields and without aich our fertile valley would be a dry annu barron waste ot aiu fruit of the orchard and the sustenance of the and provo gt and vicinity is now taken out live or bis different wind along of the benches for sand and lobay grave calusine a loas by aim evaporation at fulla litty per cent ind WHEREAS the expense of keci uy i n repair baid canala it far in excess ot what it would be under a different arrangement and all alie water used on the cast bide of alie river amounting to of alie anole system could be brought out at the mouth of provo canon bv enlarging canal atao fl in our opinion not to exceed dollars the earne being about 1 miles of aide hill work at the head the barance of abo distance to a point about 1 miles nonh easterly of the city being on good smooth regular ground from which point the water could be turned to the old canals giving a dallof in a very short distance thereby furnishing hundreds of horsepower in low water season and still being available for the purpose of irritation and we would then be able to lay a water mum to the distributing reservoir a distance of 13 miles and obtain at least one hundred foot head of good pure mountain water for water works and sewerage sewera gp purpose sat a very small cost and WHEREAS a large amount of water that is now wasted and the cost of maintaining and regulating the canals would be reduced to the therefore ther elore be it that i t be the sense of this city through the city council proceed immediately to have the necessary surveys made by a competent engineer to ascertain the practicability of said enterprise and the cost of the same and that a committee of the chamber be appointed to wait upon the council ito urge a speedy condid aeration of the project J D JONES H J geo HAVERCAMP city thurman thought the plan was a very good one W II 11 dusenberry Dusen herry stated that al though he was not irrigation that while mayor of provo he bad given this subject a great deal of consideration perhaps jer haps some ber would remember that one jones already had a franchise for putting in water works and that franchise did not expire until maylat about a week ago he bad heard from witcher and then he had stated that he was going to put in tha it last thing bendid on bearth how long is he going to live but we can go an any how r an motion of S mr the matter waa referred to the committee on general with instructions to confer with the city counce not laware tt harthe railroad scheme was to have been dropped so soon the gentleman then explained that he would like committee the enlarged i r W ni dusenberry seaberry Du moved that loose noon and carcy corcy be landed ta alie railway committee carried the chair suggested that as president dodd waa not present his address to the chamberas published in the bo read bythe secretary the suggestion was acted apon A A noon in behalf of the committee appointed to confer with gintic tintic parties in relation to water transportation via utah lake reported progress the gentleman then talked ironto the chamber fora few minutes in an earnest manner mr babcock referred to a large stove that would hays absen located in provo had we had connection with the gintic tintic iron mines the rules we w e suspended and T E tharman andt E were admitted to membership propel lor davis held a V between his fingers and suggested that the chamber needed money and he would therefore mave that s ball tie on friday evening february 13 at the opera house carried and the board of directors instructed to mase the necessary arrangements the meeting adjourned until friday evening next at 7 20 f ir |