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Show street car system in this City, and maliv other improvements will naturally follow in the wake; all (of which build up our City and give steadv and remunerative em- ploy n lent to hundreds the year j around, ami consequently bring thousands of dollars into the town every nlnni h. Km ploy men t furnishing indus-Iries indus-Iries and enterprises of every kind are whal we want and must have to keep us nil alive, and the City of llrigham from ignominiously dropping back into the rear ranks of the army of progression; being entirely lost sight of and forgotten because of our palpable lack of push, energy and enterprise, to linally wind up by losing the e iiinty seat; being kicked (tut and abandoned on aceonnt of the thiek, impenetrable, fog of non-progression lhal, may (juietly but eileetually set t ie down upon us, even completely com-pletely shutting us out from thai leader in (he great, grand army of progress 1 leaven. Bui, rather, let us whip up and merit the respect of Heaven and our fellow men,by our indomitable push, energy and enterprise. Encourage the motor and all similar enterprises. Till-: MOTOR MEETING. j The Citizens of Hi iirhaui City i Will Give the New Line a Hearty Welcome. A STfiEtT CAR SYSTEM TO FOLLOW. i V l-'iiM,iil:iti Audii-ii't ! i :llM) I'tu. I1. -l.j U c Sh.iuUI i:ii.-..uriiK"' Mn l'ri.-eil V.y. In rcypon.se to Ihe cili.cns' call, which appeared in Tim-: l!r..i.Kit last Sal unlay, a large concourse of the principal bu.-iness men and yljier individiials of the City met 'at Ihe Second ward hall Lo discues the motor project. Kwn the remotest parts of tin-City tin-City were well represented. There were between 'JOll and .'100 gentlemen gentle-men present. The h.dl was full. Everyone seemed immensely interested in-terested ie Ihe new railway scheme, and the meeting went with a lively flourish. Mayor J. M. Jensen was chosen Chairman and City Attorney Xcb Jenson, Secretary. J. K. SmUrlhwaife then arose and slated the object, of the meet-in.", meet-in.", vividly picturing our present d pendent position and drawing forcible comparisons of the evib incumbent on ihe neck of a one-railway one-railway (own and innumerable heneiils arising from the building of a second road. He touched on the reductions fn follow' in local freight, express and passenger rates; the conveniences of an uptown up-town freight, expressand passenger station, with from six to eight daily trains in each direction; the increase in revenue to both county and City (the motor line from the Hot Springs to Brigham City, 12 miles air line, would cost at least $100,000,) elc, etc. This speaker was followed by Mayor Jensen, Merchant K A. 1 Box, Merchant Win. Horsley, Selectman T. II. Blackburn, Pedagogue Peda-gogue F. W. Fishbum, Editor M. L. Sienv nnd Merc ha nt Geo. Ghlney, , all of whom were strongly in favor of encouraging the L'tah Hot Springs Railway company to build their road from the Spri ngs, on the southern limits of Box Flder county, through Willard, Three Mile Cnvk and on to Brighani City. The rem a rks of some of the speakers were anything but Haltering to the Union Pacific My. for past treatment, and the large audience showed (heir heartfelt approbation of these cutting remarks by loud and prolonged bursts of en thu s-I s-I iastie applause. A committee of five was then appointed to confer with similar committees from Willard andThrei Mile Creek and eventually to lay the result of their conferences before the Directors of -the motor line company. The names of the committee com-mittee are Jacob Jensen, K. A. Box, Wm. Ilorslcy, C. W. Knudson and Lj. P. Johnson. At the conclusion of the meeting, meet-ing, it was resolved anil the resolution resolu-tion unanimously adopted amid considerable enthusiasm, that no merchant of his City sign any freight contract with the U. P. Co., no matter what reductions or eon-cessions eon-cessions they may now oiler, until definite word is received from the I lireclors of the Utah Hot Spring? By. Co., as to their intentions and Ihe prospects of fair treatment and reductions in rales. It, is understood that the Utah Hot Springs company will gladly bui Id through to Brigham City, provided certain inducements will be offered, and that a through Eastern East-ern line will work in conjunction v ith (hem. The inducements ex-peeled ex-peeled are such as granting franchise fran-chise ami right of way, assisting in grade construction, granting proper! prop-er! v for station and guaranteeing patronage at reduced rates for a certain length of time. This is done everywhere, anil why not here? The poliev of this comnanv is, j and has been, that laborers along the line shall build every foot ol I grade, lay every tie and rail, and j drive every spike of the new execution. ex-ecution. This would throw from j $:;n.(i(IO to $.")0,OI)0 into the pockets I of the laboring men now living j between the Hot Springs and Brig-I Brig-I ham City. j Should this motor line conn I through, it i.-' understood a silcul move u now on foot to establit-h t |