Show A lew NEW RAILROAD COMPANY A TO FRANKLIN THE utah northern railroad is one of the many material evidences of the tho industry perseverance and determination of the people of U utah W h in this instance the credit principally belongs to the peaple in the northern portion of the territory they did the grading got out the ties and constructed the road while eastern capital chiefly furnished the iron roll roil and rolling stock the laborers a on this road received the bulk of their pay in vouchers calling for stock in the road the cache valley workmen were but suT suffering ering from the effects of a seven years war the grasshoppers had bad been victor victorious lous ious for seven years in succession but they felt the need of the road saw its value to their lovely valley and stuck to the work able direction and assisted by the people of box elder and weber counties until it was finished from ogden tj franklin a distance of eighty miles it was not expected that the local traffic would be sufficient at first to sustain the road and make it a paying pasing institution but it was anticipated that the montana trade would be turned in that direction and make the road a financial success experience showed that this could only be commanded with certainty by an extension of the road further north because freighters did not bon hon consider sider it worth their while to turn out of their old route unless a longer distance was saved than the utah northern afforded we are happy to say that arrangements have now been made to push the line onto snake river kiver a distance of about eighty five miles this thid will assure the success of the road bring much business into cache valley and very materially assist ogden which will be the point of transfer from the broad gauge of the union and central pacific railroads to lo the narrow gaure gauge of the utah and northern railroad this is the new name of the road and the title of a new company which has been formed by a coalition between the stockholders of the old oid company and some sonae of the leading stockholders and directors of the union pacific the old stock will be called in and new certificates issued aspasid up shares U N vouchers will be settled for in stock certificates at the tiie face Ligure figures soo of the vouchers instead of double the amount the Th estock stock by this arrangement will be gnass ess able and anti will have a substantial value in the market the directors of the utah and northern railroad are royal M bassett sidney dillon jay gould joseph richardson john sharp monroe mouroe salisbury benjamin richardson moses Tha thatcher teler teter W B preston georga george W thatcher M VV merrill lorin borin farr samuel smith and milton mllton D hammond A directors meeting will be held this evening at ogden when the off leens officers for the ensuing year will be elected on thursday evening last a special train consisting of a U 0 engine and the elegant car of the U P directors Directo irs left this city eity at for ogden conveying a number of gentlemen on a tour of inspection spec tion of the utah and northern there were on board sidney bidney dillon lon jay gould S H H clark royal M f bassett john sharp washington dunn monroe salsbury A A egbert T E trotter T 11 stanton moses thatcher W B preston lorin farr aaron P F farr john kerr L E holden and C W penrose the train made kaysville Kays ville in forty three minutes and the distance from that point to ogden in eighteen minutes the party staid at og ogden den over night and started on the narrow guage at a ro friday morning the party was joined at brigham city by judge samuel smith and at loran logan by supt bupt geo W thatcher the trip was a pleasant one the morning was waa bright the country dotted with thrifty farms and comfortable cotta cottages gw formed a picture suggestive of industry and contentment the lake glistened brilliantly in the sunshine and the mountain sides in their autumn robes of gorgeous tints reared their great heads proudly and grandly towards the slightly clouded skies as the vigorous little engine like a bantam rooster e crowed rowed merrily to the morn and ran along the threefoot track as much of a master on its own particular line as the monsters of the great highway on theirs the road was pronounced in excellent trim and many encomiums were uttered on mormon industry displayed on elther either lland iland liand hand as the train traveled northward towards the divide here liere were heard the only expressions of disapprobation on the trip it was considered that the line should have been continued around the base of the hills and on through bear river canon instead of climbing climbing the mountain where snow has 10 to be battled with in winter it is bard to dispute with capital when all you have to offer in argument is public convenience sl the present route takes in logan the largest city in th the e fruitful valley of cache approaches the ret et clements tle ments in the south and touches those on the east of the Talley thus of flaring offering much more accommodation to the people than any other route if this had bad not nol been done it is probable that much difficulty would have been experienced in obtaining the necessary labor to build the road on the only terms the company were then able to the beauties of cache valley its capabilities and resources for sustaining many thousands of people who will yet flock within its environs and settle upon its fertile soil soll formed a fruitful subject for conversation as the train swept around past mendon to logan bogan and pursued its lively travel northward to franklin the journey was made in four hours stoppages include dor in about thirty mues miles an hour traveling time here the bridge over cub river was inspected and pronounced suitable after i a little bracing and strengthening and abuan a quantity of ties and rails ready for the exten extension slon sion were interviewed mr V C lewis of the lewis house had arnost excellent repast ready for the travel traveller ierg lerg at noon which all seemed to enjoy fully as much as the trip and the scenery mr lewis intends to move with the i road his well appointed hotel la Is built in and he can take up the line of march when necessary his reputation as a landlord is established on the northern route and he will be as ready to care for the public when the terminus moves as at any time in the past the party returned at 1 pm stopping at logan on the way half an hour te to take a flying view of the town carriages being ready on their arrival they went up on the bench saw the temple foundation rapidly rising above the surface of the ground seven feet of it being nearly finished and looked down on a magnificent magn landscape comprising the principal part of one of the finest valleys in the rocky mountains the new tabernacle now being painted and finished on the outside the big stone ston store of the Z C M I 1 the ward schoolhouses fine residences mills workshops and pretty cottages catch eatch catching ing the eye most prominently and forming a lovely contrast with the foliage and fruit of the splendid orchards watered by the limpid logan nogan home of tho the finest speckled trout that ever tickled the palate of an ad epicure ogden was wag reached at p m where most of the company took leave of the railroad magnates aie ale sars gould dillon bassett clark dark and egbert staying over to proceed eastward this morning the trip gave great satisfaction to all the extension of the narrow guage to snake river is a fixed fact so far as written agreements can make it so eighteen months is given as the time in which if it is to be finished but there is little doubt that it will be done in a much ts t horter shorter period contracts will wilt be let jet at once and payments be made for the work in cash now let montana reach out and shake hands with the people of the south this road to thit that territory the quickest and cheapest outlet for its minerals and the easiest means of communication with the great world either elther 14 ither let montana build down to snake biver or which will be much more economical for them in the long run rue make arrangements with the utah and northern to i push their road on to helena thus will be open to them the way to wealth and prosperity and utah will share abate in the benefits of the movement anyhow the success of the narrow gauge road is assured the montana freight will run by this route and while ogden logan and all northern utah are enriched by the roads extension the union pacific will secure the frame which formerly want went by the way avort benton should we all not feel pretty well satisfied with the pros |