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Show . A three feet gauge has sufficient i curry in the same length of time all the freight aud other traffic which those roads nave ever carried and much more. As to spe d, 3 ) or evn 40 miles per hour can l e untuned with as much nud I believe more safely than ou the other roads fur trains being much lighter .re correspondincly more easily controlled and therefore less liable to disastrous accidents To tbe superficial observer the necessary transfer from the studnrd te the narrow gunge roaas and viea versa would tpfieur an objection. But, it is the prevailing practice even wiih roads of the same gunge to tians-fe- r from the curs ol one eompmy to those of another for instance at Oden where the Union Pncific, Central Pacific Utah Central and Northern have their junction, 1 find that about nine tenths of the merchandise centering at that point and carrie I by the three former roads of the guage nrelransfVrred friu ll giT betone cmip my io another, eacn ter satislactinn to company from the of goods received condition that (he fact is then anl there carefully noted, and therefore reclamation fur any damage which may lave occurred i vaily trac- able to ike r sponsible and proper coin pany, and tiiin A is not. responsible to pay daimige due from U Now this iiieit certainly does notcost ore fo irani ei- from the standard to a gauge and visa veia thau from cars of qual site. True here i often through freight in straight lota, such as machinery, wagons &c, whic are not transferred at terminal points of railroads, but con inue to on the same cars per, their haps over several distinct roads, but this I believe is the exception and not the ru't Bui eveu ad mitring i lint there is n6 real necessity for this transfer from company io company on roads of like gunge; I, then still chum that the three ft et gauge has sufficient advantage over the otnrr to pay all expense arising from th it cause that is a train of say two hundred ions uet freight, drawn a hundred miles on a narrow guage road attne same tariff rate asan equal amount drawn over tue sain e distance of the etand trd road, would produce a nei profit ever and above all expenses and in excess of that produced bj the lulier to more tliau doubly pay for expense of Iransfer by the former. No sect ion of the Union should be more deeply interested in tlio "war of guages" than Idaho. Utah and Montana. The distance over wh ch the materials for their railroads must be hauled would make a tariff aggregating an enormous um; if therefore a mi'e of road three feel gaugejrequii eitonly forty seven torn of thirty pouud iron as ngxiust eighty-eigh- t tons of fifty six pound iron for the ft trim d gauge, the saving in the single item of freight alouc is tioi les than per mile, or a saving of $ Hop.OUO on - w t $1,-50- 0 170 mib s Taking this together with forty per cent less in cost of locomotives and cars with a Utcc ratio in constructing. keepiHg in repair and e.perating the three feet gauge, and we have a showing in their favor which cannot well t e gains ij J. From Oct. 1st 1873, to May 1st 1874 we constructed ubwut thirty miles of the Utah Northern llailroad, and, not with. standing nearly half our line being new we have only employed one section man on an average, fur two and a half miles f road, yet It has improved daily and is at this time in very fair condition.; The us al average on i he broader road is Ibe.ieve, ev n ajter fully ballast td, one man to each mile of road. I think t terefoi e all thingi eonsidtr d, we of the interior must bok alone to the narrow gauge svBteni of railroads for f reedy and cheap transportation. The great ie-- t vf the standard gauge require) an excels of foreign capital, (he interest on which wonM cause us o lax the resources of our Territories feeyoud ' all reason, ,u to the esti good According authority mated net annual income on the rail- roads of America is five per cent on their cost. Had the three feet been adoptel as the gauge, the net profit on tbe same amount ot train a at lie same tariff rate would have exceeded eighteen pef cent of cost, which for the number of miles in use would produce a raving to our country auuuilly of about io mil , .. lion dollars. Hating. I think, shown briefly some of the poiuis of superiority pt the guage of which l claim to be oult A humble advocate, 1 now. wish to say a few words regarding the feasibility, and indeed as it seems to me, urgent need of a railroad from some . convenient point on the Columbia river, perhaps from Umatilla thence through that magnificent country to aad over tbe blue mountains south east through the heart of Idaho to Boise City; thence to a connection with our road and a final junction at Ogden with the Union and Central Pacific Kailroads. , In the rnenntime the Utah' Southern Standard, and the Utah Western, S feet guage, are pushing southward, on. to a junction with the Southern Pacific llailroad, somewhere in Arizona Territory. One orthe other to Up in their course, in Southern Utah, one of the greatest iron regions and most extensive coal fields ia the world. With these roads completed what immense wealth is opened to our nation. The Blue mountains of Oregon with lundreJa of miles east and nest, I am I i A . . : , per-La- p, Death. Mr. Alonzo W. Drown and Died. told, are deusely covered witk the finest tho hypocrite, and the transgressor, of our have his which for sympaCorinne, At North Ogden, Sunday, Dec. 20th. lady, timber known; the demand at Canaof Galilee or in the Garden in the loss ef their only Bon, Ira, a 1874, of croup, Sarah Emily, would with cheap transportation soon thies of Laz daughter of become immense. The dUnnce from Um- of Gethsemane, by the giave little fellow of three years. and Mary Chadwkk, bright Sen., Abraham, I to Ogden atilla on the Columbia river arus or riding into Jerusalem, his aged 3 years, 8 months and 3 day. am satisfied does but little if any exceed iri bold relief as the Our darling has gone home. 000 miles and with a railroad in active form stands oat Fou the SrtVTii. The teamsters from course of construction from either point sublimest figure of ancient or modUtah papers please copy. Ogden for the St. George Tempi? reached wi h the view of connecting, the people times. ern Nephi yesterday, all well and in good of Oregon would soon if deemed necesto Portlaud birth the from an viewed a railroad run Christmas sary day, spirits. Amnesty. Umatilla. With all this accomplished, is the the of grandest Clirist, what would be gained 1 and what would day A Jam. In the4 Dollnr Store Logan, Dec, 20th, 1874, of the year. The time-hoit pay ? holidiy the over Won't the children rejoice gifts Editob Junction: Between five and seven days time, acored custom of family gatherings at of Santa Claus excelShiells has Dear Sir: In these times of indictof mot to the authority cording how lent engineers, would be gained in trans Christmas is one that ought to bo had a good time, and will have to take a ments for alleged old ofi'enees, President Buchanan's about famigeneral porting the products of China and Japan perpetuated. ivhen It is a day rest to morrow. lie can make his little pardon for offenses against the laws of via this route to tho easi, ana it wuuiu bed on the big pile he has made with aside the Uuiled States? and subsequently, place inem in Omaha as soon as tuev ly feuds should be thrown Governor Cumming's pardon of the peowould reach San Francisco via tb route the bones of the savory now in use. i ple of Utah for all vinlution of the laws-oPostpon kment. Mr. V. E. Boessel is the Territory? It might not be amiso he merchants of Boise, Ogden, Salt and all discords be drowned in the to the for postpone compelled you, Morn on editors and lawyers, to Lake, Omaha and even ihose of Virginia when reluctantly and of song carol, hunt and Helena, could quietly inform their harmony up these old records and cause distribution of prizes which was to have them to put iu an appearance. customers that they were selling the teas sectional strifes and parly animosiThey taken place this evesing, until the 12th serve an important purpose as of Japan and China, which were shipped ties should be burned might the in up day cf the New Year. This may ben woof Jfor the web that is now being on tho same day as those expected in and all the civiand, gentle blazing yule-loSan Francisco disappointment to some, but will give woven by your mission jurists. But men I think it would nav. Try il and lized world 'should unite with the others the 'What an entangled web we weave. opportunity to participate in see once we practise to deceive." When hoct in the sentiment of the drawing, und is unavoidable under All this may to some appear visionary, anciilie o The above pardons should be found in but then the American people are a fast "Peace on earth, good will to all the circumstances. office of the Secretary of State, un the race, auu to them nearly all things arc In that less intentionally destroyed. men. possible, and certainl) the completion of office or the incumbent its must event, has the Mr. John Thanks. Boyle this enterprise, even in the near future, Hail to the era of brotherhood, be responsible. is not only possible but quite probable. Bless printers' thanks for kind remembrances. As an HUtstder, I have watched the How few, twelve years ago, dreamed pardon and universal love! and his fur- currents of your luuicial storms, and furnishes John good things, even of the successful completion of the ings on the day which gave birth to niture is fit for princes. Call ond see have concluded that those who inauguUnion and Central roads in so short n huand between mediator the Deity what he has to make homes comfortable. rated them would be brought np, at time; it is true they were backed by some point, with a wet sail; ;or I well millions in government subsidies; it is manity! May each succeeding knew that the foolish and maddened zeal true on the other hand they built the nations the onward bear Christmas which cliaracteriied the prosecutions, , Wheel-Wheeled Right. Professor standard guage, over, to a great extent. result in no real good. eould foreshadowed of a vastly different country from that to the glorious realities wright wheeled right into the Junction Utah. Truly, which we are speaking. and pner., and may office, with fruit, for "the boys " If tke people of Oregon, Idaho and by prophet, sage row's May his orchards ever bear fruitfully, Utah, aided by Eastern or Western enpi- - all our subsc ribers find in from ot hold should and may he always be able to haudlc the this enterprise merriment a foretaste .of the tal take cup of with the determination to push it to an w'res and charge the batteries which Washington, Utah, early completion, do you think it would bliss and feast of joy, which shall be help to circulate intelligence. be a natural question, the Central Pacific the common December 13th, 1874. when the ion of race por railroad company would give il tl.eir Editor Junction : disapproval, and oppose it? I think il the heavens and the earth are joined Non Explosive. latest of One the The lust time you was np at CallV likely. There is, however, no good rea in one, and every cloud of sorrow claimants for publie favor is Fay's Kero- Fort I was there, bnt by this time you son why they should, for in lieu of the of sene oil Reciitier. It is a will know I am down in Dixie, preparJapan and Chinese trade, which they shall melt before the smiling face powder which, make ing to raise cotton for the Brigham City would lose, they could easily their the Suu of Righteousness. put into lamp oil, renders it Co op. This country is rough enough I los their gain by paying a little more a cents costs but It fifty can tell ymi, bin not so bad as I expectpackage, regard to th local traffic along the ed to find it. The ronds were not so bad, coal of ten will and t that do wo in gallons line, which rectify good. ways would the sanl not so deep, grass better, E'OISOX. would increase trade. their PAIXTES) it First, oil. It does the business tD a charm. Before I wuter bvtter, and more of it. swell the earnings of tlieir road, and sec I tbe here arrived , people were thought Be careful about imported candirs olid, it would materially aid iu develop-to come want did and others selfish rot the of which resources the natiou BcsiNKss. The town is lively enough iog duriug the festivities of the holiday here. Upon arriving, Ifeund them kind, built it. the stores are crowded and sociable, accommodating, and quite wilThanking you, gentlemen, for the season. A short time since several teams Talk throng the main streets. honor which you have this evening con- ling to have folks come and settle with at Plain ville, Conn., at- about no erred upon me, and acknowledging tbe young girls money in the country, onlyjsce them. The view is rather limited, more courtesy bestowed by your presence tended an evening party, when they the greenbacks passing over tbe connt- - so than any other country I ever saw, Valley of tho Virgin is from nothing here; I cannot conclude in a more tilling of confectionery made rs ! Bustle and jolliiy makes Ogden the to three miles wide. The seasons are manner than by expressing'the sincere partook freely look like a business city. Keep it up. not so long as many might suppose; frest hope that ou the daw u of 187(3 a century, at New Haven. They were all taken in September on tbe river. Hf.er the birth of American indepen- sick, and medical assistance being We are located about five miles east of dence, the shriek of the locomotive shall were Xmas Night. night, Washington, on tbe ViTgin, a very choice proclaim to the people of this fair city called, the symptoms that the barriers which have heretofore the effects of poison. One Christmas night, Mr. Graham's grand piece of land. It is one and a half miles bound them in isolation, are forever long, some good, Borne bad; our water of the girls, a Miss Markland, hop will come off at the depot, with one ditch is the same length. We have dug broken, i At the conclusion of tbe address, Mr. twelve years of age, suffered extreme of Erb's unsurpassed suppers, aud Pur- about 150 rods. We have a good outfit of V. S. Anderson offered the following dy's splendid music. It wil be a fine farming implements and cooking uten-cil- s. was Her agony. frightfully tongue There ar thirteen of us in the resolut ion, which was unanimously adopaffair, aad is sure te be arranged and : ted swollen, she became totally blind, managed with taste and discretion, and company, and if I do say it, I never saw Retolvtd. btt er morals in any camp in my life. That the earnest thanks of aud all efforts to alleviate her dis- a hearty Christmas welcome will be ex- There is no this meeting are hereby tendered to Mosnidkiug. drinking, swearing ses Thatcher, Esq , General Superinten- tress were unavailable. She liugced tended to all the guests. Carriages from or card playing. Our evenings are spent in reading, spelling, writ iug aad singdent of the Utah Northern llailroad, for for some time in great pain and then Carroll & Dee's. his able, instructive and interesting ading. Hay bere is worth $20 a ton, corn dress upon the railroads in Idtho, and died. The other girl wire restored. Christmas Trek. mom 2 J cents per pound, flour $6 per hundred that a copy of hit address is hereby re- The pounds, potatoes St per bushel. molasse9 poison in the candy was arsenic. ing Mrs. Jane Richards will have a grand for $2 per gallon, wine from $1 to $2 per quested publication. It is well known that various un- Christmas tree in the City Hall, to which gallon, dried unpeeled peaches 6 cents, wholesome ingredients are used in the liwle folks of Ogden are invited. and apples, dried, 12 cents. The Temple is progressing finely; From Tkurtthy'i Daily of Dee. 24 the manufacture of fancy candies by Twelve o'clock is the time, and we hope President B. Young expects to be out our little friends will enjoy the occasion among the Presipeople before long. Home CHRISTMAS GIIEETIXG. unprincipled confectioners. and that they will be kind and accommo dent Snow is well. Be sure and send made candy is harmless when used dating to each other, because if they all me the Junction, and oblige Tho Junction extends cordial in JA3E9 may. moderation. But much of tho go, there will be a pretty tight squeeze. all its subscribers, and greeting to painted and whitened 6tuff, imported A merry Christmas to the juveniles. wishes them a Merry Christmas. in large quantities. is dangerous to the Wonderful Performance. Last eveia the generally accepted anTO SCHOOL TRUSTEES. health of our little ones, aad should be ning a fair audience was delighted with exof. the birth the most of niversary used, if at all, with extreme caution. the tricks of Everett the illusionist and CERTIFICATED SCHOOL alted being oi the ages. the marvellous box and basket performof fovmen years' TEACHER Jcf us of Nazareth opened his eyes The ance of MocholTo. in this experience Territory, will ento the light of this lower sphere, in a lady's feats were astonishing, aad would gage for one year or more to any Arrested. Mr. John Zcachert was not be belitved without stable at Bethlehem, eighteen d being witnessed Board of Trustees who will gite searregted and taken to Salt Lake yester- The is to but company California, going and scveuty-fuucurity for salary. years ago. day by deputy U. S marshal Pratt. Mr. will call on their return, when we shall What a marvellous, enduring and Zcachert was indicted by tbe grand jury hav6 more to say about them. For further information ajply to increasing effect his name, influence for shooting and wouniiug Mr. Norria and doctrines have had the hu- some time ago. Meats for Season. Quails and General m , to-da- n to-da- y. bake-mcat- s, f I g, I to-da- y, to-ni- oi Items Dixie. e. . to-da- pro-uounc- ed w w A iron-jawe- d hun-dre- r pon man raccJ t Whether viewed as the crucified Savior of mankind, or as a ' martyred reformer ho shines forth above all the lights of tho world, and he has left a deeper and broader mark upon the pfcge of history than any other being vho has trod the, path oi life ou this planet. From the day when the dove of peace perched upon his glorified head at his baptismal birth in Jordan, to the mement d and nailpiercod when, he breathed pity and forgiveness to his murderers 6a the cross at Calvary, through anguish or in triumph, in weeping sympathy with' "the suffering, or in fierce denouncement of thorn-crowne- thi No Papeb. being Christmas day we shall issue no paper. We do not suppose any of our subscribers will expect u to work on the general holiday, but muke the announcement that nobody will be disappointed. w Fibst District Paktt. Lust evening a very large and merry party was held in the new school house in the First District. The house was dedicated by Preet. Mormon" F. D. Richards. A lively dance followed, and was kept up till 2 ft. m. The 'company enjoyed themselves hugely. The room is admirably adapted for a dance, and the free spirit and good order that prevailed made the party one ' of rare pleasure rnd harmony. CHARLES WniGflT, poultry as well as beef, mutton, pork. U. T. veal and bear, yes, bear if you can bear Willird City, Box Eider 899-t- i such provender as bear meat, fresh from the eub, all at Oreenwell k Wright's. Deuglais and Robbins sharpen their knives and slash through the fat and Grain and Dried Peaches. lean, which a hungry eonntrynian says is "the best ef the meat." ILLARD MERCANTILE INSTIMoulding smiles as much as he can TUTE is Paying the with that ronnd and jolly countenance, and succeeds ia making two dimples and HIGHEST PRICES an opening, as he gates at the rich disForM kinds ff play hanging around his neat, attractive C, w O-- Bhop. p The shop is not serves out joints daintily nieeiy cut, ana demands able prices. There is meat enough for mete it should be so." Co-e- behind, but dressed and but reason -- A. AND I KT DRIED PEA CUES. Bring them along. all. " 'l is J. T. THAIN, Manager 81-2- |