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Show From Co-op. Yaon S: Machine Co. Salt Lake. City. A,.i V. ". 1 -'''i. --''.Va-h-inuton ( 'ouiity Yah; ' i-n. F- "i it hetid S,;er,-tary. St. Gmr:'. riali.- My Dear Sir: Permit tr.e in reply to yo.tr i-tt,-r of Mareh 21. -t to o'b-f yo 1 ns speeii:l nr..-miu;u from the I o-op, r .-iti,-,- Wagon Wag-on v Mju-Mi!.; Co.. Le::-;;i:j I;:,j,!.-:r,f, t Hetih-r- of rub and b".:ho. -he f. ine LT-Tich-: .ioi.n De. re e; o'- A i;-.! too: ii ;..rr. v. riee. -! i..!e r.-.-adh.j the i--m -if the ''A .--hjx'.-T- '-- v,rNTy :i v-. r A;-: 1-!. I rv : ;, o-. 1 h o-iz-. : . ,-' t v. ' vr. -T'- i.i: t'i l-.l!. In " pe'ei-u a 1. ... .' I,'. J.e.-eh A. We.t. chief , , .fie-! 't :ii ,v 1 ;c'fiV r.ii!r-ul. , : ,.,...:.) ill'. ''.'',' I. e.unplaiiis of the I I ... ;,.. ;:eei,rue.l h.. line fr,n t ;. ; .e.-l ;,.t. Ti e 1 . '. I . f V.' it S addfe-ed t . , i ; U:ier of r'.i p 'lier fr puljlic- ;e ',.. . I.i.l. I., fere pehli ,'ning it We visit-,.l visit-,.l t.,. l.-,e,ie:; im .'.!, -i people, ;hoWe-d : I .. M !. V. v '.. I.:t;.-r, au aik.-d liie-m ! r-.--.si wiiv tie: new line was not ,.i :-d I., 11, .urn , 1 1 " t if of tie" merchants and , v. a-, : ! I.-! ;,t 5 1 ifli tin; matter ; I1 ei . . . I. ai.d a set of reso-jve reso-jve -: 1 1 .j' ferih the reasons why i ,e I n,., lie,, i Me1 i civo the car- I ., e:e of this sei't.iou , V-re draw n nil. m1 l.y tlnc'i' pre cut, and i, ..!t.,-l to u ; '..r pi jiie'ttiori with Mr. It v.as sii'wn at the meeting that the ii. eiM i' i . i - hi. r . i. - ou the Oregon :;i,i,rl. Line 1','f.oi Salt Pake City to Mil--,,nl, a lii-lauee of 220 miles, was 03 i- eii hui.dr, d 11. s for r'eneral mer-i'i:.'.iidi-.e. v. hi'e I',.,' rate on the Utah A !.i. ai eee'j'ei .; rents l'Cr. hundred ; ,;, f,. alii.nl i.n-l!iir1 of that distance. Vie. tb.it the eo,,l of hay and grain h, 'we, u St. GeoiyY) ;;,ad Modena would bo double the co h of Hie same articles on the roiile be l ween St. George and Miiforl, the!', fore making teaming mere c-peii-.ive. Again, 'that part of the pond to Modena which goes through t he meadows is so muddy and heavy in uef woaih.er as to be almost if not iiiie imiiasable. Ano'hei' f, atwre of the subject that received a great amount of attention was the fact that teamsters . would charge more in pt'0ortion for the short ImiiI I ban tho long' one, owing to the increased expenses of providing for theii' team : and tin- load being a more diilicult one, aihh'd to which they can nearly always d-juuid upon having freight both ways wheii they travel via ('.liar City and Milford. Cash, a scarce commodity in this section, would have to be paid to the railroad company, whereas the teamsters now arc generally gen-erally paid in merchandise. Taking the whole matter under consideration, it appears that if the merchants and business men were to patronise the new line under present conditions it would he at a big loss to themselves and the entire community. |