| Show RAilROAD JEAlOUSY EXCITED OVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN IRON IRONRoad I Road Work in That County Should u Aid r. r All MI Lines Accord Accord- ing 10 to salt al alt t Lake a e outer Road Hoad Improvements In Iron count county have aroused activity and signs of ot ri rivalry ri- ri rl-j rl aIry valry In railroad circles according to reports received yesterday from C Cedar dar City and the lax tax department of or the thc Salt Lake route has started a campaign to bring about carl early improvement of or orthe the roads running eastward and southward southward southward south south- ward from Lund The official business along th these se lines JInes Is being carried on from fromn the Los An Angeles ls l's Offices according to J. J II U. assistant general frel freight ht and agent M Mr Ir Mat Man Inn said county yesterday that the hl high Isia hm- hm h- h ways of or Iron county were an Important factor In the traffic of or tho the road roalf and ever every bit of Improvement meant more moro business for Cor the time Salt Lake Route as well as for tho the other big Interests In the count county county- On all freight consigned to Lund Iund Modena and oth other r distributing points along the Salt Lake Houto In southwestern south south- western Utah there Is a varying scalo scale of or storage char charges Cf In which consignees near the railroad ha have a a. certain limited limited time Ume to unload freight before storage charges be begin ln Patrons living ten miles from the railroad have two days ays while those ln lI living farther awa away have up to a It week or 01 ten tIll days In which to unload their freight before storage charges begin In making this arran arrangement ement the Salt Lake Route has attempted to make e up for tOl the highway conditions In n Iron count county county- but even with the leeway lec permitted It Is sometimes Impossible for consignees to avoid R storage e charges on freight when their shipments come como In n during rainy weather The action of ot tho tiro state road Toad commission commIssIon com com- mission In building the state road from St St. George Georg-e to Cedar City and thence toward has called forth a a. demand demant on the time part of ot tho the Salt Sall Lake Lako Route that the roads to Lund bo be designated as state highways s 's and Improved ed n accordingly I The arguments presented are arc to the effect that the tho construction of oC a good highway from Dixie direct to the Denver cr Rio Grande's Grandes southern branch will take business Iron county to the Denver Den Den- ver per Rio Grange Grande end and awa away from tho time Salt Lake Route unless a corresponding Improvements are made to the Salt Lake Lalta Route stations Another point In arguments presented present present- ed by the Salt Lake Route Rout la 18 the he fact tact that the time Salt Lake Route Houte pays PIlS a largo large o ar-o proportion of or the taxes In Iron count county |
