Show I p I f THE S L F DR R I I I Another in Favor of Granting the j I Canal Bank 1 I I Editors Hemld < < I I I must confess to some surprise utth I 1 rather inconsistent opposition eiJnce8 < I j I by sorpe of your correspondents tc i the I I railroad project nounder wmsidera tion and for the encou aeirient of which the city waj to prant a right of I II way along the bonks of the canal 1 Of course we aH knowthal opposition has to be met iry every undertaking of an extensive character and railroad have in particular bcen net by tie bowl of nonprogressive PeiPlC from the very beginning ol that gigantic enterprise which now t furnishes MS with intercommunication intercom-munication between ncarJvull the principal prin-cipal points of this continent Smallminded shorthighfed people are very plentiful in this world and the smallest petty private interest often stands in the light of such when ray grand undertaking about to lip initiated initi-ated This is hown 4n the distance now found between the railroad stations and the Mjttleroents in some parts Brigham Young Ilscd to say when the Uifih Central was in progress If you dont let the railroad come 1o the settlement settle-ment The settlement will go to the rail t I road Let the mind reert to the places where railroads have been long established es-tablished and this fact is easily proved i Literally the villages towns and cities have grown towards the railroads skirt J < < i ing them And figuratively the settlements f I settle-ments have gone to the railroads by tha fr people walking from one to three miles to get on the trains which convenience and necessity have made so attractive i rand r-and useful a public servant See what opposition first greeted the I I elevated railway in New York And tj now look at the results of its erection > Individually the poorer and laboring J classes generally have been greatly benefited f i ben-efited in the opportunities supplied sup-plied for cheap homes Increased f facilities for traveling alwavs 1 aid those who live in thicklr j I populated cities The saving of time ic r transit gives such opportunities for a l I f residence in the suburbs out of the dust and smoke of city traffic and in neighborhoods i neigh-borhoods where property is far less ji i valuable than in the thickly populated t I parts This enhances such property 1 j and increases city and county revenues f in taxes which the proper officers are not slow to assess or collect Thus by I increasing the sources of revenue f i through enhancing vne cash valuation of the property of the city and also by I I promoting health awl comfort among I the people especially the working classes the treasuries of both city and county are continually ic eivinj material ma-terial benefit from the introduction of I new lines of railroad I believe that while no real disadvantage disadvan-tage or loss twil b l JtjtitlK hy the grant of the line iix question many material f ma-terial benefits will be derived by us if t I the privilege sought be grunted t iij I say this without a prospect of m7 individual orv personal benefit except di that which I exysect to obtain with th j rest of our cituesi55 I am not a stockholder ft stock-holder in the company though I wish t I was I am not paid to write in it interest or to use anjcifluence directljr or indirectly for its adVantage But I look at the matter philosophically and with that desire for the aenelal gooiE t which I feel should inspire YftCO 1oor I citizen One thing more in conclusion Why throw Jay Gould at this company just because he happens to be unpopular at present What has he got to do witi A i the establishment of this road 1 Eve t j I Ii if his money should help to build the road jivhich is denied in your paper to day by the president of the company I t I how would this fact interfere with ttie right or justice of the request for a right of way Principle and philosophical reasoning would not charge S1O I 000 for what ought to btt 1 presented gratis just because I F the petitioner penell to be rich or unpopular If it is to our benefit for us to have the road and the right thing for us to favor and encourage it let us do it magnanimously and not strive to vucee a ca < h onMderatiwi out ofa I courtesy saddle generosity with r an inculu of taunts and innuendos itt I order to render the privilege we exieniS as obnoxious in the eeking as it is useful use-ful in its acquisition If it is wrong t1 grant anything for the ouragemeni I of the enterprise then say 80 und refuses 1 iiianfnlly If it is right as I verily be I lieve then grant it and let the company tl be responsible for the manner in which our S generosity or courtesy are treated luoolUiSSJO I ALT LKY CITY Nov 20 18s4 f r I |