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Show COIiIX."E AND THE f, ?T. H. R, A cn ventioT wss held in frinne on S ouriiay Ut, be. ween ihe omccrs and lirtc'on, of the Utah Northern rail-on rail-on one side and representatives of the 1 c.'i !c cf CoriDne on the other, the o';j et Ix-'mg to enter into negotiations for the ex cnaion of the U. N. IV R. to that city. We clip from the "Ro-portci" "Ro-portci" an account of the proceedings Lad bforo the meeting commenced: At one o'clock this afternoon the sub committee of our citizens arrived . Luck Ironj the Utah Northern railroad, I ;iccot!ipaoied by the following named i v ntii uieo of that corporation, namely: lion. John W. Young, President and tjairral Superintendent; MosesThatch-! MosesThatch-! ei, K-' , of Logan. Secretary; Hon. i Sniii.-l Smith, of Brigham City, and M. Vt. .Merrill, FIsq , of Kiohmond, i L'irtciors. These ofScera were met l three miles north of Brigham, and es-je.-rl-d in carriages by Messrs. 1. R. 1 Short, O. H. Eiliot, Ed. Ccnway and Juliui Malah, of Corinne. There a re also in me compauy nr. iu.it, superintendent of Construction; Chas. Nibley, Freight and Ticket Agent, and Joseph West, Chief Engiucer; all of the Uiah Northern. A'so CoL Loveland, S illis Booth and Boa Hampton. On the arrival of the respective committees in town, all visited the Belshaw smelting smelt-ing works, tho steamboat landing, railway rail-way stations and other points of interest, inter-est, al't.T which all partook of dinner at the Metropolitan iiotel. As we go '.o press, President Young and bis associates asso-ciates are in council with the Corinne committee in the hall of the board of trade, and wo again express an unquali-licd unquali-licd hope that their deliberations will result in an indissoluble iron union of the commercial interests of this city wish tho productive regions now traversed by tho Utah Northern. Io the "Reporter" of Monday we trust that it will be our pleasant duty to chronicle this consummation. Meantime Mean-time our '"Godspeed" is heartily given to the undertaking. Wc yesterday met Hon. Moses Thatcher, secretary of the Utah Northern, who informed us that their visit to Corinne was exceedingly pleasant, that they were courteously received and hospitably entertained during their stay. Tho proceeding; at tho meeting wero very harmonious, and though nothing was dehnttely arranged, the ice was broken and negotiations ne-gotiations opened. A proposition was ma le in behalf of the Utah Northern to the citizens of Corinne, the acceptance ac-ceptance of which will secure them a branch of that road, by which they open communication, not only with tho northern settlements of'Ulah, but also with Montana, much more speedily than they can by any other contemplated road. Another ,u be held on Thursday uext when it is expected that definite action will be taken. Wc sincerely trust tho matter will bo arranged in a manner beneficial and satisfactory to both interests. In the meantime wo heartily reciprooate the scr timont of the "Reporter," "Let us have peace and Railroads." |
