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Show MAT IS W WW! There Are Bumors That the U. P. Will Parallel , the Proposed Deep .,; Greek Eailroad. PEESIDEHT ADAMS HEAR IT HA1D James H. Bacon Telia Some of the Advantages Ad-vantages of His Scheme and the Union Paoifio Move, ' It is quite certain that the Deep Creek railroad scheme will receive not a little attention from President Adams of the Union Pacific, who is expected to arrive here on Tuesday next. It was rumored that the Union Pacilio would also build a line to that country. President Presi-dent James H. Bacon of the American National bank, was asked concerning this rumor and replied: "I had not heard the report and do not know wby President Adams is coming here. If that is his object, it is certainly a very strong reason why the council should not hesitate in giving me immediately a franchise through the streets of the city and the right of way nf fiflfl fflAt widfl anrntffl PlnnnAr flnnarn This would certainly be little enough , encouragement to start under such a threat of the Union Pacific to parallel the Deep Creek road. I have heard from my eastern , associates, and they will be ready to start next week if the council grants the franchise and right of way across the block at the meeting on Tuesday night." "Should council refuse to grant right of way what would be the effect!" inquired in-quired the reporter. "I think it will kill the enterprise so far as I am concerned. I have examined exam-ined different localities in tbe city to j...' see if I could find another block that would be satisfactory to the eastern capitalists with the view of purchasing it provided the council refuses the right of way across the square, and I have been wholly unable to find a block that in my judgment would be at all satis-- satis-- factory to them for a passenger depot. Surely the city ought to treat me more fairly as a citizen of Salt Lake than to 1 require me to go out farther from tbe business center than foreign corpora-. corpora-. tions with which I will have to compete." com-pete." "What do you think the council will do next Tuesday night?" asked the scribe. , "No one can tell what a-body of twelve or fifteen men will do prior to their meeting. I have confidence in the council treating me fairly and to judge of them, feeling that they will be controlled by public opinion as such bodies usually are, I should say that the entire prayer of my petition will be granted unqualifiedly because I have no doubt that 00 to 95 per cent of the busi- ness men of Salt Lake city are unanimous unani-mous in saying that I have not asked enough and none of them say I have asked too much. I believe that 500 people peo-ple have said to me since I have amend-ad amend-ad my petition so as to only ask for 800 feet wide across the block that I ought to have stood by my original request and insisted upon having the whole block. Every one that I have conversed convers-ed with personally except one or two has said tbe council ought to give me everything that I have asked for. I have not had time to see all the members mem-bers of the council, being very busy .with reorganieing the Bank of Salt Lake to the American National bank consequently conse-quently cannot give an accurate idea what their action will be." |