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Show IFCITY m CANYON A Proposition to Build a Road to the Settlement of Morgan County . AND THUS OBTAIN A BIG TRADE Prom Twenty-five Hundred People A Stage Line is Included in the Projeot. Some of tho most active and energetic spirits iu commercial circles, among whom are agitating thesubjectof building build-ing a road up City ('reek canyon to the settlements of Morgan county, and by so doing obtain the trade for the merchants mer-chants of this city of at least -000 people. The proposition has been discussed for some time, but now it is believed that a united effort of the business interests in-terests can put the scheme in a snaps for consummating it. It is a proposition proposi-tion for the real estate exchauge and the chamber of commerce to take joint action on in. company with tho encouragement en-couragement they can "obtain from the merchants, who, from a business standpoint, stand-point, will be the ones most benefitted. The Morgan settlements are only twenty-five miles from here as the road would run. being the same distance as they are from Ogdeu where all the ranchers and dairymen now take their trade. The distance from this city to the settlements over the Union Pacific railroad is seventy miles, which precludes pre-cludes any of the business coming here; but if the proposed wagon road could be built, this city would stand on an equal footing in the competition for trade with the metropolis at the mouth of Weber canyon. The route of tho road would be up City Creek canyon to its head, then through llardscrabble canyon to the town of Morgan, where there is a population popu-lation of '-.lOO engaged iu agriculture and dairying. The cost of this road would be approximately $7000, of which Morgan county should equitably pay half, but the people there have been taxed for roads iu the last two or three years almost to the limits that their treasury will permit, but as this county is to be the most beautified it could easiiy afford to spend $ii(il)0 for the work, and tho merchants of the city assist in raising the remaining $1000 forMorgan. By doing so it would be possible to win the everlasting gratitude grati-tude of the people there, which would result in enticing their trade to those who had thereby manifested a desire to deserve it. There is now a good road up City Creek canyon for a distance of eighteen miles, leaving only seven to complete the connection, the building of which would not involve and expenditure of more than the amount of money mentioned, men-tioned, and only a short length of time would bo required to finish the work. There are many reasons, other than the securing of business, why this road should be built, one of which is that it wolulapen'uTrtnfo in the midst of tho most sublime and enchanting scenery there is in the whole intermountain region transcending transcend-ing everything that is grand and inspiring in-spiring "in tho west. For this one end. it is worth twice what it would cost, should the enterprise en-terprise te carried to a successful conclusion a stage line couid be made profitable in hauling tourists from Morgan to this place, taking them olf the trains at 7 o'clock and landing them in less than four hours and treating them to a ride through a natural park. i ins cuuiiii y la wen supplied wun funds to do the work; it ought to do it aud if the business interests centered here would bring the proper amount of pressure to bear on the county coun-ty selectmen they would probably see their way clear to undertake the necessity. It will also furnish the real estate exchange and chamber of commerce com-merce an opportunity to do something where the results will be more tangible than answering the letter from the young man from Charleston, S. C, who wants to know if he can make a fortune here without either capital or ability to start in on. |