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Show MP CfilpOiT. It it the General Topio of Talk Today Notwithstanding George Washington Washing-ton Was a Good fellow. CITY COUNCIL WILL ACT EIGHT. And Eamor Says the Old Fort Block will, I Change Hands Tomorrow Night The U. P. Eeport. George Washington was a great andl good man. He was also a progressive fellow. Notwithstanding all this his) name was not mentioned as frequently today as was the proposed Deep creeks railroad. As this was a holiday business men sat in their oflices and discussed;! the project in all its various phases. As might be expected the air woul be full of rumors and they are enumerated enumer-ated here for all they aro worth. One man said the pressure of publia opinion on the Fort block question is sa great that the council will surely act i accordance with the desire of tho majority of tax payers. He is of the) opinion that tho block wfll change hands tomorrow night. Things do look this way, and a- reporter re-porter could not help noticing the drifts of sentiment in this direction. Nob only do the gentiles favor the project, but many of the mormons are also in a similar way and hope the road will bo constructed. y ' The deepest rumor is that in event o favorable action by the council tomor row night, the Union Pacific will enjoia the Deep Creek road people from con- structiou. Why the Uu ion Pacific will act thus no one outside of tho ring seems to know. The people of Salt Lake are not caring who constructs tha road, just so it is built and the country on the west sido of the territory is de veloped. That the Central Pacific lias an eys on the Deep Creek country is well known among the old timers of tha& section. To run a branch from soma northwest point, say Tacnma. would ba an easy matter and enable the Central Pacittc to tap the Deep Creek country. This would give the line a road northi and south in addition to its cast antij west route. Should this be done th line may not bo extended to Salt Lake, and thus the city would be left, all foi the want of prompt action on the pari, of the council. A private letter received Saturday from Fish Springs district gives great accounts of the development of Some ot the large galena mines in that camp. The writer says they are quarrying out galena in chunks weighing from tiOO to 2000 pounds. The prospectors are hr ing a hard time in the snow and cold, the former preventing them from niak- -ing much advancement. Reports have been received here thafr . in all the camps outside of Utah there is much talk of the Deep creek country as soon as the road is a sure thing and the work of construction has begum there will be a great iutlux of people to that country, and they will have madej . advancement in the mines and othetf business long before the first ecgiu awakens the echoes that are slumbering In the valley of wealth. |