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Show the Erst of September w!rx they will gLot the proposition be clearly under-etood. under-etood. If the people of Salt Lake will guarantee IWO.OOO, these contractor! will immediately go work on the road. This i not a tock ubscription. The subscribers will receive re-ceive bonds of the company at 75 per cent of their par value; and they will not be called upon to put up a dollar until the road shall have been built and equipped ready for operation, a guarantee guar-antee of the amount being all that ia needed at thi s time. This if a proposition that Salt Lake ought to jump at. There ought to be a meeting before the end of the week at which the entire amount should be guaranteed. We could afford to get out all the drum corps und all the bands and hold a celebration because such a chance is afforded. Thiuk what the construction of this road would mean to Salt Lake! It would double our business in a year and add r.0,000 to the population of the territory before the close of ".! Ileal estate es-tate here would be enhanced 2"i pur cent in value within twenty-four hours after the building of tho road should be assured. J)on't stand back and shake your heads. Don't interpose the objection that you do nut know whether the promise can bo carried out. These men present strong evidence to show that they can do just whut they claim. (live them the guarantee forthwith. Nothing will bo lost by that. There is not a dollar to be paid uutil the road shall have been finished. There is everything to be gained by giving tho guarantee, and our business men should make everything every-thing give way to it. THK IIKEP CRKKK ROAD. Mr. Sloan is fh receipt of a letter from his partner, Mr. Tomlinson, authorizing au-thorizing him to proceed with the Deep Creek railroad project upon a basis of a guarantee of 250,000 by ths citizens of Salt Lake, in addition to what they already have contracted. Mr. Tomlinsun went east to confer with the contractors with whom they have been dealing, and this letter is the outcome of that conference. The contractors have an opportunity to go elsewhere, but they would prefer to build this line ts the traffic assurances are more satisfactory. It is necessary for them to move, however, and they must determine by |