Show TH RAILROAD SITUATION New Depot Talked Of Union Depot Is to Be Preferred Branch Office Tribune Provo March 1 1 Tho railroad situation In Provo at this tlmo Is 1 decidedly Interesting For n longtime long-time tho I town linn Importuned tho railroads rail-roads to erect better stations To thin end many conferences have been held and enough stations built on paper lOco lO-co r the t city hut no brlckii were over stacked beside the tracks I now bolts like I talon will bu built and perhaps two and the City Council will bo called in to take a hand In the matter Yearn ago the previous oners of the Short Irolol Line proporlj purchased ten arren of land which they thought extended to an eightrod street and built their utallon accordingly Through an error made In thu plot ot the city the atrecl was mndo I liverod street instead of an eight which left u threerod strip of groui directly In front of the Short Line station sta-tion lon strip was slyly acquired by the Rio Grande Western and the ground fenced In and fountains wcio made to play upon It and flowers to grow about It to tho great displeasure and Inconvenience Inconven-ience of iho Short Line The people sympathized with tho Short Line und joined 11 In suit against the Rio Grande The properly was declared a public nuisance and the fence vno loin down Through public usag6 tho properly afierwaid reverted back lo the people Tho Rio Grande Western will next Monday evening at the regular mooting of the City Council ask I for this trll ot land and twelve feet additional upon 1 which to erect a 10000 minion I l granted this will put the Shorl Line to tho background which they do not propose to stand The matter has boon thoroughly gone Into alI on Monday evening tile Short Line company will propose a union depot and agroe to begin at onco tit construction of a S300K station sta-tion If the Rio Grande will stand Its half I Is known that the Rio Grande Western West-ern has no Inclination lo Join with Iho Short Line In f union depot und Unit It threatens to abandon Itt present plans If tho concessions asked for are not granted grant-ed Tho people of Provo have seen LiFe companies look horns before on tho unlTi depot propOHlllon and have some apprehensions appre-hensions about the scheme being carried out At tho same time they prefer n union depot Reed Smoot when Interviewed today said I prefer n union depot but do not feel to discourage the proposed 10 provonvonts of tho lllo Grande by waiting wait-ing on the uncertainty of a concerted action Mayor Taylor said I consider the mater of the union depot to be tho I railroad companies business I favor granting to each anything they ask In reason to the end of having them make I Improvements But I prefer a union depot de-pot Ed Loose said I Is up to the Short Line to make Its proposition The Rio Grande company has told us what It wants and what It will give us In return I favor granting the concessions sought and would bo pleased to make a similar bargain with my friend tho Oregon Short Line I would prefer however to have a union depot Tho local agent of tho Rio Grando has been called into frequent consultation with Mr Wclby and Agent Craig of tho Short Line speaks for tho officials of his road and says We are anxious for a I union depot and will bo pleased to begin work at once on n structure of any cost up to 50000 I is rumored that Mr Herbert of the Rio Grando and Mr Bancroft of tho Short Line will hold a conference In Og del on Monday and that the subject of a union depot will at that time como up AN UNFORTUNATE BOY Last Tuesday a double brace of Juvenile hoboes came to Provo and were enter tamed at tho county Jail Tho oldest was not moro than 1 and they had been bcat leg their way about tho country for eight months originally hailing from Denver They were ordered out of town and caught tho eastbound passenger on Tuesday night The quartette wero put on at Tucker and later ono of tho boys I attempted to ride the brakebcnm of a freight train but ho mlnod his hold and was run over two cars passing over his palnS leg culling It off at about tho Knee Ho was picked up by a passenger train and carried to a Salt Lake hospital Ills companions com-panions happened along again yesterday and Were taken In by tho Marshal but were released when they told of Limo misfortune mis-fortune of their pal and that they wore only on their way to Salt Lake to Join him They waited about tho station until dark then boarded n freight train Tho victim of tho accident gave his namo as Frank Jones Gove WEDDINGS Joshua Croyghton of Denver and Eliza both M Hanson of Lehl applied for a marriage license at tho County Clerks office today giving their ages as tl 1 and 15 respectively an Following In their wake came Frank D Bennett of American Fork aged 22 and Grace Myers of Eureka aged iO A marriage mar-riage license was granted them and they looked a happy as tho older twain ADAMSONS ASSIGN D Adamson Son of Pleasant Grove filed papers of an assignment today In favor of William E Clark and others The assets of tho company are given at HOOO with tho Bonk or American Fork WeliBvlllo Coop R G Wilson nand L P Lund as tho heaviest creditors NEW TRIAL ASKED Judge Booth of the Fourth Judicial District Dis-trict court today heard argument for anew a-new trial in the clnmago Hull of C II Christensen against iho Rio Grando Weslorn Railroad company Tho case was taken under advisement by Judge Booth and Attorney Truman for tno plaintiff returned to Salt Lake |