Show PROVO RAILWAY DEPOT Council Votes Land for the R G W Depot Telegrams About It Tribune Branch Office March 21Tho City Council Commlltco on Streets and Alleys mado tonight a favorable report on the petition the Rio Grando Western West-ern Railway company asking for a jrant to a certain strip of land at the intersection Of Academy avenue and Sixth street and recommended tho passage pas-sage of an ordlnuncio giving to the road the land asked for and the closing of Sixth South street at a certain point provided that the Rio Grande Western company erect within one year a substantial sub-stantial station of brick not lo cost less ihan SCOO The report of the commllteo was adopted by a close Note and the ordinance or-dinance wan rend for the first time In the d < bal6 upon the adoption of the report Agent Craig of the Oregon Short Line and Agent Fotus of the Rio Grande were both given the lloor Agertt Craig stated that correspondence was on between be-tween General Manager Bancroft Of Iho Short Line and Manager Herbert of the Rio Grande which was favorable tn the union depot project and asked a delay of one week mating that within that time tile officials could be gotten together to-gether and a union depot arranged for To this the Rio Grande through Councilman Council-man Wilkins replied by rending the following fol-lowing telegrams Sail Lnko City March 21J M Herbert Her-bert Denver ColD Reprcsentallvc of tho City Council of Provo Is here tills morning and Council Is ready to report on the mailer of depot grounds at Provo and before doing BO Short Lino havo raised question of a union depot and have sent to Provo copies of correspondence correspond-ence between yourself and Mr Bancroft and ask the Council to defer action for another week Is there anything tangl alo In the union depot matter as wo have always figured that they wore simply sim-ply working the usual method lo postpone post-pone and ulllmalcly defeat tho Rio Grando Westerns proposed arrangements there Mr Wilkins Is iow In the office and would llko to bo able to dispel any misinformation or manipulation hence this inaulry for Information Arn E WEJLBY Denver Colo March 21 j9r2A E Wilby Sail Lake City Replying to your message has the representative of the City Council of Provo1 any definite reply to make to our proposition that wo should build n depot at Provo If they provided site as requested So far as a union depot Is concerned wo are willing to consider with the Oregon Short Line but In meantime want lo bo prepared to build tho proposed now depot independently Independ-ently unless they Join us promptly You can say to Wilkins that we are In earnest earn-est In the matter and want to close it promptly J M HERBERT After considerable further debate the matter rested with the ordinance read for iho first time and laid on the table NOTES AND PERSONAL Judge Bootho of the Fourth Judicial district returned yesterday from Vernal and opened court this morning only to send Ycarno Johnson to the asylum and commit Wayne McFoddon and Willie Rcdbcrg to the reform school A largo nnd rcprescntallVo gathering oC business men assembled In the court houso tonight to perfect an organization to bo known ns the Provo Business Mens Protective association P A Barney was nlected temporary chairman and Alex Hedqulst secretary |