Show NOW FOR THE RAILROAD SHOPS The certainty of the speedy construction construc-tion of the Salt Lake tc Los Angeles railroad at once calls for the putting of this city in order for drawing hither the great railroad shops of all the lines which are centering here They can be had but only on condttlon that we offer of-fer them facilities such as they require in their operation Mr Cornish Vice President of theUnion Pacific not long ago informed arepresentative of The Tribune that If this city would provide for a fjulliclent water supply HO that there would be no question about its being be-ing ample fInd unfailing his company < would be prepared to put in here the big shops for their mbitntafn system of roads a plant that would cost hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of dollars and would give employment to at least two thousand men That Is a prize worth a strenuous effort to gain Such a shop would < be worth a million dollars a year to the city It Is within the power of the city to make the needed guarantee guaran-tee find fo get the water The present effort to get the Utah Lake reservoir project started is precisely In line with the needed work to assure that water Exchange of the citys interest in the lake and the canals ought to be practicable practi-cable Such an exchange would permanently perma-nently give the city the canyon streams or the most of the flow from Emigration Emigra-tion Parleys Mill Creek and Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Mr Bien stated In his con r rencc with local officials on Saturday that this was the best solution of one P of the difficulties In the way of preliminary pre-liminary work That exchange would give the farmers an increased and Increasing In-creasing supply of water for irrigation more than they could possibly rely upon up-on from the flow of the streams In those canyons It would ellinlimto this municipal mu-nicipal corporation from the problem and would put the whole reservoir proposition in the hands of the actual liTlgatora where the Government officials of-ficials Miy it belongs With the successful suc-cessful operation of that reservoir scheme and the exchange suggested the water question for this whole valley val-ley and city would be securely and permanently settled No time should be lost in forwarding that solution of the question Now Is the time to strike for the railway shops referred to and the others will be certain to follow The time to get this great prize for the city Is now Think what it would mean for us The half million or more expenditure ex-penditure for the plant the constant employment at good wages of thousands thou-sands of skilled employees Businessmen Business-men through the Commercial club and otherwise should strike now when the opportunity Is open and success is available The public sentiment should be aroused to instant action on this great proposition which all can see Is of the very highest moment Get to work on it novel |