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Show I; UTAH VISIT 1 GREEHHiyER CITY t View Site of Proposed Bridge I I Over the Greatest Watcr- I ' I course in State. ! I ARE ROYALLY ENTERTAINED ' I BY PEOPLE OP TWO COUNTIES hi Enjoyable Time Is Had and a pj Fund of Information 01)- f tained liy Visitors. I I Members of tho legislature who made hi the trip to Green River on Friday nipht 'jj and -who spent Saturday tlicro looking " over the proposed site for a wagon and i foot-bridpo over the largest river in the state at that point wcro astounded at I ' f; what they saw. 'I A large number of those who mado J j the trip had novcr stopped at what is to ! ijj be one of tho most, important points ii on tho Denver & Eio Grande railway j ' svstcm between Denver and Salt bake. Most of tho visitors had been through fli Green River, which they had always Mj looked upon as a moro hamlet; henco, Mi when they wcro shown a pity containing 1200 people, and saw tho evidences of s'J thrift and prosperity everywhere, they ! wore astounded. . nS Then, when they were driven over the Vim vallov and had inspected tho great dam 1 ' fl and tho auxiliary stenm pumping plant m in the Tiver, eight miles north ot tho I (6 city, whoro one irrigation system has I If been installed which waters thousands Jl of acres of land: after they had been jg driven through miles and miles of young f 38 orchards, which lino tho vnllcy upon m both sides of the river, their astonish- ifl mcnt was great. It was a rovelation. jj Facts Are Presented, i J Then, whon they were seated about a ! jj banquet, board whoro a feast, which I ij would have been a credit to any city in I I the country, was served, they were . J , again astounded, and when they list- .. . ! oncd to the address of welcomo by ) Mayor MeDouald, who gave facts and ! figures about iho community in which ho lived; when lie told of what existed in the way of orchards down the river ( which time did not permit them to visit: j whei he gave information regarding some segregations of laud made in the ij Green River valley, in which thousands IS of acres were involved, his hearers bc- j. 'I came enthusiastic, i J Green River is not a boom town. Tt fjj is made up of a thrifty mid industrious class of people TI103- arc proving ! t heir faith by their works. While they talk about Green River, thC3' are build- : ing; while the3' tell about the wonder- 1 J ful fruit region which they have, the' arc planting out orchards, building 4 homes and business housns. They are is boomers to the extent that they prac- n' j lice what I hey preach. They have faith lM in their country. View Site of Proposed Bridge, j The ob.icct, however, of tho visit was I to look over the ground and view tho , si I n of a proposed wagon and foot- ? bridge across Green river at the city j bearing the same name. The river is ( the largest one in Utah, and at no place 1 in the state is it bridged for wagon i or foot passengers. It is bridged by t ! the Denver & Rio Grande at. Greeu l River City, and while this bridge is ij uj-cd by foot passengers, everytime they , ! cross tho bridge they are not only tres- HT s passers upon the right of the railway, HK but they tako their lives in their hands. ,: ) No better illustration of this could be ( given than the fact that Commissioner j f Johnson of Grand county, who, ou Fri-H Fri-H ij. day evening, iD attempting to cross tho 1 ' river on the railroad bridge in order to I 1 reach Green River City to meet the leg- j J islative party, fell from tho structure 1: flj and broke his arm. iltt There is a state road, the onlv high- ,JI wav running through Utah and into , Colorado, that can bo used throughout , 'j the ear, and this road crosses Green J viver at Green River City. An anti- , i quatcd ferry is the means now used A by team to cross tho rlvor, and for this ;;! a heavy toll is exacted. Grand and ,1 J-lmery counties have so many interests ' in common, and the trailic across the I river is so heavy, that a wagon bridge '.ill is needed, and needed .badly. While the S counties are large Emery containing ', J 2,790,440 acres, and Grand 2,401,000 ij acres the assessed valuation of pr&p- j Vl criy is small. ' j Need Aid of State. Hj'V.- The two counties are willing to hflp H'1 hv& the bridge, but they feel that to Ki impose the burden of the entire con-structiou con-structiou upon them is too heavy, in ! J view that it is a stato higlnvaj'. To L that end tlioy ask the legislature to ;ij make an appropriation of $20,000 to (I aid in its construction. The-citizeus of ' 1 the two counties will furnish the bnl- (a ance of the money and will build the '1 approaches, which, in view that tho , "I river is a navigable stream, compels the '.-il bridge to be erected higher than ordi- t nnrj- bridges and makes this expense a f ,j heavy one. All told, the bridge and fl approaches will coot about ,000, and ,' (1 it may be that a greater oxponse will 1, A bo necessary in completing the ap- ,j proaches. H i !'j Tho legislators visited the city, they 'i listened lo statemcntH made regarding H) j! the trailic, saw the inconvenience of the , (' fcrr" and the difficulty in getting on ' and oft! this ferry, inquired into. the ": tolls exacted, and came to tho conclus- ' i: ion reached by tho citizens of the two 'l counties, that the need of a bridge was I an impcralivo necessity. Tn brief falltK j l made at the banquet which followed the day's visit, .the speakers (members of both senate and house) assured the pco- i1 pie present from both counties that they H!l should liavo help from the state in h bridging the river. I Gue3ts of Two Comities. Tho visiting delegation wcro the i 1 guests of citizens of both counties. Tho iifl committoc on behalf of Grand county ,tri consisted of ,T. W, Hammond. W. W. Ji.fj .loncs. G. .T. taris and W. R. Coleman; i S 011 behalf of Emery count, Mayor Rod "t McDonald of Green River. Dr. A. K. la Coleman, G. D, Roberts, A. D. Lewis, E. i'J -T. Cook. Karl Schabinger, A. D. Mcrritt and J. TI. Driscoe. T. G. Wimmer. Jr., f J and Dr. Coleman escorted the dclega- ''a tin from Salt Lake to Green River. ' 9 When the guests had been seated at fhJB the banquet, which was served in "5 the Palmer hotel, it was discovered i. 3 that Senators Brinkcrhoff and Soely ' SB wcro missing, "but thoy arrived a few ! , H moments later, in company with a bevy ! ii of- handsome .young women. These i fi young women carried banners on which I y were inscribed: '"Eoost for the Bridge g Boost for Utah," "Boost for Green Hj f River Boost for Utah." Both the senators frankly admitted that they had been captured and wore converted con-verted to the bridge Then, with the guests all seated at the table, these young womon sang this song, entitled, "A Dreain." Oh. the day will come at last. When the glorious news Is heard. That tho legislature's passed the bill secure. se-cure. And the governor's pen in hand, Has Inscribed tho needed word That will progress and proaporlly assure. CHORUS. On. an. succoss comes marching. Making green the desert gray, And the bridge that In our dream Spans from shore to shore the stream Opens wide the gate to progress future way. Oil, the ferry cable's weak. And tho risk of fording's strong, And the railroad bridge is not a primrose way; And the rowboat's sprung a leak, For a belter way wo seek, And a wagon brldgo wo need this very day. Yes, tho dav will come at last, When the fording will be past, And soon we'll havo a bridge across the stream. Oh, you men from Salt Lake City, On us Elgcnltos take pity, And you'll find tho way we'll treat you Is no dream. Then followed the feast, at the close of which brief addresses, wcro mado by a number of tho legislators, and the banquet closed with nil singing "America." During tho repast, music was discoursed by tho Green River band and by tho Glee club of young women, 1 In connection with the splendid treatment treat-ment accorded tho party by the citizona of JCmery and Grand counties, liientiou should be mado also of the trcatmcut by tho Rio Grande. raihVav. The party was in charge of Harry Gushing, traveling pnnscnger agent of the Rio Grando, who did .everything in his power to make tho parly comfortable. The company had two Pullman cars for the use of the party, and4 thesn wcro sidetracked, at Green River Frld.oy night on arrival there and the guests were not disturbed until .Saturday morning. On the roturu irip, the sleepers were sidetracked in Salt Lake, and tho occupants slept until Suuda' morning. R-ailroad Expending Big Sum, The Rio Grando is expending a largo sum of money at Green River. Tt will bo remombcrod that several weeks ago Tho Tribune printed an exclusive story regarding the removal of the division point from Helper to Green River. Work on the yards at Green River is almost completed, and at an early dato work on the roundhouse will begin, while the Palmer house, will be remodeled re-modeled and used as division headquarters headquar-ters building. Tho railroad conipany will expend a half million dollars in Green River this yonr. Just as soon as the Western Pacific is complelcd. work, on tho Salinn cutoff will bogiu at Green River, and in another year the trip over Soldier summit, now the steepest steep-est railroad grade in tho United States, will be a thing of tho paHt, the trains being run over the Sahna cutoff. |