Show MASS MEETING PROVO TO HER INTEREST I 1 som earnest york work to laduce induce tilt midland road into valley therall the call of tife mayor tor for a meeting of the citizens of provo to concoct haicas urea to induce the colorado bl midland idland road to mike make provo its prim principal point of operations in utah met with a general response tho the court rooth room on tile the evening a pointed appointed P was crowded with eager an and citizens and an intense interest prevailed throughout the aholo of thin alin time the meeting was in session lery every class was re ed ad an I 1 the alia business was conducted with luto harmony of feeling the ine meeting eting was called to order by mayor dusenberry who on motion or of mr reed smoot wan elected chairman on motion of mr J C graham air lincoln lincol was wa elected secretary and on motion of 0 J audgo Daien berry bar J it twelve was elected assistant seera aary the call of the mayor ni am published ft as I 1 read by the secre secretary and the hair chair secretary fary ina man n explained the on ballai I 1 as follows follow a it is doubtless us as well known to the in majority of you its in it ii to myself ST that the colorado and utah 3 midland 1 tg d a nit hallway hallways ways ia fast approaching our territory through ft a region of country directly east of us ua ahat ili ai its name implies W it iu is to open u up 1 the wild midland lond portion of colorado all and d utah traversing tile the great natural route the valley of tile the white and dus lieno rivers tile 1 I lie great unsettled quest question lon for or which wo we are liere here tonight to night is walther the road hold will collie tins this way down provo canyon or crows crons over provo va valley iley to park city and thence to salt lake city wo we are am here to them inducements induce menta to come to us ua we ire are to bid them note all the ilia natural advantages those of geographical position of proximity to the tha great iron and coal fields agricultural surroundings and boundless water supply tile pred lation is as old as our city that provo prove la Is to be the great manufacturing city of the ter for in our tillous capacities its as a municipality us as business men and BI an citizens we can oner offer inducements it is usual and proper that wo we do so BO tile the corporation is weak in finances flu ances but it has baa some gome idle property in the way of land which it cant can contribute con tributa there Is tile the old adobe yard consisting can of over eleven acres which tile cit city c can an s spare eu e U uie various en terp rises wil will doubt doub t far fiss i make it ita h handsome a n d s 0 I 1 it e contributions and the land owners between hero lore and provo canyon can well afford to give eive the right of way adjoining tile lio river ller since binco their lands would thus thug P ba protected 0 tooted t from roin high water ur gentlemen e n t bernen I 1 bespeak your hearty cooperation in ia this movement mr then made the following motion that the chair appoint four gentlemen who with the mayor as chairman shall constitute ft a committee to confer with representatives presenta e a on natives tives of the colorado and utah g midland idland railroad Company for the purpose ot of ascertaining the rose ahe he company in respect to the location of their principal point of operations operation sl in this territory and and to report at a subsequent meeting to be called b by the chairman the ilia result of their confer onca and make suck such recommendations as they may deem necessary judge dusenberry thought the motion should hould be preceded by a motion to the effect that the citizens of provo prove will do all in their power to induce the road load to direct its course through this city nit mr graham withdrew iiii his motion for the ti tune ine being and in tiance writh with the suggestions of J judge u i e dusenberry the clerk formulated a and n T read the ithe following judo jud o Dusen dusenberry Verry resolved that it be the arnae of tills meeting that the citizens of this municipality offer 0 afe ev every eryin inducement du in their reach t to o induce tile the Col colorado grado and utah midland lland railway company to make this ciak city its principal point of operations operation sin jn uta utah the judge followed with a brief but racy a speech in which lie he set tt forth in mass 9 article jupt proceeding rood iteen smoots remarks remark in in a clear light the resources of our garden city and the inestimable benefits to be derived lorn from the passage of tile midland road through gli utah valley ito ho closed with an earnett earnest extortion exhort ion to tile the people to avail themselves of alil opportunity to build up and enrich their city mr read smoot I 1 fully endorse the sentiment of 0 judge dusenberry the benefit which we will ill derive frum from t alie 11 a passage 0 of f the joaq doai through provo cannot be estimated hut bat what we want is their work shops it the road simply passes through tile the place placa tile ta benefit would not bo be no great lit in my opinion ophelon the city council should authorize the committee who shall wait upon the directors of the tha rond road to proffer them one of our vacant it blocks lock proffer say ay the adobe yard 1 I do no not t believe that there is in a citizen in provo who n ho will cen censure tha the council for this movement mr W C A smoot felt to heartily encourage the nio movement to bring the rund road to thit this place while ila he ons in sympathy with everything that mil encourage thorn them in thi alna direction the people ale must riot not forget that the object of t alie le road is ia to make money they know probably as ag much if riot not mr more tre about the resources of the country than ve a do anti and it if they find the HIP way practicable to bait SaIt lake city they will go there in in spite duite of nil all our inducements mr A A noon sald sited that tile natural resources in tins this tactility locality were immense Inin there lire are the vast iron dep deposits oRits millions of toni of this valuable metal tire sleeping Ble in the hills it wants develop ing there are hundreds of young men in the territory territory who are want wanting irtz em we e want tile road because we ila hava ve the resources that cannot bo be thoroughly developed dei eloped n without it mr kerr slid maid tie ho had bad information from a friend in in colorado who said positively that the road was coming to provo and that the coin company party would probably con their shops hero here mr 1 I jones said lie he had talked with the chief engineer who had said the company compan waa yet undecided which wiy way they would mould come mr jonea thought that in consideration of tile superior attractions tr tract loni for went in park city abid salt bult lake provo would have to offer some borne pretty heavy inducements to bring them this thin way unless the salt lake route wa evaa 1 impracticable in that case anio they would come liters fiere of course mr 8 8 tones jones was wag of tile lie opinion that railroads were riot not accustomed to di disclosing selos tile direction they would P pursue in r such it anso case anti anil ho win in f favor ru of proffering rome inducements to bring biln them this way nir mr A P D flold away suggested that all ques questions tiong affecting public bublie interests excite opposing ising opinions op miona there will probably bly N bo to this thia movement if thoro th ra were arty any they alliev should speak now or fr fir over huld pence tile wa wai then put ant and car carriell un mr indians Ind irn liaina iams motion wits then rend juanb rry moved to amen ill i b by y making the committee a eight inclan i ne tho divor instead Ins teaI of nyo mid and having defected fly by tile tha tile m was as u eje a ie I 1 urd 1 ilic I it motion pr prevailed e availed tito fol lowin v i was fl as thereupon elected W V 11 II dusenberry Cli chairman nirman 1 judge dusenberry A noon koon bleed am 8 bjones 8 Jones JC graham A U bulher clad land arv r 0 11 II abbott the in meeting adjourned sine ti n die |