Show boom the city and be somebody HOW TO BE progressive never the division of alic city grit nt the kail way fellow citizens As the enquirer hes lately said BO much project of having a railroad come down II 11 street let me present before you the other side of the question in he first place railroads need every penny that ther can get by donation it is notorious that they have a great struggle for existence and carmera and wage barnea should help them chena ever aney get an opportunity the claim that nin tenths ot the millionaires in america have been made BO through railroad ia overdrawn over drawn I 1 think that not more than three ourt lis of them bae been made in this way I 1 wish to ventura one other general remark before I 1 anler upon the immediate theme of this address it is this you conservative aen 0 provo who cling to the old fashioned notion that a city in order to be thrifty must grow up like a tree by expansion and not in one night like a mushroom mush room which is burned up the following day do you not see error you aie aboud lo 10 make in trying to quell the absom spirit which is just now getting out of its bravo pravo in our fair city anink what i accomplished a few years ago would conr eolen did street car system have been today to day if you had been listened to what of the electric lights which now illuminate our illions aud boulevards what ol 01 our water system had you been given your way we should still be unknown in the bond market what patriotic citizen grudges the payment of ten thousand a year interest for such an honor lat me urge vou therefore to throw away your prejudices and join ua heart and get your torches and tin pans and become progressive citizens throw open your doors and let this railroad run through the dining room and parlor giva it anything on earth that provo may ones more enjoy the ineffable of a boom think also what a unique idea it is to cut lh city into an eastern and a western half the verv poetry of it should move von it is n atas it a mud wall or dull ence made the separation it Is a living rumbling smoking battline line tooting line that will not let the east ender nor the west andar forget for a moment that provo was once a city think what an impetus it will give to business to havethe and west thus set check by jowl with each other on opposite sides of this asad line what lively scenes in hoodlumism and political what refreshing differences of policy in the city council ot course baal good could not be expected to como to both sides of the city tl e eastern half would be protected against provo river should it rise up in mac cap aclee and come a vie itin I ul ahls would be partly off beet by the fact that the west side would have its streams and travelled gravelled gravel led it has been that the residents of H street object but the suggestion is idiotic idio ic how could they object ther have lived in quiet for such an IQ I Q must be clamoring for a change they have slumbered as lone as rip van winkle to the himic lulashy of the mill race they need an awa bening the clangor and rush of a dozen trains at night will give a new and lively turn to their dreams they may at times invoke the devil and his angels the sleeping cita what of that it will only make the town more lively for the men will he ie i 10 bey whiskey an the women ner vines and thus two boble industries of provo will thrive but what it they do object Is it not an of patriotism that one is willing to ones friends think what must be ite agony of the east enders and Wc as they lie awake at night thinking of the sleeps less of the midd lers those farthest away are the real sufferers for it is well known anat the throes of a sympathetic heart are harder to endure than the actual pain which excites that sympathy artemus ward with streaming tears offered to sacrifice half his male relatives to help eave the union this instance of patriotism should make us willing to sacrifice every resident on H street for the good of the cita but let ua not talk of sacrifices while we may contemplates the superb advantages thia boheme coffars to the city there are twelve streets for bay half a dozen trains to cross each dasy that gives 72 opportunities not now enjoyed of training our teams not to be fright ened of the caral think how the jockey business will ba stimulated there will of cobrae be 72 times more railroad accidents than now happen which will make our daily papers bright and sparkling tha city council will of course see that trains move slowly through the city just slowly enough to tempt the small boy to catch a ride thus the doctor the undertaker and the maker of limbs will be gladdened but the lawyer will reap the richest harvest as he should in every well regulated society for it is plain that a triangular fight will be going on constantly with the city the railroad and the private citizen each now as plaintiff now as defendant but still greater good will ultimately come the city will at length tire of law suits and employ special police to watch every crossing as is now doue in other cities with railroads running through them lucrative employment will thus come to twelve of our fellow citizens citi and indirectly give a keener interest toward politics it haa been suggested that the city council with the salary of special police for a single year purchase the right of way around the city on either side but the suggestion should be spurned as coming irons a man of niggardly economical notions what would become of all the advantages I 1 have pointed out if narrow and impecunious a policy be followed who would stand at expense when the glory ortho city is at stake besides it may be leu years before our city becomes eo thickly populated as to need railroad police and when that time comes it will plainly be the duty of the municipal authorities to fair employment for as many of its citizens as they can but my crowning argument is yet to come it is this oar merchants and shopkeepers shop keepers have united in their demand for a railroad down H street this ought to be enough to satisfy the most skeptical that it ia for the best good 0 the city for it is well known that our shopkeepers shop keepers are the only real producers of wealth without them no city could thrive the notion sometimes springs up that the farmers and laborers are the rear producer but alis cannot be so for if they produced everything why dont they have something whereas we have all seen shopkeepers shop keepers start business with a dozen eggs and a bolt of calico and grow rich before ourelee oure yee thia latter fact shows ua conclusively not only that our merchants and men of business are the only real producers of wealth but also that ehdy have the only brains that can safely be trusted if you have therefore anything any thine n your head that shakes or rattles dont daubl for a moment that it is addled the best thine you can do is to GO home and boil it awhile till it gets hard then come to the masa meeting next thursday and there will be little danger that you will vote otherwise than aa the chamber of commerce shall dictate NATHAN LAWRENCE bovo povo city march |