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Show I SMELTING PLABT Hi Concessions Salt Lake Must ; Have to Secure It. B , B ' 1U1LWAVS A8KEII FOB TIIKM. K Reasonible and lndlstrtalnallvs '" Rait: Necessary. H Mlr HAvr. iu.tr nil. H A Feinted and llneluraa Ill UK" B to III Trallle Jleneaera or f Ihe llallwese Ht Aa heretofore published in llirto 9 column, tomniltlti was appointed M I .1 lb. rawtlng hell at the Knuteford H ty number of prominent business H ' men on Monday afternoon llt, to wait H ' upon and conmlt wltn the rallroad B companln with it lew to ..curing H oodcouIoiii from Uiem In th matter ol H belter freight ratca, which would lo of 1 material kid III the nUullihtuent of the prospective copper emelllniC aud refining plant here. The ojmmlltt-o ' La. written tho following eipruslve M f letter In which they t forth plainly 'f their complaint to Ihe trafllo mau- H agem of the railway: H To llie Tramo Manager nf llio Union H , l'acinolUllnay('oinpauyllio1rmo !m Menaeer of iho rwiutnern I'nclno Hallway Comny Iho Trallle Man. anerof ilnlllolirandoWteicrn Hall way Company! Gentlemen Tho nwnora and ofllcere of a ooriorallon or Colorado, largely In-lrreate.1 In-lrreate.1 III copper production, liavo Just vlelleilKalt Ijiko City on a lour of ob-rratlon ob-rratlon ami Imnoctlon, to ilceidn ujion , the local Ion of a largo plain for Hie re-L re-L ilucllon nf purocopior from Ihe inailo ' or rich ore. ol the Jtm.ky mountain oopper inlnaa. The plant prnpoaml la H i lame one, In employ from Wi to CM) men. V V 'ine proeldeut of tho Chamber of Coin H ' i inerro and the proaMein uf the llue.lneaa m V Men'a Ae.iicletloil called a lame meeting B r ol Ihe rcpreeontallvo men of Mall take H : City, in meet the gentlemen from C.ilo- B 1 rajo at the parlora ur tho Kntitaford I ; lintel, on Ihe afternoon of January -I, Ml. i Ibra.lo illacim. the luerlle end demerit. I ff ( uf Call Lake City aa tho location of eueli ') large tediicllon vrorke. At lhal meelliiK Happoarallhalln order tn aeciiro the I eritllnn or audi plant at Salt Uko Clly aal ) l Ihree tleimiiittratliin inuat bo luaile. iFlrat That halt Irfke Clly was con-traily con-traily IncateU for tho accumulation of tho raw product and preaonled condlllona lavorablo for oomparatlroly economical working. A favorable cllmato, aurlng a mini, inuiuorinclemenl woalher and a meal-inuni meal-inuni of goo.1 health tn employee, concede.1. The locution. In Ihe teulorof a fertile and pnxluctlvo oounlry, a-anrlng a-anrlng reeaonable coal for the erhnlceome and necoaaary artlcloa uf tho lablo, were conceded. 1 he largoat population centered at ono point within the area of the llocky I mountain dlatrlct, and largoly ao cen I tared becauae of lla attraction, aa a home, gate promlae of plenty of .table, reliable labor at reaaonablo cnuipenia lion. All the condltlonaof Ihe Ural count w ere Ihereforo favorablo. Hecond A reaaonablo prico of fuol mualbo secured. Katlafaitory aeaureu-cea aeaureu-cea on that wore given. Third Iteaaonablo and Indhcriuilna-tit Indhcriuilna-tit o freight rate inuat lie eecurod. The matte and richer urea of eoulliwoat-eru eoulliwoat-eru Colorado, of Montana, of Idaho, of eoutbern Utah and of Novada, muat I gathered tn Halt iMke City to lie refined, aud the product be dtatributed to tho Ileal and to the Weat, The tiuo atloua nf , comparatlvo rrelght ratca in nl.lonco v); . .boweil plainly that no manor how fa- vorablethe other and above cited con. i dillone might be found, the propo.cd EV plant oonld not toporatoil at Halt liko i City, unleaa aa favorable freight ralca aa I 1 ware grauted to other aliullarly .liuaml J polnu In tho lar Woat wore put In ill no I Hi! i In Utah, lor Inaiauce, the rain on cop. M: jier matte from Ilutte, Moutaua, lo Iho m Atlantlo aeaboard la I13.V) wrtonlhe III rain from Hall Lake City to the lame ilo- H! tlnatlon la tx.lt K)r Ion. Without H lengthy utacuaaioti and comparlaon of B l other ratoe, thu cltlreua meeting ap K k tiolntedaooinmltice tn confer with tho n rj onlcera or the rallwajra in Intoreatlo fj ' aacenaln If auch adjualmotit of rrolght ral '.) echeduka on copfmr oroa an.l product wl 'y louldnotbe lecurodai would put Hall n "i Lake Ctty un a par with other Inter ffij luonntalnrlllea iCLlflod, and Liiabloua fe toaocurealargo and Importaut Industry ( j that will add In Ihe prosperity and b I revenuouf the railway., an well aa the nil welfare and Importanco of our clly. H 1 Thecommlttvo haa Iherefuro to aakt I 1 irat That the I roduct of copper ' mine, bo taken front Utah to tho aoabottrd H at the eamo ratoa per tun aa from Mou- M tana, which la bltuatoil on tho eamo me-K me-K KR Hecond That audi rntea be made on L copper matto and rich coppe nrea from rj reduction work. In Molilalia, Idaho, Utah andova(laaa, nddoil to ratoon ruhncil i copvar from Hall I. ko City la tho aea. l board, wilt eriual tho rate charged on fg luatlo from iolut of origin lolheaei ft, board. In othor wnrda, tliat the crudo V matorlal mar lie atopiied at Halt fkc H m City while dirt and other refuao mnterlal V la taken from It. provided ) our aggregato ti re enuo la not tlccreaaed, and your aclunl f loua hauled one inllo for satno groaa rev. ' tuue la largely decreased, lu furthor I llluatrale the above proKlllou, wit will j ' uaauuio that Iho rato on oopner matto a from Ilutte to tho aoaboard I. Sll or lou; 0 aiaumo dlatanco 3000 lulloa; rato por ton ,lj lr mile, therefore, (it divided by SOiM, J I equal. 0.41 leula per Ion permllo. H ' Above rato divided auggoatlrcly, lo ' wit: Maite from lluitoto Halt I.ak Clly, r a, per ton d latanco Uii mlkai ruto per tun f jr mile, 1 cent. Matte carrlea liJ per cent coppor, ono ton of matio therulore carrlea lou pound, of topper, Abovo , ratooftll mlntta(3eiual. el, utremaln. I ' log iortlon ol rato on each Ion of matte ' from ltutto to Iho aoaboard. Ulaliico from bait Ijtko City tn tcjitmud H.iUU H ' mile therefore V dlv hied by U 20 tluii a iiOJ equate COu (crton or Inllo. 'Ihe H amogroa. revenue to )uur touipiinlea, and a much larger rate per tntt per inllo for material hauled will, wo liellovo, as.il ua much 111 acctlrlng thta Important liulu.try. H The abovo compulation, m well a. iotvl t tho dam uaed,nro nut aaerted tube oxait ratea, or tn be lurried out tu thu furthesl diclmal, but are tut-d lo Ulna ru e our rripioat, and will aore to got yuurox i r n rn-loii a to whether ur not you can and will tnofctourcltlren on aitih iqult f j ablo plan, aa In our Judgment will ho. I ouro the deairdl reiiilt. 'Iho cltlren. uf halt Lake havo been .1 kteii otiorver. of thu piogrc.a iiihI H hLI trowih of Colorado mid limver, and of I r theproNerhy uf the ratlnuy. uiieratlng H lulhatatato. Initio uillof that equally I rivnraulecniullltniiMMirround IliN cli), bey hae, lmeated ihelr inein. and aiu I lev. ting ihtlr tlino and energy toward. J ulnkinz abuut a rtpitlllun ut Iho proi. B t patllv trhl h ha alleti(l.liheenilt" thi olotadn f l, and urge upon you the imcottame if your co-ojeration that all may receive In full iueitite their proportion of the bencflia to follow, lleiroctfullv aut mltie.1, AV. I lltniiiwiP, Chairman. |