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Show Will G to St- Gaor,?e. It might as well be understood first as last that the S ilt Laka and Pucific ad Utah and California railways are to bo the work of Utah people, for tho benefit of Utah people. peo-ple. "While there will be nothing altogether al-together exctusrve in their construction construc-tion or .management, there will also al-so be no alighting of important points or neglect of growing interests inter-ests near their proposed routes in this State. These remarks are called forth by the conclusion of an article in this morning's Herald, Her-ald, in which the statement is made with as much gravity as though it were true that the proposed road to California will not strike St. George "according to the' route decided de-cided upon." Wo are further informed in-formed that this "fact" has been overlooked in the descriptions published, pub-lished, and are assured that it is an important one. If tho premises were correct the conclusion would undoubtedly be; but the former being be-ing the result of a reporter's imagination, ima-gination, the latter fades into insignificance in-significance so far as itself is concerned. con-cerned. . The Salt Lake and Pacific Pa-cific goes westward from;, this cfty to Deep Creek, and thp Utah and California goes southward to the last named state, via St. George, 7tah. . . r ; , ; . . :. V. St George may or. may not be penetrated by jthe iron highway at any point within its corporate limits; a great many towns which appear on the railway maps to be so situated are not. . It will, , however, how-ever, be one of the stations of the Utah and California and one of the most important ones at that. For all practical purposes the town will be "directly on the line," our cotemporaiy to the contrary notwithstanding. not-withstanding. Such statements are not only misleading but mischievous; mischiev-ous; and deserve to be frowned down wherever or by whomsoever made. Deieret Evening News. |