Show commercial CLUB MEETS WITH U S RAILROAD MEN the commercial club held a semeion last saturday night for tho purpose of mooting with the railroad men then in the city press oad occupied tho chair and there w aa a good attendance atten dince of members after the president hid stated the object of the meeting remarks were made by ed H snow D H cannon R G james andrus P L daggett I 1 0 macfarlane and P II 11 morris in the cours of which attention was called to our wonderfully fine climate marvellously fertile soil varied products and possibilities and the necessity for a railroad for further development by putting alie markets within reach of the producer the president then introduced mr george For eroin the vice pres ident of the utah southwestern railway company mr foreman complimented tho people of ame for their pluck in reclaiming the desert and homes you have here said he the best opening for a permanent railroad that I 1 have seen anywhere in the united states and I 1 have been carefully studying the proposition for the past two weeks I 1 consider that with the class of people you have here that you should have had a railroad long ago there is a plan afoot said mn foreman to put m a large iron plant at lion springs with coal and iron in such close proximity that section will build up rapidly i coal and iron made birmingham and it will do tho bame at iron springs and create an in dustal and commercial impetus throughout tins entire section of country there can be no better opening for a young man anywhere in tho united states than at st george when it has a railroad and I 1 advise tho young men to stud the situation thoroughly you grow the finest asparagus here that I 1 have ever eaten said the gentleman and fortunes will 10 made from it when the railroad cin hindle it st george will get the railroad where alie people arc united and persistent in for an object they will surely get it mr foreman was heartily applauded at the conclusion of his remarks mr clida T inman the president of the rutih southwestern railway company was then introduced by pros cad for the benefit of those present who did not meet tho gentleman on hia previous vit mr inman saoko of the road which his company as about to build to connect harmony iron springs and cedar city with lund and baid it would be the base for a railroad to st georee st george id going to have the railroad said mr inman and alie time to prepare for it 8 when track laying begins at lund the people should begin the further development of the country right now BO eliat they liay hae produce for tho markets when alie railroad tail road reaches them in t consid song the of a railroad aid th I 1 would rather fig ure on agricultural tonnage thin tint of the mines as the promise of permanency is greater dixie when it has the railroad mil bo able to early vegetables fruits etc at a much greater profit than can lower california its citrus fruits mr in man aas warmly applauded air C W L rood assistant engineer of the railroad company was then introduced he depole of the wonderful change of climate in riding twenty five miles coming from a cold country into a warm delightful sunny climate where lawns were green trees in leaf flowers in bloom and all nature smiling and happy the in the east would thinly he was telling fairy tales if ho told them of the change as lie had experienced it ho was proud to be connected with the new railroad and hoped to be with it when it extended into dixie |