| Show NEPHI AND THE RAILROAD there being a great deal of doubt and considerable gossip concerning the reason the division at juab has not been moved to nephi according to promises says the sentinel a reporter determined to try and unearth some of the mysteries surrounding our rounding the whole proceeding W A C bryan a member of the committee to purchase the necessary land was selected as one most likely to be on the inside track owing to the fact that he is one of the owners of the strip of land given the union pacific railway company by the citizens of nephi in answer to the questions of the sentinel as to what the railroad committee was doing about securing the laud land he be said we cannot get the strip of land because the prices are too high the sum asked averaging about 1400 0 or 1500 per acre iv well we replied that an outrageous prim price forland for land which is really worth to per acre my land is worth 1600 1500 per acre and they nor any one else can have it for less was mr re ply cil 1 I have tried to buy bair some of the land in question at that figure but could not get it and that i I 1 think is evidence sufficient that the land is not over valued and another reason why things have not been pushed more rapidly is because I 1 have been to juat juan and have seen what they have there and I 1 for one can may aay that if they are going to give us no more than juab has I 1 do not want them to come here at all ajl yes we pursued but dont you think they will put everything in new here and fix up a fine place no I 1 do not at from the fact that they haven dezent station or depot on their whole line they always put up old traps which will in no way compare with stations on other lines ff how can you get around the fact we asked mr bryan that we all voted to make the following the sense of that meeting we do agree to furnish the union pacific company the amount of land asked for depot grounds ay oh well of course it had to be understood that we made a promise to this effect if we can got get it reasonably our donation of 11 f said he was promised with the understanding that the company fulfil fulfill all their promises to the citizens of nephi by way of suitable buildings etc on depot grounds asked as to what the committee now intend doing mr bryan said we are am now negotiating for the purchase of ground on the opposite side of the street and I 1 think we will have no trouble in securing ngit tt 1 I do you think the company will will accept that ground in place of the other we asked oh yes I 1 think there will be little choice with them as it is all on the same fame street 11 are there any landowners on the east side who refuse to sell their land at any price we enquired 1 I cannot say positively was the answer hut but I 1 have heard it rumored that mr W P read has openly refused to sell at any price or on any terms I 1 mr bryan being very busy we lid did not quiz him further but left him and sought the I 1 boli tude of our sanctum to over the conversation and t try to glean tome labome satier latib faction from the alswor answer to asur aur query as to liow how the guibral gun bral and the comm committee lUde in particular iare are going to get acou that point blank promise made the pacific company concerning ehg purchasing of that little litte insignificant strip or of laud land worth in boon boom figures to the railway obo company leany a few thousand ancl dollars but to the owner only as many hundt ds up to time of writing we have gained no shadow of satisfaction tand we feel safe in predicting that unless said land which was virtually and to all intents and purposes given to the union pacific railway cor company nAny be delivered to them to promises nephi will never regret the act but once and that will be during remainder the of her natural life |
