| Show the railroad in sanpete San pete mr babcock the right of why way agent for the B R 0 W was in vanti manti on tuesday on business per aing to the road in a conver held with a few of the leading men of the city mr babcock stated that most of the grade was finished as far as fairview and considerably sider ably completed as far as spring city teams are working night and day at the summit above fairview so that the road may be completed as soon as possible the company have obtained the right of way as far south as the northern boundary of ephram precinct and it was hoped that thai the balance of the route would be obtained in a few days manti will be the terminus for the pre present Hent just how long it will be before the road is pushed further south mr babcock was as unable to say lie he wished to obtain depot groundland grounds ground sand and also water dortheen for the engines at manti and the committee were left to form their own judgment where they should have the depot it is expected that the road will be completed by the middle of december and trains in operation by the of january when completed it is the intention if the traffic will justify to run separate passenger and freight trains if the company sees that the business is not sufficient to warrant it then they will be compelled to run mixed trains it is proposed to run a passenger train leaving mantl manti about 6 in the morning and traveling at the rate of about twenty miles per hour reaching salt lake at noon the train would leave salt lake city about 5 p in m and reach manti about mid midnight night such an arrangement would be of great convenience to the people here as they could thus pay a visit to the capital and return the same day giving them about five hours in the middle of the day to transact business the arrangement would also be of special importance to manti and the company would then be compelled to build engine sheds and the various other accompaniments of a railway terminus at manti with a road at mantl manti which would bring goods direct from the east at prices but little more than that charged for delivering goods at salt lake city all of the trade from south eastern utah now conducted at juab and nepal would come to mabli while as a matter of course the sanpete valley would patronize the little giant the road at present will be a narrow guage but the hope is given that before long the road will be made to the standard guage manti sentinel |
