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Show GIVE THE FRANCHISE. ! Whether or not it is generally known, j it is a fact that the R. G. W. Ry. Co. started in to make out of Proyo indus- j trially and, in time, financially and in j other ways, a second Salt Lake. Had j the company received the treatment J from our citiz'-ns and city council that they had a right to expect, the round: houses and the work shops of the R. G. AY". Ry. Co. would to-day be located in j Provo instead of being in Salt Lake j citv. The company, it is true, wanted j something from Provo in return for j this if they had been permitted to thus i wonderfully add to Provo's prosperity, j They wanted a portion of the weui i square for depot purposes and a fran- j chise to run their trains on certain j streets. Had their requests been j granted, Proo to day would have been j a prominent railroad center: it would have been the end of a division of the R. G. W. ; the work shops, round houses and all would have been here with ad j the attendant industries inviting new j enterprises aud building up Provo as: nothing else that has as yet knocked at j our doors could build. j It is not our purpose to dig up ancient or recent history and belittle the judgment judg-ment of officers and public men that are now down and out, but we -must say it- is sad to contemplate the fact we have lost this opportunity, and add that the above mentioned facts should be taken in the light f one of those dearly bj igut lessons which that sternjmaster, experience, teaches, and let not any future opportunity pass bv without taking advantage of the same. Now, the poirt we wish to urge most particularly in this connection is that the It. G. V. is still inclined favorably favor-ably toward Provo notwithstanding the tact it has been so discouraged, and now that new life is enthused hi the public spirit oi Provo's citizens, we we should all at least meet the company com-pany half-way. At no far distant day there will be other railroads centering in Provo, and when we look at Ogden and other r.ulroad points, and note their rapid strides to the front which would have been impossible im-possible for them to take without the advantage of the railroads centerinii there, we cannot bat be convinced that every move that is made tending to induce railroads to make improvements improve-ments in our city is greatly to the city's interests. The R. G. W. is at the present time desirous of building iu Provo a lanre, new and modern depot. In order or-der to do this they must Lave more room than they now have for intended additional switches. They want a franchise to build tracks on one-half of First street for four blocks from J to N streets. Xow, when we think of that road that is eventually going up Provo canyon and to Park City, and think ol the "Little Giant's" enterprise and push, if we may be allowed to use a |