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Show MMm m mm m. Iloadmaster Nickerson Arrives Ar-rives in Provo and Starts up the Work. Sevcnty-F vo Thousand Ties to bo Used SetwecEi Provo and Salt Lake. Quicker Time to bo filado and a Chair Car to be instituted. Supt. Corwin, Itoadmaster iN'icker-son iN'icker-son and Master Mechanic Ilinkley, of the Utah division of the U. P. system, sys-tem, Aas in Provo Monday on business busi-ness connected Avith the laying down of new ties, preparatory to placing the 60-poiind seef 'rails be'Cween this city and-Salt Lake. They came down in their special with the morning pis-senger,and pis-senger,and remained in toAvn until the 4:25 express went to Salt Lake. In the afternoon Supt. Probe t took the partv to the Asylum. A"l.)isrA''-cn reporter waited on the gentlemen, in company rith President Presi-dent Probert, of the Street Kaiload companv, and from them learned that the work of replacing the iine between Provo and Salt Lake City would commence com-mence Wednesday (to-day.) 'We Avill put thirty-five men from your town on the work," said Road-master Road-master Nickerson, "and it is to start them that Ave are here to-day. They will commence operations on the 11th, and Avork from this point north. We iiud this cheaper than hiring one creAV to do the Avork, and it does away Avith construction cars used for the men to sleep and eat in. The men from your town can be taken out every morning, take their dinser with them, and be brought back at night." 'I low many ties Avill it take for the fortv-eight miles of work, between here and "Salt Lake?"' 'Tt Avill require about seventy-five thousand."1 "Where will thev come from?" "We have got 15,000 at the river bridge, and the rest Ave will pick up this side of Santaqum.'" "Is that all the business that brought you down to-day?"' Ave modestly enquired. en-quired. "Well, no; aa-c came eiOAvn to see after our ice interests.'' "Have you got all the ice you will need for next season's supply?"' "Yes. There is one mere carload coming, Avhen that gets here we ill have our house filled. We were looking look-ing at the ice house this morning, tiid found theroof wanted repairing. Supt . Corwin suggested that thu Avori be done, but I told him that the citizens of l'roo had t: - on ua. and that the first move Ave mace io..io -j eringup any of the buildings meant their total demolition as the people demanded de-manded something new." "Yes, that is a fact. lias envthiug been heard from headquarters in regard to Avhat the company proposes doing in the wav of a new depot.?"' "Nothing at all. It will of reees-sity reees-sity be some little time before they! get to that, but 1 am confident it will ; come." 'I understand that some changes i have been made in the time cards of the road. When do they go into effect?" "On the fifteenth. r "Will it effect this southern division?" divi-sion?" "Yes, it makes a difference in several sev-eral of the trains. For instance, the morning train'rom the ;south will get here at 7:15. instead of 7:25, and the afternoon train will get in forty-live minutes earlier, or at ;;:-li) p. m. The morning train from Salt Lake City will reach here at 0:15, instead of U:25, as now. The evening train from Salt Lake w ill be the oniy one ihat v.ill remain re-main as it is." "Are you making any changes on the other lines?" "Yes, some very important ones. On and after the 15th, Ave are going to run to Denver in double quick time, so that a person leaving Sait Lake City one night can get to Denver the night following." The Dispatch man then invaded the Superintendent's special car, and commenced prospecting around the genial Corwin. After announcing the party as the vigilance committee from the Chamber of Commerce on depot grounds, Ave asked Supt. Cor-Avin Cor-Avin ay hat he thought about a depot building. "Well, I think the great amount of business handled at this station demands de-mands better facilities than the U. P. has got here at present. I consider the importance of Provo justly den ands it and if I had the say-so, it Avould not be many days before you Avould hud a good depot going ud," "What do you think about the It. G. W. consolidating with the U. P. ami putting up a good building?" "Well, that is my idea exactiy, and I think the U. P. management Avould like to see it that Avay. Jieeause both roads putting their money into one structure Avould secure a better and i irger depot. Each line could have its freight yards Tlistinct, Avhile the ticket business could be attended to by the icspectiye agents. I say a union depot de-pot by all means." TIaA'e you given the subject of a location any study?" "Well, yes, some; but nothing definite defi-nite has been decided upon. There Avillbe plenty of time for that after, the depot building is settled." "While making improvements in your lime table, don't you think you i-ould make some improvements in your equipments?" The Dispatch nan inquired, "in what Avay?" "Well, say that you put on a chair car i etATeen Provo and Salt Lake, undented un-dented ly it Avould result in much good to your road. It is common talk that the U. P. has got nothing but broken down stock, while the it. G. W. has the best of passe user- coaches, and of course it all has it3 effect on tra. ,: " r.'ell, the It. G. W. run their iirst-dass iirst-dass touches because they've got no j o'i.ers. Hut Ave have talked oyer the a.: -'isaoility of introducing the chair (;; , and probably we w ill et around to :hat before long." 'ts sir," broke in Supt. Probert, "ji. .1 l;ae got to get a rustle on you, I ; ';- tell, sir; for we're golaz to have ti.:- i.iiest city in the Avest, sir; and no fo,.': i either, sir. We think avc are en'bk .i to more attention than Ave have . d, and before long sir, we will havi' . paid to us, sir. Just look at our p jtion, sir! Here is the lake, an iu.mnse' water poAver. Smelters a;.-; . urnaces could ke built all around it ;.-V.i And we have the liuxes to run tbf.a sir: yes, sir. Here's the iron, v.i- ' heeoai.and the limestone, and !! .'W grade ore3 from Tintic, from Lii-. ham, from Park City, from Mount Neb-, and all the regiors round about; yes, sir. Did you never think of it? "Did you neve r take intocon-sidt intocon-sidt Itin our favoieil surroundings? Wii; , i!r; there are people coming in " ". wi w ill . mwinii ..mmnnj 11 m 1 1 mw.im ! :"".S: '.L .-. ?!. LJLJt -rrjryiwS to-day from all parts of the land. And they ride down to our glorious lake, and view the beautiful meadow that surround it, and they burst with enthusiasm, en-thusiasm, and in the midst of their rapture write home to their friends and their relatives, and lo andlbehold! here they com?, too. Why. Fir. I don't Know one man out of every dozen 1 meet novr; they are coming In re so fast. And AThat Aviil it ail resuit in? Why, sir; the first thing you know Ave will have smelters, furnaces, samplers, sam-plers, relineries. car shops, foundries, glass works, potteries, woolen mills, factories, and every other conceivable industry.' .Capita! is flowing this way, and you -cannot stop it! You talk about your Salt Lake city, why she will be no where inside of ten years, compared with Provo. True, she will retain her position in the eyes of the world, on account ef the curiosity her name has uroused. But that is all! You hae a lake, that is true; but even then, peorde bthe in it till they get pickled, and then come down here and freshen up. Yes, sir; we are making ourselves heard, and Ave want everybody to kr.ow it." Sunt. Corwin stood tho dose bravely, whiis EoadmasterNickerson, knowing Probert's cadibre, laid back and enjoyed en-joyed it; Master Mechanic Hinckley grabbed a last year's number of the Tribune, that happened to be keeping the cold air from eominrr in through a hole in the car, fend holding it upside down seemed to thoroughly enjoy the patent medicine acl3. Finally Supt. Corwin ashed in what direction the Asylum lay, and on Pro' erfc's proffering proffer-ing to drive the party out there and the invitation beiny accepted, the newspaper man left the railroad officials offi-cials io get ready. |