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Show Panguitch, Off Railroad Line, Opposes Proposed Stage Route mobiles are put into service on regular regu-lar schedule. This may be the day pf autos all right, but we do not believe it the time for the auto to take the place of one of the biggest assets we have in this section of the country, the railroad. We truly think it is poor encouragement en-couragement toward having the railroad rail-road company make any further improvements im-provements or better their service. It is a matter that we think needs weighty forethought before any such franchise is granted. The News cannot see where it will do this section one bit of good, but can see where it will materially hurt us, especially in the way of freight and express shipments, if the railroad rail-road is compelled to pull down from its regular service- it is rendering us i now, and if a greater portion of its I business is cut off it will be com-I com-I pelled to do this same thing, as sure "Bill" Peters, one of the newspaper men of Southern Utah who is continually con-tinually "boosting" and not tearing down, does not mince words in opposing oppos-ing the granting of a stage line between be-tween Salt Lake and St. George. "Bill's" town, Panguitch, far from the railroad, is satisfied with, the present condition, as is evidenced by the following article taken from the Garfield County News of last week: The News has been figuring pretty hard lately, ever since we read the first article regarding the Auto Stage line from Salt Lake, to Richfield, Rich-field, and thence on to St. George, and we trust that the utilities com-mossion, com-mossion, and the people of this section sec-tion and up north of us will give the matter as much consideration as we have before they get involved too heavy in the matter. as shooting. We truly believe the people of this district are perfectly satisfied with the service they are receiving from j the D. & R. D., and would hate i mightily to see it interfered with in I any way that would cause it so suffer I any more losses than it is now sustaining. sus-taining. Several of the commercial clubs have taken the matter up and are asking that the matter be deferred for the present at least, and we be-' be-' lieve the commission should go well ! into the matter from every point of view before any decisive answer is ! given to the stage line. The D. & R. G. Ry. has given us pretty good service for a great many years, and have been unable to make all ends meet any too strongly in a financial way, and if the passenger, j express and freight business is de-; vided up, it is bound to make poorer I service all around. We believe it will mean a freight train about twice a week, with a passenger coach tied on the end of it, and take from daylight day-light till dark to get from Marys-vale Marys-vale to Salt Lake City, and that the rolling stock of the company wilt decrease and depreciate in value, as they will not be able to give us the service they are now doing if auto- |