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Show UTHANS WORKED HARD FOR ROAD ( Herald-Rcpublicanc.) No blnmo can bo attached to Utah's congressional delegation at Washington Washing-ton for tho failure of Congress to provide for tho building of a government govern-ment railroad to tap the Kaibab national forest, declared Congress, mnn Joseph Howell Sunduy just be-foro be-foro he boarded the train for his home in Logan. He declared It unfair to criticize the Utah delegation becauso tho bill had not been passed, for, he said, everything possible had been c'ono by it to provide a means for opening tho vast rich territory in tho southern part of tho state, "The only government officials who wanted tho bill passed was Henry S. Graves, head of the forestry porv-ice," porv-ice," said Mr. Howell. "The department depart-ment of tho interior does not want the railroad and made no effort to pro-moto pro-moto passago of the bill providing for construction by tho federal government gov-ernment of a 'railroad into the Kaibab forest. The government has no in tention of building tho road. It would establish a precedent in continental United States and for that reason the federal officials aro opposed to t." "Congressman J. W. Bryan of Washington, who introduced tho bill, gave it but little heed afterwards and did not speak for it. Tho secretary of tho interior declined to recommend the bill for passago. "I, like all the other members of tho Utah delegation, did all In my power to furthor tho bill and it is unjust un-just to tho Utah delegation to say that wo did not work for It. I Uior- highly appreciate the conditions of .ho people of tho southern part of tho Hate, for they do need transportation facilities. Such a railroad, however, must come seemingly from private enterprise, as federal aid is not likely." |