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Show IS NED FOR PROW ACTION W. C. Stark in Letter to Paxnian Urges Importance of Our Getting Busy Now. WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE TO OBTAIN ROAD Two Tilings Procrastination or a Rnisc in Price Would Prove Disastrous to Project. The following, which is a copy of a letter addressed by W. C. Stark at Salt Lake City to Mr. J. W. Paxmnn at Ncphi, in relation to tho land project pro-ject in this vnllcy in which both nro interested, is self-explanatory and will, wo feel sure, prove interesting to our readers: "Salt Lake City, July 7, 1916. "Mr. J. W. Pnxman, Ncphi, Utah. Today was the first opportunity I have had to talk to Mr. Manderfield of the Salt Lake Routo in regard to tho Cedar Ce-dar land project. I have been a member mem-ber of A Troop, First Utah Cavalry for some time and was called out tho Monday morning we arrived homo. I have been on the jump ever since nnd havo no idea how the people of Cedar Valley havo taken to the. plan wo suggested to them while in Cedar City. "My visit with Mr. Manderfield was very satisfactory. Ho tells mo that when tho officials of Salt Lake were in Cedar City recently, Mr. Wnnn mnde a public statement to the effect that he had collected a large amount of data on the Cedar Valloy and was still at work on the subject. Surely this remark from a man who holds the position with tho Salt Lake Route that Mr. Wann does should bo indication enough to tho Cedar people that the railroad is interested in the valley and is only awaiting some show of interest inter-est on tho part of the people there before be-fore making definite statement. t "Mr. Manderfield is of course careful in tho statements he makes about what the road will do, but ho points to the Delta branch and the fact that it was built "as s6on' a'g enough" pTople had moved onto tho land adjacent to it to make certain tho fact, not that the branch would pay at once, but that it would eventually nay. So, it seems plain to me that all the railroad needs is encouragement along the right lines. "The land project, in my opinion, is the best form of encouragement in the world. It would increase the .value of the land and the value of products and put n lot of snnp and go in tho entire valloy. But, tho people of Cedar must stnnu ready to mako some sacrifice if these benefits aro to be obtained. Nothing is always nothing no matter how it is figured and a big thing like a railroad should bo very cheap at the cost of about 20,000 acres of land at a fair price. I was in ono community not many years ago where 20,000 acres ac-res of land were put in at no cost to get a railrond. I might remark that that country is now one of tho most prosperous farming districts in the intcr-mountain region and that it supports sup-ports two large towns. "Both Mr. Lafont and Mr. Strevell were pleased with the report I turned in on the land. They think it is a good selling proposition but urge that it be gotten in shape quickly so that the literature can be gotten out and the details arranged before fall and the best selling Benson arrives. "I will not bo able to give the matter much time until tho trouble with Mexico Mex-ico is over and since you und Mr. La-font La-font are both so busy we will have to depend largely upon tho committee at Cedar to get tho project in shape. If they want it sold this fall the options should be completed by tho' first of August at the latest. Personally, I should like to see this done. These projects that aro conceived and found practical and then put through with a vim nro nearly always successful. At least this has been my experience, while those thnt drag out never a-mount a-mount to anything. "Mr. Lafont and Mr. Truman both promise mo that they will bo ready to go ahead with the land sales as soon as tho Cedar peoplo havo done thoir part. I think you may as well mnke it plain to nil land owners that tho matter is now strictly up to them and that if thoy want thoir land sold nnd a railroad and all the improvements that go with it, the options should be signed up at onco and at prices you agreed upon verbally. "As I see tho matter two things will spell defeat. First: A long delay in getting the matter in shnpe. Second: A raise in price when it comes time to sign tho option. In ono case interest wiil dio and no ono will hurry to take up a land project that has boen once declined; and a raise in price, such as we experienced with two options we signed in. Cedar, moans that tho estimates esti-mates already made will havo no value. "I hope you will hnvc time to go to Cedar City again in tho near futuro and while there, get at leost 20,000 acres of contiguous land at a reasonable reason-able price. I am sure that Mr. Lafont La-font and Mr. Truman will give tho project as caroful attention as I would and I know that under proper conditions con-ditions they enn sell tho land, "YourB very truly, "W. O. STARK." |