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Show I FAVORABLE ACTION f l1?0N FURNISHING TIES ; Cedar People in Mass Meeting t Express Strong Interest in Railroad Question. I f ALSO INVITE AID OF ' OTHER TOWNS AFFECTED Committee of Nine Appointed to Get Subscriptions to Stock in Iron, J and Adjoining Counties. JS That tho sentiment of tho citizens . of Cedar City is practically unanimous E,. in favor of the proposed branch of L railroad from Lund to Cedar City, and S that the people aro willing to do their jr best in tho matter of furnishing ties K t for the proposed road, was shown by E the vote and expressions given at a a mass meeting held in the Tabernacle Ip last Tuesday evening and attended by U a representative audience of Cedar K? City citizens. K", Tho mass meeting was originally jr"" called for last Friday evening in the Bf Library auditorium, but sufficient no- K i tice not having been given to get many JL . out an adjournment was taken to W" Tuesday evening, with the above men- Jb tioncd result. P' The meeting was held under the f auspices of the Cedar City Commer- L , cial Club, but all citizens were invited i to be present and participate in the I deliberations. President Parley Dal- L ley of tho club presided, and Secretary i C. S. Rice preserved a record of the k proceedings. Will Seek Co-operation of Others. It was the feeling of those present that the other settlements of this county as well as those of eastern Washington county and of "Kane coun- rs ty "Ee invited to assist with the furn- ? ishing of the tics for tho proposed .'. road for-stock in the proposed com- N V yany; but there were those present , Ed.. enthusiastic enough to express them- S selves that if our neighbors were not v B willing to assist, then it was up to $' Cedar City to see it through itself, Tr for the road must be built, unless ei- W ther the state engineer or tho Salt Lake Route go back on their proposi- L" tion, which is for the state to grade jE." N tho road, the Salt Lake Route furnish p. tho rails and rolling stock, if tho peo- J& pie of this locality will supply tho W' Committee to Solicit Support and Aid. at' ' - A committee composed of nine men ff was selected to confer with the people I?, ; of neighboring settlements, both on i,' i the north and south, and ascertain r-v their sentiments in relation to the r r,, project, as well as to solicit subscriptions subscrip-tions to tho stock of the company in ' Cedar City. The personnel of this Committee is as follows: Pres U. T. . Jones, chairman; J. P. Fuller, Gron- ' h- way Parry, S. J. Foster, Drs. A. N. N Leonard and M. J. Macfarlane, Robert M S. Gardner, H. W. Lunt and C. S. ft w". ' Wilkinson. This committee will be p. '' divided in pairs and sent to meet with 'if A the people of the neighboring towns, j and are to bo ready to make a report ' ll"lw' within ten days of tho last meeting. f3v There seemed to bo no division of I opinion as to whether tho building of 1 ?r the road should be encouraged and I vnf fostered, though some of the citizens r. 1f were a littlo more pessimistic than "', &' others in regard to what wo were in S(V a position to do in tho matter of fur- S w, nishing ties for the road; all seemed TT- willing and anxious, however, to do f as much as their circumstances would ., ' permit. I Request Moving of Poles from Center. i' At the adjourned meeting held in Z ' tho Library auditorium Friday night ; a committee consisting of Robert S. i Gardner, Chas. G. Y. Higgins and C. ? ' S.ilkinson was appointed to inves- m tigato tho feasibility of moving the l& ,. light and telephoju?' poles from tho rOt4"" ' IfU51" of MnijVBlreet to the side, and 411 t "nPJ--T'9 meeting in tho Taber- 1 TTfJTucsday cvoning. This matter 1,. came up at the request of State En- W gineer Beers, who has been waiting ftl to grade and Burface the "street in ? good shape as a part of the state ' highway, when the people have re- Jj '. moved the poleB or decided that they k ?" .' wish them to remain there porma- 1 nently. Tho committee, by its chair- '!i I n.an Mr. Gardnor, reported as far as 't (' , obtainable the.feollngs of tho interest- S i od companies having franchises for H , tho use of tho street, and also tho at- titudo of tho mayor and city council on tho question, with Iheir own recommendation rec-ommendation that the poles be moved. Tho report of tho committeo was adopted, and a resolution passed asking ask-ing the city council to proceed to havo the poles,, moved as early as practicable. practic-able. IUappcnrs on investigation that the state engineer has an appropriation or fund available for tho grading and improvement of this street, if it can be applied during the present year, but which if not used this year will revert to another fund, and it is therefore there-fore desirablo that the work be commenced com-menced as early as possible. |