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Show Charlcs Francis Adams, president of the U. P., Vice President and Manager Manag-er Holeomb, Engineer Oates and one olr. Cameron. At this conference the Logan gentlemen gentle-men put forth every argument to convince con-vince the olllclals that It would not bo to tho best Interest of the company to build tho main line along the west of the valley and thus leave Logan and the towns on the north on a spur. Prcs. Adams would make no promise on this point. It had evidently been decided that tho cut-oil should bo made. But he did stato and that with emphasis, that If the cut-oil was built Cacho Valley should not in any way be mado to sulTcr In consequence. Ho promised that "Logan should havo better scrvlco than sho had ever had" and "a new depot this year" and "tho road In tho yalley shall be mado broad guago this year;" that "the rates would remain exactly as at present. ' Concerning freight rates, Prcs. Adams satlsllcd the commltttec with this clear and pointed promise: "Tin: m- IIAII1TAMTS OF Till: VALLKY SlIAI.r. KM.IOY ALLT1IK KAVUUS IIUHKTOFOKK (UVKNTHKM AS TO TIIANBI'OHTATIMN. OAOIIK VALLKY SHALL 1IKMAIN A COMMON 10 INT AH TO FIlKlflUT UATKS ANI THAT HHUTKltS IIEltK AND IN THF, .SOUTH KN1) OF TUP. VALLKY SHALL l'AY NO IIIOIIKH UATKS THAN AT l'KKBKNT 11Y HKASON OF THK CON-TKMl'LATKI) CON-TKMl'LATKI) CIIANQK." In making tho report of this meeting meet-ing to tho citizens, tho committee closed with tho following: "Your committee accepted In good faltli all that has been said by the notablo railway rail-way magnates with which It had tho honor to meet and believes that the promises made will bo honorably kept, and we respectfully recommend tho general pubtlc to Join with us In these sentiments." I leavo It to the peoplo how faithfully faith-fully theso promises have been kept. Thd road was broad-guaged and the depot was built, but how about the main points: "The rates shall remain exactly as at present" and "Cacho Valley shall remain a common point as to freight rates" and etc.? Every merchant knows that In consequence of the increased number 'of tulles to Salt Lake tho mileage has Increased. The freight charges on car load lots H have gone up 5c to 27c per cwt. ac- H cording to classlllcation, and less than H car lots havo advanced from 12c to 40c H per cwt. H In consideration of tho promises H made by Prcs Adams and the other H railway olllclals, is It at all astonish- H Ing that tho morchants of Cache are H Indignant at tho (J. P.V What cls could they expect? Should not the H word of a railway company Lo as H reliable as that of on honorablo in- H dividual? I am told that a commltteu of the H Cache Commercial Club last winter H called on J. A. Reeves, general freight H agent of the U. P. at Salt Lake. Our freight troubles were explained to him and he assured the commlttco that ho agreed with them In our treatment treat-ment being unfair. Ho promised to take tho matter right up and havo it adjusted and said Cacho Valley was entitled to and should havo tho common com-mon point, After several months he notlllcd tho commlttco that he could do nothing for them. Let tho Short Lino manifest Interest In the welfare of Cacho Valley aud the peoplo of the Cache will In turn bo pleased to sec the Short Lino do well. Panama. |