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Show RAILROADS BUILT ON HOT AIR That Seemed to be The Way Matters Were Going at The Commissioners Meeting last Saturday. The county commissioners met In special session Saturday to tako ac v tlon on thu matter .of granting u frau- V chlse to tho Logan llnpld Transit a Company, a local corporation that had J filed a Joquest for a franchlbo, sub mlttlng a draft ot same, at tho prov- c Ions, and regular meeting or tho com t iiiIshIoiiiub. It wus expected that tho t commissioners and tho local company 1 would get together which would In- t Hine tho people or the county an Inter- i lYrbnii inllroad within the very near I futm (i, but Instead or getting logetliei -nil plans and negotiations wore : thrown into the nlr, and at this writ- i lug the tnblo Is clear and any one thnt will glvo tho nocossnry bond can do business with tho commissioners on tho frnnchlso matter. At ten o'clock, Chairman Molkle uiu.ii the meeting to order and Bt-it-ed that thu comiulsslonorti hud ci sldurod tho frnnchlso asked for by tLo .gnn Rapid Transit Company, ana further stated that thoy wero united to tho oitoct that hoy would not grunt It but that they had drafod a frnnchlso frnn-chlso that they would grant, nnd 11 desired it would bo read. Some one uslicd that thu draft be rend nnd the clerk proceeded to road It. He hnd not proceeded far until It wan ot ccived that thoro wero at least throw points that wero unsatisfactory to the local people. Afer tho reading the dt-rcclins dt-rcclins of tho LogiV" Hapld Transit Company withdrew iiud held a short consultation. In a few moments they returned and Mr. Robert Andcryon tho vice-president , of the compw I thanked the commissioners for the f consideration they had given tho '. - en I company, and asked to witlidiaw . their franchise, further stating Hut they would not enter Into eompctlt'o'n fi i n franchise. Several petitions beiiilug on 'ho Iranchlho question and requests tor the resurrection of previous fr.vn'hlii-es fr.vn'hlii-es wore read, and then for an hour or moro railroads were Hullt all around the volley built with wind and ; ro polled by hot air until all present thought thoy woro us rich nH Rocko-Teller. Rocko-Teller. Finally Chairman Melklo nnld "tho table Is clear, and ir anyone vvnnts to negotiate with tho commissioners commis-sioners for a franchise on the terms and conditions specified In tho draft submitted by tho commissioners today, fuch negotiations will be In order." Some ono nsked whnt bond would bo necessary as an evidence of good faith . and fS.OOO was tho reply. ..No ono boomed to tumble over any other fol- low to get to the tablo to deposit the . money, nnd In fact tho feeling of rich ncss scemd to leave tho ones who had , o glowingly built railroads Just a tow moments boforo, and one by ono the railroad bujlders filed out ot tho court house nnd joined tho common people ' on the busy thoroughfares ot Logan city. I'm (oininlsslonors were In soss'en . again during the ntternon attending t i i iitlne matters o |
