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Show 0. S. L TO BUILD THE LOOPl If Logan Does Not Object Says The Railroad Rail-road Committee From The South. Southerners appear before Cache Commercial Com-mercial Club and Ask Assistance. W. C. i'arklnson. G. Fred Wright, A. A. Allen, Kvun Owen, Bishop Oldham, Old-ham, Ilcber Parker, 3ldcon K. Olson, W. II. Darley, Witt. Leishman, Frank I'tice, I'eter M. Maughan, and possibly possi-bly another or two whose names wo did not get, came to Logan Wednesday Wednes-day night as a committee from the south, and at a meeting of the commercial com-mercial club asked the city's support of their tlforts to get the O. S. L. loop extended around the valley. The Ecclcs beet road extends f torn the Logan sugar factory atound past Hyrum to Wellsvillo and ends there. The people In these towns desire a dally train sovice, and this committee came to Logan representing that they had secured the promise of Supt. Bancroft, of the O. S. L.,to extend the loop from Mendon to Wellsvillo, providing Logan Lo-gan would not object. These gentleman gentle-man presented their side of tho matter mat-ter and it was referred until the next meeting of the club ditectors, tills session being unable to act. The discussion engaged In was terribly ter-ribly earnest, and lasted for two hours, several of those present taking part. Pres. Parkinson. President Parkinson, chairman of the committee from Ilyrum. presented present-ed the case, detailing the work of the committee and its conferences with Mr. Bancroft, and making a plea for the assistance rather than the opposition opposi-tion of Logan. Mosts Thatcher. Hon. Moses Thatcher conceded the necessity of the southern people and expressed a belief that Logan and the northern towns would llko Wellsvillc and Ilyrum to have a railroad service, but Insisted that the 16,000 people of the north could not afford to grant 0,000 people of the south what they now ask as long as It Is deemed possible pos-sible to secure for them sooner or latter a service without placing Logan Lo-gan and the north at the serious disadvantage disad-vantage resulting from trie loop. Mr. Thatcher believes It possible to secure a line straight across tlie valley from Logan with a motor car service to the small and north from Logan, thus giving the south all they ask without making Logan ndu 'i"l miles to got III, as would be the status of the matter In case the loop is built. In Mr. Thatcher's opinion, it Is pie- postcrous to think of Logan, tho business busi-ness center of this north country, being be-ing not only slde-trackedjbut "looped, bottled up, and a cork put In the bottle bot-tle " Ho said that It would be suicidal, suicid-al, and from a business standpoint Is not to be eqnsldercd. In his opinion the only proper thing is to unite and all work forthe short cut aeioss and a motor car servlcoon tho branch extending ex-tending both wajs from Logan Mr. Thatcher said that the O. S. L docs not want to build the loop and ollcred the committee the assurance that it would build It on such conditions condi-tions as It was known could not be obtained. ob-tained. Ho insisted that the south had nothing to Justify the road in making the extension, thus hauling freight and passongers the greater distance, and that the 0. S. L. was not in business for its health. Mr. Thatcher objected to the loop forthoicason that once In operation It would preclude all possibility of our getting better service fiom theO. S. L.. Once tho trains weio going around tho loop, tho railroad company would be slow to listen to appeals for a better service. Jn his opinion tho O. S. L. would not lay dow'n such a temptation for other roads. Tho O. S. L. does not want other roads to build In here. He cited the fact that railroads can be brought to time by relating a strugglo of early days when concessions conces-sions on freight lates wcro asked. Tho people hero were thrice refused. Within ten days after tho third refusal, re-fusal, ICO teams were hauling wheat, to Ogden and buying coal on tho return re-turn trip. Tluec days lator the concessions con-cessions asked for woro granted. Today To-day we aio asking that Logan bo made a common point, but we arc not getting get-ting along rapidly, aud lor years the thousands who attend conference twice a year pay a W.SO rate to Salt Lake, when any aggregation of lop cau get a $2.ft0 rato to Sallai WhyY Because tho people arc not determined. deter-mined. It is Mr. Thatcher's belief that Wellsvillc, Hyrum and Logan cau get a better service than the south Is now asking for If there Is unity and a disposition to tight for It to the limit. Peter Maughan. P.M.Maughan.of Wellsvillc, recalled tho former meeting at which he and others appeared I cforo the club and asked for assistance In securing the loop. Ho Interpreted the sentiment thqn as favorable, and said that since that time thcio had been a change of front. He went away from that meeting meet-ing feeling that while there had been no dellnlte declaration favoring the extension exten-sion there would be no opposition. He told how a committee from the south hat) worked on that assumption, and finally secured from Mr. Bancroft, of the O. S. L., the promise that the loop would be built If Logan and the north did not object. He argued that It showed bad faith to now turn tho committee down. Mr. Maughan also cited the fact that the extension would mean more revenue for the county, and that the Logan people would have to ride only nhioor ten miles further than they have to ride now In getting out of the valley. Ho said Logan could alTord to sacrlllce that much to give tho south what It needs. Bishop Owen. KvanOwcti made a graceful speech full of good hits and In a good humored humor-ed way urged the friendliness of Logan. Lo-gan. He cited the fact that Logan would not be what It is today without tho valley behind It, and urged brotherly broth-erly kindness. He read the resolution passed at the former meeting of the club and committee from the south wherein it Iteiatcd a friendliness for the southern cause on such conditions as might be named later. He asked tho conditions.or a resolution granting the concession asked for. Tho Bishop Is as smooth as they make 'cm, a pleader wlthout.a peel, and Wcllvllle could not send a better man to rcpic-sent rcpic-sent her intciests. In reply to a ques tion as to whether Wellsvillo would not bo as well satlsllcd with a good service that places Logan and the north at no disadvantage. Bishop Owen said, "Yes, but will you guarantee guaran-tee us this service? We can get this loop In case you do not object, and we will get It within the next few weeks. Can you people guaiantee your proposition prop-osition V" Fied Wrlghtof Hyrum, bellesed that toask for a line straight across at this time would be asking the O. S. L. to parallel Its line, but that if the loop is built and the line to Mendon turn up, then a loute straight across would seen moic advisable. He said the people of tho south would pledge themselves to help Logan get a stialght cut If Logan would assist In getting the loop. ' Bishop Oldham. Bishop Oldham, of Paiadlse, said that when he consldeied what the large roads aio doing to develop every little place anywhero but in Cache Valley ho could not understand why this county Is neglected. Ho said that here Is an opportunity to get tilings started our way and that we should pull together and get what the road is willing to glo us now. Possibly Possi-bly we can get something olsu later He argued that the southern towns arc as old as Logan and have suffered long. In his opinion Bancroft's promise Is genuine, that If Logan does not object, the freight and passenger pas-senger trains wl'.l go around tho loop dally. Ho cited the fact that tho roadbed and rails of tho spur aro heavy and that it would not bo thus had the O. S. L. no Intention of put- ting on mote than beet trains Bishop Bish-op Oldham says our interests arc the same; that which builds up the south builds up Logan, and ho for one Is glad to sec Logan irrow. He believed that wc could alTord to sacrlllco a little. Postmaster Odell, of Logan, said that little consideration had been given the people north of Logan, Lo-gan, that is, they had not been consulted as to whether they desired to be set several miles further away fiom tho main lino in order to give the south some advantage. Ho believed that these arc as vitally Interested In-terested as the Logan people. Mr. Odell expressed himself as lellovhig that Logan would not under any circumstances cir-cumstances consent to a poorerservlce than wo already have, but would bo glad to assist anyone In an clfort to secure anything else. There were various tills between the gentlemen representing tho dllfer-ent dllfer-ent Ideas, and the meeting was not brought to an end until Mr. Frank Ncbekcr Informed the visitors that the meeting was linger tho auspices of a sub-committee that could only ru-port ru-port to the directors at the next regular reg-ular or special meeting. It was agreed that both sides should be presented pre-sented fully and faithfully and there was an adjournment. |
