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Show FORFEIT RAILROAD RAIL-ROAD BONDS Commissioners Release Signers of $5000 Obligation. No Ogden, Lew- Iston, Northern Railroad It now nppcars that thero will bo no Ogden, Lewlston and Northern railroad, at leaBt by that name, since tho county commissioners on Saturday Satur-day declared tho bonds forfeited which wero given to lusuro tho building build-ing of such road In consideration of n franchise. Tho bondsmen wero ro llovcd of paying tho $5000, howovor. Tho signers ot this document wero A. O. Jackson of Avon, T. G. Lowo, oj Logan; Georgo E. Telford, Martin Mar-tin Pond nnd T. S. Karrcn, ot Lowiston. Low-iston. Representations wero mndo a tho meeting that tho delay was occasioned occasion-ed by tho war In Eurdpo. Tho commissioners com-missioners did not look kindly upoi;( this statement, yet thoy felt that many ot thoso who hail Identified themselves with this railroad move ment hnd dono so In good faith, especially es-pecially thoso who hud signed Iho bonds. Thorofore, they folt they wero amply Justified In releasing tho signers. In tho promotion of this project there has been thousands of dollnrs spent, survey parties wero kept In, the Hold ono whole Bummer. Other expenso has been gono to as noil. Tho printing of bonds was u big Item of expenso. Tho employment of it, snlnried man at $12,000 per annum, was a heavy drain on tho puiso strings ot thoso who woro putting up tho hnrd cash. , Tho dreams of thoso who woro ro anxious for a railroad through tho vnlloy, havo practically boon rcslte-ed rcslte-ed In tho construction of tho 0,'den Rapid Transit Company which will havo connections with Wellsvlllo oi tho south nnd Lowiston on tho north boforo tho closo of this sonson If present plans maturo. Tho north extension ex-tension Is completed so for ns tbc laying of rails and ties Is 'concerned. Tho work is being rapidly pushed In tho south. |