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Show A NEW DEPOT NEEDED. The Bum Railway Accommodations Now Provided For Delta. Although for seveurl months we have been assured that a new depot was to be built Ht Delta, there are no more signs of it being built tod ty than there was six months ago., Douglas Doug-las White, industriiil agent and hot air merchant of the Halt Lake Route, told us bow much the officials of the road loved Millard County, In general, an I Delta in iiariicular, and tint vie were soon to have a new depot, a day train, a through train via I'rovo and other good thing, but lis all hot air so far. We print a picture of the box car depot In contract with the depot at O.isls lor the K,'t'ci..l enlightenment of Manager Wells ami some of the other officials of the road to whom copies of this wsim are neat. Look at the picture, gentlemen. Don't you feel proud of the depot at the busiest town on your line between I'rovo and Mllford. That box tar contains con-tains the office and waiting room. Your agent eats and sleeps In the other oth-er box car. The boxes piled up alongside Is the freight, express and mail, tin-re being no other place to put the stuff. The last time (he editor came up to Salt Lake, there was a woman with a baby and two other children, four .laps and a cattleman huddled in that box car walling room about 111 x 12 feet, with no light or It Is a flight wilh snow, s'cet, rain. wind or nipping frost. The company khew well enough from the way things have been booming around Delta for the last few months that a new depot would be a necessity very soon. It would cost no more to have built It tla months ago than now in fuel less if account of slower progress In cold " -at her. The company certainly lost $:!.".() last t'onili by not having a decent depot .tii'l a safe place to hold their money. Somebody broke Into the car with a Jfkknltv and opened the "strong box" wMih a pair of pliers, carried off nil tiie money and hasn't been heard of a-nee. Anybody who feels Inclined to up so can get away with freight or ex-I ex-I rest w ithout any trouble, and there I.- a big amount of It coming In now tjnys. ( Tin n sec how the lack of a depot find a night man fixes our mall. Delta jicoplc sending mall north have to get It Into the office at !::'.( a. in. lo catch tiie mail train, which doesn't atop here. There Is a mail train that Hops in Delta at 12: IS a. in., but it doesn't take the mail because there Is no night man to take care of it. Fillmore, Fill-more, 30 miles from the railroad can get their in :i it away at :i:2u p. tu., and Oasis hi 6 p. in. Isn't that a nice convenient con-venient arrangement for the business nun of Delta? We have got a line new hotel nearly completed, more travel than any cither town in the 'oiintry, a constantly increasing freight, rxpn-ss and mail business, ami Ihls Is the surt ol facilities we have. Oasis I fit 5 ' I I f ; wi y-' V.; i 1 , ; ,.,,i- r .f i ' ' ' . . "" - - ' j .--" I- v. :- ..:Vv -K a .',''''"'':T''. ' " imh m KwmmamZJWmmmmm- DEPOT AT DELTA ' heat, the wind and snow wiii.-etllng around the cieaking cars. We waiti-d there from n quarter after midnight until half past one for that blamed old train and everyone was cii-:ltig the railroad company, Innudibly if not audibly. It wasn't so bad in the summer sum-mer lo sit around on the tracks waiting wait-ing for trains, but In I he wlnle-r time has a f'.nod depot as we show; so has Clear Lake, Lynndyl and every other place. Take a look at the picture again, Mr. Wells. Now, hones! ly, are you not ashamed of It. Can't you give us a new depot lor a Chrir.tm.is present. pres-ent. It will be money in the pocket of the roiiiprmy and be a big boost for De lta and the adjacent c-outilry. |