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Show Increase in Freight Tonnage Agent Banning of the local SMt Lake station has courteously consented to prepare, for our next issue, some figures on tbe tonnage and passenger business for tike saenth of April. Fig-uies Fig-uies for the months of January, February Feb-ruary and kfarah, show an increase of one and three quarter million pounds in tbe incoming and outgoing tonnage, over the similiar period of last year-Mr. year-Mr. Banning also states the passen. ger basiness has increased in volume Tory greatly, one reason for this being the Urge Influx of homeseekers and tbe revived interest in mining, which is bringing many mining men to this vieinity. The nativity in farming lands alone, in this vioinity, has been remarkable. Hvery we.k brings delegations of pri speetiva buyers, largely from California, Cal-ifornia, and It is a faot that a large percentage of these remain. Then, too, Che dry farm proposition, desert filings eto. bas been attracting a considerable number cf those searching for new locations and almost every train bas Dean landing some of the homeseekers. Not only does the passenger department depart-ment of the local railroad profit by this condition, hut the freight receipts are alae considerably augmented by the shipping in of household effects stock, implements, etc. of these newcomers. new-comers. Coupled with this, the big shipments ol ore, wool, hides, and jther products of this end of tbe county combine to make Miiford a moat Important shipping point. The NBW'S expects to prepare a resume ol the business done through the local office, and it will he interesting reading matter. |