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Show rcfusedthe offer, prelering to employ local lo-cal rather than foreign labor. ' RAILROADS. Things are shaping in such a wav in San Pete that would indicate a boom for our County so far as labor is concerned, at least. Last Friday Mac Doagall, ofSpring-ville, ofSpring-ville, was in Mari'i and Ephraim in the interests of the D. & R. G. W. cecuring contracts for ties for said road. The ties are to be delivered in three months along the proposed route through the County. In answer to a question by a Register reporter Mr. Dougall said a contract tor 28miles grade, from Fairview to Manti had beenlettoCrand.il of Springville, and ground was to be broken on the contract the first part of the present week. The grade as far as Fairview will be completed and a small force arc now engaged laying track from Thistle. THE U P. has about 200 men in Oak Creek Canyon Spring City, cutting ties, to be shipped to Millord. Teams commenced hauling this wee; and the S. P V. ,will put on an extractian each day to carry the ties to Nephi. There no are new developments regarding re-garding the extension of the S. P. V. to Manti or further. . The Utah and California is again being talked up, and perhaps, though the chances seem small, that toad will be 1 built through San Pete. There are three railroads surveyed through our County, and out of the tint it is to be hoped we will get. at leist one, befote Chtistmas. , ,. Everybody in San Pete are employed, and there are not enough men to dolbe work. There are eastern lahorei how employed in the county, and the offers were made to those who took thtie contracts con-tracts to bring eastern laborers 1ere to do the chopping, but our local contractors |
