Show MAY HAVE RAILROAD COMPANY BACKING THE LYNDELL KANOSH RAILROAD WILL EXTEND LINE HERE PLAN 15 13 TO COME VIA BEAVER PAROWAN CEDAR CITY cin TO LUND TO BE COMPLETED BY 1320 last friday night geo W craig representing the lyndell kanosh railroad company met with a number of parowan carowan citizens cit izena and presented the me matter it r of a railroad through this valley and told of the plans plane of the company compa gy he stated that the company would build the road provided that each of the towns between kansas an and d lund would guarantee rights of way wail and and a certain amount of grading or cash I 1 to 08 a certain figure instead Para paragonah gonah parowan carowan and summit will be asked to give a right of way for an approximate distance of 30 miles and either grade the distance or furnish the company agrees ere to do the balance of the work instated Ia in a stated time or forfeit the money t thus line asked for in an interview with mr me craig who is pre president id ent of t the h a company and a well k known n own provo man it we waa learned that the other members of the board of directors are F D kimball of the sevier land water company W L Beira Beir aeh sach of the provo commercial savings bank G J carpenter of the carpenter seed company of provo dr geo gen H robinson alva nelson and alvin robinson all gentlemen of inte arity and proven honesty in whom the people of northern utah have absolute confidence mr craig stated that the financial end of the matter is assured and that all that is lacking to is the agreements between the various towns and the company signed up to furnish right of way and the amounts asked of each w which in no instance exceeds 1 the steel ism is in sight sigh tand and th the equip ment tor for the road as aa we well as the ties for the entire distance is practically assured mr craig stated that the contract for its building of the branch from lyndell to kansas kanosh had been let to an eastern firm and work will begin immediately the gentlemen gentleman also stated that when actual work was commenced this side of kanosh he company would need from to ties from this section of the state and that local people would be div en the work of getting them out As much local labor a as possible ble will be employed by the contractors con tracton on in have the work in charge and from to 1000 men and team can be used the government wilt will approve the th bonds of the company and an ap for the privilege of build ing the road will be entered this week the bonda bond are now in the hands of the pr printers interi and will be de livered by august I 1 it la is expected that the road will be b completed and in operation by august 1920 and that actual work will be commenced this fall with railroad green starting at lyndell and working south bouth at lund and working towards cedar and north to kansan or until such time as the crew wilt will meet the crew from lyndell the building of this thia road will bring into this part of utah something like which will it remain here the balance of the cost of construction and equipping of course going outside |