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Show control all things !or our good and open up the way be f ore us. I would be glad to receive such counsel £rom you as you deem necessary under exis"ting circumstance s, r el a "tive to our movements on our arrival a t Pueblo. The Brethren will not be ! lush with means; they are generally a poor people and may not be a ble to provide themselves wi th teams and wagons su!':ficient or sui table !".or a long j ourney into the Interior. we shall be able to t ake tools or almost all k ~n d s and workmen to use them, in all the branches necessa r y ! or our comf ort; also seed o:r every description . I have made a rrangements with the Railroau · Companies f rom here to Pueblo to get through ti ckets f rom our start ing point to the terminus at pueblo r·or ·$29.80; children under "twelve yea rs , one-hal f rare. These r a tes are to hold good I or twelve months. They also carry our El ders to and f ro at one-hal f fare, giving the privile ge of a rree pass f rom Chattanooga to pueblo to the emi gration a gent; to come and go as ne sees proper f or some length oi time . The emigr ant r a tes are not quite 2¢' per mile: which is re a sona ble and I am persuaded that if the El ders who are in the Southern states , ' or who may come, will presen t the advantage s or this route to the Br e thren, they will ena ble many of them to emig r ate who are not able to pay the high rate that it costs to go to utah . uany o!· the Saints are making prepa r a tions to emigra te this coming spring and doubtless a l arge emig r a tion !"rom this part ot the south will oc cur a t t ha t time. Since my letter to President Young , I have baptized twenty-one souls and will baptize f ive or six more this week be t ore I l eave the neighb orh ood . A branch or thirteen was organ i zed here · yesterday and there i s |
