The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-25

vi lllC LAaA6tOIs WIZ
! in one of his moves, after having &C.
cured . controlling inherent in the
Spring Valley Water Company, at an
estimate of So, 600. 900 for the whole
property, would have succeeded in
forcing it upon the people, through
his tools in the different departments
of the city government, at q valuation
of $18, 600, 900, had it not been for
the opposition OF Loring Pickering, of
the call and Bulletin newspapers.
Thirteen millions in one sToop is
something worth the attention of San
Francisco capitalists, and the kind of
game that iE orthodox with them.
Let US now look into the matter of
the rich converting the desert places
into valuable lands. General Harden
bergh, who was United States eur.
Veyor general in 1873, q man of IN
improbable integrity, who has
always enjoyed the esteem of every
good citizen there, illustrates the mat
ter in 3 communication addressed to
Willis Drummond, commissioner
general land Office, Washington: SIN
answering the charges preferred
against me by w. s. Chapman (ncw
young Grants father in-lsW-Grant,
sen., was then president, and others.
it will be necessary for me to begin at
the very commencement of my term
of Office. l shall refer only to facts
that | can substantiate with proois. |
Soon after assuming the Office l found |
that Chapman was laying his plans |
to manipulate the Office and have it |
run for his individual interest and |
benefit. The first thing that he |
attempted to do was to have
me appoint what he termed s
middle man. and get permission
from me to appoint sll the surveyors
for the Office. He has had the as
surance to invade the sanctity of my
family circle and attempt to bride me
by Offering to make the Office to
which l had just been commissioned
worth to me- 100000 a year, If he
should be allowed to manipulate and
run it. l was astonished that a man
who was almost perfect stranger to
me should thus boldly attempt to
Oribe me, and gave him to understand
as much. Soon after he wrote me a
letter, requesting that q survey be
made, and asking for the appoint
nent OF his brother to make it. This
excited my suspicion, and | declined
% order the survey or make sd ap-
)ointment. An attempt to bribe ne 8
was made soon after, when {
le sought to buy my decision in the
Sierra Valley swamp land case. Chap :
nan and Moore had purchased lands
q Sierra Valley and claimed the same
.s swamp snd overlooked. The land s
vas very valuable, embracing almost :
he entire valley. l went upon the
and, made q careful examination,
OK the testimony of large num-
Ter of Witnesses, and decided the land
o be dry, and not swamp, as claimed !
" Cha, man. Before | made the in q.
as 10 the character Of the
and, or knew anything Of the mag
litude Of the interests involved.
chapman agsin attempted to bride
ne, and to secure q decision T
q his favor in the case; offered me
ne-hith interest in the whole OF the
and in question. This offer was made
ne through the Hon. David Mshoney
f San Francisco. Chapman after
his again attempted to bride me. 3
lad given w. II. Carlton G contract
D survey a few townships near Red .
bluff. Upon the return of his work Il
omplaint was made to me that Carl {
On had segregated land "a swamp G
nd overhoWed which Was owned, l
coupled and drained as dry land By
ctual settlers. refused to approve !
segregation and investigated |
fe facts. The party claiming the 8
md segregated by Carlton sought 1
be aid OF Chapman who sent word
hat he wished to see me in his Office. I
called when Chapman went into 4
mother roem, opened his safe and /
ook therefrom q roll OF $40 gold '
pieces and laid them on the table be- 6
ore me, l think there we're from I
500 to 500 in the roll, saying to me '
IS he puzzled the coin towards me: /
Here il-hundred dollars for you,
'ou hsve had some troubls with Carl
on's segregation and this will make Z
t all right" l answered him, you
lave mistaken your man, !
10 not do business in that wsy.
am poor, admit, l bavelost money
n mining, but do not intend to sell
myself, and left the Office. He again, ,
siter this, approached my wife with
he intention OF bribipg her. When
ne found l could not be bribed with
and or money he began to look
around to see If l could not be ousted
rom the office. STOPPING to anything
10 procure my removal he sought cut
,ome OF the very men in the employ
Of the government in my Office, and
secured their cooperation against me.
I refused to appoint Jesse Apple
gate 10 survey body Of land in the
northern part of the state. The
reason was that Jesse D. Carr and
others who wanted him appointed,
large body of the land as
swamp and overlooked, and had
boosted in the presence of Governor
Flanders, of Oregon, that they could
get it returned IS swamp land, rs
they owsed the United States sur
veyor for California, aud could do as
they pleased with him. A few days
afterwards my chief clerk. ]. A. /
Robinson, told me that Carr had
called, and in confidence directed
him TO say that he would give me
one-f.th interest If l would depu-
tie Apologize to make the
survey: that the land was very
valuable, and that he would call in
The evening for an answer. l replied
that l did not want Carr to steal for
nae, and dill not intend that he should |
steal from the government il could |
prevent it." HArdenbergh w;rds up |
by saving: "a time has come when
q gang of rich and INSCRIPTIONS men,
rot satisfied with their already too
grossly accumulated plumber, are
testing their abilities TO control the
last office in California that oilers an
obstacle to their Unsuitable greed. The
war they have insugurated against
right and the interests of the public l
accept. and an satisfied to abide oy
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