The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-23
LOGAN
And The Utah and Northern Rail
road.

Logsn is frightening out and is
being built up quite extensively. o.
cupying, as it does, the position oil
the chief town of Cache County, il
has also the distinction OF being the
largest town on the line CT the Utah
and Northern Railroad. Some OF its
buildings are quite imposing in ap-
pearance. The large tabernacle is
finished with the exception OF put
ting on the tower, and that doubt
less would have been completed, bat
for the energies of the people having
been directed to the building of the
temple. The site Of this edItice hss
been we'll chosen on the brow OF the
bench east of the city, and the build
ing OF it has been pushed along
rapidly. II is q massive structure
Quilt Of limestone, III feet in length
by 80 feet in width. The walls viii.
DC, when completed, eighly-six feet
high. The octsgon towers will be on
the east eide. 100 feet high, and on
the west 81 feet. The main
tower on the east side will be i54 feet
high and that on the west 142 feet.
The heavy Iimbers for the support OF
the roof are already IN place, and
the root will be finished in the spring
as early as seasoned lumber can be
obtained. The materials are being
got on the ground this winter so that
work can be pushed ahead next sum-
mer. The tin for the roof and the
cut sandstone for finishing are all
ready and it is expected that all the
mason work will be finished this
coming season, ss no delays will &C.
cur through waiting for material.
The Utah and Northern Railroad
has been n great help to this place 10
furnishing cheap transportation, and
also in finding employment for
goodly number OF men, The COM
pany's round house and machine
shops employ quite fierce, and the
business of the company Is rapidly
incre asing, General Superintendent
J. T. Clark and party went up this
week to Oneida. and express them
selves we'll satisfied with the road and
its condition.
The freight traffic is growing, and
a great deal OF -four il being shipped
to Montana from this county. Large
quantities of snow have fallen, but
rains have gone through without
much detention from this cause.
In addition to the railroad shops at
Logan, the company have erected
lsrge Car and repair shops st Eagle
Rock, Idaho. They have built a
solid, substantial bridge over the
Snake River, at this point, in two
spans. one OF les leet, the other 1876
feet in length, and forty-tive feet
above the water. The river at this
point is very deep-it Is calculated
that there is in the neigaborhoot of
eighty feet OF water there. At Black
foot they have bu 1t a wagon bridge
over the river 10 accommodate the
mining travel. 1t is the intention OF
the company to lay the next station
of their road with 40 pound steel rail
To give some idea OF the business
done by this road, it will be only |
necessary TO say that there are 10
actual use tWenty-three locomotives,
400 freight, three mail and three bag
gage cars, fourteen passenger coaches
and three Pullman sleepersi ' lille to
accommodate their increasing traffic.
they have ordered twenty-five new
locomotives and proportionale num-
Der of freight and passenger cars.
They expect the coming summer TO
build roupdtouses at B lttle Greek,
Idaho, and at Spring Hill. Montana
There are some old established
business honses in Logan Prominent
among them is the substantially
built structure OF the q. @. A. /
DR.. o. G. Ormshy has just
taken Mr.. B F. Ritter, Of
Salt Lake City, into partnership
with him in the Pioneer Drug Store.
Two hotels accommodate the travel
to this place, the best of which Is the
Cache Valley House. Mr.. Paul Carbon
Manufactures sre feurishiug. The
firm of Jas. H. Brown & Sons are
an elegant and massive |
for the Thatcher family.
of an elegant shaft OF
franklin sandstone, on base OF
granite, thirteen feet square. The
,hait and sides OF the pedestal have !
marble tablets on them for lettering
and the des'gn and workmanship are {
veil executed. and would do credit to
my stonecutter.