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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

it has already passed several concerns
from which traffic of some Importance ha:
been received, such as the Burton, Gard
nsr fence factory, the ovens of Elias Nor
ris where he works his fire brick. sewer
pipe and other of his specialties, the shops
of Mr.. E. Cook, the contractor, LETTERS
flour mills, now enlarged and sup
piled with the roller system, while the reg
ular trains have secured their passenger
| fares from the several stations and plat
forms at regular intervals.
On reaching the canal, the Junction, the
choice is open northward to the Fort OF
southwark to Parley's and Mill Creek. We
chose the Fort for the early morn, so early
that we felt no temptation to stop as the
train passed the open doors of the Salt
Lake brewing company's extensive works
The beautiful city lay wrapped in morning
mystery beneath US as we whirled around
the edge of the plateau, past Fuller's gar
dens, and we wondered, as many do who
break away thus from the busy life of the
streets, why we did not oftener spin out
into the fresh air of the uplands for an
hour or two. 1t can be done so easily, SO
cheauly and with such comfort in this way.
A few hundred yards past Fuller's hill we
reach the city gravel banks, where a num-
Der of cars were being loaded for the morn
ing gravel train.
Near here, the Salt Lake Supply and For
warding company have one of their many
depots for the sale and distribution of coal,
rock and lumber. A difficult climb is made
to the summit of the hill via an ancient
water course. Then the whole Salt Lake
valley spreads out to the view with the
snow-clad Wasatch uprising to the east,
and the western horizon, bounded by the
great salt sea, with its islands family out
lined, in the purple distance. At the turn
in the road is another brick yard, and lime
kilns, and quarries close at hand are said
tocontain from three to five per cent. less
silica than those to the northwest of the
city,
At this point, also, a spur leads to the
old Pepper ranch, at the mouth of
DRY CANYON,
a track of about hundred and fifty acres
now in the hands of a syndicate operating
in Colorado and other eastern states,
with the intention of making
here an elaborate residence suburb.
The tract covers the mouth Of Dry caflon,
up which a wagon road has been built for
several miles to deposits of clays and stone.
Here was located, many years ago, the
only soap and candle factory between San
Francisco and Omaha, it being operated by
Mr. Charles Pepper, who afterwards OBJ
tanned title to the whole property by spec
ial act of Congress.
From the top of the hill to the station in
Fort Douglas is a comparatively easy
stretch, though only those who had charge
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stimulation to our business interests as
any one thing that has happened to US in
years. The people Of Park City are as
much interested in it's advent as we. Their
thousand mine-owners see the probability
of being able to ship to the smelters of this
valley heavy tonnage OF low grade ore
that now lies useless on their dumps, and
the shelters here are equally DESTROYS of
being put in direct communication with
the mines of Blue Ledge and Uintah dis
tricts. This is not saying that the Union
Pacific and Utah Central have been dead
to these interests, but railroading is now
very much matter of mileage, and the
difference between twenty miles
and 102 is sufficient to make possible
at the first figure very many things
that are out of the question in
the second. Park City being so close
to US, its traffic is local to road whose aim
is indefinitely farther, and added to the
coaling, timber and other interests that lie
on either side, proves the fertility of re-
sources which will accrue to the Salt
Lake & Eastern. 1t must not be forgotten
also that for every feeder in sight at the
inception of line, at least another will
appear by the time the track is laid and
continue to multiply day by day as long as
the affairs of country incline upward.
This is particularly true in Utah, whose
pos sibilties grow more wonderful every
year, and where are revealed greater
variety of products than any other coun-
try can record. Therefore, it is fair to
presume, and we have no doubt it will
prove true, that the progress of the Salt
Lake s. Eastern will mark the develop
ment along its course of very
many sources of traffic of which its
projectors do not at present dream. And
these will be in addition to the resources in
sight which, of themselves, were great
enough to induce the building of a road
from Park city to Salt Lake years ago.
This was partially done, hundreds of
thousands of dollars being spent in grad
ing, in track-laying and in the purchase of
rolling stock. But the projectors had not
enough means to carry it through, and to
the minds of some it is thought they began
at the wrong end. The Salt Lake & East
ern if pointed toward the Oldest coal
region of Utah and one from which we
continue to draw large proportion of our
supply, although by a roundabout way.
1t is certain that the connection of the
road with the Weber coal mines must
necessarily prove of of favorable import
ance both to the line and this city. A
great part of. the native lumber which
finds its way to this city is also produced
along the line of the Utah & Eastern,
much of it being brought here by teams.
The road is incorporated to Kamas, Summit
county, one of our principal numbering re-
gions, and will be continued eastward,
penetrating the finest bodies OF
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Lake & Fort Douglas railway, and that of
the Salt Lake & Eastern. When the
chamber of commerce, first by its direc-
tory and afterwards at large meeting of
its members, passed its resolutions of
support and confidence in Mr. John
W.. Young and his enterprises, it
was the first public acknowledge
ment he received that the benefits and ad-
vantages that would accrue from his lab
ors had been recognized. Since then, the
wishes for his success and his assurances
made in return have been abundantly rea-
lized. Although we made an early start on
a recent trip, it was nearly night when we
returned to the depot, with much expanded
ideas of the future certainties and posi-
bilities of the roads. The trains all start
from the Utah & Nevada depot The
course is thence south and along Eighth
South, as far as Liberty park, where it
curves south to the next street and con-
tinues to the Salt Lake and Jordan canal.
on the edge of the east bench. BY this time
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point has been reached, we must
leave for the future historian to
chronicle. However. just at this point,
we may perhaps be pardoned for indulg-
ing in prediction that the Salt Lake &
Eastern has not attained it's growth, has
not yet been able to show what benefits it
will be enabled to confer upon the terri
tory through which it runs The White
River country, in which direction it is
now heading, is full of rich mineral and
other natural deposits, among which are
mountains upon mountains of elaterite or
mineral rubber, of which but little is
known at present, but which gives promise
of proving great factor in our industrial
development. To treat in detail the re-
sources of the country through which the
road will run is not within the province of
this article That the road will yield a
handsome return for money expended
there cannot be the slightest doubt. Mr..
Locke, an eminent expert who was sent
out by a New York syndicate to examine
into the condition and prospects of this
line, embodied in his report the most favor
able opinion of the road and it's promises.
AllcE paying AlSH W ULC pEO-
gress of our industries and commercial
growth of the country, and naming the
great natural wealth along its line, Mr..
Locke closed his report by saying, in sub
stance: "From my examination of the
road, l conclude: That it is good line
and should be completed as soon as posi-
BILE. Being a narrow gauge road 1t will,
in it's cost of construction and equipment,
come within the estimates of the engineer
While there are some very heavy and
costly works. there is also some light work
that will overcome it, and the general
average will not exceed the estimate
From information derived from property
holders and business men along the line,
and from friendly sources in Salt Lake
city, am confident that the road will pay,
and that handsomely, as soon as
opened to Kamas. And these receipts
will be largely increased as the road is
completed, and spurs put in, together with
additional farm products and live stock
l think the general line of road cannot be
improved upon. do not think the grade
can be lessened. 1 do not think that the
cost of construction can be lowered with
justice to substantial construction of the
work.
While Mr.. Young has repeatedly and
positively asserted that his road is in the
fullest sense free lance, there can be alb
solutely no doubt that it will be great
emptation to roads coming thi way 1t
will be coveted by all and coquetted with
by many; and is likely to prove very po-
tent factor in bringing the roads now rush
ing to the west to more rapid connection
with Salt Lake city. This, with Mr.
Young's scheme for grand north and
south railroad, the feasibility and value of
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the mountain with the train of cars at
tached. Park City has been reached, and
one of the most pleasant railway trips in
the country is at an end.
PARK CITY,
the principal mining town of Utah, whose
population is nearly six thousand,
possesses the Ontario, the finest sill
yer mine in the United States. Park City,
via the Utah & Eastern railway, is only
twenty-seven miles from Salt Lake, while
by the Union Pacific it is 102. Our mer-
chants and those of the Park have always
endeavored to maintain relations, but the
circuitous route has made intercourse
laborious, and tempted dealers of Park
City to order direct from the east while
we were inviting them hither. 1t is likely
thai the completion of the Salt Lake &
Eastern to Park City will re-
establish commercial relations that
have become considerably strained
on account of this distance, and effect a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

Wasa CHI, through meadows of glowing
green, past thrifty farms and waving fields
of grain, along sparkling brooks, through
groves. of native timber, with cattle graz
ing in the fertile AMI well watered bot
toms and the gigantic mountain front pill
ing up to the east with the snow banks in
full view all summer long, there is no
other scene so magnificent and beautiful
along line of railway anywhere It is
not extravagant to say this. Travellers
and artists confess it who have wandered
the whole world over in search of the sub
lime and beautiful They compare it to
the valley of CASTLE in Spain, to the
valley of Tenochtitlan in Mexico, to
Chamouni, to Cashmere, all of which differ
widely in characteristics, but none of them
surpass our valley in beauty. And it is on
the rich and fertile eastern slope with the
mountains looming up so grandly, where
the charms of the vale are best realized and
appreciated. A foretaste of these pleas
ures is to be had already by trip on the
Mill Creek branch of the Fort Douglas to
to its present terminus at Nowhere" but
1t only whets the appetite to further en-
loyment of tour over the lines when Mr..
John w. Young's projects are fulfilled.
1t has been repeatedly stated by its pro
lectors that the Salt Lake & Fort Douglas
railway is only local in its aims, and we
have seen nothing to indicate any designs
beyond this. But it is just now dawning
on the people that local system of this
sort can be made profitable and they are
beginning to rid themselves of the idea that
Interior designs are at its back. Even
now, there are days when the regular
trains are taxed to promptly perform the
business that springs up at every turn.
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timber in the west, those on
the western and northern slopes
of the Uintah mountains. In
Wasatch county is one of the greatest
marble quarries in the world, its product
being equal to that of the best in Rutland,
Vermont, and on far greater scale. There
are also the beautiful white travertine
quarries of Prove valley, and the traffic of
that fertile district. With mines of coal,
silver. lead. copper and gold, timber, quar-
ries, farms, stock ranges, hay meadows,
mills, mercantile interests and prosper
Gus community on every side, there is much
to attract the line to penetrate as far as its
intention has been made public, beyond
which it would be presumption to estimate
its aims or possibilities.
Salt Lakers must hail with JOY and loud
acclaim the completion of this important
link in her great railway chain. It's i'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

portance to this city cannot be overesti-
mated. The business man may visit his
customers in Park city, spend several
hours with them and return home
the same day. The trip, in
stead of being a dreary one, as in
the past, will prove to be most pleasant
one. 1t means much Cor the people of Salt
Lake, but it means more for the people of
the Park
BUT ITS END is NOT YET.
But let not the reader get away with the
idea that the end of the road has been found
when Park City is reached. Already have
surveys been made for line which will
pass at the very mouth of the Ontario
drain tunnel, the making of which will oc-
cupy at least another two years, and will
tap the Ontario at depth of 800 feet
Passing on the road will reach the Provo
river, where considerable traffic will be
obtained from The timber in that vicinity
AS to its destination after that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25
THE WORK MR.. YOUNG HAS DONE,
The Inauguration of the Street Railway and
Other Successful Enterprises.

Itwould require considerable more space
than is afforded on this page to enumerate
the many public enterprises which have
been inaugurated by Mr.. John w. Young
When but 20 years of age he commenced
the street railway system of this oity.
which has since grown to such mammoth
proportions; which was put into Operation
by eastern capital, procured through his
energy and influence
Two years later, the same man projected
the Utah Il Nevada railway, one of the
most marked successes in the history of
railways in this section of the country. and
whose influence would have been felt for
greater good had his original idea of extend
ing the narrow-g gauge into Nevada been
carried out.
He was also head and front of the Utah
" Northern, which was begun in the sum
mer OF 1871. For over five years, Mr.. Young
had complete control, aided by the big
Drained men of the northern country. and
the history of the road under his MANAGE
ment Is too well known to need to be reit1
Grated here He has been prominently
identified with other railways in other
parts OF the country, and although he has
not grown wealthy out of his varions
moves, he started enterprises that have
since brought riches to many.
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which is recognized by some of the great
est railroad en- in the country, will prove
very material feature in making Salt
Lake railroad center. We are only i'm
patient The results will come and we
shall have railroads till our hearts are con-
tent.
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of the construction can appreciate the diff
iculties that had to be overcome before the
track could be laid for this pleasant ride.
For the road-be is solid, and the heavy
fifty two pound rails ring as the powerful
locomotive slowly but steadily mounts the
steepest grades and the panorama of the
valley gradually unrolls beneath US.
We do not need to point out the import
ance to the road of
THE FORT DOUGLAS TRAFFIC.
1t was the principal objective of the rail
way and amounts to enormous figures. A
safe computation of the freights received
under ordinary circumstances is six million
pounds per annum, figure which is largely
increased whenever any building or other
improvements are going on. The freight,
however, is nearly all one way, as it is es-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25
THE SALT LAKE & FORT DOUGLAS.
Its Traffic and Its Relations With Salt
Lake City.

OF the plans that have been laid for the
development of Salt Lake city since the
awakening of her people couple of years
ago, says writer in the Salt Lake
Journal of Commerce, there has been moth
ing accomplished more directly to our
benefit than the construction of the Salt
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-26
Home Again.

Our esteemed and progressive fellow
citizen Bsrthold Ullmsn returned on
Sunday night alter an absence OF some
two months, spent mostly In the At
lantic cities studying The lates' i'm
povements In electric lighting. Oor
OF the immediate results Of bis trip will
be largely increased capacity OF the
Miles CITY plant, which is very agree
able news, as there are large mum
Der who want the light but cannot e.
II, owing to the plant being nov
taxed to It's utmost capacity. Nj
Ullmsn returns full Of ideas for .tb
bettermept Of Miles City and Gust
county, which will In due time find
elucidation In the columns Of a.
JOURNAL. While In Washington
where lac spent two OF three week
Mr.. Ullman was In constant intel
course with the Miles City colony cc'
sisting ct present Of Major Borchard'
Capt Kreidler and Arthur O'Connoi
who all claim citizenship here an
hopefully look forward TO returning.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-26
The Governor Proclamation.

More a. "A m alter Of record ihan Of
news, we publish below thu extraordi>
nary proclamation which His Excel
lency Gov. Toole raw Fl t. promul-
gate on Friday last. II has been q pc
culiarty OF our e. eamed friend Col.
Malone 10 alude u the democratic
party, as "a party ~ whereases ard
resolves" and mors happy rxempli-
ficat'on Of the pOWieJy OF -Uch
characterization couli not he found
than ia tue state paper ~ given below.
II il hsd be- en- given to Gov. T)ole to
rise superior - party urejudices aud
Keep his hands uii Of TIE legislative
muddle until an exigeLcy arose that
warranted executive interference,
there are many republicans who would
hav. felt proud of him and accorded
an unqualified enforcement Of his
acts, but his undignified hssle in the
mr'er Of his proclamation aud petty
interference iu the many small .hings
Incident to the conyening Of the gis-
! lature. which Were the province of
nj ed men to look sf ~. will convince
everybody that instead of electlng q
governor, We have seated in the official
char mar 'ow uiDd.d partisan who
hos strings ou him. and l. subject to q
pull at any time. During the exciting
days that nave passed since the late
election. we have had a variety Of re-
turning boards, but never one with
less authority 10 pass upon the merits
of the respective candidates than that
constituted BY Hi Excpllency Joe
Toole within ami circumscribed by bis
own personality. With this brief In
PRODUCTION We present. the subject Of il:
A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
Whereas. it has come 10 my know
ledge that two sets of certificates have
been issued ~ persons claiming to be
elected 10 said legislative ass, nbly, each
snanating from different ,ourte, and
nor all To The same per- ons; and
W1ere :, Ii il probable that a con-
fi'ct mgy arise between the respective
claimsnts t1 seats in said body and in
the organic nion thereof which may
imperil tie peace OF the state; and
Whereas, one set Of said ce tificaies
have been issn"d and delivered in pur-
ance tn lection I033 Of the general
election laws of Montana by the coup-
" clerks of the respective counties,
ard by section is, uf an act ~ 'hs leg
islative assembly of the territory o.
Montana. entitled "An act Ia provide
for the regisir itiOn of electors and 10
nrsveut fraud at ple,tions.p . appr ,vea
March s, A. ID 1859; aud
Whereas, By express law the ter-
sons holding sucn crTiiti' ates are de
clared TO be elected 10 membership sDc
deemed to he elected for AL purpose
Of organ zstion of either branrn ~ the
legislative assembly; snf
Whereas, When 80 orenUized such
legislative assembly, by the eon-titu-
tion, becomes the judge ut he gualifi
cations Of It's own members.
Now, therefore, /, Joseph X. Toole
eoverno- ~ the state OF Montana. de-
hereby desiRna e the court house al
the cot my Of Lewis aud Clarke ut ths
said sea- OF government ss the place
where said legislative assembly, com
prising the parsons holding and pre
sentiug certificates Of election from
said county clerks sba II meet.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-26
THE LEGISLATURE.
The first Session ofthe State Leg
islature Results IN the Org an
ization OF two Lower Houses,
While the Senate finds Oraniza.
tion Impossible Through the
Concerted Absence Of the
Democratic Wing.


PrOmotlv ut l2 o'clock Lieutenant
Governor Richards, accompanied by
eight senators and the sgcrptnry of
state, repaired to the room designated
by the governor as the place of meet
ing. The governors private secretary,
LsCrOiX. apr cared on time, unlocked
the doors and placed the key OF the
doors in the lieutenant governors
hands.
Lieutenant Governor Richards
raped Ia order and said the time had
arrived when he, under the laws OF
The state, was authorized to cali to
order the up ,er house and called upon
Secretary Rotwitt to call the roll. He
did so and the fIllSwing answered to
their names: Robert Fisher, Cornelius
Hedges, l.. A. Brown, ]. Il. Arming.
ton, Loren b. Ods. jas. 5. Thorn pson,
Albert l.. Bsbcock aud NJ. Z. Ruther-
ford.
On motion, the Lieutenant governor
appointed committee of two, consist.
ing of Senators Hedges and Brown, to
wait upon Chief Justice Blahe, or. in
his absence. Judge Hunt. and request
that be should attend and administer
the oath Of off, ,e 10 the memher, pres
ent. The committee found Judge
Hunt near at hand and he very readily
r spo rded 10 the requ 81. The oath
was administered to all jointly and
ter a recess of few minutes to pre-
pare the oath in written form, ench
senator subscribed to the same and the
same was committed TO the care of the
secretary of state.
There being no quorum Of senator.
present, no attempt was made at or
ganization.
The lieut., napt governor appointed
Matthew McGurk NJ Temporary ser.
geant -at-arms with directions to hold
the keys subject to his order.
On motion the senate then adjourned
til Monday.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-26

was then Effected by the election Of the
following:
Spesker-C. p, Blakelv, OF GaIlltin
county. 4
Chief Clerk-Mr. POnd, u Jefferson
county.
Sergeant "a -Arms-M les F nlsn, Of
Butte.
Door Kee eeper--Sam A xsnder.
After this long drawn Gu, arce the
third house iook rece., until
o'clock, when T. IL expac'ed - perma-
nent organization will be made.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-26
SOCIETIES.

A. O. H.-Diyision No. meets brst and second
'undays OF each month.
K, Of H.-Mtets fret and third Wednesdays al
1902. M, at Odd Fellows Hall,
A.F.&A. M.-Yellowstone Lodge, No. 20, hfsi
nd third Wednesdays.
r. A. 1.-Yeiowsione Chapter, No. 8, second
thursday ia each month
X. T.-Danascus GommandeTy, fourth Thurs
days. =. -
d, U. o. f.-Lusier Lodge, No. IL, every
Monday Al their halt.
i. 90. F.-sentiual Encsmpment, No. g. 6rti
and third Friday.
X. of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. 2, Thursday
evenings al Odd Fellows Hail.
C.K. Of A.-Miles City branch, every unday At
of L.-First and third Saturdays.
g. A. R.-U. s. Grant Post, No. IL, nrsi ana
third Tuesdays. n, -
Thursday evening.
. V.-Gibson Camp No. \. Meets nrst ana
bIrd MONDAYS OF each month at Good Templars