The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24


readiness for work. The Ohio and Utah
Natural Gas company has been incorpor-
ated under the laws of Utah and q num-
Der of Ogden gentlemen have subscribed
stock. Some time ago, when drilling for
water near the proposed site of the
first big we'll, at a depth of sixty
feet, the company encountered a
of which was so great as to throw mud,
sand and gravel twenty feet into the air
When lighted the flame shot into the
air fifteen feet. Inasmuch as the
the pipe had only been washed down
the gas soon shut itself off and the pipe
was withdrawn. This flow was conceded
to be only a assure, but the experts who
visited the well were confident that the
main reservoirs would be encountered be-
fore the drill had penetrated 500 feet and
the supply would be permanent and mex
haustible, The company has secured d
franchise from the city to lay mains and
there exist no doubts in the minds of Og-
de n S citizens that within six months the
streets of the city wall be torn up to adj
nit OF the laying of the lines of pipes
sufficient to convey TO the dwellings and
business houses natural gas from the
wells OF the Ohio and Utah Natural Gas
company. In view of the fact that the
discovery of gas is so certain, several
propositions have been made by reliable
men to the chamber of commerce to es-
tablish glass works in Ogden One OF
the offers, made by gentleman who has
been in Ogden some time, looking over
the situation, and who is also interested
in the natural gas enterprise, to put in a
plant to cost not less than $50, 0)0, and
have monthly pay roll of not less than
$40, Geo, is under consideration and may
be accepted, as the necessary cash bonus
has been nearly all guaranteed.
PLACER GOLD FIELDS.
The excitement caused by the discovery
Of placer gold on Cottonwood Canyon
creek, one of the feeders of the Weber
river, bids fair to rival that which is even
now turning mem minds in the San Juan
country, and with the opening of spring
the rush TO the Morgan county gold fields
Will be equally as great, judging from
present indications. The discovery was
made in early November by l.. w. Tack
EFT and kept profound secret for several
weeks, until that gentleman had secured
two claims. When it finally leaked out
that placer gold had been found in such
quantities and so easy of access, prospect
ors began to make for the prospective Ell
dorado, but nature interposed her objec
ton and covered the country with heavy
mantle of snow. Work on the claims al
ready opened had OF necessity to be aban-
operations will not be resumed. Mr..
Tackett is in thirty feet and has taken
oft more than enough gold to pay all
working expenses thus far incurred, in
Guiding q handsome salary for himself.
The country in the vicinity of the
claim is OF gravelly formation, with
the usual black sand accompanying.
Old 49, ers who have visited the placers
press the opinion that the gold viii be
I'D
is reached, which will necessitate the
running in of the present tunnel about
thirty feet more. The precious metal has
evidently Sifted through the gravel and
sand and lodged on bed rock beneath.
The search for gold viii be resumed by
large army of miners just as soon as the
snow clears away.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC SHOPS.
The most Important improvement which
Ogden has secured during the past year,
and in fact since the year in which the
golden spike which united the rails of
the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
was driven by Senator Stanford of Cali
fOrnia, and almost the sole topic of con-
versation in business and financial cir
cles. is the Southern Pacific shops,
which will be removed from Ter
race, U. T., and Carlin, New, and
probably Sacramento, Cal. Several
months ago the Southern Pacific
Railway company being DESTROYS OF OBJ
tanning better facilities for the repair of
its rolling stock and the building of en-
gines and cars, made a proposition to the
chamber of commerce to remove the Ter
race and Carlin shops TO Ogden and ex-
pend at least q half million dollars in the
erection OF the necessary buildings and
purchase OF additional machinery. Be-
tween i've hundred and seven hundred
men were to be employed and the present
pay roll of the company at Og-
ded sweIled TO $3.50, COO thereby. In con
sideraticn the city was to pay cash
bonus of $4,000, furnish all the brick to
be used in the construction OF the build
ings, estimated at i 400, 0G0. and allow
the company the permanent use of one
cubic foot of water from the Weber river.
The offer was laid before the city council
and that body appropriated 500, eco and
granted the water, while the Weber
county court appropriated $40, 000, the
amount necessary to purchase the brick.
Contracts have been signed and work on
the proposed site OF the shops was
commenced last week, force OF
work leveling the land and preparing for
the excavasI ons. AS soon as the frost
has gone out of che ground in tho spring
work on the erection of the Rio Grande
Western shops and the round houses will
also be commenced and pushed to an i'm
mediate completion. The city council
has appropriated 50 GOO, or as much there
Of as IS necessary, TO purchase the lands
upon which these buildings will be
erected. The property is located at the
foot Of Twenty first street and is the site
Of the old Ogden iron works. It was pur-
chased from the Colorado Coal, Coke &
iron company of Pueblo.
THIS YEARS BUSINESS.
The year 1892 has been a repetition OF its
one of general financial
;tringency, yet the grim hand of depress-
on has laid its hand but lightly upon
Ogden and the city has made splendid /
record. Over 600 public and private .
buildings have been erected at q cost of .
over $500, 600. This total number of /
buildings includes six magnificent public /
school houses, new police court and Jail .
buildings, Central and Bench fire sta
sons. Five miles of sewers have been