Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-18

Ing sooner or later numerically bene
hciaL" This View was taken In Goa
merton WITH the nnucip tot railroad
acfcss The contiueut, mprs particularly
iondlng the completion Of that roai,
AMI ga view u u promised trS.e with
tho Sandwich ls'naJs.
AbIGt IA, 70 II March, 1865, Cap.
tam rn,mas H.. rfutwortny, iu con.
VIBRATION " it' A brr CurIugton, tneu
eui.Or Oi th, NEws, gave az account
90 tue OPP -i.iYu e., u- we'll as otuef-,
encountered 900 attmpuns g. take
| urigut va STEAMERS Ut uusts auuvt
hary's Landing, ON tho CuiYta 900.
ius people 30 this lace seemed &. uv
uiyusO sue prusptu.sUi luc N im Do
| poet lie Gays bu stated Iyf Jat's
Landing Witu about Ule hundred lous
si IreIaHt, %. w.u4 20 uIu .tu, Ui ium.
sUf iUim.I q pJrIJ 90. e. fnug tus,
AusJn Jau hau u,,uluru 10 uIs uUuit
ga DAVIS cJuuys Juan, he lets hif
N"aN aNH NHAH' AiNA hAtAN Nh q.
salt Lake. Pant Of his freight
he had Ir.yi. discharged %,
Ia Pax According TO uis estimate
the distance rom HarIy's to Cai's
Landing wa rs miles. ON ng 10 the
dinicuIy iu procuring woou tot tUy
O,ts ho thought IL would take amIst
month TO make the trip from tue
mouth Of the Colorado to Cal's Land.
Ing the rapiIs beiug the worst feature
Of hcjOurn,y.
The Mercantile association Of Sail
Lnlr City passed resolutions about
THIS time 10 do all Ia their power ~
demonstrate the feasibility Of the
Colorado route from Southern Cal
iiJrnla to this city.
A letter dated June 18Th, lsGs,
written by Joe. w. Young, giyins au
account Of hts travels through "our
Dixie," incidentally m,ut ons that
some 9i the rock salt taken rom the
mountains between st. Thomas anu
the Colorado river had been taken
down that stream In barge, TO Font
MOhavc an other places.
The approach aud advent Of the
Pacific railroad appears to have given
tue llaco ils quieius; for II finally
seems, ir pa an ntuco publishcl
IN the Nws Of June 10 10, 1869,
that Cailviile nlJ then been ap ,udouvl
Or lcit unprotected, o., from the mail
carer Of 81. George, It was learuel
that three horse thieves from si.
Hc rye had made their way TO the
station, wieuchej four large door,
from tho warehouse there, cUu,truatod !
ar Il with them, anu, leaving their
horscl aud surplus luggage upon the |
usn', had launched ~, uIon the turUu.
lent suuami whether u o. ,utv we'd the |
Ioril0us journey was not known. |
Elder Andrew Jcnson, who kindly |
points out those references In early
volumes u the NEWS, furnishes the
following additional in.ormatloni
"Whcn | visited old 81. Thomas on
tho Muddy in Lincoln county, Nova.
da, Ia 1907, learned that the walls OF |
tue old warehouse at Calps Landing |
were still Standing. There are not, and |
mover were, any facilities Tor a farming |
settlement NJ that point, as the sur.
rounding county on both sides OF tue |
Colorado nvuT h barren, sandy, |
broken aud aDsolutsly useless Tor |
agricultural purposes. Thrro Il
small Hat conslslins OF a Tow acres
near the landing covered with a weed |
known In that country ~ "mrskeet," |
.mesquil?l and around point some
distance b.iJw the landing thore Is |
another fiat, embracing several HUI.
bred acres; but twas not brought uu.
.iCr cultivation by the Mormon settlers |
The only object had In Wow In locating |
Cali's Lauuiug was n take advantage |
n the facilities for navigation up the
Colorado river. The only builiiHgs II |
Importance ever erected thore were
Tho ware h0use, standing about twenty |
feet from the hank Of the river and a |
iwclllng house for tho accommodation |
" tho people who had charge Of |
the landing. No mention Il male
Csll's usnding ia tho records Of the
Muddy Mission"