Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-08

a subject in al its details, and De has
made such a study OF RAILROADS and
railroad manag munt that hc can tell
today just how long each pari Of one uf
his engines will last and TO q pound Just
the amount Of wofl; II will do. A recorl
rs Kept 10 the offices of the Great
Northern OF the life and wo., OF each
plrt of every piece OF machinery con
nectcd with the road. and though Hil
could probably not buiid an gugN him
self. ! venture to say he could direct the
cohsiruciiouuf one Not long JgnhrWlg
IN New York aud during his Stay there
he contracted for fiity-svveu cu4l8C, Tot
his road. hcsc engines cost about
$4,000 apiece aud the contract repre-.
scented considerable money In award.
my he asked for bids from The different
car works. aud FIVE great companies
submitted bids and specification. Their
agents brought in these bids They
were sealed Of course, and Mr.. Hiil
opened them in the presence OF the
ageuts and looked them uygr Alter q
lew moments his brows began 20 knit,
and 1t the end Of half an hour DE said:
Gentlemen, there is something wrong
about these bids. You have combined
ANktNltt W Tue HlANtllk W ANfNlf anu
tins Is put.up Job. Now, ! want 10 tell
you you can't do work for INC DO that
way and YOU can take your bids and
yourselves out Of the room" And with
that he threw their papers TO them aud
showed them the door. lie then had
his own engineers draw up specifca
tons Of lust the kind Of locomotives he
wanted, and he went to the companies
and told them II they wanted TO bid
honestly on them they could do so, but
he would have nothing more to do with
their agents, aud they must have honest
bids or he would send the work
elsewhere.
At this same time, friend OF Dis tells
me. Mr. Hill went TO Taianys to buy
some jewels for his wife, lie looked At
very expensive piece Of Workmanship
and liked It aud asked its cost. One Of
the rillinys who was waiting upon him
asked HIM what he thought The cost
would be, and Mr.. Hill began to calcu.
late. lie told the value aud weight Of
each stone, estimated the cost OF the
workmanship aud figured il out within
a few dollars Of the actual price, til.
fanny says he is one OF the best Judges OF
precious stones In the United States,
AFARNiER AND AN ARr coNSoissEuR.
II is the same with his farming. lie
knows all about stock and stock raising
and he has some of the finest stock IN
the United States on his farm near here.
This farm contains about 1850 acres.
1t has more than 400 head oi fine AMI.
mails on II. lie can, am told, tell you
the pedigree Of any one you may pick
out at a glance, and he knows the re-
cord OF each COW. II is he same with
half dozen other branches OF know.
ledge, and you cannot .,tfike a subject
on which he Is not pcjted. lie Is a
man Of wide scientific reading and he is
one Of the best judges 81 pictures and
fine arts in the United States lie can
go into a gallery and Can tell you the
names Of the artists Of any famous pic
lures that may be upon the walls, and
his house here is just filled with paint.
ingi by the great masters. lie has n
large art gallery connected with his
house, which is lighted from the roof