The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-18
hENS Oh THU TERRITORY.
Plans Received for the S. P.
Shops at Ogden.
a DETAILED DESCRIPTION.
Important Court Decision Concerning
the Rights Of a Plural Wife.
Reception Committee for the Cattlemen's
Congress = The Morgan City Meeting
House Burned to the Ground-Provo
wheelmen Start for Chicago.

OGDEN, April 17.-After many weeks of
delay, the perfected plans and detailed
specifications for the Southern Pacific
Shops, which are to be erected in Ogden,
arrived today, and the company is calling
Tor bids for the constr : ction of the build
lngs, to be received up to and including
April Is. Active work is expected to COM
mence by May l, and be pushed with un-
usual haste.
The plans call for a twenty-five stall
round house, machine shops 94x235 feet,
offices and store houses 33xi30 feet. These
shops viii employ between 800 and 800
men, and have been considerably in
creased over the original plans, in order
TO take care OF the extra business the
road will throw to them.
There ere now on the ground about
100000 of the 1, 4O0, 900 bricks which will
be used in the buildings and the kilns
have been fired up for the purpose OF
burning the remainder.
CATTLEMEN's RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Mayor Lundy has appointed the fol-
lowing reception committee for the Cat
tlemen's congress, which begins its three
days session on Thursday: w. B. We
dell, w. w. Walers, William Sullivan,
r. S. Brootes, J. j.. Burmmett, B. F.
Locke, j. E. Ballantyne, +. J. Moody,
Charles w. Westoyer, j. NJ. Langsdorf,
Il. B. Westover, c. r. Hank, r. Q. Nc
Kinney, Phil Grill, c. A. Dodge, William
Harcombe, j. D. Gill, j. 3. Stoddard,
Justice Witherell. E. r. Ridgely and a.
3. Hayes.
1t will be the duty of this committee to
meet all incoming delegates and see that
their wants are properly attended to.
Great interest is being taken in the COM
ing congress and indications point to
very large attendance, every western
state being represented.
TRANS MISSISSIPPI MASS MEETING.
Tomorrow night citizens mass meet
ing will be held in the Grand Opera
house, to discuss the aims and importance
9th Trans Mississippi congress. Speak
ers viii be limited to minute speech
es. The house should be packed.
A PLURAL MARRIAGE POINT.
In the Fourth district court today Judge
Miner decided very nice point of law
which is of considerable importance in
Utah, being that of whether or not
a man must share with a plural wife
damages obtained for the death of their
child. The court held that as the law did
not recognize the marriage, the woman
would be the only person financially dam
aged by such death, The case which
Fanny Branson ct al. VS.. Southern Pacific
Railway company, in which the plaintiffs
claimed S15, COO damages for the
death of their son, Heber j.
Pidcock, who was killed in
the Ogden yards last October, being the
Shlrd of the family to meet death under
the wheels OF moving trains. Judgment
in favor Of the plaintiff in the sum of
IS, $50 was rendered by consent. William
Il. Pidcock, the dead mans father, was
a party plaintiff, but it appearing that
the woman was his plural wife, and had
been solely dependent upon her son for
support, the court held no cause for action
as to him, and gave the money to the
woman.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
The city council held its regular meet
ing tonight and transacted considerable
important business. The city treasurer
notified the council that the $500 forfeit
check given by w. j. Hayes d Sons to
secure the purchase of the 500, 900 bonds
sold to them last Monday had been re-
turned, protested. The company's bid
was at once rejected and the finance com
mittee authorized to sell the bonds.
Saageant Sleeth was selected as police
officer to represent Ogden at the Worlds
fair on the special detective force.
A franchise granting twenty-five year
extension on the franchise of the Salt
Lake and Ogden Gas and Elrctric Light
company, also that creating a new side
walk district, to include Grant avenue
from Twenty-eighth to Thirtieth streets,
were passed.
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.
At the second meeting of the board of
trade held tonight much enthusiasm was
manifested. Judge Patton sprung
sensation with the announcement that
number of wealthy eastern stockmen had
been making Investigations with a view
to locating stock yards and packing
houses at Ogden. They are now ready to
negotiate and, on consideration of the
citizens giving them S25, 600, Will put in
wards at guaranteed outlay of $3.50, 600.
After discussion the matter was referred
to the board of directors with instruc-
tons to take immediate action. The
board viii meet the gentlemen tomorrow
afternoon.
G. E. Mayne and V. Q. Gunnell were
chosen to complete the board of directors
The committee on membership reported
having secured hundred new members
today
Through the railroads having refused to
make satisfactory rates, the local church
authorities tonight decided that the chill
dren of Weber stake cannot accent the
invitation given by the general authori-
ties to take part in the temple dedicaJory
services on Friday and Saturday.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR CONVENTION.
The fifth annual convention of the
the Utah Christian Endeavor union con-
vened tonight in the Congregational
church and win continue until tomorrow
night.
4 Salt Lake delegation came up in
special delegation, arriving here at $50
p. IN. The principal speakers were Rev.
J. Brainard Thrall, John @. Woolley of
New York, the famous temperance
lecturer, DR.. Kent of Michigan. DR..
Brown of Michigan, Judge Breeze OF Salt
Lake.
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