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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
PREPARING THE ESTIMATES.
Engineers at Work on the Proposed
De Lamar Pine Line for NIercur

Engineers at Work on the Proposed
De Lamar Pipe Line for NIercur
Since the departure of Captain De
Lamar for the east, his corps of engi-
neers has been engaged in preparing
maps and other data for submission in
connection with the proposition to con-
struct an independent water line from
some springs in the valley to the Col
den Gate properties. This special work
has not been perfected yet and it may
be some time before the captain re-
ceives his official reports. Whether or
not the new system will be construc-
ted this season remains to be seen,
but the chances are very much in ia
vor of only early action in the spring,
the season having progressed too far
this fall to permit of the full carrying
out of the plans of the captain. The
cutting off of the water supply of the
Golden Gate by the Marion company,
as the result of an indiscreet statement
made by Mr.. Cohen, fired up the cap
tain in great shape, and he at once de-
clared open warfare, accompanying the
declaration with the statement that
the Independent line would certainly be
built.
out at the Golden Gate operations
are practically nil, there being no wa
ter for any use. COndenserS have been
put on at the hoist for the purpose of
saving the water carried off in the ex-
haust, but the saving is not
sufficient to maintain the stand
in the boilers. Nearly all of the
men formerly in the employ
of the captain have been discharged
and the recall will not be sounded I'M
til there is a guaranteed water supply
on hand. This may be secured in a
short time and then again it may re-
quire weeks or even months. The flow
from the spring above the properties
is being piped down to the works and
this may give enough of the necessary
to enable the superintendent to resume
operations, at least on a small scale.
Pushing Right Along.
By Wednesday the pipe line of the
Gold Belt Water company will reach
the head of the branch line above the
town of Niercur and by Saturday it is
anticipated that the south end of the
connected mains will be in or through
the town of Mercur. Within the next
few days tests are to be made of the
pumping plant over in Ophir canyon.
1t is desirable that these tests should
be made prior to the completion of the
system in order that any readiust-
ments might be perfected and no delays
caused.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22

NEW YORK, Oct. 21-Speculation 70
GAY was moderate and was unrelieYed
by any influence in outside interest. This
was considered surprising owing to the
absence of any special favorable news
affecting the general list. Further weak
ness in the foreign exchange market.
caused by freer supply of cotton bills
and the advent in fairly large quantities
OF bills ~gainst corn and provisions; an
increase in the Northwestern gross earn
ings fer September o. sos, 369 and eXpec-
tatjon of a compromise in Northern Pa
ciffc had only momentary effect and the
trend of prices continued downward.
london was a seller of the International
stocks and the break in the cotton cor
ner, while encouraging the expectation
OF continued ease in the rates of foreign
exchange also caused some apprehension
OF final disturbances at New Orleans.
Renewed attention was given to silver
today. The recent advance in its price,
due to the sharp demand for account OF
China and Japan, has revealed the light
supply available. This demand was or
iginally stimulated by the expenditures
incidental to the late war. II will De
continued. a S the installment payments
o. the Chinese indemnity are expected
10 cover about two years. Meanwhile
silver accumulated in London partly for
the initial payments iii question has been
SIlpiONeu IOr lOdla ana OIner SILVER US
ing countries. London statistics show
there has been q decrease in the imports
of silver into England of eight million
ounces, or equivalent to about 1,G0O,O00
hounds sterling. This fact together with
the decreased importations of silver into
Washington. incidental TO the repeal of
the Sherman silver law, arc considered
10 indicate d decrease in the annual pro-
duction Of silver Of 5000, 900 ounces.
The stock market opened quiet and
generally lower. Weakness was soon dis
cernible especially in some of the spec
tons induced recoVerieS from the bottom
figures. The closing was quiet and gen
orally firm.
The bond market ruled duh and lower
most of the day. Among the declines are
Oregon Short Line cOnsOl five trust re-
ceipts. which scored a loss OF IL; Union
Pacific sinking fund Fights, Seattle, Lake
Shore and Eastern firsts trust receipts,
and Kansas Pacific 6's of %. / per cent.
Northern Pacific collateral trust skies
gained 212. The sales We're 81. 25S, 600.
Money on call easy at 2d2l2 per cent;
last loan ,, closed 2 per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 4l2Q6 per cent. Sterling eX-
change steady with actual business in
bankers bills at 4S124d4SS for demand.
and 4S62zG4.S7 for sixty days Posted
rates 4S719d4SSl5 and 4.SS15Q4. S915. Com
mereial bills. 1854. Silver certificates,
6712G673..
The total sales OF stocks today were
1877 shares.
Government bonds steady.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds weak
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
SEALED PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR BEEF CATTLE
and four-U. S. Indian service, Fort Hall
agency Idaho, Ross Fort, Bingham Co.,
Idaho. October II, 1895. Sealed proposals.
Flour" as the case may be, and address,
ed to the undersigned at Ross Fork,
Bingham county, Idaho. will be received
at this agency until one o'clock %. m.
of Friday, the Sth day of November, 1895,
for furnishing and delivering at this
agency, as required during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1886. three hundred
and sixty thousand pounds (360000 lbs.)
gross beef and thirty thousand pounds
$50 coo lbs.) flour. Cattle must be good.
merChantable. and all offered under any
contract will be subject TO rigid inSpec-
ton The cattle to be furnished must be
steers and COWS mo bulls or Stags), not
over seven years of age, and must aver
age not less than $50 pounds. gross. at
each delivery from May 1st to December
LIST and not less than 500 pounds gross,
from December LIST to May 1st; no ami
NAL to weigh less than zoo pounds. and
no animal shall be received that will net
less than 80 per Centum of it's gross
weight from May 1st to December 1st,
or less than 40 per centum from Deem
her 1st to May LIST. Bids for Spayed heif-
ers will not be considered. The price
must be figured gross, but for all cows
delivered under any contract a discount
of twenty GOD per centum from the pro-
posed price will be made. and not more
than One-fourth of the cattle offered and
accepted at any one delivery must be
cows, unless authorized in writing by the
commissioner of Indian affairs. Bidders
must state in their bids that the cattle
offered have been at least twelve months
in succession, prior to July LIST last, north
of the south line of Kansas; and each de-
livery must be accompanied by the affi-
daVit of the contractor that the cattle
offered for acceptance have been so win
tered. Flour must be either what is
known as straight full stock" of good
sound wheat-60 lbs. of wheat to be-
ground down to about AZ lbs. of -four. low
grades to be taken Out-or il may be
what is known as patent -four" and
sacks to weigh eight ounces to the yard.
Samples of not less than twenty-five
pounds must be furnished by bidders:
said samples to be distinctly marked
with the name of the bidder and the
number of sample if more than one is
submitted The right is reserved to re-
iect any or all bids or any part of any
bid if desired for the best interest of the
service. Certified Checks-Each bid must
draft upon some United States deposit
tory or solvent national bank in the
vicinity of the residence of the bidder
made payable to the order of the COM
missioner of Indian affairs. for at least
nve per cent of the amount of the pro-
posal. which check or draft will be for
feited to the United States in case any
bidder or bidders receiving an award
shall fail to promptly execute a contract
wise to be returned to the bidder. Bids
accompanied by cash in lieu of a certi-
fed check will not be considered. For
any additional information apply to
THOMAS 3. TETER,
U. S. Indian Agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
HUNTING A VOLCANO.

PORT TOWNSEND. Oct 2O.-Further
evidences of an active volcano in the
Olympic mountains have been received,
and serve to confirm the report of Prof.
Alexander of the Smithsonian institute.
Two young men of this CITY, Ben Pet
tignove and Charles Sally are just in
from the Olympic mountains, where they
have been hunting elk and report that
after experiencing a series of Slight
earthquake shocks. covering a period of
two weeks. flames and huge volumes Of
black smoke were observed ascending
from one of the smaller peaks The
flames would shoot up and then dense
volumes of black smoke would belch
forth. Pettigrove and Sally hurried back
to Port Townsend for a fresh supply of
proisions, and will make an effort to
locate the supposed volcano.
South of Port Townsend last night,
the sky was clear and the volcano was
witnessed by dozens of people who ac-
curately describe the eruptons of smoke
in the same manner as the two elk hun
ters
Many navigators on the lower sound
and straits report seeing a strange sight
and all beliVe it to be small volcano
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22

For the purpose of obtaining data upon
which VIII be based the early future ac-
ton of the secretary OF the department
OF the interior with relation to The open
ing OF the Indian reservations, Professor
George H. Eldredge OF the geological
survey, VIII devote the next few weeks
to a careful and systematic examination
and survey of the great gnSonite and
asphalturn deposits that are found within
the limits of the reserves. The expert
is now on his way to Otah ana Will leave
the railroad at Price. He is acting under
direct instructions from Secretary Smith,
of the interior department, who has de
cided that the monOpoIeS Shall not COB
BILE the whole works when once the res
ervations are thrown open to settlement
and location This move has been fully
considered and the subject has claimed
a great deal OF the time of the honorable
secretary \ special dispatch to the New
York World from its Washington cor
respondent, under a very late date, gives
the following information regarding the
subject:
Secretary Hoke Smith has decided that
the enormously valuable gilSOnite and
/ asphalt deposits of the Uncompahgre and
Uintah agencies, in eastern Utah, shall
not fall into the hands of the gilsonite
| ring, whose operations were recently dis
closed in the World. Learning through
the World that these deposits, worth
many millions OF dollars, were liable to
be monopolized by few men whose
headquarters are in New York and St.
Louis, Secretary Smith sent word yester-
day to Director Wolcott of the geological
eurvey, that he wanted a reliable and
competent geologist to investigate the
mineral deposits of the agencies.
Director Wolcott suggested Professor
George H. Eldridge. of the survey, who
was shortly thereafter summoned to an
interview with Secretary Smith. AS d
result of the interview Professor Ed
ridge will start tomorrow for Utah, to be
gin an investigations He anticipates no
serious obstacles.
GiIsonite is worth about 500 a ton 1t
is the purest known form of asDhaltum
and is used extensively for making min
eral paint insulators for electric wire,
coating for piles, non-fouling paint for
ships bottoms and score of other i'm
portant industrial products. The prin-
cipal deposits lie in eighteen townships
extending about fifty miles along the
eastern border of Utah. There is no rail-
road through this section Of the territory
but one has been projected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
MARsHAL's SALE.

MARSHAL'S SALE-PURSUANT TO
ure to me directed by the district court
ritory OF Utah, ! shall expose at public
sale. at the west front door of the county
court house. i'll the city of Salt Lake,
county of Salt Lake and territory Of
Utah. on the 9TH day of November, 1895,
a eleven o'clock a. m, all the right.
title, claim, and interest of Emma Whit
ney. William II. Whitney, Theron H.
Chesley and Mrs. -. CheSley, the wife Of
the said Theron II. CheSley, and NJ. NJ.
Swan, Of in, and TO the following de-
scribed real estate tO-wit: Commencing
al the northeast corner of block forty-five
TO. plat &C" Salt Lake city survey, run
ming thence west eighty $50 feet. thence
south eighty-hve (85) feet. thence east
eighty (60) feet, thence north eighty-fiye
$50 feet to the place of beginning: being
part of lots fifty (50), ffty-one CD and
fifty-tWo (52). in block two %, Archer q
Kullak's subdivision of said block forty
five G5), situated in Salt Lake county,
territory of Utah. To be sold as the prop
erty of Emma Whitney William II.
Whitney, at the suit of Frank Thompson
as executor of the last viii and tesla
ment of James Thompson. deceased, and
Joe r. Lane, as administrator, with will
annexed of the estate of said James
Thompson. deceased.
Terms Of sale, cash.
NAT NJ. BRIGHAM,
BY ]. B. TI11MONY, L. S. Marshal.
Deputy Marshal
Dated Oct. 18TH 1895.
Andrew Howat, Attorney for plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
ELECTED NEW DIRECTORS.
Ajax Mining Company Held Its AM
nuaI Meeting.

nuaI Meeting.
At the annual meeting of the Ajax
Mining company, held in this city yes
terday new board of directors was
elected and with two exceptions it is
made up of new timber. Out of the
possible 1000 shares there were rep
resented PSI ,OOO and this showing of
stock elected the following board of
directors: Samuel Mcintyre, Frank
Knox, Isaac Jennings, w. d. Nebeker
and Judge w. II. Dickson. The organ
iZation meetings of the board has not
yet been held, but it will probably re-
suit in the selection of Mr.. Mcintyre as
president Mr.. Knox as vice president
and Mr.. Nebeker as secretary. There
was no contest over the selection of the
directors, and the prepared slate went
through. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Mcintyre and Mr.. Knox recently
secured the control of the company and
they yesterday placed in nomination
and elected the directors who would
best serve the interests of the COM
panv.
No reports were submitted to the
stockholders as to the manner in which
the properties of the company are be-
ing managed and developed but an
other meeting will be held within the
next few weeks when the matter will
receive attention. Incidentally, how
ever, General Manager Mcintyre gave
some idea of the showing being made.
He states that the under ground work
ings of the properties are first-class.
Driving is being continued both ways
on the recently encountered ore body,
which is really a new assure vein.
Some good ore is being taken out of
the bottom Of the mine and shipments
of second class are reasonably heavy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
COMPLETING THE SURVEYS.
Much New Land to BE Thrown Omen
to Location.

The surveys of public land provided for
in the appropriation list of the last Con-
gress and covered by contracts awarded
by the encouragement of this territory
early in the year, are now rapidly being
completed and within the limit set by
the contracts themselves the contracting
surveyors will have their field notes and
plats on file in the land office here. These
surveys cover in the neighborhood of
100000 acres of new lands, scattered
throughout several different sections of
the territory. Their cost as provided in
the appropriation list shall not exceed
$4,000, while the territory will have the
sum of $4,000 to expend in surveys dur
ing the coming year, in addition to the
cost of railroad land surveys and surveys
made for private parties. All of the new
land covered by the field work now fast
drawing to a close will probably be
thrown open to location early in the new
year.
Engineer j. T. Breckon has just COM
pleted his work in the field and returned
to this city with notes covering a tract
of something like $1,000 acres, located in
the vicinity of Castle Gate Price and
Lower Crossing. The land around the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
POP-EYED CURIOSITY.
a Strange Fish Dredged from n Mile
and Half of Ocean Depths.

and n Half of Ocean DephthS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21-The fish
commissions steamer Albatross has re-
turned from the north with pop-eyed
denizen of the deep that is certain to
be the wonder of the naturalists the
world over. 1t is a fish, but utterly un-
like anything ever caught before, and
in no way resembling ordinary fishes.
1t was scooped in by dredge that was
at the time travelling along the bot
tom of an ocean mile and a half
deep.
Professor Townsend. the learned
man who had a fit of the ecstacies
when this peculiar marine monster was
removed from the net on the deck of
the Albatross, is of the opinion that
the fish would not have been able to
live much higher up in the water than
where it was found. Such is the make
up of the Shiny fish that the professor
imagines it must have felt sharp pains
whenever it came anywhere within a
mile Of the surface Of the sea.
Certain it is that the very act Of
bringing this fish near the surface of
the sea killed it. When the enormous
pressure was taken off its vital organs
its heart and everything else within it
began to puff up. Its bladder was fore
ed partly out through its mouth and
its eyes were driven forward out OF
their sockets.
The fish will be forwarded to the
Smithsonian institute.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
HEAVY SURPLUS OF WHEAT.
Cache Valley Alone Has Half a Mil.
lion Bushels to Spare.

:, Utah farmers are anxiously awaiting
the pleasure of the railroad companies
III the matter of equitable freight rates
on grain exported from this territory
during the coming season. With a COM
paratvely low rate they will be able to
make some heavy movements of wheat to
the southern and southwestern states.
The surplus of wheat this year is very
heavy, Cache county alone having in
the neiShborhood of half a million BUSH
els to spare This is conservative. estf-
mate and there are people who think the
figures entirely too light. They are of
the opinion that even after Cache has
supplied her usual markets with the grain
she Will have several hundred thousand
bushels more than here set out for ex-
port.
1t is anticipated that the chief out
side market for Utah wheat will again be
Texas for the principal enquiries have
come from that state to date. Some of
the southern states have been short also
and these will buy in Utah if the rail-
roads will make a rate that will enable
tne farmers here to meet with the out
SIDE competition 1t is all a mistake
about the Thatchers having in view the
expectation of wheat TO Mexico. Down in
the southern republic the people who do
not raise their own grain are either able
10 secure the necessary amount to make
up the deficit right in their own neighbour
hood or. they make up the communities
that make little use of wheat flour.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
WILL FEED MORE CATTLE.
Shipments of Steers Being Made to
Cache Valley.


One of the most remunerative indus
tries of the north last winter was the
feeding of beef cattle on the surplus hay
and grain of Cache valley and during
the coming season some heavy feeding
will again be carried on in the same
district. Shipments of the stock to be
prepared for the early markets of the
spring and summer are already being
made from the southern and central sec
tons of the territory to the north one of
twenty carloads being loaded at Milford
yesterday and consigned to Franklin.
This was made up by Thomas Smart
Some fifteen hundred head of the cattle
TO be fed at the Utah Sugar companys
works this winter on hay and beet pulp
are now on the trail being driven in from
Nevada. 1t is expected that they will
reach Oasis about the end of the week
and be shipped from there to Lehi. These
are the cattle purchased for b. f. Saun-
ders by +. II. Parsons.
Either today or tomorrow a ten-car
shipment of good cattle will arrive from
the west and either be sold on this mar
ket or sent on east. The stock went into
the cars at Toano last evening" being
loaded by J. T. Spencer & Co.
Doctor bort, of the Range Creek Cat
tie company, has gone onto the eastern
markets with an eight-car shipment Of
fat cattle from the ranches of the COM
pany in the mountains north of Lower
Crossing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22


G5.20. Only a small proportion of the
cattle on sale came under the term
choice" and there were not enough of
these to go around. About 5000 western
range cattle We're received. They were
in frood demand and sold generally 10
cents higher, when the offerings were
of desirable kind
Today's hog receipts were the largest
for any day since last May the arri-
walls being estimated at 1900 head. The
market was weak and ruled IS. lower,
with the bulk of sales at 3.65G3.S0; COM
mon to choice sold at 33063.S5, prime as
sorted light and fancy butchers weights
1 ReTe Tge ehe at t8g gpf for 1 TaRa 0s
and 3.7GQ9.SO for shipping droves.
Native sheep were saleable at 1.oOGl 50
for inferior up to 3.0003.40 for choice to
prime export lots. Western sheep were
in demand at 1.8503.1O, according to
quality. and lambs sold at 3000425 eX-
ira lots being worth 4.30d450.
Rece:pts-Cattle, 5000; calves, 5,W0;
hogs, 1900; sheep %, 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22

with this decrease, however, the ore
production of the territory is now
greater than has been the case for
years.
Down at the smelters in the valley
this shortness in ore is noticeable. But
six stacks are being operated at this
time, the Germania having just blown
out one of its four. The Hanauer has
three in blast and the. change gives
the Germania but as many more. The
sampling people are also complaining
of smaller receipts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22

his eyes by the peculiar condition Of
things out at the Yosemite No. i, Cap
tain Davidson has resigned as superin-
tendent of the properties named and
accepted a similar position with the
Niagara company. In company with
Manager Thomas, of the latter he will
go out to Bingham this morning for
the purpose of taking hold of the
works. 1t is hoped that the same con-
ditions that caused the captain to al
most lose the sight of his eye will not
obtain a the Niagara.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22
IMPROVEMENT n SILVER.
Steadily Improving Demand Looked
for for Time to Come.

NEW YORK, Oct 21.A-The best au-
thorities on silver look for a steadily
improving demand for the metal for
some time to come. The Willingness
of Japan to accept the indemnity from
China in silver contributed largely to
the Improvement in its price which
has been noted during the last few
months, and the accumulation of the
metal in London will go on in order
to complete the installments of the
indemnity at various dates Of pay
ment.
Both China and Japan are showing
increasing inquiry for silver as the
large amounts of the metal distributed
by both countries in payment for war
material and supplies have been di-
verified to India and other silver coun-
tries.
Mr. Townsend, of Hong Kong, states
that silver ordered two months ago
has only just been delivered. The sill
Yer smelters are said to be sold ahead
for two months.