The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-03
KILLED ON THE TRACK.
A CoLORED BOY RUN OVER NEAR
OGDEN YESTERDAY.
More Contracts Awarded BY the Pho
neer Electric Power Company
The silver Meeting Tonight
Court Orders.

forth across the track brought the west
bound freight train to a standstill yes
terday morning at about O'Clock at a
point about midway between Ogden
and Uintah The train crew found Os-
car Miller and Leo Stark while near
by was the dead body of a companion
lying beside the track. The men said
the man had been killed while asleep
by the Union Pacific passenger for the
west, which had passed about half an
hour before. The trainmen left the body
there and coming into town notified
Agent Corse, who notified Coroner Hall.
Mr.. Hall went out carly yesterday
morning and brought the body together
with the two companions into town.
He made an investigation and ascer-
tanned that the body was that OF a
colored boy about IS named Wiley
Evans. oscar Miller, aged p and also
colored and Leo Starke a. white man,
were the two companions.
Starke had been with the others but
a day or two. Miller, who said he
hailed from San Jose. had met Evans
up about Shoshone, Ida
All three We're travelling as best they
could TO Colorado. They had walked
east 70 the curve about two miles east
of RiVerdale bridge and there lay down
to sleep. Evans must have moved over
to the track in his sleep for when Mil
Ter was awakened by the approaching
train he saw the lad with his head
jumped to rouse him, but as there was
bus an inEi-hnt of time he was
too late. The boy raised his head just
in time to receive g crushing blow on
his head from the pilot. He was in
stantly killed.
The coroner deemed that no inquest
was necessary. There was no means
of ascertaining anything about the
lads family and the remains were at
once prepared for burial at the coun-
tvs expense by Undertaken Richey, and
buried yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
MORE CONTRACTS.
Two additional contracts were let
yesterday on the power dam work, one
for the construction of a machine shop
and the other for the putting in of the
receivers.
THE MACHINE SHOP
is to be a brick structure 20 feet high,
20 feet long and 40 feet wide 1t is to
be situated a short distance north and
east of the power house and is to be
used for the repairing and adjusting of
the machinery used in the power house
when the plant is in operation. The
contract was awarded to William Fish
err, who also has the contract for con-
structing the power house. 1t is ex-
pected to cost about $4,000
THE RECEIVERS
are the names given to the sections of
/ pipe, one AT either side of the power
house, which conduct the water from
the main pipe to the great Pelton
wheels on either side of the building.
Each pipe will of course be about half
the size of the main steel pipe, but
will have to be capable of understanding
tremendous pressure. The contract for
the making and putting in of this pip
ing was let to Rhodes Bros, the price
being about $4,000.
OTHER WORK.
The work of laying wooden pipe was
begun yesterday on the upper part OF
the pipe line. Excavations for the dam
are progressing satisfactorily.
TONTGHTvs MEETING.
The committee in charge of the ar
engagements for the demonstration Oh
silver" Republicans in the Grand
opera house tonight has been quite ac-
tive and successful. A dollar rate is
arranged for from Salt Lake and {
special train will likely be run to &C.
conmodhte the large crowd. A banc
has been engaged and a number 81
glee club singers will be in attendance
The committee signing the call art
c. NJ. Brough, John Farr, G.. F. Hans
borough, E. B. Graham, Dan Pugh, w
T. Beardsly, J. H. Gordon and e. NJ
Allison, jr. They have each and every
one been prominent as hard worker.
for the party in the past and the fac
of their names being attached to thu
call is significant. The keynote of to
nights meeting is sounded in the cal
put forth by them wherein they ar
raign the action of the st. Louis con
vention and of the state central com
mittee in scathing terms. Among tn,
speakers vii be Senator F. J. Cannon
Representative Allen, Hon. G. S
Varian, Judge c. c. Goodwin. Hon. w
H. Dickson, Hon. Thomas Kearns, Hon
E. M. Allison, jr., Hon. John D. Muir
ply, Hon. E. B. Critchlow, Hillmal
, Brough, Elmer B. Jones.
. A special train will return to SAD
: Lake Immediately after the meeting.
The committee ON arrangements me
, last night and prepared for an over
flow meeting in the city hall, in cas-
it should be necessary. Reception con,
Dlittee will be at the depot To NEE
: visitors and escort them to the oper
house.
; COURT ORDERS