The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-28
COPPER PLANT AFFAIRS.
Receiver Mason Authorized to Com
promise Certain Claims.

promise Certain Claims.
The netitjon of Receiver Mason of
the Salt Lake City Copper Manufac-
turing company, asks for authority to
compromise certain claims against the
company and to confirm the sale OF
] 900 tons of ore from the dump OF the
Copperopolis and for permission to sell
another Thousand tons of the ore.
In reference to the settlement of the
Amos claims it was set up in the pc
tition that in March, 1893, under a
contract between Mr.. Green and GER
tain trustees, the 100 acres of land
was 10 be given to the copper plant
on certain conditions. The cost of the
works when completed was to be $780,
600. exclusive of the ground. Three
hundred men were to be employed.
deed to forty acres was TO be given
when 100000 had been expended upon
the ground; a deed to the balance was
to be given when S250.000 had been
expended upon the ground. Mr.. Petit
originally owned the land, and an as
sociation called the North Salt Lake
association formed a pool to buy this
land from Petit and contribute it TO
the copper plant under said agree
ment They were to pay Petit for the
land $50. 600. They actually paid him
$4,000 and Mr.. Amos, one of the men,
bers of the pool. gave security on his
personal property to Petit for up
wards of $4,000 and took lot Of do
nations. which turned out worthless,
for his security. At that time Mr..
Green authorized Colonel Estes and
James Z. Bacon to go on the bond TO
the amount of $500 which liability the
copper plant subsequently assumed,
and which the copper company consid-
cred a lien on the land to that
amount
Early in January, 1894. as Mr.. Sin
ger will remember. Amos commenced
an action before Judge Merritt to en-
Join the delivery Of the deeds for 100
acres Of land. This motion Judge Mer-
rift denied upon the ground that they
could file lis pendens of record, which
would amply secure their rights. if
any. The Amos action was to secure
lien to the amount of $4,000 upon
the ground that the copper plant had
failed to live up to its contract as to
time and expenditure and in other re-
spects. Subsequent to that action, and
probably since Mr.. Singer left here,
Jennings, Kinney and others on be-
half Of other contributors. interviewed
and set W. claims and liens to large
additional amounts. This action and
cross-actions have not been tried as
yet and the unfortunate part of it. is
ttidl al AICui lALlSdNiOn It
ser and Chalmers il developed. and il
was showed up that the representa-
tons made to the committee were
based upon padded and swelled con-
tracts with Fraser and Chalmers
These facts have all become public
HOW and are liable TO play a bad part
3n any trial. Those who were familiar
with it originally, conceded a liabil-
fly to the amount of $500, that is the
amount that Colonel Estees went So
curify for as part of the purchase
price, and for which his estate is now
claiming a lien upon the land. In
addition to that $500 it takes s., 400 to
settle this matter and wipe off the
slate, and the question is as to the
advisabiiity of so doing or running the
risk Of trial. If it is settled it makes