Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12

the Drst division, ald this company
was succeeded by Rnssell-Mnjors and
asso GATES with A. Il. Miller ns city
agent 800 Ben" FIckland, succeedej
ny Ciute as superintendent aud james
Il. Bromley, sgont OF the flr.t or mouL-
tain division and the notorious blade,
agent OF the next division enst. THIS
company was soon absorbed by Jones,
Car Wright d Co., AMI in he winter o
1912, Ben Holiday took possession oi
the road witt Col. IL atom as supsrin.
tendent, Holiday having mad chst!le
mortgage 90 IL for some tinle bel TO.
The rebellion breaking out In the
spring 1861, tue government becsme
apprthensive OF danger to tue south.
ern overland ute, liable as IL waa to
inteffuptIon from The confederates,
especially in Texas an Nsw Mexico,
ami c5nsiueri1g 1t o great importance
to union Interests tina, direcl ami quick
commu oics,ion sb0ulI bs maintat o
with the p flc coast, Consfess T.
May, 1851, passed. an &C, creating the
"CentrAi Overland" daily mail sef-
vie, at the sane time making an
appropriate n compens1ting Alyorl
Buckley, II sbtT ant others owners
OF the 8 Jutuern Overland Tor rem "
(west OF this cuy) AM Tor Euttng w
stations, etc. TIE Western Osetlsnd
as this section was CALEB, secuted
the Corpenidg ibterssis Ia the oil
EN-. month"; Hue west, moved their
touthsru sloek up to the road, built
and supplied tneir statioup, the East
ern mpsny doubled up tneir sock,
put in int, Tvening st tiOns aud, II my
recollection 10 not at fsult, the hFst
Central overland daily coach, "a
eelef," let here rom the wesi) at
o'clocs on the mUrIing OF July z,
1861, with Joe Sarrish as conduci0I
AID Dan Hardin rs driver. The sec.
onu coach ut the came hour ON the
morning Of July 3, 1861, with aeveDty-
ak sacks OF mail Ian steven passengers,
with William p. Appieby rs conductor
anu Dan johnson rs driver. For the
frs lew weeks, there not being enough
conductors employed, those going east
from hele run to tue foot Of II cky
klJge on Sweelwater md back VITA.
out sleep other than that thaI they
matched on the "DoOt' while Ell route
In April, 1861, the mail stock on at
count OF Indian GepradntioaB was
pulled oil the route ITO II Sweetwater
or.dee to FvTt Bridger, and this con-
uition existed Tor short time, wa Gu
the carrying OF the mails was re-
iumed, again to be interrupted In
1864, when for some time our valuab Q
mail came by the way OF Panama anu
California. In 1858 Bsn I'll .liday,
having acquired an Interest la the
Western Overland, anu to emphasizs
his entrance upon his possessions or in
dreai OF the resentment OF the
I,at. l,ta a
coach drafts made the overland trip
la an irOu.clad coach. But at tha.
time Indians were hostile anu each
coavb carried relieis OF four soldlets
between stations from Fort CritteE.
uen to Fort Ruby. Eventually both
lines come under the cuntrol u Wells,
Farg & o., and us the gap between
| the u nIon anu Central Pacific roads
civseu up, G,imer & SALISBURY became
the proprletors OF tue coach line and
the STOCK was grauuniiy Absorbed In
other lines owned by them.
The teams on tue eastern line, ex-
cept th0se running Into towns anu
| cities were mostly mules, the Western
| Overland employed horses exclu-
sively. The home stations pre-
vious to the accession OF the
| Jay service were from forty TO
fifty miles apnrt with relay stations
as near halt way MS convenience 10
feed, fuel and water would permit.
When the daily started these Inter
vening stations were doubled up so
that they AVERAGED about ten mllte
apart. Most OF the home stations were
kept by individuals on their private
account, charging 80 mucn mssl for
passengers AMI transient employees OF
the company and boarding tho divers
and hostlers for 30 much per month.
| Some OF them boarded the animals
alsJ. This relieved the company o.
the responsibility aud expense o.
maintaining tue station aud 1t was
| profitable TO the station keeper; he
| hau opportunity /, trade for broken
down imm grant stock anu he usually
kept "Atpfe" mostly stocked with
"wet'' goods, which were salable TO
1--we or ak hu dred per cent profit,
and there was no danger OF dem raj
izlng the road, especially In the win
Ter. Tor II the boys started out with u
package and desired to sample 1t they
| nai II break the bottle anu gnaw
irOzsn chain lightning To even g 81 the
fear on.
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