, 1899-03-10
SALE OF u. p. LANDS.
:. 800. 900 Acres in Wyoming Sold for
S1,2 3 1922.

Sl,ZJo, SZ2.
Two elegantly fitted UP private cars;
03 and Ola of the Short Line and Union
Pacific were on a sidetrack at the depot
today.
The city is honored by the visitation
of Judge Cornish, vice president of the
Union Pacific railroad and president of
the Oregon Short Line. With Mr.. Cor
niSh are Attorney Greer from the Pierce
office of New York; Special aster in
Chancery Day, Mr.. D. o. Clark of the
coal department and Chief Clerk Craw-
ford of the land department of Omaha.
The occasion of the presence of these
high officials in Cheyenne Is the largest
foreclosure sale in the history of the
state. A sale of Union Pacific lands
under the foreclosure Of mortgage held
by the Union Trust company, took
place at 10 o'clock today on the court
house steps. The reorganization COM
bine bid in the land at the nominal
value of 81 ,255 ,922. Master in Chancery
Cornish represented the government.
There were no other bidders. The I'm
ion Pacific officials assert they will at
once place the land on sale through the
land department of the company.
Sherman R. Day, as special master in
chancery, made the sale. 1t will prob
ably require about thirty days after the
sale before it will be confirmed by the
United States court.
A paSser-by the court house today
would hardly think that $500, 900 acres
of land were being sold, and II he stop
ped to make Judgment on the small
crowd of people who were strolling
about, he would scarcely realize that
some of the foremost railroad magnates
in the country were present. telling
funny stories and commenting on
things in general while the special mas
ter sat IN a box and went through the
movements of reading column after
column Of described lands. The lands
in Wyoming are in the five counties of
Carbon, Laramie, Albany. Sweetwater,
and uinta. After the master finished
his irksome talk of going over the
lands, Mr.. Cornish would step quietly
forward and on behalf of the reorgan-
ization people bid the amount that had
been previously figured out and agreed
upon. The lands sold at foreclosure
sale in four states had to bring $780,
900. 1t made no difference whatever
how this vas distributed and hence the
purchasers figured 1t out to suit them
selves. The lands in the different coun-
ties Of Wyoming brought the following
amounts: Laramie county, $204. 900;
Uinta county, s272, 900; Sweetwater
county, s434 ,922; Carbon county, $145,-
900; Albany county, 5000, 900.
It is estimated that the unpaid taxes
on the land sold is about $50. 900. Coun-
ty Attorney Downey of Albany county
came over this morning and filed a no.
LITIGATION that the unpaid taxes on the
lands in Albany county for the years
1897 and 1898 amounted to Sc, 900.
Speaking of this matter, President
Cornish said that it would be adjusted
satisfactorily. He remarked that the
lands in question have been non-pro-
ductive and expensive and have occa-
stoned the greatest trouble for the last
few years and that thus far the people
had been fair and made certain reason
able concessions and the matter of tax
alton had been settled amicably.
The distinguished party of officials
departed for Salt Lake City on a special
train at l O'clock. They will return
next Monday, at which time the coal
lands will be bought in. This will place
everything in the hands of the reorgan-
committee and will be the end
of a very troublesome proposition.-I
Sun-Leader.
NEBRASKA LANDS.
On March 9Th all the lands of the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad company in Ne
braska, covered by the sinking fund
mortgage Of 1873, given by the old COM
pany to the Union Trust company of
New York as trustee, were sold at the
north door of the court house in Oma-
ha. The only bidder was w. D. Cornish,
vice president Of the Union Pacific, who
represented that company. The equity
in lands under contract of sale brought