The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-25

put us out sfirsts thought we were q
couple of chumps''
Yes, but he don't now. A thousand
dollars apiecel Whew. That's more
money than anybody on the ridge has
had in thousand years; Wen be
richi"
Bet yer boots Say, how you goin'
/ to keep this ter yourself?"
] i dunno; that's the hardest part of
1t. | think I'll wear a inuzzle''
A Week-a week of doubts and mis-
givings-passed before we heard from
the Judge. One day a stranger stopped
me in the middle of the road and
handed me a note. 1t contained an
order for Tommy and me to be at the
JUDGES house at s O'Clock that evening
You may be sure we were on time. He
introduced us to two young men whom
ne wished US 10 take through the cave.
told him / doubted if we could find
our way to the falls again, but one of
the young men told me not to worry;
II the way was there they could find
1t. They took us to within half a mile
OF the entrance in buggy. Here We
found two more wagons, containing
eight men, with kerosene torches, civil
engineers level, compass stakes, chains,
croWbars. shoyelS and all the parapher-
MALTA of a surveying party.
We had no trouble now in moving
about in the cave; the torches made it
almost as light as day. I found the cro-
quet ball which led to the discovery of
the cave The Judge gave me a $50
gold piece for it. He has it on his desk
yet. l gave Tommy half, with which
he bought two calves, the first proper
ty he ever owned.
The young men went as directly to
the falls tunnel as though there had
been a road to it. They paid but little
attention to the Indian skeletons. Lat
er on an old gentleman with gold-bow-
ed glasses, came from the Smithsonian
institute in Washington and, gathering
them all up carefully, carried them
away.
The young men were greatly interest
ed in the coal. which they examined
carefully, and also the side of the cave
where it composed the wall They
worked nearly all night measuring, run
ming lines and making diagrams. We
became sleepy, so they made us bed
of coats, and we had a good nap When
they called us they said we had done
big thing. They said the cave formed
a natural tunnel which it would take
less than 500 feet of blasting to COM
plete, and they believed trains could
have been run through it in thirty days
from that date. AS for the coal, they
said there were indications that there
was enough in the vein to run the road
for fifty years.
The hardest job I ever had in my life
was to keep all this news to myself l
didn't dare tell father, Dave, Carrie,
nor anybody, but Tommy and I fore
gathered in out-of-the-way places dali
ly, and Rugged each other to keep from
bursting.
The judge had a stormy interview
with Pres Jasen. He offered to make
the road a present of a tunnel to Mel
ton, but Mr.. JaSen told him the road
should go through to Greytown, if it
cost S1,000,000 to put it there. The judge
offered to bet him new hat that with
in a year the trains would be running
through Melton, and Mr.. Jasen ordered
him out of his Office.
The judge discovered that Mr. Jasen
controlled the road by a bare majority
of the stockholders votes. He mailed
a circular letter to all whose addresses |
he could obtain, setting forth the facts. |
A mass meeting of stockholders was
held, and sufficient pressure brought to !
bear on the directors to cause |
them to unseat Mr.. Jasen, thereby |
turning the tables very neatly for Judge |
Davis. s-loe
Mr.. Hunnewell, the first vice presi- |
dent, an honest, upright gentleman. |
was promoted to the presidency. He at |
once set an investigation on foot, which |
produced two important results. Mr.. |
Jasen was forced to fly to Europe to |
keep out of jail and the Greytown route !
was Immediately abandoned. The en-
tire civil engineers force was swung
around to Melton, and in less than three
the construction trains were |
through Melton tunnel. A Sc
ries of borings showed the coal vein to
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induced the company to erect a large |
and machine shop on our
side of the ridge. Dave, who was per-
sonally acquainted with President Hun
newell, persuaded him to locate two big
buildings on Mrs. Stanwoods property.
The days of making presents to induce
the company TO come our way having
passed, the widow got a big check for
a tract of land that would hardly raise
bull thistles.
To avoid as much blasting as possible,
the track was curved through the cave
On curve, utilizing the open space.
Owing to Dawes foresight, Mrs. Stan
woods deed specified that they should
have no rights outside of 100-foot right
Of way. Whether they trusted to the
astuteness of their lawyers to befog the
widow, owing to all the other deeds be-
ing absolutely unrestricted, this speci-
fication was overlooked, / cannot say,
but they made preparations for extens-
i've coal mining.
In the meantime Mrs Stanwood pre-
sented Carrie with new father in the
person of honest Dave Willoughby. AS
his wifes manager, the willy old rail
roader allowed the company to COM
plete its preparations, but before the
first blow at actual mining was struck
he served an injunction on them.
CTo Be Continued.)
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