The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-30
UNION PACIFIC HOSPITAL SOLD
BOUGHT BY DR.. E. L. RICH FOR
s3,e2t.
Board of Education Wanted the Prop
erty For School Building Site
Private Hospital In Building.

The old Union Pacific hospital build
ing was sold yesterday under order OF
court by Thomas b. Wilson, one OF
the Union Pacific receivers. acting un-
der instructions from Special Master in
erty brought s3.525 ana was purcnase<
by DR.. 4. !. Rich and 4. A. Steed OF
this city. y private hospital is to bs
maintained in the building under the
direction of Drs. Rich & Rich.
The sale took place on the steps OF
the court house and commenced at II
O'clock. There were but two bidders
for the property. but the rivalry was
quite spirited. The board of education
had determined on the place for a
public school building and all the mem
bers except Mr.. Ellis were there. to-
gether with Clerk Rolapp, for the pur-
pose of making the buy.
DR.. Rich started off with a bid of
81, GOO. Clerk Rolapp, for the board,
promptly went 81 500 better, raising the
bid to $500 There was some delay.
as under the terms of the court order
one-fOurth of the price offered had to
be deposited before a bid could be ac-
copied. Checks would not do. The
gentlemen had not reckoned on this.
but DR.. Rich walked down TO near
by bank and returned with $1,000,
which he handed to the auctioneer, say
ing, when more is needed, 1 will put
1t up. / bid $1,000
Judge Dee had likewise visited the
bank and returned with an ample sup
ply of gold and currency, and put up
s625. Clerk Rolapp then bid $3.50 and
put up SIS more.
Rich raised IS and Rolapp raised to
$2,740. Thereafter DR.. Rich advanced
SIS on each bid, and the board raised
their previous bid $40, putting a So gold
piece in the auctioneer's hand at each
turn. This went on until the bid of
$3.50. Dp. Rich made his regular raise
of So and the board quit.
The property comprises about two
acres OF land fronting north ON Tween
ty-eishth street, near the corner OF
and containing the usual appurten-
ances, with steam heat and excellent
sewer connections. A long passageway
connects the hospital building proper
with two-story house on the corner
of Twenty eighth and Adams, but this
latter house does not, as has been sup
posed, belong with the hospital 1t
was rented from D. II. Peery when the
hospital was in use, and was used as
who managed the institution. The
property was acquired by the use of
hospital funds of the Union Pacific at
a time when the company collected a
fixed sum from its employees each
month. In connection with the litiga-
ton growing out of the appointment of
receivers, the court declared that such
collection was Illegal and ordered the
fund. and all property acquired there
BY. to be returned to the employers in
to the amount paid in. At
the time this rule WAS made there was
about $4,000 cash in the fund. En-
ployees about two years ago began
making affidavits as to the amounts
paid in by them.
The hospital property cost the COM
pany LOCO.
DR.. Rich said. in relation to the hos
pital. that while such an institution
would be maintained, it was too early
to disclose plans. The doctor further
mere said he would have run the price
up to 5000 if necessary in order to get
the building.